Folks, if you’ve been paying attention to the TV market lately, you already know TCL has been pushing hard on Mini LED. Now it’s doubling down, and honestly, it’s getting a bit wild. The company just expanded its premium lineup with the new QM8L and QM7L series, while also jumping into something newer with the flagship RM9L.
Let’s start with the bread and butter. The QM8L and QM7L both use TCL’s SQD Mini LED technology, which is basically its way of squeezing more color, brightness, and contrast out of LCD panels. The pitch is simple: richer colors, deeper blacks, and stronger HDR without jumping to OLED pricing.
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In practical terms, that means a lot of local dimming zones, very high peak brightness, and better control over blooming. TCL is also leaning heavily into color accuracy with its “Deep Color System,” which aims to hit full BT2020 color coverage. Movies should look punchier, highlights should pop more, and darker scenes should hold detail instead of turning muddy.
Where things get more interesting is the RM9L. This is TCL stepping into RGB Mini LED, which replaces the traditional white backlight with dedicated red, green, and blue LEDs. That allows more precise color control at the hardware level, which in theory should produce a more accurate and vivid image.
We’re talking up to 6,000 nits of brightness, thousands of dimming zones, a 144Hz panel, and extremely granular color control. This is the kind of hardware that really shines on massive displays, which is exactly what TCL is targeting here.
And yeah, these things are big. Really big. TCL clearly believes the future of TV is giant panels with aggressive brightness and color performance.
The QM8L is available now, with pricing that lands in what I’d call premium but still somewhat reasonable territory. The 65-inch starts at $2,499.99, the 75-inch at $2,999.99, the 85-inch at $3,999.99, and the 98-inch climbs to $5,999.99.
The QM7L sits below that and is available for pre-order. Pricing starts at $1,199.99 for 55 inches, then $1,499.99 for 65 inches, $1,999.99 for 75 inches, $2,499.99 for 85 inches, and $3,999.99 for the 98-inch model.
Then there’s the RM9L, which is clearly aimed at folks who want a wall-sized display and don’t mind paying for it. The 85-inch costs $7,999.99, the 98-inch is $9,999.99, and the massive 115-inch version hits $29,999.99.
Yeah, twenty-nine grand for a TV! That’s not a typo…
Here’s my take. TCL is doing something smart here. Instead of forcing everyone into one “best” display tech, it’s offering multiple tiers that all push color and brightness in different ways. SQD Mini LED for most people, and RGB Mini LED for those chasing the absolute high end.
Do you need a 115-inch RGB TV? Probably not. But it’s fun that it exists.
At the very least, TCL is making the TV market more interesting again, and that’s something I can get behind. You can buy a TCL TV here.
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