Sony's new True RGB backlight tech updates an old idea and promises even better, brighter colors.

Sony says it's developing a new backlight tech for LCD TVs, using RBG LEDs. "But wait, aren't all backlights RGB LEDs?" If that's what you're thinking, no, actually most aren't. What's your next ...

Anyone who has followed our TV reviews over the years has heard me repeatedly say what Sony has always told anyone who asks for specs and details on its backlight systems: It’s not the number of zones ...

With LED spacing of around 1cm in a backlight array, Sony claims, even a 100micrometer variation in the size of each RGB chip can only make about a 1% difference – which Sony maintains (and which ...

With its new TVs, Sony is talking a lot about its improved backlight this year. There is not so much improved backlight, but there is the addition of many more dimming zones. This is actually the ...

First teased in a prototype at CES in January, Sony is now ready to unleash its Backlight Master Drive tech to those who care a lot about TVs. I’m referring to the Sony Z9D series of 4K HDR TVs, which ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Let me say right from the off that this is fairly techie stuff that’s quite hard to describe ...