TCL challenges RGB LED at CES with its X11L SQD-Mini LED TV

CES is poised to beryllium the communicative of RGB LED, pinch almost each awesome TV shaper group to show disconnected their latest models utilizing the technology. But TCL is hoping to alteration that narrative, aliases moreover overtake it, pinch its ain communicative — that of the X11L SQD-Mini LED TV.

The X11L uses bluish LEDs for its backlight, overmuch for illustration existent mini-LED TVs, but it includes 2 important colour improvements — reformulated quantum dots that supply much colour than previously, and the UltraColor Filter from TCL CSOT (the company’s sheet division) to return advantage of those caller QDs and present much meticulous colour per pixel. It intends the X11L tin execute 100 percent of the BT.2020, DCI-P3, and Adobe RGB colour gamuts. It’s besides 1 of the brightest ever displays released, tin of up to 10,000 nits of highest brightness and has up to 20,000 dimming zones connected the X11L (with presumably connected the 98-inch exemplary hitting that number), which is 3 times much than connected TCL’s QM9K. I don’t expect we’ll spot immoderate different TV this twelvemonth pinch some these caller quantum dots and an improved colour filter.

When compared to RGB LED TVs, some technologies declare 100 percent of BT.2020, but that’s while utilizing trial patterns. With existent contented (of which there’s very small utilizing the afloat BT.2020 gamut), RGB LED TVs tin acquisition colour crosstalk, wherever the ray from the different colored LEDs bleed into 1 different and tin origin a deficiency of colour saturation. Since the X11L uses the aforesaid colour LEDs for its backlight, alternatively relying connected the caller quantum dots and improved colour select to create color, there’s nary colour crosstalk aliases nonaccomplishment of saturation.

The X11L will beryllium 1 of the fewer TVs successful 2026 that will support Dolby Vision 2, which it will person successful an OTA update later successful the year. We, of course, still request Dolby Vision 2 contented to beryllium created and released to return advantage of the HDR tech, but its inclusion futureproofs the TV. It besides has 4 HDMI 2.1 ports, will support the Xbox Game Pass app for playing games without a console (also an OTA update down the line), and includes Gemini for Google TV.

TCL continues its support of Dolby Flex Connect technology, allowing for the relationship of TCL Flex Connect speakers and sub to grow your location theater. Saying that, the Bang & Olufsen speakers built successful to the TV execute incredibly well. I heard a demo successful December, and it’s easy 1 of the champion TV speaker systems I’ve ever heard pinch an immersive soundscape and heavy bass.

We won’t person to hold agelong to spot the X11L, arsenic the 85- and 98-inch models are disposable for preorder now pinch the 75-inch type coming a fewer months later (no patient day yet for it). It’s not a inexpensive TV retired of the gross (what caller exertion is?), pinch the 98-inch coming successful astatine $9,999.99, the 85-inch astatine $7,999.99, and $6,999.99 for the 75-inch. But TCL has a inclination to driblet its prices arsenic the twelvemonth gets on. The 85-inch X11K was primitively $9,999.99 astatine merchandise and its value has now plummeted to $3,499.99. Fingers crossed the aforesaid happens later successful the twelvemonth pinch the X11L.