Lumio Vision 9 (2026) review: The need for speed

If you want to buy a new TV, you have a lot of options. You get Samsung, Sony, Xiaomi, LG and the works. But there is one Indian brand that wants to take the fight to these big names – Lumio. In case you have not heard of Lumio, it is an Indian startup that was founded by former Xiaomi executives. And the company is focusing on one key area with its TVs – speed. Usually, smart TVs have somewhat of a sluggish experience, which only gets worse with time. Read Full Story This is exactly what Lumio wants to change. And to tackle this, the Vision 9 2026 TVs come with 3GB of RAM and a flagship processor from MediaTek. That too for a price of Rs 51,999. Specs may look good on paper, but it's the real-world that counts. So where does the Lumio Vision 9 stand? Let’s delve right into our full review here at India Today Tech. Lumio Vision 9 design The Vision 9 comes in a sleek design. The bezels are minimal on three sides, with only a slight chin at the bottom – where you get the Lumio branding. Below the Lumio logo lies a blue light in almost a faux crystal arrangement. This light stays on when the TV is off, and looks quite neat particularly in a dark room. Coming back to the bezels, thanks to the large screen real estate, the chin barely catches your eye for the most part. The Vision 9 gets a QD-Mini LED panel with minimal bezels. The power chord on the back is also neatly hidden, which allows for a clean look if you have the TV mounted on a wall. Though you can get the TV placed on a table with metal stands coming with the box. Lumio Vision 9 display Now that we have covered the design, let’s talk about the display. The Lumio Vision 9 gets a QD-Mini LED panel. That is, you get thousands of mini-LEDs that group together and can brighten or dim specific areas of the screen. The mini-LEDs then go through a Quantum Dot layer that allows for more accurate colours. This gives you better contrast and colours compared to traditional LED TVs. And in reality, the picture quality of the Lumio Vision 9 is good. You get decently bright colours, with deep blacks. There is also HDR 10 support and Dolby Vision. Whenever you play a video that supports either of the two standards, the TV will notify you. You do get different colour modes with the Vision 9. I found that the vivid mode may be your go-to-pick if you truly want the most vibrant colours. Though the standard mode gives you good, pleasing visuals. While watching Clarkson’s Farm on Prime Video, the TV could deliver decent colours, the details of the farm and its surroundings were sharp too. On the other hand, while watching music videos such as Halsey’s “Drive”, colours do really pop out. When it comes to viewing angles, I found that even while looking at the TV from different angles, the colours remain fairly accurate, and you can actually watch shows. The Vision 9 gets a peak brightness of 800 nits and a typical brightness of 450 nits. As default, the brightness is set to lower settings, but you can adjust it yourself. I found that brightness never really becomes an issue, even during the day. While watching the TV at night with artificial lighting in the room, I noticed that sometimes the screen may feel a bit reflective, scenes with low lightness. But for the most part, the screen gets quite bright and reflections are not really an issue. The Vision 9’s display is a high-refresh rate panel. You can get up to 144Hz at 4K and 240Hz at 1080p. There’s also a game mode that runs at 4K 60Hz. I did play games via Xbox Cloud on my unit and it was an immersive experience with good visuals and audio. Lumio Vision 9 performance and software As we mentioned earlier, the Vision 9 is about speed. The TV comes with 3GB RAM when most TVs in the market stick to 2GB And there’s the MediaTek Pentonic 700 processor. You also get 64GB of storage. The Vision 9 comes with a clean Google TV interface. You feel the difference Lumio wants to make in the TV space the moment you turn on the TV. While some TVs may take up to a minute before you can actually use them, the Vision 9 is fast. The TV turns out in under half a minute. And the moment the home page appears, you can press the remote and the TV responds. If you are someone who has been annoyed by how slow your TV is when it comes to opening or updating apps, the Vision 9 will feel like a big improvement. I have used similar TVs from Xiaomi and Samsung in the past, and the Vision 9 feels quicker in almost every aspect. Apps open quickly, downloads are fast, and you can browse the interface without noticing any lag. Granted that TVs do get slower as time goes on, but the Lumio Vision is noticeably quicker than most smart TVs that you can buy today. Coming to the interface itself. The Vision 9 runs on Google TV based on the latest version – Android 14. The interface is quite clean, and you use the Google TV homescreen. For context – Xiaomi’s TVs usually come with its own Patchwall in addition to the Google TV homescreen. If you are familiar wi