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What is RGB backlighting?

Let’s start with how current mini-LED backlit TVs work.

Hisense and Samsung TV sets with RGB backlights on show at CES 2025

Hisense’s depiction of how an RGB backlight translates into the image you see.

In RGB backlit TVs, the LEDs behind the pixels aren’t just blue.

TCL told me that the set it showed off with the technology doesn’t include quantum dots at all.

What are the benefits of RGB backlighting?

The Hisense 116UX TV with a split view showing the final image, and a version based on its RGB backlight tech

Hisense’s depiction of how an RGB backlight translates into the image you see.

Colors are more vivid, especially in difficult red tones, without becoming overblown or unnatural.

What TVs are coming?

The TV will be called theHisense 116UX, and we were very impressed by what we saw of it.

The Hisense 116UX on display at CES 2025

The Hisense 116UX at CES 2025.

There’s no pricing or exact release date yet, but there were multiple models on display.

Take theHisense 110UXN, for example.

It was smaller than 110 inches, though, so may well be worth waiting for.

Samsung RGB micro-LED on display at CES 2025

Samsungshowed me its own RGB backlit prototype, which is potentially a little different to the others.

We’ll have to wait and see.

How much will it cost?