LG Electronics entered the emerging RGB-backlit premium TV market with its Micro RGB evo, model MRGB95. The company first announced the television in December 2025 ahead of CES 2026, where the 100-inch version was recognized as a CES 2026 Innovation Awards honoree. What was initially a preview has since become a commercial product: LG announced U.S. pricing and pre-orders in April 2026 and later began a broader global rollout.
The important distinction is that Micro RGB evo is still an LCD television. It should not be confused with self-emissive MicroLED, where individual microscopic LEDs form the actual image pixels. Instead, LG replaces the conventional white or blue-dominant LED backlight used by many LCD TVs with separately controlled red, green and blue light sources.
What Makes Micro RGB evo Different From Mini LED?
A conventional Mini LED LCD typically uses thousands of small LEDs behind an LCD panel, but those LEDs generally produce white light or use a blue light source combined with color-conversion technologies. The LCD layer and color filters then create the final image.
LG's Micro RGB approach uses dedicated red, green and blue LEDs in the backlighting system. According to LG's original Micro RGB evo announcement, these are the smallest individual RGB LEDs the company had used in one of its televisions at the time.
The goal is more precise control over both the intensity and spectral purity of the light reaching the LCD panel. In practical terms, that architecture is designed to improve the range of colors the TV can reproduce while maintaining the high brightness associated with premium LCD displays.
LG brands part of this system as RGB Primary Color Ultra. It works alongside Micro Dimming Ultra, which LG says manages more than 1,000 local-dimming zones.
That distinction also explains why comparisons with OLED require some care. OLED pixels generate their own light and can switch off individually. The Micro RGB evo still depends on an LCD panel and local-dimming backlight, so its method of controlling black levels and bright objects is fundamentally different from OLED's pixel-level light control.
Triple 100% Color Coverage
Color reproduction is one of LG's main selling points for the MRGB95. The company says the television received Intertek certification for what it calls Triple 100% Color Coverage, covering 100% of the BT.2020, DCI-P3 and Adobe RGB color gamuts.
That does not mean every piece of video content uses all of those colors. DCI-P3 is widely relevant to digital cinema and HDR content, while BT.2020 defines a significantly wider color space used by modern Ultra HD standards. Adobe RGB is more commonly associated with photography and professional imaging.
The certification is therefore best understood as a measurement of the display's color-gamut capability rather than a guarantee that every movie or television program will look dramatically different.
Later in 2026, LG also announced that its premium RGB television lineup had received TÃœV Rheinland's High Purity RGB Spectrum Display certification, adding another independently evaluated aspect to the company's color-performance claims.
The Alpha 11 AI Processor Gen3 Handles the Image Processing
The flagship Micro RGB evo uses LG's Alpha 11 AI Processor Gen3, a processor also associated with the company's premium OLED lineup.
LG says its Dual AI Engine can run two forms of AI-assisted upscaling simultaneously through a feature called Dual Super Upscaling. The processor is responsible for tasks such as image analysis, upscaling, tone mapping, color processing and management of the RGB backlight.
These are processing features rather than a change to the native resolution: the MRGB95 is still a 4K television. Lower-resolution material can be processed to appear cleaner or sharper, but AI upscaling does not create the same information as a source originally mastered in native 4K.
Gaming Features Go Well Beyond the Original CES Preview
LG disclosed more of the MRGB95's gaming capabilities as the 2026 lineup reached the market. According to LG's current product information, the Micro RGB evo supports gaming at up to 4K and 165Hz with compatible hardware, alongside variable refresh rate technology, AMD FreeSync Premium, ALLM and HGiG.
LG also promotes a feature called Motion Booster 330. The headline 330Hz figure requires an optimized Full HD mode rather than native 4K, an important qualification when comparing refresh-rate specifications.
The 2026 Micro RGB lineup also supports 4K 120Hz HDR cloud gaming through NVIDIA GeForce NOW, subject to service availability, connection quality and the appropriate subscription.
For movies and streaming, LG lists Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and FILMMAKER MODE among the MRGB95's supported entertainment features.
75-, 86- and 100-Inch Models
LG offers the MRGB95 family in three large-screen sizes: 75 inches, 86 inches and 100 inches. This is a broader range than the single 115-inch format in which Samsung initially launched its first-generation Micro RGB television in 2025.
LG Electronics USA announced U.S. pricing and availability in April 2026, with pre-orders beginning at $4,999.99 for the range.
| Screen Size | MRGB95 U.S. List Price Shown by LG |
|---|---|
| 75 inches | $4,999.99 |
| 86 inches | $6,999.99 |
| 100 inches | $7,999.99 |
Retail pricing can be lower during promotions, and availability differs by country and screen size, so those figures should be treated as U.S. list pricing rather than permanent street prices.
How It Compares With Samsung's Micro RGB
LG was not the first company to commercialize an RGB-backlit television under the Micro RGB name. Samsung launched its first 115-inch Micro RGB model in August 2025, using individually controlled red, green and blue LEDs measuring less than 100 micrometers.
Samsung later priced that 115-inch model at $29,999 in the United States. The LG MRGB95 therefore entered the category with substantially smaller and less expensive options, beginning at 75 inches.
The price difference should not be treated as a simple performance comparison, however. Screen size, backlight architecture, dimming implementation, processing, brightness and other specifications differ between models.
More broadly, the arrival of RGB-backlit TVs from multiple manufacturers shows how premium LCD technology is evolving. Rather than relying only on ever-smaller conventional Mini LEDs, manufacturers are increasingly experimenting with direct RGB light sources to improve color purity and color volume.
webOS 26 Adds More AI Features
The commercial version of the Micro RGB evo uses LG's webOS 26 smart-TV platform. Its personalization features include AI Voice ID, My Page, AI Picture Wizard, AI Sound Wizard, AI Concierge and an AI Chatbot.
LG's later 2026 software announcements also expanded AI search capabilities with integrations involving Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot. These services require network connectivity, and individual functions or providers may vary by country.
The company also promotes LG Shield as the security layer protecting the webOS ecosystem and user data. As with any internet-connected smart television, users should still keep system software updated and review account, microphone, personalization and data-sharing settings according to their preferences.
What Changed After CES 2026?
The original announcement was made before the television had reached consumers, so several details were still incomplete at the time. CES 2026, held in Las Vegas from January 6 through January 9, served as LG's public showcase for the technology.
By April, LG had confirmed U.S. sales plans and pricing. By June, the company was describing the Micro RGB evo as part of a broader global 2026 RGB lineup alongside less expensive Mini RGB evo models. At IFA 2026 in September, LG continued promoting the MRGB95 while highlighting additional certification for its RGB spectrum performance.
Those developments turn the story from a CES technology preview into an actual product category within LG's premium television lineup.
Why Micro RGB evo Matters
The most significant aspect of LG's Micro RGB evo is not simply the use of smaller LEDs. It is the decision to use separately controlled red, green and blue backlighting to push premium LCD televisions toward wider and purer color reproduction.
At the same time, buyers should understand what the technology is—and what it is not. Micro RGB evo is not self-emissive MicroLED and does not eliminate the LCD layer. It still uses local dimming rather than controlling light at every individual image pixel in the way OLED does.
Its strengths are instead aimed at combining the brightness and large-screen scalability of high-end LCD technology with more sophisticated backlight control and a considerably wider color gamut. With 75-, 86- and 100-inch models now on the market, LG has also moved RGB-backlit television technology beyond the extremely expensive 115-inch showcase products that initially defined the category.
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