RGB LED TVs show colour crosstalk and contrast issues in demo
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Updated · The Verge · May 9
RGB LED TVs show colour crosstalk and contrast issues in demo
11 articles · Updated · The Verge · May 9
At Display Week in Los Angeles, a Nanosys side-by-side test of two 85-inch TCL sets found the RGB model showed skin-tone shifts and weaker contrast.
The super quantum dot mini-LED TV avoided visible crosstalk and benefited from far more dimming zones, with the X11L cited at up to 20,000 versus about 8,000 for the RGB set.
Concerns over RGB LED colour bleed have persisted since CES 2025, though performance may vary by brand and processing, and the technology is still early in development.
With Mini-LEDs fighting over backlight flaws, is the future of TV simply self-emissive screens like OLED?
Is the color bleed in new RGB TVs a fatal flaw or just a marketing attack by a rival technology?
Can advanced software truly fix a hardware flaw like color crosstalk, or is it just a temporary patch?