How smaller lights could lead to big TV improvements

The latest new TV tech is called mini-LED, and it will be available for the first time in TCL's 8-Series, shipping this October. With the promise of better contrast, mini-LED could offer improved picture quality compared to "standard" LCD-based TVs, at a cheaper price than OLED TVs. We'll have to wait for the reviews to determine how well mini-LED actually performs, but even if it falls short of OLED, mini-LED is potentially a big deal. While TCL is first TV maker out of the gate with a mini-LED TV, it probably won't be the last. Mini-LED's advantage, aside from a snazzy new name, is that it's actually affordable. It's an evolutionary technology, not a revolutionary one, and draws on existing LCD TV technology.