This yr at CES 2026 everyone was fairly confused in regards to 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 pink, inexperienced and blue LED backlights enable for “purer colour, better brightness, and the biggest colour quantity ever achieved in Sony’s residence 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 pink, inexperienced and blue LED backlights together with an LCD layer (moderately than stable 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 is not the identical as OLED tech, during which every pixel acts as a light-weight supply.)
Sony’s True RGB backlight tech (proper) in comparison with present Mini LED TVs (Sony)
Nonetheless, Sony says that the way in which it processes the picture makes its True RGB TVs stand out from rivals. To regulate the LEDs extra exactly, it borrowed algorithms from its wildly costly skilled reference displays. That supposedly permits for extra exact colour management and better brightness that enable films and collection 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 perfect know-how, however Sony has numerous credibility as a consequence of 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 “further particulars” about them within the close to future.
