When Xiaomi launched the Mi LED Smart TV 4 back in 2018, it took the world by storm. It was an edge-lit smart TV running on the company’s PatchWall UI. It was a pretty decent panel for the time, albeit edge-lit, and was considered a disrupter in the smart TV space. Fast forward to 2025 and the sub 40 to 50K space is filled with homogenous TVs that tout similar pros and cons. You get a decent panel with passable HDR performance, average speakers and decent connectivity options. While all these sub-40 to 50K TVs are smart TVs, they tend to lag within a few months of use. Another thing to note is that the budget smart TV space has seen the entrance and exit of several TV brands such as Compaq (yes, the same computer brand you remember from the early 2000s), realme, and OnePlus (which continue to make smartphones but have exited the TV space) and many more.
Today, we have a new entrance in the smart TV space – Lumio. The brand has some well-known TV industry veterans with a passion for home entertainment behind it and aims to be a bigger disrupter than what Xiaomi did back in 2018. So, let’s dive into what makes the Lumio smart TV so great.
Key specifications at a glance
- Panel Size: 50-inch (available in 43, and 55 as well)
- Panel Type: QLED
- Backlighting – Direct Lit
- Dimming Zones – NA
- Panel Resolution: 3840 x 2160 – 4K
- Panel Refresh Rate: 60Hz
- HDR 10 Support: Yes
- HDR 10+ Support: No
- Dolby Vision Support: Yes
- Dolby Atmos Support: Yes
- HDMI Ports: 3 (1 is eARC)
- USB Ports: 3
- Bluetooth: Yes
- Wi-Fi: Yes
- Ethernet: Yes
- Speakers: 30W
- Price: Rs 34,999 for the 50-inch (43-inch and 55-inch priced at Rs 29,999 and Rs 39,999 respectively)
Lumio Vision 7 QLED TV – HDR and SDR performance
As the name suggests, the TV has a QLED panel. It is a direct-lit panel with no dimming zones, and considering the price, I wouldn’t expect it to have any. It also has a peak brightness ranging from 380 to 400 nits. But where this TV excels way above the competition I’ve seen is with its colour accuracy and overall performance. It’s like the people making the TV realised the limitations they have to work with and tuned the TV to look the best with those limitations in place, leading to a great content consumption experience.
Usually, I switch between the Standard and Movie preset when consuming content in SDR, but here, I put it in the Movie preset and forgot all about it. While the colour temperature is warm, it is warm enough to enjoy TV shows without adding the added “yellow” to it. Shows like Young Sheldon, Succession, and more have very natural-looking skin-toned and detailed environments with vibrant colours in the movie preset. The same is the case with movies, be it Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation on JioHotstar or some older movies that are available in 4K but SDR on streaming services.
When you jump over to HDR content, you have the same set of presets, HDR Standard, HDR movie, etc. and in the case of Dolby Vision you have Dolby Vision Bright and Dark. I did not see any real-world difference between the Dolby Vision Bright and Dark settings. So it’s best to leave it on Dolby Vision Bright. I watched Top Gun: Maverick, The Dark Knight, and Ready Player One in Dolby Vision via the Apple TV app on this TV, and the results were stunning. We’ll get to the audio in the audio segment, but the race at the 13-minute mark in Ready Player One looked vibrant and immersive. Even the chinks in Batman’s armour were pretty detailed can could be made out without squinting, especially in the sequence in which he is gliding about in Hong Kong. Compared to its peers in the same price range, the performance of the Lumio 50-inch TV is great for consuming HDR content.
While the overall performance of the TV is very good for the price range, the only con to it is the colour shift at extreme angles. So if you have a wide seating arrangement in your room, those at an angle beyond 50-55-degrees will notice the colour shift.
Lumio Vision 7 – Gaming Performance
I played a bunch of games on the PS5 and Xbox Series X connected to the Lumio Vision 7. The TV supports 4K, 60FPS along with ALLM, but does not support HDMI 2.1 120Hz or VRR, which is fine for this price point. It also supports HDR and Dolby Vision Gaming. The games I tested include
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Dirt 5
- Astro Bot
- Assassins Creed Shadows
- Gears 5
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Doom Eternal
Dirt 5 is a great example of a game mastered in HGiG. In the past, I have had a problem with the game looking burned on TVs, and while that problem was here as well, it wasn’t as prominent. I didn’t have to go back into the PS5’s settings and reduce the HDR calibration to get a good result. Tweaking the game settings was enough to get a very good experience.
