First unveiled at IFA last year, Samsung’s new 115in behemoth Micro RGB TV is finally available in South Africa. If you’re interested, this isn’t something you could just pop down to the shops to purchase.
Well, we guess you could technically do that if you arrive with a flatbed truck. But we’d suggest making sure you have a large enough space to put it in (it’s nearly three metres long), and that you have at least R700k in your account. You’ll probably also need a team to help you load it, unload it, unpackage it, and set it up. But that’s what money is for.
Size matters
As you might’ve guessed from the name, Samsung’s latest TV tech relies on tiny — smaller than 100µm — red, green, and blue LEDs in an “ultra-fine pattern” behind the panel. A quick distinction here, this isn’t the same as the self-emissive technology responsible for MicroLED TVs. This is still based on emissive LCD LED tech.
However, shrinking the red, green, and blue LEDs means they can all fit inside a single optical module, allowing for much greater luminance efficiency and colour volume — the company says this display manages 100% coverage of the BT.2020 colour space, which is a pretty big deal and not something found on many (if any) consumer products.
To achieve this, Samsung has two processors working together — there’s the NQ4 Gen 3 processor also found in its OLED TVs, as well as another dedicated processor for controlling the red, green, and blue LEDs inside the optical modules. Combined, they’re called the Micro RGB AI engine.
After a glance at the specs, we feel we should point out that this TV could draw up to 830W of power. That’s not enough to warrant a visit from an electrician, but it’s certainly more than what most TVs pull and something to keep in mind if you’re planning to power this through your inverter system.
But, at R700,000, you probably have someone employed to handle that for you. Samsung says there were only four units brought into the country, and one has already been sold. Better place your order if you’re serious about experiencing the cutting edge of TV tech.
