Chinese TV producer TCL announced its first commercial microLED TV, the 163-inch 4K TV X11H Max. The TV offers an XDR peak brightness of 10,000 nits, 22bit+ color depth, extremely fast response speed (nanosecond level) and a lifetime of over 100,000 hours. The price is set at 799,999 Yuan, or around $110,000.
This is obviously an ultra-premium product, but it is great to see TCL formally enter the microLED market. TCL first demonstrated a prototype 163" microLED panels back in 2023. It is likely that this new tiled TV features an Oxide-TFT (IGZO) backplane.
TCL CSoT is developing several microLED technologies, including flexible displays and wearable displays and transparent displays. In 2020, TCL CSoT and San'an Optoelectronics launched a $43 million microLED materials and processes co-development product.
TCL CSoT will be one of the keynote speakers at MicroLED-Connect's flagship event in Eindhoven, September 2024. This will be an excellent opportunity to learn TCL's microLED strategy and plans going forward, and of course hear from other leading industry players, including Google, KAUST, Bugatti, CEA/Leti, Global Foundries, imec.Xpand, VueReal, ALLOS and more.