cunderwood Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 http://www.smh.com.au/news/home-entertainm...3750116137.html Wonder if this LED backlight technology really will improve the LCD viewing experience?
CrazyNuts Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 I think it's a bridge gap between what is available now and what we can expect in a few years to be replaced by OLED or LASER. Would only benefit those who are buying a new TV, but I don't think it will be justification enough for current LCD owners to sell up and jump onto the LCD bandwagon. Just my opinion at the moment as I haven't physically seen the displays.
Owen Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 To keep up with the next generation Plasma’s LCD will need a seperate LED backlight for every display pixel, that’s to expensive and complex to contemplate at this time.
pneu Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 Here's what hdtvtest thinks of the samsung's LED backlighting: And now, we get down to business. With the [smart LED] option enabled, the Samsung LE40A786 struts its stuff and, unsurprisingly, shuts off LEDs as necessary. As a result, a completely black screen measures an unbeatable (literally!) 0 cd/m2 (yes, 0: nil, none, nada).On its own, though, this is a little easy. We already knew that LED TVs can turn areas of the screen completely off. More appropriately, we fed an ANSI test pattern to the Samsung LE40A786 HDTV. This pattern features alternating black and white boxes in a chessboard-like structure. Due to the approximate nature of the LED backlighting, there was a very small amount of visible glowing around the white areas, which is to be expected, as the dimming is not controlled with per-pixel accuracy. The severity of the glow depended on the viewing angle, but was minimal in the most common positions. From higher angles, the glowing was a little distracting. That’s not really a problem, because a television will typically be placed at eye level, and we doubt this will raise its head in real world situations.
t10001503559603 Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 Here's what hdtvtest thinks of the samsung's LED backlighting: Can't wait to see some of theses new LCD sets to guage how much difference it really makes. 1000
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