However, the idea that miniLED LCDs could compete with OLED s – whose cost and performance continue to improve – remains unconfirmed.
With the high-end display market, mainly dominated by OLEDs, LCDs are back in force with a new technology building block designed to compete with the contrast ratio and image quality provided by OLEDs.
By integrating miniLEDs into the backlight unit, a greater number of dimming zones are created, offering finer backlighting control, thus better managing contrast and halo.
With this enhanced performance opportunity, LCD manufacturers intend to get a foot in the door of the high-end display market, further facilitated by greater existing manufacturing capacity and lower investment requirements compared to OLEDs.
However, miniLED is still a subject on which display manufacturers struggle to position themselves. Multiple criteria have to be considered to make the most of a miniLED backlight unit.
TCL’s MiniLED X9 85” TV backlight Unit is considered a pioneer in miniLED backlighting technology. The Chinese manufacturer TCL is promoting its third generation of miniLED TVs with an OD-zero solution to reduce the thickness of the backlight unit and the screen.
It is interesting to see how they do this and whether their experience in the domain will allow them to further extend their technological leadership.
The MiniLED backlight Unit in Samsung’s Neo QLED TV was first to market with LEDs, then with quantum dots, Samsung is eager to take the reins of the high-end TV market and knock LG and its OLED product range off the top of the leaderboard.
It is worth taking a look at this all-in-one plate construction and its impact on the TV assembly. From a broader point of view, will Samsung manage to close the performance gap with OLED?
A MiniLED backlight unit is used in Samsung’s Odyssey Neo G9 49’’ Monitor – a market that OLEDs struggle to enter – and there is a MiniLED backlight Unit in the Apple iPad Pro 12.9”:
The successful integration of a miniLED backlight unit in 12.9” displays could accelerate the adoption of the technology by the automotive display market.