I recently attended TCL’s ‘Experts meet Experts’ conference in Warsaw, Poland and saw a number of innovations, from giant, 98-inch TVs to super bright mini-LED models boasting over 5,000 nits peak brightness. There was also a wide range of tech demonstrations happening at the event, including a projector vs a mini-LED TV and different HDR formats played on the same TV.
One demonstration in particular caught my eye. It was a lineup of TCL’s own TVs with the panels taken off. That’s right: no pixels, no colors, etc., just the TV’s frame and backlight. Why was this so fascinating? Because hooked up to these pixel-less sets was another reference TV running demo video clips. These same clips ran through all the other sets and it showed not only the difference between cheaper and premium models, but also the difference the number of local dimming zones can make.
