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  • In 2026, TV manufacturers are pitching RGB MiniLED as the hot new technology for rich, intense colors, but TCL has its own solution: Super Quantum Dots. The flagship TCL X11L is the first “SQD-Mini LED,” and the company says it is capable of achieving 100% of the BT2020 color space, which is a lot. TCL says its TV is capable of a very high brightness, and in my hands-on testing, I found it it did get eye-scorchingly bright, especially in Standard mode. Where all of its extra light output is most likely to show up in gaming on next-gen consoles. I watched the X11L with a mix of Blu-rays and str

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