This 12 months at CES 2026 all people was fairly confused concerning the new “Micro RGB” and “RGB Mini LED” TVs that use related expertise however carry completely 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 pink, inexperienced and blue LED backlights enable for “purer shade, better brightness, and the biggest shade quantity ever achieved in Sony’s house TV historical past,” the corporate mentioned.
To be clear, this isn’t some new expertise that Sony simply got here up with — it is the identical Micro RGB tech we noticed earlier this 12 months from Samsung, LG, HiSense and others. These TVs use pure pink, inexperienced and blue LED backlights together with an LCD layer (somewhat than strong blue LEDs and quantum dots like Mini LED TVs) to supply the ultimate image. This show tech is meant to ship higher shade accuracy and extra brightness than common Mini LED TVs. (It isn’t the identical as OLED tech, by which every pixel acts as a light-weight supply.)
Sony’s True RGB backlight tech (proper) in comparison with present Mini LED TVs (Sony)
Nevertheless, 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 costly skilled reference displays. That supposedly permits for extra exact shade management and better brightness that enable motion pictures and collection to look extra just like the creators meant. It additionally reduces the “blooming” that happens when gentle leaks into neighboring pixels, whereas bettering shade accuracy when viewing the TVs from an angle.
Each TV maker claims to have the most effective expertise, however Sony has quite a lot of credibility as a result of its historical past with cinema cameras, Hollywood productions and reference displays. We’ll have to attend till spring this 12 months to see the brand new Bravia True RGB TVs for ourselves, however previous to that, the corporate has promised to launch “further particulars” about them within the close to future.
