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Samsung do them

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In Reply to: RE: LED question? posted by Wendell Narrod on September 8, 2009 at 08:16:46

I've not yet investigated flat-screen TVs, but will have to soon as I'm moving to a new home where my huge CRT TVs will look totally out of place.
I made a preliminary investigation recently and was told that LED was the latest technology and better than LCD and plasma for most purposes. In particular, LED TVs are very slim.
John Lewis, one of the largest and most respected chains of department stores in UK lists 7 LED TVs from 32-55" plus 39 LCD ones and 17 Plasma.
I don't know who else does them, but Samsung and Sharp certainly do.
Peter
Samsung LED TVs (Open in New Window)

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Samsung should be chagred for fasle advertising - budm 14:21:58 09/8/09 (0)
They are ALL LED back light, it is still LCD panel, if it is real LED panel then why would you need LEDs for back lighting?
RE: Samsung do them - Wendell Narrod 08:29:24 09/8/09 (4)
Every Samsung I've read about uses LED backlighting but not for the display.
Can you point me to a model that utilizes and LED display.
EDIT:
I did another search and can still find no set, other than Sony's OLED that utilizes LED display technology. The Samsungs use LED for backlighting. They still use LCD display technology.
- RE: Samsung do them - cawson@onetel.com 11:45:07 09/8/09 (3)
  Try the John Lewis site below. They categorise screen types but not all LED screens are LED Backlighting, so presumably some are "proper" LED.
  
  Maybe you can work out what is what!
  
  Peter
  - TVs from John Lewis (Open in New Window)
  - Thanks for the link. - Wendell Narrod 13:09:28 09/8/09 (2)
    ", Samsung pointed out that LED backlighting provides improved energy efficiency, higher contrast ratios and slimmer designs. Samsung also noted that it has a line of LED-backlit LCD TVs that are less than an inch thick. Samsung stressed that the slim down of its LCD TVs has been enabled by LED backlighting technology."
    
    I found nothing that mentioned LED display.
    - RE: Thanks for the link. - cawson@onetel.com 13:45:54 09/8/09 (1)
      You say "I found nothing that mentioned LED display."
      
      Is this relevent? The early postings were comparing LCD with Plasma. If Samsung and others can substantially improve on these technologies and call their TVs "LED" because they include LEDs, what's to complain at? Even if they have LCDs as well as LEDs, the point is that brighter, clearer images can be delivered on a thinner screen. Surely that's good?
      
      Peter
      - It's all very good. It's a significant improvement. - Wendell Narrod 13:51:24 09/8/09 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Thanks for the link. posted by cawson@onetel.com on September 8, 2009 at 13:45:54
        
        It provides a better viewing experience and is good for the environment. I've been very impressed with the ones I've seen. If I were in the market and could not afford a plasma large enough it would be my choice. My primary set is 65" and, we all know, we don't go smaller when we upgrade.:-)
        
        It's simply not a revolutionary technology change that organic light emitting diode technology can potentially offer.

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