Even for the other games, be it Ori, Doom Eternal, Spider-Man, or Astrobot, the colours just popped, and the response time was buttery smooth. Ori rendered in 6K, giving me a supersampled image at 4K 60FPS. Even without the power of an OLED or a high-end TV with dimming zones, Ori looked nice on the TV.
Lumio Vision 7 TV – Audio performance
In most cases, I’ve seen that when a TV offers very good panel performance, it tends to compromise the audio. That doesn’t seem to be the case here. The audio output from the Lumio TV is good for TV speakers. Sure, the TV lacks the grunt of bass, but so do TVs with a much higher price tag. The point is that the TV’s sound is clear when mixed audio is playing. The race at the 13-minute mark in Ready Player One has some conversations in the middle of a heated race with a lot of destruction on screen. Not only did the action sound loud, but the conversations were also clearly audible. The same goes for the final aerial fight sequence in Top Gun: Maverick. Even the muffled conversations from the actors in the planes were clearly audible.
When playing games, too, the soundtrack mixed with the thuds of the guns was immersive in Doom Eternal. Even in a game like GT7 on the PS5, I played some tracks in the music rally mode. The background score mixed with the grunts of the car engine and the skidding of the tires was easily audible and clear.
I didn’t need to bump the volume beyond 25 or 30 to get room-filling sound in a 10x12ft room, which is great.
Lumio Vision 7 – UI
The Lumio Vision 7 runs on the Google TV UI and is the smoothest UI I have seen on a budget smart TV. You have access to all popular OTT platforms, and they work well. You can also download apps like Plex and VLC from the app store if needed. It’s the same Google TV UI you’ve experienced on other smart TVs, just snappier. Apps load faster, and navigation feels more responsive. Being a gamer, response time is crucial to me, and this TV is super responsive. One testament to its smoothness is the Apple TV app. On most budget TVs, it lags, takes too long to load, and in some cases, it crashes too. Not here. I tried all the tricks I know to get the UI to lag, and it took me way too long to get it to stutter – something the average user will not face.
Lumio Vision 7 – Connectivity options
The TV has three HDMI ports, one supporting eARC to connect your soundbar. The TV also has three USB ports, an Optical port, ethernet port, and also supports Bluetooth and dual-band Wi-Fi. While the HDMI ports are rated at 2.1, the TV does not support VRR or 4K 120Hz.
Lumio Vision 7 TV – Remote control
The Lumio Vision 7 comes with a unique remote control. It is a plastic remote but comes with a gunmetal grey finish that looks premium. Also, some of the buttons have a slightly elevated rubber texture, giving it a good in-hand feel, and you can find the buttons without looking down at the remote once you get used to it. Some of these small touches make the remote fun to use. It has the standard set of controls, including a volume rocker, mute button, voice controls, OTT hotkey’s and a TLDR key to launch the TLDR app. Overall, it is a good ergonomic remote with a nice design.
Lumio Vision 7 – Build and design
The Lumio Vision 7 has almost no bezels on three sides, with a slightly thick bezel at the bottom with the Lumio branding. No complaints here. The TV is quite slim, with a small housing on the back for the internals and connectivity options. It has a plastic build. It has two feet that hold the TV in place when kept on a tabletop. The feet hold the TV quite well in place. Overall, no complaints here.
Lumio Vision 7 TV – Verdict
The Lumio Vision 7 is available in 3 screen sizes – 43, 50, and 55-inch priced at Rs 29,999, Rs 34,999, and Rs 39,999, respectively. We had the 50-inch variant for review. What the TV has going for it is excellent picture quality for the price, both in SDR and HDR, very good sound output, ergonomic remote control, and buttery smooth UI. It is also a decent TV for gaming. It’s tough to nitpick the cons of the TV as the package on offer is so good. But if I had to nitpick, I’d say there is a colour shift at extreme angles.
Editor’s rating – 9/10
Pros
- Great HDR and SDR performance
- Good sound output for TV speakers
- Smooth and snappy UI
- Ergonomic and easy-to-use remote control
Cons
- Colour shift at extreme angles
