In the realm of confusing acronyms that describe today’s glut of TV display types, the newly born “micro RGB” is now set to flood showrooms from 2026. So what the hell is it, and why are the big TV brands suddenly staking a claim on another type of screen? Let’s check it out, because come the new year and CES 2026, it’s going to be all over the place.
For example, Samsung used CES 2025 to promise to introduce the largest RGB TVs. It then brought the technology forward in mid-2025 with a stunning $30,000 115-inch offering. small RGB screens are similar to the local dimming technology of small LED, except for white or blue LEDs behind the liquid crystal display (hence the name LCD), these displays use small 100μm LEDs that can emit red, green light independently. On Tuesday, LG started out of the gate, announcing its future micro RGB evo TV promising 100% color accuracy across Adobe RGB, DCI-P3, and BT.2020 standards.
LG’s micro RGB evo evo TVs only come in 75-, 86-, and 100-inch flavors, so it’s not the type of screen most customers will want to buy. In that regard, Samsung is ahead of the game as it plans to launch an entire lineup of small RGB in 55-, 65-, 75-, 85-, 100-, and 115-inch flavors. Samsung’s TVs will still be in the new “premium” category, according to the press release, so don’t expect even a reasonable 55-inch model to be affordable. Screen technology is still new, and that means that the capacity of these screens is limited and will require high costs.
So why do we care about less RGB?
The whole point of a small RGB TV is to provide better color control with more accurate picture quality. Micro RGB is still an LCD, which means it will need to compete against the reigning champs of OLED displays. Organic-emitting diode displays use self-reflective lamps to provide deeper black levels and more vivid colors. Modern OLED screens now include QD-OLED, which adds a layer of quantum dots to improve the color accuracy of the screens, and tandem OLED—two layers of diodes to improve contrast. OLED screen types used to be expensive (and therefore, prone to burn-in, where the image will permanently focus on the screen), but modern iterations are both cheaper and safer in the long run.
TV brands always want to be on the bleeding edge of screen technology. However, what matters most to consumers is affordability. Samsung is ready to start offering small screen sizes that can fit inside people’s living rooms. The jury is still out on whether RGB will really beat the displays we have or if it will just be another dreamy flavor of LCD.
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While low RGB may display a good picture for TV, movies, or sports, other screen types may be better for gaming. OLED typically sports better response times, which means the screen image refreshes faster—an important factor for playing games with crisp motion and minimal input lag. We don’t have exact response times or refresh rate specs for any of these small RGB TVs yet (the original Samsung 115-incher released at 144Hz). LG’s micro RGB evo TV will use the same α11 AI processor Gen 3 as its high-end OLED screens with an advanced AI upscaler, although it will use the company’s webOS platform.
Samsung’s TV promises a “multi-agent platform” suggesting the Korean tech giant will be shoving a chatbot inside its latest screens. So unless you really want to have a “natural conversation with Bixby” or search for content using AI, you’re asked to use features like Live Translate on the screen. TCL has attached Google Gemini to its TVs this year. Actually, the “feature” was as lame and useless as it sounds. We doubt that Samsung’s implementation will be very interesting, without the novel screen technology.
