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TCL confirms it will launch two next-gen RGB mini-LED TVs, raising hopes the new tech will be affordable – meanwhile, TCL’s other new flagship TV is brighter than the sun

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TCL confirms it will launch two next-gen RGB mini-LED TVs, raising hopes the new tech will be affordable – meanwhile, TCL's other new flagship TV is brighter than the sun

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That’s really interesting: all the RGB TVs we’ve seen so far (such as the Hisense 116UX and the Samsung micro-RGB TV) lately have been focused on flagship models, not more attainable TVs.

That’s not to say TCL can’t do flagships. The more premium Q10M Ultra will be a lot bigger and more expensive at 27,999 yuan (about $3,935 / £2,915 / AU$5,960) for the 85-inch model, rising to 99,999 yuan (about $14,050 / £10,400 / AU$21,275) for the 115-inch range-topper.
And the super-bright X11L? That sits between the two RGB LED TVs with a price starting at 19,999 yuan (about $2,811 / £2,080 / AU$4,255).

The TCL X11L delivers a massive 10,000 nits of peak brightness so you can recreate the movie Sunshine in your front room (Image credit: TCL)
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The Q10M Ultra RGB Mini LED 4K TV, to give it its full name, promises industry-leading color accuracy with 100% of the BT.2020 color gamut, the same as Samsung’s Micro RGB TV. The 85, 98 and 115-inch panels deliver 8,736, 11,520 and 16,848 RGB local dimming zones respectively, with the largest model putting out 9,000 nits of maximum brightness.

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The more affordable TCL Q9M has a refresh rate of 288Hz, 2,880 backlight zones in the largest 98-inch model, and up to 2,000 nits of peak brightness. Like the Q10M Ultra it should deliver 100% of the BT.2020 color gamut.
TCL says its X11L series is “the king of TVs”. It features an SQD mini-LED panel with between 14,400 and 20,736 dimming zones. The latter, TCL says, is the highest number of dimming zones ever used in a mini-LED TV.
SQD mini-LED is another new mini-LED tech, which uses a single white LED (rather than the blue LEDs common in standard mini-LED) per dimming zone, and promises strikingly bright, clean and color-rich visuals. To match the picture there’s a Bang & Olufsen-tuned speaker system, and the OS is TCL’s own Linkong System 3.0 in China – we’d expect Google TV in other countries as usual.
The X11K that this model will replace is available in the US and most of Europe, but not the UK – we’d expect the X11L not to come to the UK either, but maybe we’ll be surprised.
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