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Updated · The Verge · May 9
RGB LED TVs show colour crosstalk and contrast issues in demo
Updated
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?