Samsung’s 115‑inch Micro RGB TV has colors so good, I briefly considered selling a kidney to afford one

The TV landscape is poised to shift this year, as manufacturers go all-in on Micro RGB technology that aims to topple OLED by delivering superior color accuracy and peak brightness — all while achieving comparable black levels and without OLED’s usual compromises in longevity and screen size.

I recently spent a full day putting Samsung’s 115‑inch MR95F through its paces, lining up a mix of carefully selected films and shows to really see what this monster of a TV could do. As Samsung’s first Micro RGB TV, and the first set of its kind to land in Australia, I approached the MR95F with astronomical expectations — and for the most part, it lived up to them. At AU$41,999 ($29,999 / £24,999), you’d certainly hope it would.

Walking into my hands-on session, I knew I’d be getting a big, bright, expensive showpiece — one that wasn’t necessarily a realistic option for most households. However, it did give me a glimpse of what home cinema will look like when Micro RGB finally trickles down to normal-human pricing and sizing, and that outlook is incredibly promising.

Having spent six consecutive hours with Samsung’s cutting-edge 115-inch MR95F Micro RGB TV, here are my key takeaways about the television that’s bound to shake up the industry.

Size is one area where Micro RGB trounces OLED — while most manufacturers cap their OLED TVs at around 83 inches (with the exception of some 97-inch LG models), Micro RGB TVs can easily blow past 100 inches and continue to scale up. In fact, Samsung plans to release a 130-inch model of this television later this year.

According to Samsung’s research, the fastest-growing TV segment in Australia is for 85 inches and above, with 35% of Aussies wishing they’d opted for a bigger TV than the one they own. That’s largely due to the country’s love of sports, where having the largest television is a point of pride — particularly if you’re the type to host your friends for the Grand Final.

As someone who’s no stranger to big TVs (my own set is an 85-inch 8K Mini LED TV), this statistic doesn’t surprise me, as Aussies typically have larger living spaces available to them than you’d find in many other territories, such as Asia.

Of course, not every household will be able to accommodate a television that’s this huge, especially as you’ll need a viewing distance of around 4 metres (approximately 13 feet) to take it all in.

Your field of view (FOV) isn’t the only reason you’ll need some distance — as the 115-inch model MR95F has a 4K resolution, its pixel density is only around 38.27 pixels per inch (PPI), which means your eye will likely start to distinguish individual pixels if you get within 2.3 metres (7.5 feet) from the screen. By comparison, the aforementioned 85-inch 8K’s pixel density is far more tightly packed, with a 104 PPI and a minimum viewing distance of around 1.6 metres (5.25 feet) before the screen-door effect becomes noticeable.

Still, those with the room for it — and the bank balance to match — will find the MR95F stands well ahead of anything else at this size, both in overall picture quality and in the richness of color its Micro RGB panel can produce.

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Next, I booted up several other notably colors films, including Pixar’s “Turning Red”, Marvel’s “Black Panther”, “TRON: Ares” and “Avatar: The Way of Water”. No matter what I threw at the MR95F, colors appeared striking and vivid — all while remaining natural and accurate.

In the past, I’ve been highly critical of Samsung’s AI-tweaked picture modes for allowing a TV to automatically deviate from the artistic intention of filmmakers, particularly in my reviews of its S95F OLED 4K TV and QN990F Neo QLED 8K TV. However, in testing the MR95F, I found its AI picture mode to be far more subtle than in my previous experiences.

Rather than turning everything into candy-colored slop, it seemed to boost my content’s brightness, raise its color volume and enhance its contrast by just the right amount. That said, I still had to dial back blur and judder reduction in the TV’s picture clarity settings to avoid noticeable motion smoothing.

I should also point out that the MR95F boasts the same glare-free coating that adorned last year’s most premium Samsung televisions. Some purists aren’t keen on TVs with anti-glare properties, arguing that it can impact picture clarity. That was not my experience with the MR95F or any previous TVs I’ve reviewed that were advertised as glare-free. In fact, I’d argue that seeing my own reflection staring back at me from a TV whenever there’s a dark scene is far more detrimental to the viewing experience.