Samsung Unveils World's First Micro RGB TV
Set to make its major in-person debut at the upcoming IFA technology show in Germany in early September, Samsung's Micro RGB system is the first TV tech to feature a 'micro-scale' RGB LED backlight. This arranges individually controlled red, green and blue micro RGB LEDs each, remarkably, less than 100micrometers in size into an ultra-fine pattern behind the screen, where they are illuminated by new backlighting architecture that makes it possible to achieve precision control over every one of these tiny red, green and blue RGB LEDs.
Samsung claims that its Micro RGB screens deliver 'a new benchmark for color accuracy, contrast and immersive viewing in the ultra-premium TV segment.' To put some sort of number on these claims, the debut Micro RGB TV will apparently be capable of covering a full 100% of the BT2020 colour gamut – something that no other mainstream TV technology can currently do. So wide is the BT2020 color spectrum that it's currently used almost exclusively as a 'container' format, into which the narrower DCI-P3 color spectrum used for most high dynamic range video is placed. But if BT2020-capable screens exist, it's much more likely than it would be otherwise that the AV and, perhaps especially, gaming worlds might start to venture beyond DCI-P3 more often.
Samsung says that its debut Micro RGB display is equipped with a Micro RGB AI engine that uses AI-powered processing to analyse incoming content frame by frame in order to continually optimize the screen's color output. Part of this optimisation process includes a Micro RGB Color Booster Pro system capable of enhancing the colors of relatively dull content to take advantage of the screen's ground-breaking capabilities.
This Booster processing will have to be extremely intelligent about how it goes about its business to appeal to AV enthusiasts who usually only want to see what the director intended. I've been at meetings with movie industry experts over the years, in fact, who believe that the full Rec 2020 color range is so extreme that using it all might not be desirable. Samsung's new technology has already received 'Micro RGB Precision Color' certification from leading German electrical engineering certification institute Verband der Elektrotechnik (VDE), though – and I suspect that provided its 'expanded' images still look balanced and natural on their own terms, there is likely a big market of AV fans out there who would be prepared to lap Micro RGB's apparent charms up. If they can afford them…
Samsung hasn't announced an official price yet for its debut Micro RGB screen. But given its use of new, presumably difficult to manufacture technology and the fact that this technology is debuting in a massive 115-inch screen, it's pretty clear that Samsung's suggestion that its Micro RGB screen will be a new addition to 'the ultra-premium TV segment' is not to be taken lightly.
Samsung really is planning to bring its new technology to market, though; this isn't just a prototype developed to decorate a corner of Samsung's next few tech show appearances. Samsung's level of commercial intent with this TV can be seen in such features as its confirmed inclusion of Samsung's Knox consumer security solution, Tizen OS smart system (which now comes with a 7-year free upgrade program), and a confirmed release strategy that sees a U.S. launch following the screen's Korean debut, with plans to proceed to a full global rollout thereafter that would include a wider variety of screen sizes.
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