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LG to launch first RGB TV next year
LG has confirmed that it will launch its first flagship RGB TV in 2026, officially joining a new wave of high-end LCD displays that promise a significant leap in picture quality. The announcement doesn't come as much of a surprise, as the TV already won a CES 2026 Innovation Award in November. What we didn't know at the time was that the new LG Micro RGB TVs would be available in 100-, 86- and 75-inch sizes (254, 218.44 and 190.5 cm). We don't have official pricing yet.
The new LG TV will use an improved version of the Alpha 11 processor, which is otherwise reserved for the most powerful OLED models, such as the G series. Another important piece of information is the Intertek certification, which confirms 100-% coverage of the BT.2020, DCI-P3 and Adobe RGB color spaces. LG has not yet revealed the brightness of the screen, but we can expect the peak brightness to well exceed 5,000 nits, which would place it among the brightest TVs ever.
2026 is already shaping up to be the year of RGB TVs. The technology made its first serious appearance at CES 2025, when Hisense unveiled the 116-inch 116UX model, while Samsung later showed off and released its 115-inch Micro RGB TV. A wave of new models, including smaller ones, is expected to follow next year. Samsung has already hinted at further developments, TCL already has RGB models on the Chinese market, and Sony will release its TrueRGB TV in early 2026.
It's important to note that Micro RGB is not the same as microLED. In microLED, each individual pixel has its own red, green, and blue LEDs. Micro RGB, which is used by both LG and its competitors, uses extremely small RGB LED clusters that illuminate multiple pixels at once. The TV still uses a color filter, but the separate red, green, and blue LEDs provide significantly better color purity and a wider color gamut than traditional blue or white LED lighting systems.
The first Micro RGB models we've seen so far impressed with extremely vibrant and contrasting images, but they were huge and very expensive, often costing tens of thousands of euros. The fact that LG and other manufacturers are now porting the technology to more "normal" sizes raises hopes that Micro RGB technology will become more accessible to a wider range of customers in the coming years.
