A stunning background set, brilliant Micro RGB colors and a better gallery TV

LG usually announces its CES TV lineup before the show, but this year the company had a surprise at CES 2026: The return of its ultra-thin “Wallpaper” TV. It now sports a gorgeous OLED screen and wireless connectivity, and it’s almost as thin as a pencil. We got a chance to check out the Wallpaper TV in action during the CES preview event, along with the previously announced Gallery and Micro RGB sets. LG still has its usual OLED and LED, but it’s clear that 2026 will be full of TVs that will appeal to a variety of consumers.

Wallpaper TV (LG W6)

If money were no object, I would want a 100-inch LG Wallpaper TV in my family room right away. It looks shockingly thin in person – almost like it’s some kind of sci-fi prop – and delivers the rich colors and black levels we’ve come to expect from OLED. Cable management is also a cinch, as it requires just one power cable. A/V input is handled by LG’s One Connect box, which you can set up wirelessly up to 10 meters away from the TV.

LG W6 combines LG’s best OLED technology, including “Hyper Radiant Color” for improved black levels and color, “Brightness Booster Ultra” to be 3.9 times brighter than conventional OLEDs and free screen performance. LG’s Alpha 9 Gen 3 processor boosts its performance, and its NPU also helps improve upscaling and overall graphics performance. (And yes, you can also access AI productivity features with Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini, if you’re into that sort of thing.)

All of that adds up to some of the most remarkable TV I’ve seen in years. I haven’t been too impressed with some of the TV gimmicks lately, like everything trying to emulate Samsung’s The Frame, or the useless 8K sets. But the thinnest wireless TV with the best OLED panel available? That’s the stuff dreams are made of.

Gallery TV competes with Samsung’s Frame

While LG has made Gallery TVs before, in 2026 it made a concerted effort to take on Samsung’s popular Frame TV. LG says the new sets were designed with the help of museum curators, with a “Gallery Mode” that adjusts the brightness and contrast of certain works of art. They also ship with magnetic frame-like bezels, and have anti-reflective screens to help make art shine.

Personally, the new Gallery TV looks great, although it’s easy to say that the colors and contrast levels aren’t quite the same as LG’s flagship OLED TVs. To avoid burning issues, these sets include Mini LED panels. As I said above, I’m not a major buyer of one of these TVs, but it’s nice to see more competition against Samsung’s standalone TVs. (Despite pioneering the idea of ​​artful TVs, frame sets are still the centerpiece when it comes to watching TV shows and movies.)

The Micro RGB looks like an upgrade to the original Mini LED

As if we needed more TV acronyms to worry about, say hello to Micro RGB, a new technology built on top of the Mini LED to cover a wide range of colors. Not to be confused with Micro LED, which is the most expensive evolutionary step of OLED. LG already announced its Micro RGB set a few weeks ago, but that didn’t prepare me to stand in front of the 100-inch demo TV it brought to CES. In all the different clips, the colors looked incredibly rich, and the overall texture of the images looked incredibly lifelike.

I’ll have to compare it to LG’s Wall TV side-by-side to really see how Micro RGB stacks up against OLED, but technically OLED should still offer better contrast and black levels, as each pixel is sacrificed. But of course, if I can’t get a 100-inch Wall TV in my family room, I certainly won’t turn down the big Micro RGB.

What about other LG OLED TVs?

All the next-generation OLED technology in the rear TV will also enter the LG G6 OLED models, while the new C6 and other lines will see their development. All I can say is that the new G6 OLED looks impressive, with a significantly brighter picture and HDR content compared to the G series OLEDs of a few years ago.