Xiaomi is better known for its mobile phones than their gaming monitors!
They’re the fourth largest phone maker in the world, and while they’re not as dominant
in Western markets, they’re still gaining ground.
Of course, mobile phones share a lot of technologies with displays, so a monitor is a logical progression
for the brand.
Much like their phones, they’ll be using Samsung panels in their monitors too, which
is a good thing whichever way you look at it.
Since Xiaomi started producing digital devices beyond smartphones, we’ve seen how they
enhanced their product variety and boosted the market share of different product types.
One of its greatest advantages is pricing.
As usual, Xiaomi attached its minimalistic design to the Mi Surface with relatively reliable
manufacturing.
The Mi Curved Gaming Monitor has a neat minimalist design with a versatile stand that can be
tilted; swiveled; raised, and lowered.
The stand also features magnetic covers that easily pop on and off to assist with cable
management, and attaching the monitor itself is very easy.
The bracket is designed with internal cables, with cables passing through the center of
the bracket.
This keeps the tangle of wires out of the desk and gives you back your space.
The magnetic half cover leaves a wired port only at the bottom, and if the bottom of the
hole happens to be the wire hole of the computer desk, it is the perfect "unexposed" desktop.
The monitor is equipped with a high-temperature matte polyurethane coating, so it’s soft
and gentle to the touch.
The extreme 1500-R curvature design seems to be surrounded by the screen, giving you
stunning panoramic views.
The curved screen creates a smaller visual tilt angle so that each point on the screen
is almost as far away from the eyes, reducing visual distortion and giving a more realistic
view of each angle.
The thin 0.078 bezel not only increases the screen-body ratio but also makes the edge
of the screen less distracted.
It makes it look much lighter and more integrated.
And the horizontal wide aspect ratio definitely gave me an incredible vision and gaming experience.
On the back, Xiaomi completely adheres to the concept of minimalism, leaving no extra
lines, no colored lights, that is a very clean arc surface, and then typing the Logo of MI
is not at all that the game display now has to do all kinds of heat dissipation holes.
In the box, the monitor comes perfectly encased in Styrofoam and packed in a standard box
packaging.
Inside you will find all the connecting wires and instruction manual packaged neatly together.
The screws and bolts for wall mounting and the bracket are provided in a small pack.
Once you take the Styrofoam case apart, you will get access to the monitor.
On a smooth and meticulous arc, the only elements that feel foreign bodies are the power switch
in the lower-left corner of the back, and the four OSD buttons.
There is nothing wrong with the design position, but the button itself is too hard.
It takes a lot of finger force to operate.
Talking about its connectors, the Mi Surface display has 2 HDMI 2.0 inputs, 2 DP 1.4 inputs,
and an audio output, which could have great compatibility for gamers or general users
to connect multiple devices.
There’s no USB hub functionality at all, nor is there USB-C support for single-cable
display output and charging.
The input voltage is from 100V to 240V, which means that it supports almost all voltage
standards on this planet.
With a brightness of up to 300 nits and a high contrast ratio of 3000 to 1, the Xiaomi
Redmi 34-inch monitor shows beautiful clear and vivid images, from blinding white to midnight
black.
The ultra-high definition resolution of 3440 x 1440 reveals exquisitely realistic details
in every corner of the scene, creating spectacular game worlds.
Xiaomi mi 34-inch, 144 Hz FreeSync Monitor, has a 21 to 9 gaming interface that offers
30% wider viewing than standard 16 to 9 monitors.
Especially in real-time strategy and first-person shooting games, the wider field of view allows
you to see in-game developments first, giving you the edge.
For using 144Hz, is necessary to connect it via Display-port cable, because HDMI only
allows a maximum of 120Hz.
A Displayport cable is also included in delivery and with modern graphics cards, the Displayport
connection is already standard.
Xiaomi advertises with a color space of 85% NTSC and with AMD FreeSync, which reduces
judder and image distortion in video games.
Even if the monitor is not officially certified by NVIDIA, G-Sync can also be enabled on NVIDIA
graphics cards.
AMD FreeSync Premium technology keeps the image in sync with high frame rate input,
reducing stuttering, lines, and screen tear during games for a smoother image that gives
you a significant advantage.
The monitor can display a theoretical maximum of 16.7 million true colors in the depth of
rich color, and the wide color range of up to 121% s-RGB displays exquisite colors in
vivid detail.
Exceptional color performance creates realistic images.
The larger screen supports split-screen multitasking, so you can open multiple documents at the
same time and work more efficiently.
The wider color range and expertly designed color display provide a more accurate visual
presentation.
The ultra-wide display can accommodate multiple images for easy accurate correction.
For those working in the financial industry, the 21 to 9 screen report shows more information
about the actions without excessive expense, showing K-lines and trend-charts with more
complete and detailed information.
About its color accuracy, the average delta E is 1.66, and the maximum is 2.83, which
is very impressive as a gaming display.
In addition to the quality of the screen, Xiaomi brought a practical OSD menu for the
Mi surface.
Through software optimization, users can slightly improve the gaming experience.
It provides a variety of setting options, not just the common brightness, contrast,
color gamma, and so on, but also including multiple image-presets, multi-window modes,
response speed settings, and LowBlue mode.
At 100% brightness, the colors across the screen perform pretty well with a delta E
under 2.4…
At 50% brightness, the delta E is at a range from 0 to 3.2.
Combined with other results, the panel was able to maintain pretty good color uniformity.
We should know that it was not positioned as a professional display for image processing.