Lumio Vision 9 review

If you’re expecting gaudy chrome trims, glowing logos, or design flourishes visible from the moon, you’ll be disappointed — and that’s a good thing. The Vision 9 keeps it tight and tidy. Slim, almost invisible bezels make the display feel expansive, while the understated metal-finish stand keeps it grounded without screaming for attention. It’s the equivalent of a sharply dressed gent in a crisp black suit — elegant, but unwilling to upstage the party.

The build quality feels solid too. No creaky plastics or flimsy back panels here. It’s a TV designed to blend into your space and let the screen do the talking.

Now we get to the main event. The Vision 9 is armed with a QD-Mini LED panel featuring a staggering 1920 mini LEDs — yes, that’s nearly two thousand tiny, individually dimmable light sources. This is a serious step up from regular LED TVs, and while it isn’t quite OLED, it comes perilously close in certain scenes.

Peak brightness hits a retina-frying 900 nits, giving HDR content real presence. Dolby Vision titles on Netflix and Disney+ positively glow, with punchy highlights and those deep, syrupy blacks you expect from pricier TVs. Contrast levels are excellent, with local dimming zones working overtime to prevent halo effects around bright objects. Shadows are detailed and gradients smooth, especially in tricky scenes like dimly lit nightclubs or foggy battlefields — where cheaper panels usually give up and smear everything into grey soup.

Colour reproduction is another highlight. Lumio claims a Delta E of under 1.71, and while most buyers won’t know or care what that means, in practice, it translates to wonderfully natural tones. Skin tones look human, skies don’t turn radioactive blue, and greens stay lush without looking like they belong in a cartoon. It’s factory-calibrated for accuracy out of the box, though there are enough settings to tinker if you’re so inclined.

Viewing angles are way better than a VA panel — better than expected, though colours and contrast do take a slight hit when viewed from sharp sides, but we are nitpicking now. It’s no OLED in that department, but in normal living room conditions, it holds its own admirably.

The ‘Boss Processor’ might sound like something invented by a marketing intern after a late night out, but behind the bravado lies a genuinely snappy chip. Backed by 3GB of DDR4 RAM (most tellies in this price range feature DDR3 RAM), it ensures the Google TV interface remains slick, responsive, and delightfully devoid of lag — a real rarity in this price bracket.

Apps launch swiftly, scrolling is butter-smooth, and even hopping between YouTube, Netflix, and other apps is handled with casual ease. No loading wheels, no stutters, no desperate button mashing required. It just… works. It’s the kind of performance you don’t notice because it’s not getting in your way — which, if you’ve used budget Android TVs, you’ll know is high praise indeed. Gaming via HDMI 2.1 is solid — while it caps out at 60Hz, latency is low, making it perfectly suitable for casual console gaming. Fast-paced shooters and sports titles feel responsive enough, though serious gamers might still pine for a 120Hz refresh rate.

TV speakers are typically a waste of space, as useful as a sunroof in a submarine. But Lumio’s quad-speaker setup with enlarged acoustic cavities tries its best. There’s some body to the sound — bass has punch, vocals are clear, and there’s enough stereo separation to follow on-screen action without guessing so it does the basics right. 

Dolby Atmos support is present and does its bit to widen the soundstage, though you won’t mistake it for a dedicated home theatre system. Still, for a standalone TV, it’s more than capable of filling a medium-sized room without sounding tinny or shrill. If you’re the kind who doesn’t want to bother with a soundbar, this is one of the better built-in speaker systems I’ve heard at this price.

Lumio didn’t just stop at the specs sheet. They’ve added a TLDR app (yes, “Too Long, Didn’t Read”) that pulls live sports scores, match schedules, highlights, and trending music playlists into one easy-to-access dashboard. It’s genuinely handy, especially when you don’t want to wade through cluttered app menus just to check the IPL score. Lumio says they constantly update the app so we expect it to cover a slew of new sports as time progresses. 

Better still, it comes with a dedicated TLDR button on the Minion remote — which, by the way, is a joy to use. Big, tactile buttons, Google Assistant support, and a chunky build that won’t disappear into the abyss of your sofa cushions.

At ₹59,999, the Lumio Vision 9 punches so far above its weight, it might be illegal in some states. The combination of Mini-LED brilliance, bold brightness, rich colours, snappy performance, and surprisingly good sound makes it one of the most compelling TVs I’ve tested in this segment.

Yes, it lacks the brand clout of a Sony or Samsung, and no, it won’t win over hardcore spec snobs seeking 120Hz refresh rates and HDMI 2.1 gaming chops. But for 95% of buyers? This is a feature-packed, thoughtfully designed, and unapologetically bold TV that delivers where it matters.