LG just announced its first Micro RGB TV — and it's a massive upgrade with 'color perfection'

Ahead of CES 2026, LG has taken the wraps off of its first-ever Micro RGB TV, appropriately dubbed the LG Micro RGB Evo. It’s an evolution of the industry’s Mini-LED technology that swaps the white backlight with individual RGB LEDs.

While it’s a serious upgrade for Mini-LED TVs, Micro RGB will exist alongside LG’s coveted OLED TVs — which happen to be some of the best TVs on the market. And according to LG, Micro RGB will push the boundaries of color accuracy and vibrancy.

In addition to its bonafide color credentials, the Micro RGB Evo will use LG’s newly upgraded Dual AI Engine-based a11 AI Processor Gen 3 for better upscaling and Micro Dimming Ultra that offers “OLED precision” to control the LED zones.

The RGB Evo will be available in three sizes — 100, 86 and 75 inches. And while we weren’t given a firm price or release date for the technology, LG says that we’ll be able to see the TV for ourselves in-person at CES in early January.

The future of color TVs?

Now, this might be LG’s first Micro RGB TV, but it’s not the first one to be announced — both Samsung and Hisense have already said they’ll be bringing similarly specced TVs to Vegas in January for the world’s largest consumer electronics event, while TCL has announced its own version for the Chinese market.

At first, spotting the difference between these TVs is going to be a challenge, as each manufacturer has chosen a different name for the technology. (LG, for example, is calling its technology RGB Primary Color Ultra.)

Whatever the name, the LG Micro RGB Evo and TVs of its ilk can achieve 100% coverage of the three highest color spaces — BT.2020, DCI-P3, and Adobe RGB — by marrying the new RGB LED zones with advanced AI processors.

What sets LG’s Micro RGB TVs apart from the crowd right now is that the company says that their color accuracy has been independently verified by a quality assurance company called Intertek.

But how will the LG Micro RGB TV stack up against its competition from Samsung and Hisense? We’ll just have to wait until CES to find out.

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