Samsung just dropped the first ever Micro RGB TV — and it's a total game changer

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Could this exciting new TV tech be the one to topple OLED?

The 115-inch Samsung Micro RGB TV mounted on the wall of a modern, beige-colored living room. On the screen is an abstract, multicolored image alongside the following words: "Samsung Micro RGB."
(Image credit: Samsung)

The future of TVs might be arriving ahead of schedule. Samsung just dropped one of its most anticipated TVs in years: an eye-popping 115-inch Micro RGB TV.

The $30,000 is the first TV of its type, and according to Samsung, it delivers some seriously impressive specs that rival (or exceed) what we've seen from the best TVs on shelves right now.

What is Samsung Micro RGB?

A visualization of the difference in size between the following: a traditional LED backlight, a Mini-LED backlight and a Micro RGB backlight. Each example is sitting side by side and arranged from left to right. The Micro RGB LED is the smallest and emitting rainbow-colored light, while the other two LEDs emit a white light.

(Image credit: Samsung)

The primary advantage of Mini-LEDs over garden-variety LEDs is that they allow for better backlight control. The added precision amounts to brighter highlights, deeper black levels and better overall contrast.

The advantages of Micro RGB LEDs over Mini-LEDs are potentially even greater.

Within Samsung's Micro RGB display, red-, green- and blue-colored LEDs — each less than 1/10th of a millimeter — are arranged together in complex pattern.

These micro-sized LEDs carry two main benefits. Naturally, their teeny-tiny size allows for even greater contrast control than what we've come to expect from Mini-LED TVs.

Samsung claims that its 115-inch Micro RGB TV is capable of covering 100% of the BT.2020 color gamut.

Perhaps more importantly, Micro RGB could set a new bar for another key performance metric: color volume.

Samsung claims that its 115-inch Micro RGB TV is capable of covering 100% of the BT.2020 color gamut, an international standard for color accuracy that folks like myself use to measure a display's color palette.

Now, I've yet to see a commercial TV hit 100% of BT.2020, and I've been doing this for more than a decade. To put this into perspective, the recently released Samsung S95F OLED is our current leader in BT.2020 color volume at around 90.2%.

In a nutshell, the microscopic size of Micro RGB LEDs combined with their red-, green- and blue-colored emissions allows for razor-sharp contrast control and unparalleled color volume.

Having seen this TV in person at CES 2025, I can confirm that it's a remarkable sight to behold. At 115 inches, it becomes the centerpiece of whatever room it occupies.

Samsung's latest TV also arrives with a native 144Hz refresh rate, built-in smart features and Samsung's Vision AI software suite. Similar to the brand's flagship OLED, the Micro RGB TV is dressed with a matte, glare-free finish.

The Samsung Micro RGB LED TV is a lot of things. It is not, however, a true MicroLED TV.

What's the difference between Samsung Micro RGB and MicroLED?

Samsung MicroLED TV

(Image credit: Samsung)

Like OLED TVs, proper MicroLED TVs feature self-emissive displays. This means that every single pixel is self-illuminating, which has a tremendous impact on performance.

MicroLED TVs are capable of perfect black levels, much like their OLED counterparts. Unlike OLED TVs, MicroLEDs can get much, much brighter without risking burn-in.

Unfortunately, proper MicroLED displays remain prohibitively expensive for most people. To date, Samsung's smallest MicroLED TV is 89 inches. It also debuted at $100,000.

Still, the release of Samsung's Micro RGB TV could be the first step in a bridge between the best Mini-LED TVs of today and the attainable MicroLED TVs of tomorrow.

Color me excited.

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Michael Desjardin
Michael Desjardin
Senior Editor, TV

Michael Desjardin is a Senior Editor for TVs at Tom's Guide. He's been testing and tinkering with TVs professionally for over a decade, previously for Reviewed and USA Today. Michael graduated from Emerson College where he studied media production and screenwriting. He loves cooking, zoning out to ambient music, and getting way too invested in the Red Sox. He considers himself living proof that TV doesn't necessarily rot your brain.

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