Developed with the help of the Japanese firm Rohm Co., a specialist in printed circuits, the Chinese company Sana Optoelectronics Co., a specialist in [abc]LEDs[/abc] and the foundry MediaTek for the processor, Sony and its new backlight control process currently in development are making their mark on the next premium TV market, that of [abc]RGB[/abc] Mini LED specimens (or RGB Mini LED in English). And the date is set for 2026.
Sony RGB Mini LED TV, peak brightness at 4,000 nits ££££
As a reminder, an RGB Mini LED system allows triplets of R (red), G (green) and B (blue) diodes to be managed independently for a final screen rendering that is perfectly colored and, above all, accurate in terms of colorimetry. And this regardless of the brightness level: no more color loss in the presence of extreme brightness or marked darkness. With RGB Mini LED technology, Sony's aim is to offer diffusers capable of extremely faithfully reproducing the intentions of content creators, particularly cinematographic ones, therefore those of directors and/or Dop (director of photography). As such, Sony announces that its next RGB Mini LED TVs will be capable of delivering a peak brightness of 4,000 nits, the same as that of its Sony BVM-HX3110 monitor, a [abc]LCD[/abc] Dual Cell model (two LCD panels assembled to reinforce blacks at the level of Oled), used in many post-production studios.
Sony Mini LED RGB TV, 99% of the DCI-P3 gamut and 90% of the Rec.2020 gamut££££
Technically, Sony announces for its next Mini LED RGB TVs a coverage of 99% of the DCI-P3 gamut and 90% of the Rec.2020 gamut. Another detail revealed by the Japanese group, an internal signal processing on 96 bits to simultaneously generate abysmal blacks but always rich in texture, extremely bright specular lights, bright solar but never burned areas, while ensuring an extraordinarily faithful reproduction of all scenes mixing shadow and clarity. Similarly, Sony assures that the gradients of colors or light will again be ideally managed, at the same time widening the field of vision.
Sony Mini LED RGB TV, the logical continuation of the Mini LED XR Backlight Master Drive££££
The future Sony Mini LED RGB TV series is the logical continuation of the strategy implemented by the Japanese company in 2024 with the Sony Bravia 9 TV series (click on the Sony K-65XR90 reference to discover the exhaustive test of the product by the AVcesar editorial team) and based on an already exclusive Mini [abc]LED[/abc] backlighting system, the Mini LED XR Backlight Master Drive (see illustration below). This sheds new light on Sony's decision to invest in recent years (for nearly 5 years according to our information) in Mini LED technology by developing its own patents for the years to come (see our news Sony TV premium 2024, heading for Mini LED to the detriment of Oled?), to the detriment of [abc]Oled[/abc] whose patents and mastery are essentially the work of the Korean groups LG and Samsung.
Sony Mini LED RGB TV, heir to the Sony 46X4500 LED RGB TV££££
To be complete on Mini LED RGB technology, it should be remembered that Sony was a pioneer on the subject with the Sony 46X4500 LED RGB reference presented in 2008, already 17 years ago. There are still a few questions about these upcoming broadcasters: will they adopt the Bravia 10 name, this potential name having first appeared in the summer of 2024, or will they adopt another name (the return of the Trinitron name?) to highlight the new onboard Mini LED RGB backlighting technology? Similarly, will the expected 85" and 98" diagonals be there? The answer will come later this year.
