TCL Sues Samsung Over ‘Mini LED’ Claims, Highlights Lack of FALD

TCL has sued Samsung in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, filing the complaint in late August and accusing the Korean maker of “fraud” for marketing its M‑series LCD‑LED sets as Mini LED televisions.

Samsung’s M‑series, priced from $300 for a 43‑inch model up to $2,300 for a 100‑inch model, includes the M70H, M80H and M90H, which TCL says lack the full‑array local dimming (FALD) hardware that defines true Mini LED backlighting.

The lawsuit points to Samsung’s product pages that list “Supreme Mini LED Dimming” but qualify it as software‑based rather than hardware‑based FALD, a distinction experts such as Guillaume Chansin of Counterpoint Research and Eric Virey of Yole Intelligence say is critical for contrast and HDR performance.

Samsung has declined comment on the specific claims but said it will vigorously defend the case.

What to watch: the court’s ruling on what constitutes a Mini LED display.

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