Hisense is throwing down the gauntlet to Samsung with its second-generation RGB LED TV that adds cyan as a fourth LED alongside the usual red, green and blues to achieve an expanded colour range. Meanwhile, it’s also launching a brand new MicroLED TV that throws a yellow subpixel into the mix to try for the same purpose.
The Hisense UXS RGB MiniLED evo and the MX MicroLED TVs will be the company’s flagship big-screen offerings for 2026, sitting atop a range of smaller RGB LED televisions and more affordable models based on standard Mini-LED technology. All of the TVs were unveiled for the first time at CES 2026 this week.
First up is the 116-inch UXS RGB MiniLED evo, which builds on the release of last year’s 116UX TV RGB-MiniLED TV. According to Hisense, it represents the pinnacle of RGB LED technology.
That’s because it’s the first TV of its kind to introduce a cyan LED, which helps to expand the colour range to 110% of the BT.2020 colour gamut that’s used to measure HDR picture. The company also spoke of “tens of thousands" of local colour dimming zones, and the result should be unbelievable colour accuracy of the likes that has never been seen before.
The BT.2020 colour gamut is different to the smaller DCI-P3 standard that’s used to grade most movies and TV shows in HDR today. As such, display makers like Hisense are using BT.2020 to make sure their TVs are future-proofed and capable of supporting HDR pictures far into the future.
Hisense said the 116UXS is the official successor to the 116UX, which has only just gone on sale priced at a cool £24,999 in the U.K. It’s likely that the 2026 model will have a similar price tag, because it adds not only the cyan LED but also a more advanced Hi-View AI Engine RGB video chip, support for Dolby Vision 2 and more. Hisense didn’t mention how bright the 116UXS is, but the 116UX was rated at 10,000 nits.
Perhaps the most impressive of Hisense’s two flagships is the 163-inch MX MicroLED TV, which is the successor to last year’s 136-inch MX Series MicroLED TV.
It’s important to note that MicroLED is different from RGB LED, which is sometimes confusingly known as “MicroRGB”. The latter TVs are actually LCD models that use an RGB LED backlight, while MicroLED uses individual, self-emmissive LED subpixels and eliminates the backlight altogether. MicroLED is generally regarded as the superior technology, and it’s also even more expensive than the super-pricey RGB LED TVs currently available. For instance, last year’s 136-inch Hisense MX Series MicroLED TV has a $100,000 price tag, and Samsung Electronics also sells MicroLED TVs with prices exceeding that sky-high figure.
The main update here is that Hisense is adding a yellow LED subpixel into its MicroLED panel. The company says that existing MicroLED TVs have a tendency to “hit a colour ceiling” with their standard red, green and blue subpixels. By adding yellow to create RGBY, it reckons it can finally achieve 100% of the BT.2020 colour spectrum.
Hisense has not commented on brightness and it did not mention any prices, but the added heft of this year’s model should ensure it costs considerably more than the $100K it’s asking for the existing MX model.
With the UXS RGB MiniLED evo and the MX MicroLED TVs both sitting at the very top of the pile, most readers will likely be more interested in what the company has in store for non-multimillionaire consumers. Fortunately, it didn’t disappoint.
At CES, it introduced the Hisense UR9S and UR8S featuring RGB Mini-LED panels with 180Hz refresh rates and a new, streamlined “unibody” aesthetic, with the smaller models being just 45 millimetres slim. The company said they’ll be the first TVs in the world to offer Dolby Vision 2 compatibility, and they’ll launch in sizes ranging from 55-inches to a maximum of 100-inches.
As with the UXS RGB MiniLED evo, the RGB LED panel should ensure particularly wide coverage of the BT.2020 colour space, though there’s no mention of a cyan subpixel in these models, so perhaps they won’t quite reach the 110% claimed by the flagship model. The company said they’ll have thousands of colour dimming zones to enable more precise light control, as well as the new Hi-View AI Engine RGB chipset that has been designed specifically with RGB LED in mind.
Because these are native 180Hz TVs, they can actually reach up to 300Hz when reducing resolution to just 1080p, Hisense said, making them ideal for PC gaming. There’s an improved anti-glare coating, and they will also support Dolby Vision 2 thanks to the company’s partnerships with Dolby and MediaTek. That said, you’ll still need to wait for some actual content that takes advantage of Dolby Vision 2 to enjoy it.
Note that Hisense isn’t alone in making RGB LED tech more affordable. Samsung has also announced a bunch of smaller Micro RGB models, and Sony and TCL will likely announce their own competing models this year. Nobody wants to be left behind, after all.
The UR9S has three HDMI 2.1 ports and a USB-C with built-in DisplayPort and power delivery, while the UR8S comes with four HDMI 2.1 ports, Hisense said. Both will have speakers tuned by Devialet, and they’ll run Google TV in the U.S. and Vidaa in Europe. Expect them to launch in the coming months.
