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Hisense just introduced its first consumer microLED television at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. The 136MX includes a high-density array of over 24.88 microscopic LEDs to "deliver unparalleled brightness, resolution, and precision." As with all microLED displays, each pixel is its own light source. This allows for a near-infinite dynamic contrast ratio, with fantastic brightness and deep blacks. It's also a big ole beast, at 136 inches.
The TV is powered by the company's proprietary Hi-View AI Engine X chipset, which uses AI algorithms for frame optimization. This should allow for ultra-precise color conversion and improved clarity even in well-lit spaces. To that end, the brightness levels here reach up to 10,000 nits, with a 95 percent color gamut.
It supports Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10 and something called Filmmaker Mode that optimizes picture quality to "match both the content and environment, ensuring a cinematic experience in any setting." As for audio, the 136MX supports Dolby Atmos and DTS Virtual X. These sets run the company's VIDAA operating system, so there's access to all of the major streaming platforms right out of the box. It also pairs with Alexa and Google Assistant for voice controls.
For gamers, the 136MX includes features like 120Hz VRR, an auto low latency mode and FreeSync Premium Pro. We don't have pricing or availability for this yet, but we'll keep you posted. Hisense also announced a gigantic 116-inch TriChroma LED TV
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The subtext behind this announcement hearkens back to our report early last year that the NPU doesn't matter for AI capabilities as much as AMD, Intel, or Qualcomm originally hyped.
The NPU is the most efficient AI core on modern CPUs. But for raw horsepower, the GPU, especially a discrete GPU, far outperforms either the NPU or the GPU by its lonesome. What the AI Max appears to do is combine some of the NPU and GPU's best features, alongside an already powerful AMD Zen 5 CPU.
AMD will offer the Ryzen AI Max in both consumer and "Pro" versions, which the company will sell to businesses. At CES, AMD is touting three design wins, including the HP ZBook Ultra G1a and Z2 Mini G1a mini workstations, plus the Asus ROG Flow Z13 tablet.
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Naturally, HP is marketing all three as AI PCs. That's not only because of the mandatory "every new gadget must have AI stuffed inside" rule but also because Intel's Core Ultra 5 and 7 chips were built for that purpose, with three compute engines for on-device AI tasks. All three Elitebooks are Copilot PCs and can zip through AI tasks at 48 TOPS (trillion operations per second).
All three Elitebooks ship in configurations with 16GB or 32GB of RAM and 256GB or 512GB of storage.
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