Most people assume Mini LED is what you settle for when OLED isnโt in the budget. LG built that perception itself, spending over a decade positioning OLED as the standard for picture quality. But the 2026 QNED evo range suggests the company is done treating Mini LED as the second tier, starting with a screen so large it could double as a wall.
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So the real question is: can 13 years of OLED leadership actually change what a Mini LED TV can do?
The company just rolled out its refreshed QNED evo Mini LED TV series for 2026, topped by a new 115-inch QNED90 that pushes LG further into ultra-large territory. The lineup spans six model tiers, from the flagship QNED90 down through the QNED85, QNED82, QNED8M, QNED80, and the entry-level QNED70, with availability starting this month in Korea, the U.S., and Europe.
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Richer color reproduction across most of the lineup
The headline technology this year is Dynamic QNED Color Pro, a color mapping system that LG says helps maintain rich and accurate tones even in bright HDR scenes. Intertek has certified the technology for achieving 100 percent Color Volume, meaning the color gamut coverage matches or exceeds the DCI-P3 color space. That certification matters for sports viewers and gamers who rely on consistent color across bright, fast-moving content.
Powering the top-tier models is LGโs Alpha 8 AI Processor Gen 3, which appears in the 115-inch QNED90, the QNED85, and the QNED82. With 13 years of OLED leadership behind it, LG says the AI processor brings its OLED light control skills to the QNED platform.
Precision dimming gets sharper on the flagship
The 115-inch LG QNED90 gets the most aggressive backlight treatment with Precision Dimming Ultra, which LG describes as managing…