What Is a Micro RGB TV and Why You’re Gonna See Them In every single place

Within the realm of complicated acronyms describing right this moment’s swath of TV show sorts, the nascent “micro RGB” is now set to flood showrooms beginning in 2026. So what the hell is it, and why are main TV manufacturers instantly staking a declare on one more display screen kind? Let’s discover, as a result of come the brand new yr and CES 2026, they’re going to be in every single place.

As an example, Samsung spent CES 2025 promising to launch completely huge micro RGB TVs. It then introduced the expertise to the fore in the midst of 2025 with a ludicrous $30,000 115-inch offering. micro RGB screens are just like the native dimming expertise of mini LED, besides as an alternative of white or blue mild LEDs behind a liquid crystal show (therefore the title LCD), these shows use tiny 100μm LEDs able to emitting pink, inexperienced, or blue mild independently. On Tuesday, LG was first out of the gate, asserting its future micro RGB evo TV guarantees 100% colour accuracy throughout Adobe RGB, DCI-P3, and BT.2020 colour area requirements.

LG’s micro RGB evo TVs solely are available in 75-, 86-, and 100-inch flavors, so it’s not any type of display screen that the overwhelming majority of consumers will search to purchase. In that regard, Samsung is properly forward of the sport because it’s planning to launch a whole lineup of micro RGB in 55-, 65-, 75-, 85-, 100-, and 115-inch flavors. Samsung’s TVs will nonetheless be in a brand new “premium class,” in accordance with its press announcement, so don’t anticipate even the affordable 55-inch mannequin to be inexpensive. The display screen expertise continues to be comparatively new, and which means the capability for these screens is restricted and can essentially demand the next price.

So why will we even care about micro RGB?

The entire level of a micro RGB TV is to supply higher colour management for a extra correct image high quality. Micro RGB continues to be LCD, which suggests it might want to compete in opposition to the reigning champs of OLED shows. Natural light-emitting diode shows use self-emissive lights to supply ultra-deep black ranges and high-contrast colours. Fashionable OLED screens now embrace QD-OLED, which provides a quantum dot layer to reinforce colour accuracy on screens, and tandem OLED—which is 2 layers of diodes to reinforce brightness. OLED display screen sorts was once far costlier (and with that, endure a threat of burn-in, the place the image would etch completely onto the display screen), however trendy iterations are each cheaper and safer in the long run.

TV manufacturers are at all times seeking to be on the bleeding fringe of display screen applied sciences. Nonetheless, what’s extra vital for customers is affordability. Samsung is correct to begin providing smaller display screen sizes that may match inside individuals’s residing rooms. The jury continues to be out on whether or not RGB will actually beat the shows we’ve got or just develop into one more bland taste of LCD.

Oh nice, extra TVs are getting AI ‘options’

Whereas micro RGB might current an excellent image for TV, films, or sports activities, different display screen sorts could also be higher for gaming. OLED usually sports activities higher response instances, which suggests the picture of the display screen refreshes sooner—one thing vital for taking part in video games with higher movement readability and fewer enter lag. We don’t have the precise response instances or refresh price specs on any of those new micro RGB TVs simply but (Samsung’s authentic 115-incher maxed out at 144Hz). LG’s micro RGB evo TV will use the identical α11 AI Processor Gen 3 as its high-end OLED screens with an upgraded AI upscaler, although it will likely be utilizing the corporate’s webOS platform.

Samsung’s TV is promising a “multi-agent platform” that means the Korean tech big will probably be shoving a chatbot inside its newest screens. So except you actually need to have a “pure dialog with Bixby” or seek for content material utilizing AI, you’re in any other case being requested to make use of options like Dwell Translate on a display screen. TCL stuck Google Gemini into its TVs this yr. In observe, the “characteristic” was as lame and inconsequential because it sounds. We doubt Samsung’s implementation will probably be any extra attention-grabbing, regardless of the novel display screen expertise.