Mini-LED is an LCD backlight technology using thousands of tiny LEDs grouped into hundreds of dimming zones, enabling higher peak brightness and better contrast than traditional LCDs.
Mini-LED panels use 1000–10,000+ small LEDs as a backlight, divided into 500–2000 local dimming zones. This enables HDR peak brightness up to 4000 nits, far brighter than OLED's typical 1000–2000 nits.
Drawbacks include some "blooming" where bright objects cast halos on dark backgrounds — a tradeoff vs OLED's perfect per-pixel control.
Used in Apple's MacBook Pro and iPad Pro, Samsung Neo QLED TVs, and some gaming monitors. Bridges the gap between standard LCD and OLED quality.