Status quo works in the tech industry, but sometimes a brand comes that dares to break the norm. Right from its debut last year, Lumio was that for the Indian TV market. It had a strong, well-thought-out product with reliable performance and several fresh ideas. Its Mini LED offering won the best buy award at the Digit Zero 1 awards 2025. So, when the brand sent us the successor, named the same, Lumio Vision 9, there was genuine curiosity, obviously. This year’s model brings several iterative but meaningful upgrades. You get a bigger 65-inch QD Mini LED panel, a big jump in gaming capability with native 4K 144Hz refresh rate and 240Hz at 1080P, a stronger focus on software usability with features like TLDR 2.0 and Project Neo (still in development), and a bump in audio with dual subwoofers and a lot more.
The Lumio Vision 9 price in India is set at Rs 72,999 for the 65-inch variant, effectively around Rs 64,999 with offers, and a 55-inch model is expected to sit lower in the range. We received the former for review, and on paper, it looks like Lumio has addressed most of the gaps from last year. The real question I will answer here is whether those changes show up in actual use.
I began testing the Lumio Vision 9 with intrigue and interest. That stayed through most of the experience, and the title already gives away the direction, but a TV is more than what a line can hold.
This year, Lumio offers the Vision 9 in a 65-inch screen that is large and immersive with sharp and detailed 4K visuals. The underlying technology is an EVA (enhanced VA) panel with QD Mini LED backlighting, and the brand claims a deeper native contrast of 7000:1, more controlled local dimming and a wider colour gamut than last year’s IPS screen.
The panel is decently bright with discernible highlights. In our tests with Vivid mode on, the typical brightness came in at around 451 nits, which is strong for most everyday viewing, even in decently lit rooms. In scenes from Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning with mixed lighting, the TV does a good job of retaining detail across the frame. In the same movie, while Tom Cruise is inside the submarine, there are a lot of flashing lights, reflections and water splashes, all of which were clear and comprehensible.
On the other hand, the black levels ranged around 0.03 nits. So, blacks look inky. However, the HDR performance was a little hit and miss. In the night scenes of The Revenant, the black levels were agreeable. A little too dark, but no artefacts. The light torches didn’t bloom a lot, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s transition from a pitch-dark forest to light looked fine.
Meantime, in the extremely dark scenes involving the submarine in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, there was no noticeable separation between dark and bright elements. I was watching this in movie HDR mode with the preset picture settings. Manually tweaking some of these settings, like HDR, Gamma and local dimming, can make things more legible.
In the same movie, the underwater blues weren’t the same as our reference device. Well, it was a different shade of blue and didn’t spoil the overall immersiveness.
The Lumio Vision 9 is capable of covering 94.5% of UHDA-P3 HDR gamut, and for SDR, there is 99% coverage of BT709 gamut. In other words, the panel can reproduce both standard and high dynamic range content without obvious limitations in colour space. So, it’s a matter of processing and tweaking. Skin tones can help me make the point: Lumio leans slightly pink. Not accurate, but pleasing, which is acceptable at this price.
Rest, I didn’t have any problem with viewing angles. I did notice reflections in some cases, but manageable. Motion handling is acceptable in sports and games. As always, I keep motion smoothing off.
In terms of gaming, the Lumio Vision 9 is a clear upgrade over the 2025 edition, which was limited to a 60Hz panel. This time, you get a full 144Hz panel with support for up to 240Hz at 1080p, along with HDMI 2.1, VRR, and ALLM. Input lag is around 9.7ms, which is low enough to feel instant. While this is promising and an improvement in responsiveness is noticeable, my complaint with the colours continues. We played titles like Ghost of Yotei, and found the colours were dull, and the details weren’t enough.
Audio is also an area that sees a clear upgrade. From a 24W system last year, the Vision 9 (2026) moves to a 50W hexa-driver setup with dual subwoofers, 10x larger enclosure, Dolby Atmos support and a claimed bass extension up to 38Hz at 70dB. In effect, this means dialogues come out clearly, the bass has ample presence, and the overall sound is loud and feels fuller. I find it to be sufficient for everyday use.
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Software was already a strength for Lumio, and that continues. The Vision 9 runs Google TV based on Android 14, and under the hood, you get a MediaTek Pentonic 700 chipset with 3GB of RAM and 64GB of flash storage. The latter is said to be 50% faster than what was in the predecessor. In daily use, the experience is decently smooth in terms of boot, app opening times, and overall navigation. No major hiccup or lag.
But what got my attention is the updated TLDR app with new Movies and Shows tabs, and an experimental and yet-to-be-launched feature called Project Neo. You can read what I think about these software goodies here, but simply put, they help in content discovery. And if anything helps me quickly find what to watch before I start having my dinner daily, it gets my love.
With Project Neo, the ambition is to use everyday messaging apps like WhatsApp or Instagram as a connecting interface between your phone and TV. For example, you send a link, a reel, or even a normal text query through the TLDR bot in these messaging apps, and the TV surfaces that or related content, including where to watch the full version.
I witnessed the closed-room demo, wherein it worked with negligible friction. It removed the need to type on a TV keyboard, which is still one of the most frustrating parts of using a smart TV. But I hold off my excitement till the time I try it myself.
All in all, I appreciate what Lumio is doing in the software space.
The design remains clean and functional. I had some trouble installing its feet, which stand diagonally. The Lumio Vision 9 is rather light. So, setting it up is easy.
Mounted on a table, it looks neat. The bezels are slim, the build is mostly polycarbonate, feels solid enough, and the metal stand provides good stability.
On the back, it has a practical selection of ports: three HDMI ports (two of which are full-bandwidth 2.1 ones, and one has eARC support), USB 3.0 ports (with ExFAT support), a Satellite port to connect DD Free Dish and standard connectivity options. The ability to connect to the Doordarshan dish TV and access up to 540 free channels. So, some thoughtful additions on the back of the TV. Also, that side-facing layout makes the TV’s wall mounting easier. Again, a small but important detail.
The remote is longer than the one that came in with Lumio Vision 7 (2025), but still comfortable to use. The button layout is logical, and the dedicated TLDR button is a useful addition. There are common OTT apps, except for JioHotstar. But that’s okay.
At its current effective price of around Rs 65,000 for the 65-inch model, the Lumio Vision 9 (2026) makes a strong case for itself, but it is not a ‘one-size-fits-all’ recommendation.
Compared to the 2025 model, this Vision 9 has several meaningful improvements. The shift to a QD-Mini LED-based enhanced VA panel brings better blacks and depth. Gaming sees a major upgrade with 144Hz support, VRR, and low input lag. Audio is noticeably fuller and more usable out of the box. Software remains fast, and features like TLDR and Project Neo show that Lumio is thinking beyond just hardware.
Lumio claims this to be the fastest Google TV, and in daily use, it largely holds up. Navigation is smooth, apps open quickly, and most features work with minimal friction. For most users, this matters in their daily TV consumption.
At the same time, there are some inconsistencies with HDR performance and colour tuning. Even on the software side, while the direction is promising, features like Project Neo are not fully available yet.
So, if you want a TV that is easy to live with, handles a mix of movies, gaming, and daily content without much lag or hiccups, and offers good overall value at around Rs 70,000, the Lumio Vision 9 (2026) is a sensible choice. It gets the basics right and has improved on last year in several areas that matter. And I figure it could have been of more value with another round of refinement in HDR and colours.
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