Like LG and Samsung, TCL now offers a microLED TV for the super-rich. The 163-inch TV, known as X11H Max, has been launched in China for 800,000 yuan, approximately $110,000.
While a microLED TV might sound like the natural progression from a miniLED TV, there is a fundamental difference between the industry's two newly adopted marketing terms. A 'miniLED TV' is an LCD TV with a miniLED backlight, whereas a 'microLED TV' features light-emitting diodes so small that they serve as the actual sub-pixels – eliminating the LCD panel.
In other words, it is a real LED TV, also known as a direct-view LED TV, and a new display technology.
Brighter, faster, longer-lasting
TCL is now launching its first microLED TV, initially in its home country of China. The X11H Max microLED TV is a colossal 163-inch screen with 4K resolution, featuring a total of 24.88 million individual LEDs (3840x2160x3 = 24.88 million).
TCL says that it achieves peak brightness of 10,000 nits, meeting the maximum brightness level of the current HDR standards. It also claims 22-bit colors, although it is not entirely clear how it is defined.
Moreover, TCL says that it features nanosecond-level response time – surpassing even the fastest OLED panels specified to 0.03ms. However, the difference is unlikely to be discernible.
The TV comes equipped with a powerful sound system built-in, which is expandable, described as a 6.2.2 + 7.1.4 channel solution.
It is assembled from smaller microLED modules and is specified to have a lifespan of more than 100,000 hours.
And extremely expensive...
However, like other microLED TVs, it is prohibitively expensive. TCL is offering it in China for 800,000 yuan, approximately $110,000.
For comparison, Samsung's 110-inch microLED TV cost $155,000 at launch and LG's 136-inch microLED TV costs $300,000.
https://www.techradar.com/televisions/t ... 4k-monsterWhile a microLED TV might sound like the natural progression from a miniLED TV, there is a fundamental difference between the industry's two newly adopted marketing terms. A 'miniLED TV' is an LCD TV with a miniLED backlight, whereas a 'microLED TV' features light-emitting diodes so small that they serve as the actual sub-pixels – eliminating the LCD panel.
In other words, it is a real LED TV, also known as a direct-view LED TV, and a new display technology.
Brighter, faster, longer-lasting
TCL is now launching its first microLED TV, initially in its home country of China. The X11H Max microLED TV is a colossal 163-inch screen with 4K resolution, featuring a total of 24.88 million individual LEDs (3840x2160x3 = 24.88 million).
TCL says that it achieves peak brightness of 10,000 nits, meeting the maximum brightness level of the current HDR standards. It also claims 22-bit colors, although it is not entirely clear how it is defined.
Moreover, TCL says that it features nanosecond-level response time – surpassing even the fastest OLED panels specified to 0.03ms. However, the difference is unlikely to be discernible.
The TV comes equipped with a powerful sound system built-in, which is expandable, described as a 6.2.2 + 7.1.4 channel solution.
It is assembled from smaller microLED modules and is specified to have a lifespan of more than 100,000 hours.
And extremely expensive...
However, like other microLED TVs, it is prohibitively expensive. TCL is offering it in China for 800,000 yuan, approximately $110,000.
For comparison, Samsung's 110-inch microLED TV cost $155,000 at launch and LG's 136-inch microLED TV costs $300,000.
