The king of OLED TVs is finally getting on that mini LED train. Last night LG announced that it plans to launch its first ‘QNED’ TV at CES 2021.
While LG calls it QNED, these high-end LCD TVs will feature mini LED technology. If you are not familiar with it mini leds, they are actually tiny LEDs that are about a fifth the size of current LEDs. That means you can get a more accurate backlight, as well as better contrast and brightness, for less than OLED. According to the VergeLG calls its version of mini-LED ‘QNED’ because the TVs combine both quantum dot color (the Q), proprietary NanoCell technology (the N), and you know, LEDs (the ED). Just don’t confuse it with QLED and OLED.
LG’s QNED line for 2021 will feature 10 4K and 8K TVs, the largest of which measures a whopping 86 inches. If you want to get further into the numbers, the TVs have 30,000 small LEDs for a claimed contrast ratio of 1,000,000: 1 and up to 2,5,000 dimming zones. Like LG’s other flagship TVs, these babies also have a 120Hz refresh rate. TL; DR – these QNED TVs should have excellent contrast, HDR picture quality and better color accuracy than a typical LED TV.
If you want to compare, TCL also uses mini LEDs in its 8 series TVs with 25,000 LEDs and 1,000 zones, and are cheaper 6 series, which has approx 1,000 LEDs and 240 zones. Samsung is too rumors to launch its first mini LED TVs in the first half of 2021. The wave of mini LED screens is not limited to TVs. MSI launched a mini LED laptop this year, while it is rumored that Apple can use mini LED in no less than six gadgets in 2021.
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As with most CES related announcements, we’re not sure how much these LG QNED TVs will cost. That said, they will certainly be cheaper than the company’s OLED TVs. At the very least, we will be able to check out the 86-inch 8K LG QNED at LG’s virtual booth at CES 2021 from January 11th. Although, it probably won’t look that nice because of our crappy webcams.