This 12 months at CES 2026 all people was fairly confused concerning the new “Micro RGB” and “RGB Mini LED” TVs that use comparable expertise however carry completely different names. Now, Sony has give you one other label for its personal Mini LED TVs with RGB backlighting: True RGB. The concept is to emphasise that the person pink, inexperienced and blue LED backlights permit for “purer shade, higher brightness, and the biggest shade quantity ever achieved in Sony’s house TV historical past,” the corporate mentioned.
To be clear, this isn’t some new expertise that Sony simply got here up with — it is the identical Micro RGB tech we noticed earlier this 12 months from Samsung, LG, HiSense and others. These TVs use pure pink, inexperienced and blue LED backlights together with an LCD layer (somewhat than strong blue LEDs and quantum dots like Mini LED TVs) to provide the ultimate image. This show tech is meant to ship higher shade accuracy and extra brightness than common Mini LED TVs. (It is not the identical as OLED tech, during which every pixel acts as a light-weight supply.)
Sony’s True RGB backlight tech (proper) in comparison with present Mini LED TVs (Sony)
Nonetheless, Sony says that the best way it processes the picture makes its True RGB TVs stand out from rivals. To manage the LEDs extra exactly, it borrowed algorithms from its wildly costly skilled reference screens. That supposedly permits for extra exact shade management and better brightness that permit motion pictures and collection to look extra just like the creators meant. It additionally reduces the “blooming” that happens when mild leaks into neighboring pixels, whereas enhancing shade accuracy when viewing the TVs from an angle.
Each TV maker claims to have the perfect expertise, however Sony has loads of credibility as a consequence of its historical past with cinema cameras, Hollywood productions and reference screens. We’ll have to attend till spring this 12 months to see the brand new Bravia True RGB TVs for ourselves, however previous to that, the corporate has promised to launch “further particulars” about them within the close to future.
