One of the world’s largest TV manufacturers, TCL®, announced their next-gen QD-Mini LED technology and new “affordable premium” QM6K TV Series at CES 2025. TCL officially launched the QM6K, the first series with new enhanced QD-Mini LED technology for immersion and experiences in cinema, sports, and gaming. Starting with the QM6K, TCL’s 2025 lineup will further reinforce the company’s leadership in the industry as it rolls out new models in a new phased series launch strategy.
The QD-Mini LED models stem from the TCL Pangu Lab, the world’s first and only full-process Mini LED development center in China. The TCL Pangu Lab has developed the new Super High Energy LED Chip which increases brightness output by more than 53%, while also increasing light efficiency by 10%. The team also created a new Condensed Micro Lens, a highly upgraded version of the 2024 UWA Dual Arch Lens, utilizing specially formulated optical materials for enhanced stability and a narrower light path for more precise light control.
Creating the new TCL Micro OD, a redesigned backlight system further reduces optical distance, or OD, between the backlight and diffuser plate. This feature is crucial for creating truly premium Mini LED as, along with the new Lens, it helps provide a 143% improvement in backlight uniformity, and over an 18% improvement in blooming control.
The brand’s QD-Mini LED backlight technology works with a high-contrast CSOT HVA Panel that has a better dark state to block out more light when the LCD closes, providing up to 7,000:1 static contrast. Furthermore, TCL has incorporated new Quantum Dot Technology with more vibrant Quantum Crystals to render over one billion colors, with up to 98%+ of DCI-P3 color gamut, providing 100,000 high quality viewing hours. A new Color Optimization Algorithm has also been created to ensure that TCL’s new TVs better activate all of that rich color.
In 2025, TCL is adding several new processing advancements starting with Zero-Delay Transient Response, for virtually no lag between the input signal and backlight response. They also upgraded to a Bi-directional 23-bit Backlight Controller, allowing granular control of over 65,000 levels of brightness for each LED.
In addition, TCL includes a new Dynamic Light Algorithm, which intelligently optimizes the incoming video signal so that SDR signals render at near HDR level, for consistently great picture quality, regardless of the content metadata. All of these hardware and processing advancements are combined to create the new TCL Halo Control Technology Suite.
TCL is also launching the all-new Precise Dimming Series powered by its new Halo Control Technology Suite. The first introduction is the TCL QM6K, which offers a level of picture quality that has never been offered in its price band before, including:
• New Halo Control System
• Up to LD500 Precise Dimming with High HDR Brightness
• 144Hz Native Refresh Rate
• Game Accelerator 288, for Up to Blistering Fast 288 VRR
• TCL AiPQ Pro Processor
• Dolby Vision IQ (Plus HDR10+, HDR10, HLG, and the NEW DLA)
• Dolby Atmos
• DTS Virtual:X
• IMAX Enhanced & AMD FreeSync Certifications
• NEW Dolby Vision Filmmaker Mode
• NEW Sleep Sounds Mode
• NEW Hands-Free Voice Control
• NEW Onkyo 2.1 Speaker System
• Google TV
• Slimmer FullView 360 Bezel-less Design
TCL’s QM6K Series will be available in a 50” screen size for $749.99 MSRP, 55” for $799.99 MSRP, 65” for $999.99 MSRP, 75” for $1,299.99 MSRP, 85” for $1,999.99 MSRP, and an XXL 98” big screen for $3,499.99 MSRP. The 65”, 75” and 85” QM6K models are available now for preorder at www.tcl.com and will come with a complimentary TCL Q75H sound bar.
In 2025 there are more TCL Precise Dimming Series to come. To learn more about TCL and its products, please visit www.tcl.com.
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Source: TCL, CES, CTA, QM6K, QD-Mini LED
