Samsung has just unveiled a new Micro RGB TV at CES 2026, which it says is the world’s first 130-inch TV to use this next-generation technology to be showcased – the previous largest was the Hisense 116UX 116-inch TV.
Unfortunately, it’s just a showpiece right now rather than something that’s officially launched for sale – but don’t forget that this time last year I saw this Micro RGB tech prototyped for the first time, and Samsung launched its first Micro RGB TV by the end of 2025. So who knows, maybe this will still be for sale.
One of the defining points here is the great stand it’s built into. Samsung calls it the ‘Timeless Frame’ – it takes elements from the Frame design language used in The Frame TVs and incorporates elements from the Samsung Timeless Gallery TV design from over a decade ago, as used on the Samsung S9 Ultra TV.
A 130-inch TV obviously dominates any space and has some simple ‘how do I mount this? Should I find a 10 foot wide TV unit?’ question. But it’s all sorted here – it’s a huge unit, nice and easy. Well, it would probably take a team of five to build it safely, but otherwise nice and easy.
It uses all the same technology as Samsung’s other Micro RGB TV series, including the Micro RGB Color Booster Pro and Micro RGB HDR Pro technology that takes advantage of the extended color gamut of RGB TV technology – as with the RU95H TV series that Samsung is actually releasing, it promises to deliver 100% of the BT.2020 color gamut.
(For more on why RGB technology is special and what TVs will come with in 2026, see my article on it here. The short version is that LED backlighting replaces a single color of LED with a full-color red/green/blue system, meaning pixels don’t have to do as much work to convert the colors, so there’s a much more energy-efficient color palette, too).
It also includes Samsung’s Glare Free matte screen coating to avoid mirror-like reflections. I can see the logic here – a huge screen is more likely to reflect things just because there’s so much of it, so eliminating reflections is important if you’re thinking of this as a lifestyle TV to be used in a given space.
But if Samsung has actually made this, it feels like it will find its strongest appeal in home theater rooms—or at least with home theater fans who plan to control their lighting—so perhaps this is an unnecessary element. But hey, it’s a big flashy showcase, and it’s technology Samsung uses on its flagships, so it makes sense that it’s here.
And it looks like a total knockout in person: projector-sized images with absolutely stunning color vibrancy, ultra-deep blacks thanks to excellent dimming control and a stunning brightness that makes real-world images look hyper-real.
It’s with the more vibrant colors that the benefits of RGB backlight technology really pop off the screen, with greens and reds in particular looking sweeter and more true to life than you’ll ever see – and with a much higher level of overall brightness than OLED TVs can deliver.
I didn’t get to hear the TV’s sound system, but it has 14(!) woofers built into the back, so Samsung isn’t messing around there.
Samsung didn’t mention whether this uses the Wireless One Connect box that the company offers for The Frame Pro and the new Samsung S95H flagship OLED TV coming in 2026 – and that’s probably because it’s a prototype and such practical questions don’t really matter. But I have to assume that if Samsung launched it, it would use it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this isn’t the only 130-inch RGB TV I see at CES this year, but Samsung has certainly won the honor of being the first – and it’s made a big impression on me as a result.
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