Over the many (many) years I’ve been attending the annual IFA technology show in Berlin, I’ve almost always made a point of popping by the stand of German TV brand Metz (now a subsidiary of Skyworth) to see if there was finally any prospect of their typically attractively designed and well-specified TVs coming to the UK. And always the answer would be a regretful ‘nein’. This year, though, that answer is finally turning positive, as the brand prepares to launch not one but two ranges of Roku-running TVs into the UK.

The headline range will be the MRD6000s. Available in 43, 50, 55 and 65-inch sizes, this range will sport 4K resolutions and HDR support in the HDR10 and HLG flavours. Albeit with only a pretty limited claimed 250 nits of brightness to work with when trying to deliver their HDR effect.

Metz is about to launch its first UK TVs, including the MRD6000s picture here, complete with Roku ... [+] smart systems.

As well as their key Roku smart systems, the MRD6000s will feature pictures illuminated by direct LED backlighting (which usually produces better results than the edge-lit alternative) and enhanced by Metz’s terrifyingly named Trochilus Extreme video processing engine. Details on this processor are thin on the ground so far, but if a processing system is involved enough in a TV’s picture performance to earn its own name, it usually has at least a few serious picture enhancement tricks up its sleeve.

There’s support, too, for Dolby and DTS audio (though not Dolby Atmos or DTS:X), as well as a Low Blue Light emissions system to reduce viewing fatigue when you’re watching the TVs in a dark room.

The MRD6000s will get a respectable three HDMIs, including one with eARC support - though it doesn’t appear that any of the HDMIs support the 4K/120Hz or variable refresh rate features today’s PS5, Xbox Series X and high-end PC gamers are looking for these days. This becomes easier to accept, though, when you learn that the MRD6000s will cost just £229 for the 43-inch model, £279 for the 50 inch, £329 for the 55-inch, and £449 for the 65-inch. These really are aggressive prices - in keeping, in fact, with the sort of pricing we’ve seen previously on Roku-rocking TVs from Hisense and TCL.

Joining the MRD6000s in Metz’s debut UK Roku TV offering are the even more aggressively priced MTD6000s, comprising a £199 40-inch full HD model, and a £159 HD-Ready 32-inch model.

Angle view of the Metz MRD6000's Boundary Free design.

Neither of the MTD6000s feature support for high dynamic range, and the HDMI count drops from three to two. The MTD6000s do, though, share a number of features with the MRD6000s. Both series sport a surprisingly premium-looking ‘Boundless Screen’ design, for instance, featuring an ultra-thin bezel. Both series support Apple Airplay, too, and offer ‘works with’ support for the Apple Home, Alexa and Google Home voice assistants.

The MTD6000s also join their more premium siblings in supporting both Dolby Atmos and DTS audio, and finally Metz has, unusually, formally announced that it will offer firmware update support for its debut UK TVs for a minimum of 8 years, and spare parts and product support for at least 7 years.

Both of Metz’s new UK TV ranges are due to go on sale at the end of October through Amazon and other ‘selected retail partners’.