TCL's Display Development Division Unveils New OLED And LED Advances—Including ‘World's Highest Image Quality LCD TV'
TCL CSOT's new innovations have all appeared as part of the company's showcase at SID Display Week 2025, a key global summit for the display industry. And while some of the exciting new developments TCL CSOT is exhibiting are currently still at 'proof of concept' stage rather than yet being full commercial realities, the hope has to be that they represent the latest steps towards at least some of these technologies eventually arriving in our living rooms.
Getting into more detail first on the OLED highlights of TCL CSOT's SID 2025 appearance, it's showing not one but two world-first fully realized 14-inch Ink Jet Printed (IJP) displays: One 2.8k-resolution panel integrated into a Notebook display that combines oxide and IJP technologies to deliver faster response and higher brightness while simultaneously reducing material waste and lower production energy consumption; and one 1920x1200 resolution, ultra-thin glass panel built into a Pad-type display that delivers 99% DCI-P3 color coverage, carries an anti-glare coating and supports precise stylus support.
Also claimed to be a world first is TCL CSOT's newly revealed IJP OLED Mobile Display, a 6.5-inch screen that uses a real RGB structure to achieve an 824 x 1833 resolution (which equates to a super-fine density of 326 pixels per inch), vivid color reproduction and fast motion rendering.
TCL CSOT's latest Micro LED developments at SID 2025, meanwhile, are a tale of extremes. At one end of the spectrum is the world's smallest SI-Micro LED Display: a 0.05-inch silicon-based Micro LED screen that delivers 5080 pixels per inch and a claimed four million nits - yes, that's four million nits - of brightness. This is posited as a potentially spectacular future solution for next-gen wearables and micro projectors.
At the other end of the scale, TCL CSOT has unveiled a mammoth 219-inch modular Micro LED display delivering a 5760x1440 resolution in an ultra-wide 36:9 aspect ratio with a 120Hz supported refresh rate. Or if someone needs brightness more than size, TCL CSOT is also showing off a 14.3-inch Micro LED PHUD display capable of punching out a remarkable 45,000 nits of peak module brightness. Aimed at the automotive industry, this ultra-bright display also boasts transparent projection and a wide field of view to enhance safety and user visibility on the road.
TCL CSOT is additionally using SID 2025 to unveil a trio of new displays as part of its so-called APEX platform, which focuses on four pillars of: Visual quality, protecting visual 'wellness', promoting sustainable energy performance, and imaginative design. The most immediately interesting of these to home entertainment fans is what TCL CSOT describes as the 'World's Highest Image Quality LCD TV Display'. That's quite a claim, of course, and I haven't been able to see the screen myself to verify it, but I can confirm that it's a 98-inch Mini LED display that boasts 95% coverage of the BT 2020 color spectrum (which is much wider than the DCI-P3 spectrum most TVs and current HDR content targets), 0.8% ultra-low reflectance and a 178-degree viewing angle.
Also on show as part of the APEX scheme is the world's first natural-spectrum slim pad display, a 12.1-inch tablet that uses natural spectrum backlighting to combine eye-care benefits with enhanced brightness and slimness for portable productivity. And the final TCL CSOT APEX innovation to be revealed at SID 2025 is the World's Narrowest Splicing Dual-Curved Display: A 23.6-inch multi-panel screen designed for cars where each Mini LED panel features a mind-boggling 9589 local dimming zones, with just 1.0mm of gap between panels. This display's curved shape and a hidden wood-grain integration is claimed to deliver a more refined and immersive visual cabin experience, too.
If you're involved in the display industry and want to see all these TCL CSOT innovations for yourself (and if you do, let me know if you think the 98-inch TV on show really does deliver the World's Highest LCD TV Image Quality!), SID 2025 is running until May 15 at the San Jose Convention Center.
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