You should be looking out for micro RGB and micro LED in several years, though not now.
Samsung and Hisense have a new type of TV you can buy right now if you have more than $30,000 sitting in an overstuffed piggy bank somewhere. You’ve heard of OLED, mini LED, and maybe even micro LED, but Samsung and Hisense are asking if you could care about micro RGB? Probably not, but the display makers are selling them at a premium and at a size you couldn’t fit into any living room without barn-high ceilings. The price is just a distraction—a means of drawing eyeballs to new screen technology that’s not yet available for most consumers. If anything, prototype screens serve as a reminder of just how long display technology needs to bake before it’s actually consumer-ready.
Samsung first teased this micro RGB technology at CES earlier this year. The technology is akin to the well-worn standard of mini LED you’ll find in today’s wide variety of expensive and affordable QLEDs. However, micro RGB is based on a back panel of miniscule 100μm RGB (red, green, and blue) lights arrayed behind the TV panel. Samsung claims this allows for higher precision of color accuracy compared to other standard displays. All that sounds well and good until you decide you want to try and buy one. The first display of its kind is a 115-inch flat panel that costs 44.9 million South Korean won, or more than $32,000. It’s not available in the U.S. right away, but it’ll arrive in the States eventually for a grand total of $30,000.
The tech is still interesting enough considering it’s using a special RGB “AI engine” for fine control of each red, green, and blue backlight.
