TCL finally brings its flagship mini-LED TVs to the UK this year — that means 'Super Quantum Dots' and exceptional brightness

TCL has now announced its new mini-LED TV range for the UK — it had announced its new range for the US back at CES, but now we know what to expect over here as well.

The good news is that TCL is finally bringing its flagship sets to the UK — it usually skips the UK with its highest-end and largest TVs, but the TCL X11L is coming to the UK in 75-inch, 85-inch and 98-inch sizes.

The X11L is an 'SQD Mini-LED' set, meaning that it uses 'super quantum dots' as part of its colour-filtering, which promises an even wider range of colours than regular quantum dots. This is combined with a new LCD colour filter that uses "xanthene dye" for improved colour accuracy.

The set also includes a new generation of mini-LED tech, which promises higher luminance and better control of the light direction to avoid blooming.

We've already had a chance to measure the US version of the X11L (which TCL says is the same as the UK version, outside of smart TV software changes), and while it produced some extremely strong results compared to other mini-LED TVs, we found that the X11L didn't totally match up to TCL's claims for how well it can perform. However, it has massively impressed everyone who's seen it, so we still have high hopes for it, even if RGB TVs are coming to try to beat it on colour range.

Speaking of RGB-backlit TVs, though, TCL is launching two models of those. There will be a higher-end set called the TCL RM9L, which sits just below the flagship X11L in TCL's line-up. The RM9L will be available in 85-inch, 98-inch and 115-inch sizes, so is only for those who want the largest sets.

A cheaper model called the RM7L, will sit much further down TCL's line-up — below the two sets I'm going to tell you about next, interestingly, despite having next-gen tech in it. This will be available in 65-inch, 75-inch, 85-inch and 98-inch sizes. It's interesting that TCL isn't launching a 55-inch version of its sets — most other companies have committed to a 55-inch budget RGB models in 2026.

Still, when it comes to budget mini-LED, the next two sets will almost certainly be the most popular anyway.

The TCL C8L is the new higher-mid-range mini-LED set from TCL, and sits just below the RM9L in TCL's 2026 range. TCL says it will include the same SQD tech and next-gen mini-LED tech as the X11L, just with fewer dimming zones and lower brightness. This TV will come in 55-inch, 65-inch, 75-inch, 85-inch and 98-inch sizes.

The TCL C7L will sit below that, and will again include the SQD tech, but with fewer dimming zones and lower brightness levels than the C8L. This TV will come in the same sizes as the C8L, and is likely to be the sweet spot for most people, just as the TCL C7K, released in 2025, has been.

In fact, the C7K has done well enough that TCL is keeping it around in two sizes: 50 inches and 115 inches. You can see that the C7L isn't coming in these sizes, so the C7K will only stay to fill those gaps.

Finally, TCL is also launching a regular QD (ie, not 'super' QD) mini-LED model called the P8L. This seems to fill the same role in the line-up as the TCL P8K from last year, but is branded as having the QD mini-LED screen.

There's no official UK pricing yet but in Europe the 98-inch TCL X11L is retailing at €9,999. That's roughly £8,655 at current exchange rates.

TCL X11L SQD-Mini LED TV

TCL RM9L RGB-Mini LED TV

TCL C8L SQD-Mini LED TV

TCL C7L SQD-Mini LED TV

TCL RM7L RGB-Mini LED TV

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