What is Panel type: LED, QLED, mini-LED, OLED?

How the picture is lit — backlight zones, quantum dots, or self-lit pixels.

Short answer

'QLED' is still a backlit LCD. It is not related to OLED despite the name.

Panel type: LED, QLED, mini-LED, OLED when buying a television

How the picture is lit — backlight zones, quantum dots, or self-lit pixels.

Why it matters: OLED gives perfect black in dark rooms; mini-LED gets far brighter for sunlit living rooms.

Look for: 'QLED' is still a backlit LCD. It is not related to OLED despite the name.

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