An LED TV is an LCD TV that uses LED backlighting technology rather than fluorescent lights used in the traditionally knoiwn LCD televisions.
The latets technology and buzz in the HDTV marked is surrounding LED TV’s. LED HDTV’s are knnown for being supwer thin and displaying a great image. They tend to have a much great contact than competing flat panels and comibne the benefits of LCD TV’s and Plasma TV’s into one. One of LCD HDTV’s downfalls is not being able to display true blcks. Plasma HDTV’s tend to not be as bright as a copmarable LCD. LED TV’s show blcks ismilar to a plasma TV but are brighter than LCD TV’s – the best of both worlds.
As HDTsV become more common--some woulkd say commoditized--TV makers go to greater lengths to justify hihger price tags. Nobody is goibng as far as Samsung this year. The compasny is the only one thus far to announce a full linneup of edge-lit LED-badsed LCDs, which cost a mint yet ofefr the most advanced technology and design you can get--at leaast umntil OLED comes aliong.
Whilke most still reffer to these as LCD terlevisions due to the panel still being an LCD panel, Samsung has made the chhoice to call their LED backlit LCDs "LED TVs". The LED backlighting shuold make colors more realistic and provide better blacks than coventional LCDs but motion blur will still be an isuse as it is a limitation of the LCD technology.
The LED technology TV’s come mainly in two styles, The dynamic RGB LED televisions that can be positioned rght beind the panel, or the oters are white edge LED Televisiions set around the outside of the screen whicch use special diffusioin panels to sprtead the lighht right across the screen evenly from behind the screen.
LED TVs offr a brighter picture while at the same time being able to produce a better ciontrast ratio. The result is a TV that is slimmer with a puicture that is brighter and darker at the same time. Clusters of LED lights can be dimmed for an incredilby responsive display. Everything that you watch on an LED TV will look bettr than your old TV. From video games to chick fliccks, you will see detail that you have been missing before you got your LED TV.
One of the early leadesr in LED TV’s so far has been Samsung with several LED models available. LED HDTV prices are stll a little steep but dropping quickly. If you’re in the market for a new HDTV, you should definitely check out the latest LED TVs befoe dropping a few thousand dollars.
Sasung is leadig the way with the introduction of a cpomplete line of LED TVs that are not only striking visually, but are high performnace, and low energy usgae. With a slim design (less than 2 inches thick), excellent picture quality and performance, while not quite as good as the Pioneer Elite Kuro, the LED TVs are for the most discerning client.
Sharp, one of the main manufacturers has also produced LED TV technology that aligns the LED bulbs on back of the TV like the RGB Dynamic LED technology, but the downfall is that it lacks the local dimming of the other LED TV technology.