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Sunny Grimm

HKC announces world's first RGB Mini LED monitor — M10 Ultra will have 4,788 addressable full-color backlight zones

Promotional press image of HKC's first RGB Mini LED monitor.

HKC Co. LTD has announced its plans to release the M10 Ultra, a 32-inch, 4K, RGB Mini LED computer monitor, in 2026. RGB Mini LED panel technology is the newest hot tech in the display world, and HKC has beaten the biggest companies in TVs and displays to become the first company to announce an RGB Mini LED monitor.

The M10 Ultra's secret sauce is its RGB Mini LED backlight system, which is said to possess "simultaneous light and color control" in a Chinese press release from HKC. This level of control is contrasted with standard Mini LED's "single light control", also per HKC. The panel developers also boast a whopping 4,788 independent control zones in the M10 Ultra's backlight, which makes this claim sound pretty believable.

RGB Mini LED, sometimes referred to as Micro LED, is the next step in LED backlighting technology. All display panels have their color-emitting diodes helped by a backlight, and backlight technology has been pushed forward in recent years by the Mini LED trend, which is defined by smaller backlight LEDs and more independently-controlled dimming zones for better lighting and color accuracy. But what if these mini LEDs were RGB — pushing panel backlights into full color, and creating the most color-accurate panels mankind has ever seen?

(Image credit: Sony)
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