For years, it has been quite clear that OLED TV panel technology, dominated by the likes of LG, has been the best in the business, as many brands continue to create new display technologies to rival it.
However, it appears that Samsung may have developed a close rival to this with its Micro RGB technology, which is being described as the next big thing for TVs. This is mostly due to its “exceptional color accuracy with sub-100-micrometre LEDs”.
Unluckily, the technology will be quite difficult to access for many people for now, as Samsung’s first product using this tech is a 115-inch TV.
The new technology arranges individually controlled red, green and blue micro RGB LEDs in an ultra-fine pattern behind the panel. According to Samsung, this architecture “enables precision control over each red, green, and blue RGB LED”.
The display is powered by an AI engine, which analyses each frame in real time while optimizing color output. It also enhances dull color tones and intelligently enhances them to make them more vivid and immersive.
This process could be less dramatic than the color optimization on the Samsung QLED panel TVs, which ends up with less color accuracy compared to the OLED panel.
The color output meets 100% of BT.2020, the global standard, and has been certified as “Micro RGB Precision Color” by the German electrical engineering institute VDE (Verband der Elektrotechnik).
Thanks to Micro RGB Precision Color, the display delivers glare-free technology that minimizes reflections even in bright lighting conditions.
Samsung promises seven years of updates for the Tizen OS, with the Micro RGB display launching first in Korea. There are also plans for a global rollout “featuring a variety of sizes to meet customer needs”.
While the display tech will still take some time before we see it in more affordable TV models, it will be interesting to see how it eventually competes against OLED and if we will finally get anything close to what LG offers.
