Even Netflix DV shows appear heavily pixelated during dark scenes, appear to be worse than 720p videos. But that observation is from short viewing time, will explore content other streaming services and play around with Picture settings.
Sorry for the long post.
I watched John Wick 3 yesterday streamed from Lionsgate channel on AppleTV app running from the TV. The movie was in HD. I truly believe Xiaomi has created a masterpiece here considering the price it retails for. The panel appears to be genuinely good one, I suspect one might have to pay 3 to 4 times to get equivalent or better quality panel from big names.
It would be interesting to watch the same movie in one of the HDR formats to see how the TV handles HDR content. But I would be very much happy with just the HD quality that this TV offers. I would not shell out extra 4lakhs of my hard earned money to get few % improvement that big brands may offer.
And I don't buy the argument that stuff from big brands last long and have less usability issues and bugs. My experience tells me it's not true, that's what we are made to believe to justify the premium we pay . Also I believe budget brands try to give as many features as possible while big brands give as few as possible in an effort to make customers spend more to buy their premium offerings. Hence customers end up paying much more to get even basic features.
For example, one of my Samsung TVs (a 55inch 4k TV bought for 1.5L few years back) supports Bluetooth speakers only if it's a Samsung speaker/soundbar. If someone tells me that it's a premium feature and brand need to spend lot of money for R&D, I would think he is a fool. I work in Semiconductor industry, we sell Bluetooth chips for peanuts, it's less than one US$.
Ex 2: Another one of Samsung 55inch Full HD bought for 1.45L in 2015 literally started disintegrating after 5 years, the caps on LEDs are falling off creating big bright light spots on the display.
Ex 3: A split AC bought from Samsung for 65k never worked properly. The brand never bothered to send anyone for repair once the warranty was over. But equivalent capacity ACs from Whirlpool and Sanyo bought for exactly half the price work beautifully.
Ex 4: The same goes for Samsung's flagship phone at some point, the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus. I paid 60k for it. It literally becomes a Oven once LTE data gets turned on. I still have the phone with me (not used though) as a reminder to not buy a Samsung phone ever again.
Ex 5: Next is LG V30+, a flagship at some point. The phone as such is good and I still use it. But LG provided OS updates only 2 or 3 times ever since I bought it. I also bought a Oneplus6 for my wife around the same time, it still receives regulars updates.
So please don't tell me big brands offer quality, long term support and spend lot of money on R&D, test, QA. I am not naive.
I wouldn't summarily dismiss all budget products and blindly believe in big brands. The same is true vice versa.