Sony teases its next-gen ‘True RGB’ Mini LED TV know-how

This yr at CES 2026 all people was pretty confused concerning the new “Micro RGB” and “RGB Mini LED” TVs that use related know-how however carry totally different names. Now, Sony has provide you with one other label for its personal Mini LED TVs with RGB backlighting: True RGB. The thought is to emphasise that the person crimson, inexperienced and blue LED backlights permit for “purer colour, better brightness, and the biggest colour quantity ever achieved in Sony’s house TV historical past,” the corporate mentioned.

To be clear, this isn’t some new know-how that Sony simply got here up with — it is the identical Micro RGB tech we noticed earlier this yr from Samsung, LG, HiSense and others. These TVs use pure crimson, inexperienced and blue LED backlights together with an LCD layer (quite than strong blue LEDs and quantum dots like Mini LED TVs) to supply the ultimate image. This show tech is meant to ship higher colour accuracy and extra brightness than common Mini LED TVs. (It isn’t the identical as OLED tech, through which every pixel acts as a light-weight supply.)

Nonetheless, Sony says that the way in which it processes the picture makes its True RGB TVs stand out from rivals. To manage the LEDs extra exactly, it borrowed algorithms from its wildly expensive skilled reference displays. That supposedly permits for extra exact colour management and better brightness that permit motion pictures and sequence to look extra just like the creators meant. It additionally reduces the “blooming” that happens when mild leaks into neighboring pixels, whereas enhancing colour accuracy when viewing the TVs from an angle.

Each TV maker claims to have the most effective know-how, however Sony has a variety of credibility resulting from its historical past with cinema cameras, Hollywood productions and reference displays. We’ll have to attend till spring this yr to see the brand new Bravia True RGB TVs for ourselves, however previous to that, the corporate has promised to launch “extra particulars” about them within the close to future.