Sony's new take on an old idea could lead to TVs with better, brighter color. Here's why it could be cool. Sony says it's developing a new backlight tech for LCD TVs, using RBG LEDs. "But wait, aren't all backlights RGB LEDs?

Korean OLED TVs, long considered the gold standard for premium television, are facing growing competition from Chinese and Japanese manufacturers as they roll out next-generation RGB LED TVs. At CES 2025,

Sony has announced its next-gen RGB mini-LED TV backlight tech, and from our eyes-on experience it looks like a winner.

LED TVs are about to get a lot better. As demonstrated by Hisense and to some extent Samsung at CES 2025, a new backlight technology called RGB LED is poised to improve the quality and efficiency of TVs that use LED backlights and LCD panels to work their magic.

Today Sony is announcing the development of a new type of TV display that uses individual RGB LEDs for its backlighting. While Sony currently sells high-end Mini LED TVs alongside OLED models, this new system could combine many of the best qualities of both, and I recently got to see it in action at the company’s Tokyo headquarters.

Sony has just announced that it's working on a next-gen RGB Mini LED TV, but we've already seen the prototype in Tokyo

Sony has developed a New RGB LED display with superior color accuracy and image detail. TVs with this tech may arrive as soon as later this year.