Mini-LEDs are found inside normal-size TVs but the LEDs themselves are much larger than MicroLEDs. MicroLED is seen here in a massive 219-inch size Samsung calls The Wall. Read more: Samsung MicroLED TVs get 89-inch size, better audio, bezel-free design at CES 2022 The biggest example we've seen of Samsung's The Wall hit 292 inches diagonal, although the 2022 version isn't necessarily modular and ranges from a relatively modest 89- to 110-inches. And while each individual MicroLED is tiny, the modular nature of MicroLED means it can get truly gigantic.
Essentially, you're looking directly at the LEDs that are creating the picture. MicroLED displays from Samsung and LG use millions of LEDs, one for each pixel. Mini-LED is currently available in TVs as small as 55 inches and as affordable as $700. MicroLED is a near-future tech that's reserved for huge screens and rich people today - like a 110-inch Samsung for the cool price of $156,000. Here's how it works, and why it's so cool.īefore we get started, know that mini-LED and MicroLED are not the same thing.
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Now that just about every TV maker will sell a mini-LED TV of some kind in 2022, you're bound to hear a lot more about the technology. In the mini-LED TVs we've tested so far, including the TCL 6-Series and Samsung QN90A, the picture quality improvements are the real deal, although not quite good enough to beat OLED. Mini-LED is an evolutionary technology, not a revolutionary one, and draws on existing LCD TV technology. Mini-LED's main advantage over OLED, the best TV tech on the market, is that it can be more affordable, particularly in larger screen sizes. By using more, smaller LEDs to illuminate the screen, a TV can have finer control over its highlights and shadows, for potentially better contrast and image quality especially with HDR shows, movies and games. Let's start with what makes mini-LED special. Samsung calls its version Neo QLED, LG is going with QNED for some reason while the latest version from TCL is called OD Zero. TCL, Samsung and LG all introduced new mini-LED TVs and Sony and Hisense will ship their first mini-LED TVs later this year. It's an evolution of traditional LCD TV tech that uses thousands of tiny light emitting diodes to improve picture quality, and at CES 2022 more TV makers than ever are using it.
TVs get a bit better every year, and in 2022 the improvement with the biggest impact might be mini-LED.