# The Coming TV Battle: RGB Mini LED vs OLED
The board is set. TV brands are moving their pawns into position.2026 is going to be a mighty dust-up with RGB Mini LED in one corner and OLED in the other.
How confident am I of this? Very. and it’s not a pugilistic bout that’s been magicked up in a relatively short time a la Jake paul and Anthony Joshua. This has been in the making for some time – an unavoidable impact that coudl shake up the TV industry.
*Could* being the operative word, as while there’s bound to be disruption, ultimately; it’s up to you as to which will come out triumphant.
## The coming of RGB Mini LED
RGB mini LED or RGB Micro LED (as some brands have confusingly called it – TV brands do not like to keep things simple) will have its hard launch in 2026.
RGB Mini LED is, effectively, an evolution of Mini LED backlights and panels seen over the past few years. Rather than an LED module that pumps out blue (or white) light, which is then converted into red and green through another layer, RGB features three independent red, green, and blue LEDs, removing the need for that extra layer and process.
The implication is a much purer colour performance, more accuracy and a wider range of colours.Brightness should also be given a boost thanks to less light being lost.
And it’s not just one brand jumping into the fray but several, all with their own designs and solutions.I’ve seen Hisense’s 16-inch UXN Mini LED (which is also the world’s biggest TV). I’ve flown to Korea to see Samsung’s massive RGB TV (which it’s branding as Micro RGB). I was in Berlin to see Sony’s RGB Mini LED in a black-box demo; while LG will launch a Micro RGB model at CES 2026,as will TCL.
RGB Mini LED has the potential to push TV performance to new levels, and part of the reason so many TV brands are adopting it is indeed perhaps LG. Though not in the way you might think…
## LG’s OLED dominance gave rise to RGB
LG Electronics’ OLEDs have been the best-selling models for 12 years, a figure