Our expectation of a 2026 arrival for Samsung’s new Micro RGB technology is off, as the new TVs hit Australia earlier, provided you have the cash.
Big TVs may well be big, but depending on how “big” you go, the latest technology might also be a part. They might also be big and fancy, such as “The Wall” TV Samsung started toying with years ago.
That idea hasn’t quite taken over everyone’s walls, but big TVs are clearly here to stay, what with the assortment of massive 115 inch screens beginning to arrive in stores.
They’re big, but they may not come with the latest TV technologies. For that, you may need to look at Micro RGB, a technology Samsung started talking about earlier this year that uses tiny individual red, green, and blue LEDs behind each pixel, providing strong colour for each pixel because of the millions upon millions of lights in the screen.
It’s one of the several new technologies finding their way to TVs, with Micro RGB building on what Mini LED delivered, providing tiny individual lights each pixel. Consider Micro RGB the upgrade, and one Samsung isn’t alone in, with Hisense offering similar technology in RGB Mini-LED.
For Samsung, however, the technology is coming in one massive screen: the Micro RGB R95, a 115 inch 4K TV that uses this new tiny light hardware, marrying it with a slim design, a glare free coating, and Samsung’s Vision AI system.
It will also get support for Samsung’s Art Store, meaning the massive display will work just like Samsung’s The Frame TVs, though you will need a reasonable amount of cash to try it.
Officially, the Samsung 115 inch Micro RGB R95 will cost an eye-watering $42,999 when it launches on December 10, set to arrive at a limited number of retailers across the country in a couple of weeks before Christmas. Granted, it’s actually more affordable than LG’s $75K transparent OLED TV, but still pretty hefty at over the $40K mark, a place few TVs reach.
It’s also different from Samsung’s other 115 inch TV, a model that forgoes the Micro RGB for standard Mini LED, but also manages to cost less, with the Neo QLED-based QN90F available now for a little less (but still high), priced at $26,999 locally.
