For 2026, Sony is coming out with a new TV backlight, which it’s been working on for several years. The company claims its True RGB technology will let its TVs produce “purer color, greater brightness, and the largest color volume ever achieved in Sony’s home TV history.” Using individually controlled red, green and blue LEDs, the potential is there for a jump in performance.
“But wait,” you might be asking, “aren’t all backlights RGB LEDs?”
Actually, no. Nearly all are just blue LEDs. At least, that’s been the case until recently. Sony itself was a pioneer in RGB backlighting about 20 years ago. This evolution of the tech that was once called Triluminos might even rival OLED in terms of picture quality.
Sony’s True RGB is not the only RGB mini- or micro-LED in town, though, with Hisense, LG, Samsung and TCL also working on their own versions of the tech. Of course, Sony
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