Fashionable TVs are completely unreal, particularly in comparison with the halcyon days of adjusting analog antennae to clear up the image. At CES 2026 in LAs Vegas just lately, TCL unveiled a show in contrast to something the world has seen earlier than. It’s so spectacular, in truth, that it makes CRTs appear like artifacts from the Stone Age.
The TCL X11L is the world’s first TV powered by Tremendous Quantum Dot Mini LED expertise. That’s a mouthful, proper? It implies that colours are brighter, contrasts are better, and the colour gamut is extra correct than ever earlier than. That’s all positive and good, however right here’s why it’s so spectacular.
The vast majority of TVs use DCI-P3 as their foremost coloration customary. BT.2020 is an alternative choice that provides a wider gamut of colours, richer shades, and extra, however it may be onerous to realize with mini-LED programs as a result of danger of coloration bleed (typically referred to as coloration crosstalk). This occurs as a result of mini-LED programs use separate crimson, inexperienced, and blue LEDs to supply coloration.
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Tremendous Quantum Dot (SQD) expertise generates coloration by quantum dot conversion, relatively than individual LEDs. Whereas ‘quantum dot conversion’ seems like one thing that occurs once you activate the Tesseract, it means a single chip produces what TCL calls “pure white” mild that then passes by a Tremendous Quantum Dot filter. These filter particles are solely 5 nanometers, in comparison with the usual filter measurement of 60 nanometers.
To place this in perspective, 5 nanometers is roughly 1/twentieth the diameter of a strand of DNA. One other approach to have a look at it’s like this: a human hair is anyplace from 60,000 to 100,000 nanometers. These filter particles are insanely small.
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It’s this superior show expertise that units the TCL X11L other than the competitors. This extremely exact stage of management means higher colours and distinction, with an general sharper image. Once you mix that with the actual fact it has 20,736 dimming zones and may attain as much as 10,000 nits most brightness, HDR-compatible content material will virtually pop off the display screen.
TCL additionally lower down the girth of the TV, making it 2 cm (0.8 in) thinner, and offering what it’s calling a Just about ZeroBorder design. In different phrases, the bezels are actually skinny, nearly to the purpose of being non-existent. It additionally has a flat again in order that it might sit flush towards the wall, and the built-in Artwork Mode means you will have an aesthetic gallery show once you aren’t watching your present obsession.
The TCL X11L virtually stole the present at CES 2026, however you don’t have to attend to get your arms on it. The TV is on the market for buy now, though its value isn’t for the faint of coronary heart.
The 75-inch mannequin retails for US$6,999.99, whereas the 85-inch takes that value to $7,999.99. The 98-inch model (proven on this article) is a whopping $9,999.99.
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