Tiled microLEDs

Sony signed an agreement with TCL to spin-off Sony's TV business to a new company called Bravia Inc. TCL will pay around $473 million to acquire a controlling 51% stake in the new company. Bravia Inc. is expected to commence operations in April 2027.

Bravia Inc. will not just retain ownership of Sony's TVs - it will also include Sony's home audio equipment including audio and projectors, and Sony's B2B BRAVIA and B2B LED displays. It is not clear, but it is likely that the new company will also handle Sony's Crystal-LED tiled microLED signage displays, and also its upcoming microLED backlit LCDs.

TCL launched two new microLED TVs in China, both are based on 163" 4K tiled microLED panels. The Max163M offers 10,000 nits XDR brightness, a 100% BT.2020 color gamut, ultra-low reflection and is based on TCL’s Spirit Control System 3.0 software.

The second TV is the Max163M Pro, which offers higher brightness (TCL only says "over" 10,000 nits) and 120Hz refresh rate (we do know the refresh rate of the regular Max163M, it is likely to be 90Hz or 60hz).

US-based signage developer Daktronics demonstrated its latest microLED module display technology at ISE 2026. The demonstration is of a small microLED tile (6.2-inch, 640x320), based on a micro-IC driving technology, with a 0.18 mm pixel pitch.

Daktronics says that its microLED displays can achieve a brightness of 4500 nits. This panel is based on IP and technology by X Display Company (XDC), which Daktronics acquired in December 2025.

IC designer Sapien Semiconductors announced that it has successfully completed the development of its first microLED driver IC. The S25LM81 IC utilizes Sapien's Memory-inside-Pixel (MiP) that stores image data inside each pixel and a partial update technique that refreshes only portions of the screen, and can be used to drive microLED chips ranging in size from 15 to 30 μm.

The Sapien S25LM81 can drive a 10x10 RGB microLED module (300 microLED chips), where each pixel can be controlled individually. The company presented a 2.9-inch tile, branded as Micro-Tile, that supports resolutions ranging from 100 to 500 PPI. Multiple tiles can be seamlessly connected, allowing to scale the screen size and resolution.

AUO is demonstrating its latest microLED displays at CES 2026, showing some new panels and technologies.

First up we have a new wide-format transparent microLED display, at 54-inches. AUO says that the display offers high brightness and high transparency, and can be tiled together to create larger displays.

Samsung is demonstrating a new 140-inch microLED tiled TV, in which the display continues on its edges. Samsung calls this technology a Mirror Bezel, although this is a bit misleading as the edge is a full display and not just a mirror.

The idea is that the microLED display continues on the edge of the display, and can display extra information, or extend the image, or just provide ambient lighting (similar to Philips' Ambilight). 

Hisense announced a new 163-inch MicroLED display, the 163MX RGBY MicroLED Display, that is the first to feature a four-primary (RGBY) microLED color architecture. 

Hisense says that by adding a fourth, yellow subpixel to the traditional RGB structure, the 163MX display dramatically enhances the color fidelity compared to standard microLED displays.

US-based signage developer Daktronics announced that it has acquired IP, equipment and technical expertise from X Display Company (XDC). It is not clear whether XDC remains an active company, or whether it has shut down after the acquisition. The company did not disclose the financial implications of this acquisition.

Daktronics says that the acquisition will enable it to integrate these technologies into its own products. The IP assets include XDC's mass transfer technologies and microLED fabrication, which Daktronics aims to use in large-format video walls and medium-sized commercial displays.

In March 2025, Hisense launched its first microLED TV in China, a 136" 4K 10,000 nits TV, priced at 799,999 Yuan (around $110,000). Hisense is now offering this TV in the US, priced at $99,999 (with free delivery!).

The full TV model is the Hisense 136″ Class MX Micro-LED Series UHD 4K VIDAA TV Smart Display, or 136MX for short. The TV offers a 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, HDR 10, HLG, and Dolby Vision HDR.

Tianma has demonstrated a 108-inch 4K tiled microLED display, that it says was produced with an all-laser mass transfer process - which probably means it utilizes both a LIFT and an LLO process. The company also says that this display features zero visible bezels, ultra-high brightness (it did not specify it, though), and exceptional contrast.

This is the first time that Tianma is showing a large-area tiled microLED. It has showed single modules before for example the 5.04" 480x320 (222 micron LEDs) it has shown in 2021. In 2024, it has demonstrated a 7.5-inch module that features a brightness of 600 nits.