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Mostly marketing, there's basically two main technologies to make screens (excluding e-ink): LED and O(rganic)LED. All these qled, miniled etc is just a variation of LED with different quality.
Although I fully agree with keeping it simple like that and I would state to anyone that this is basically correct, there are some technical differences between a 'normal' LED and QLEDs. And then there's also Quantum Dot OLEDs which applies this 'quantum' (marketing term) layer to an OLED screen.
So in short, yeah they're different but it's indeed mostly marketing.
Assuming I'm not mistaken, doesn't QLED actually rely on quantum effects to produce color?
[A 'proper' quantum light-emitting diode element emits its own light – the clue is in the name.
However, Samsung's latest TVs use a separate LCD backlight (often an edge-lit backlight, at that) just like any other LED-LCD TV. So the QLED moniker is more about branding than a truly 'quantum leap' for TV panel technology](https://www.techradar.com/news/samsung-qled-samsungs-latest-television-acronym-explained)