Samsung Micro RGB R95H (2026) review: Not the brightest

I tested Alexa+ and was very happy with how it worked, allowing me to adjust the volume and search for obscure 90s psychological thrillers. You can enable Alexa’s voice prompt and override the microphone button on the remote, but that didn’t work as reliably as I would have liked. Several times, saying “Alexa” didn’t turn on the TV.

Proven to scale

Standards don’t lie, or at least that’s the theory. We all see colors differently, and respond to contrast and brightness based on our visual perception. While the R95H meets all BT.2020 color gamut specifications, Spears & Munsil benchmark results showed that the R95H’s performance isn’t as great as that of competitor LG Micro RGB Evo. I can say that the skin tone contrast on the Samsung phone wasn’t quite as pronounced: two people who don’t look alike, skin-wise, look almost the same on screen.

The image quality settings didn’t help much. The Dynamic mode (which other TV makers call Vivid) caused some colors to appear and bleed, and the Filmmaker mode made the skin tones scene too dark. The AI ​​picture setting was the best, especially for soccer, but most contrast and brightness adjustments didn’t help as much as they did on the LG.

Likewise, my demo reel tests weren’t as impressive as I expected for the new display technology. The green grass behind the wooden fence wasn’t as bright as I would have liked for a premium TV. The white mist above the snowy mountain was clearly visible but it was a little faint. Picture modes and adjustments to white balance, brightness, and color temperature didn’t help much either.

The physical LCD screen and anti-glare technology Samsung uses in the R95H made this TV less susceptible to image quality adjustments than the LG or Hisense RGB models I’ve tested. In the LG Micro RGB Evo specifically, simple adjustments to color temperature and white balance had a noticeable impact on image quality, as is the case with most picture modes. For example, using the Vivid Picture mode improved benchmark tests, while the R95H’s Dynamic mode didn’t move the needle. Buffalo roaming the field looked a bit flat due to the anti-glare technology. The dark trees in the mountain scene didn’t stand out enough from the dark background. The yellow flower looked very saturated using Dynamic mode but very flat and washed out using Filmmaker mode.

Uncool color test

Photo: John Brandon

When testing the R95H, I learned that color processing is more important on micro RGB TVs rather than OLED TVs, because colors have to be displayed consistently.