After a short introduction when it revealed its SQD-Mini LED TVs at CES 2026 in Vegas, we’ve obtained extra particulars on TCL’s flagship TV for this yr.
The SQD-Mini LED line-up, SQD standing for “Tremendous Quantum Dot”, can be coming to the UK market, with the X11L main the cost (from 75-inches and above), adopted by the C8L and C7L fashions, with TCL stating that every TV is “designed to make viewing really feel greater, brighter, and extra immersive.” It appears to be like as if these fashions substitute the C8K and C7K from 2025.
The X11L SQD-Mini LED is stacked with excessive efficiency numbers. TCL claims that it has as much as 20,736 exact dimming zones, and may produce as much as 10,000 nits of peak brightness, with assist 100% BT.2020 color gamut to ship each vibrant and correct, cinema-grade color.
There was slight controversy with the final level with a pre-review asserting the X11L didn’t meet these color benchmarks (however there’s a suggestion this was measured in a mode that’s not the optimum image mode).
The display screen is a local 144Hz which ought to assist with movement and gaming, whereas there’s HDR assist within the type of HDR10+ and Dolby Imaginative and prescient, although arguably the brightness this TV provides means dynamic HDR codecs aren’t probably the most crucial.
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The X11L packs TCL’s WHVA 2.0 Extremely panel to make sure constant colors, distinction, and brightness at vast viewing angles, and audio is as soon as once more provided by Danish audio model Bang & Olufsen.
The step-down C8L sees the quantity rely fall from the highs of the X11L, with simply the 4032 dimming zones and 6000 nits of peak brightness to depend upon.
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It retains the 144Hz native refresh price, and the sound system is constructed by Bang & Olufsen with Dolby Atmos assist.
The specs fall once more with the C7L, although the efficiency on paper nonetheless stretches previous most different Mini LEDs available on the market. There are 2176 dimming zones, 3000 nits of peak brightness; whereas the display screen is 144Hz, there’s HDMI 2.1 assist in addition to Dolby Atmos on the sound facet.
The C7L can be accessible in sizes that vary from 55- to 98-inches. The C8L covers the identical sizes whereas the X11L is out there in 75-, 85- and 98-inch sizes.
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There’s been no point out of value however we anticipate the SQD-Mini LED collection to be that can be purchased from Could 2026 onwards.
