Samsung R95H Micro RGB TV: Premium picture quality hampered by steep pricing

Samsung's R95H Micro RGB TV arrived in Singapore shops this May with a price tag that stopped people mid-breath: S$5,399 for the 65-inch model. That's more than LG's flagship G6 OLED, a TV that's been refined over years and beloved by enthusiasts. For a technology that's barely a year old—Micro RGB is Samsung's particular take on RGB Mini-LED displays—it felt like an audacious bet. After a month living with the 85-inch version, the picture became clearer, though not necessarily simpler.

The Samsung R95H does things well. Its matte Glare Free coating, a feature Samsung has perfected on its premium models, genuinely works. Reflections that would normally bounce off a glossy screen simply don't appear. If you watch television in a bright room, this alone might justify the purchase. The blacks run deep and uniform, without the haloing that sometimes frames bright text against dark backgrounds. They're not quite OLED-level in every scene—shadow detail disappears in near-total darkness, as it did in the forest finale of Netflix's Beef—but most viewers sitting down for an evening would find them entirely convincing. Colours, when the TV is set to Filmmaker Mode for accuracy, avoid the oversaturation trap. Test patterns reveal minor imperfections: a white circle moving across the screen shows some colour bleed, and whites in test videos aren't pristine. But in actual films and shows, these issues vanish.

The TV handles the practical work of displaying content with competence. Upscaling of low-resolution YouTube videos on the large 85-inch screen never turned smeary or blurry. Motion in movies played smoothly, and action games like Saros showed no smearing. The Wireless One Connect box—a separate unit that holds all the inputs and communicates wirelessly to the TV—worked without lag or dropouts across its quoted 10-meter range. This design choice means the TV itself needs only a power cable, a genuine convenience for wall mounting. The Tizen operating system feels snappy compared to the bloated interface on LG's C6 OLED. Samsung's decision to embed three AI assistants (Bixby, Perplexity, and Microsoft Copilot) feels like feature bloat; the AI Football Mode Pro turned the pitch an artificial, oversaturated green that immediately turned off the reviewer.

But the price problem won't disappear. The 85-inch review unit cost over S$12,000 on Shopee and Lazada, even with discounts applied. TCL's 85-inch flagship SDQ-Mini-LED TV, the X11L, sells for S$7,499. The step-down TCL C8L, at 98 inches, costs S$6,799. The Sony Bravia 9 II, another RGB Mini-LED option, runs S$6,099 for 65 inches—still steep, but less so. These competitors deliver similar viewing experiences without the premium markup. The speakers are adequate for a TV, with decent volume but predictable bass limitations. Wall mounting is recommended given the slim profile, and the centre stand has enough clearance for most soundbars, though you'll need a console with real depth to accommodate both.

The R95H is a competent television that does many things right. The matte coating is genuinely useful. The picture quality, while not revolutionary, is solid across a range of content. The wireless connectivity and clean interface make it pleasant to live with. Yet the pricing creates a gap between what the TV is and what it costs. In a market where TCL and Sony offer comparable RGB Mini-LED experiences at substantially lower prices, and where OLED TVs have matured into reliable, proven performers, the R95H asks too much. The reviewer's advice is straightforward: if you want this TV, wait for the price to drop. The technology isn't going anywhere, and neither will the discounts.