HTG 533: When is QLED Not QLED? - Legal Wrangling Over Deceptive Marketing

About this episode

The episode discusses a German court ruling against TCL for deceptive marketing regarding the use of the 'QLED' label on TVs without quantum dots.

A court in Germany ruled that TCL engages in deceptive marketing when it uses the "QLED" moniker on TVs that don't actually use quantum dots. The ruling applies only to certain European model lines, but could it also apply to any US models? Host: Scott Wilkinson Download or subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord .

People in this episode

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Topics covered

• QLED
• deceptive marketing
• court ruling
• TCL
• television technology
• quantum dots

Keywords

• QLED
• TCL
• deceptive marketing
• court ruling
• quantum dots
• television

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TCL

Products: QLED

Places: Germany

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