LED TVs and the LCD Surplus
LED backlit LCD TVs, or LED TVs, are the latest fad in the flat-screen TV genre. LED technology allows manufacturers to create thinner and more power-efficient televisions. LED TVs are basically LCD TVs that use LED instead of the traditional CCFL.
If you are considering of getting LED TVs, it may help you to know about the different implementations available. There are three main LED backlighting techniques: RGB dynamic LEDs, edge and full-array. RGB dynamic LEDs can offer the best picture quality overall, although, of these three, edge LED back-lighting is the most practically priced.
The best thing about edge is that the TVs can be thinner. There are edge-lit models that are less than an inch thick. Although, overall, any LED back-lit TV can be ultra-slim.
LEDs also last longer than CCFLs. However, LEDs are not as cheap. It is only recently that manufacturers have found ways of commercializing LEDs. LEDs offer great value in the long term, specially, if you think about the promised savings on power consumption and efficiency.
The popularity of LED TVs brings about a surplus of LCDs in stores. This causes LCD TVs' prices to drop considerably in less than a year. If you are not particular about power-consumption, CCFL back-lit LCDs are still viable options now that their prices are cut to up to 50% (or more) when compared to last year.
As early as in the middle of this year, there is an acknowledged surplus of LCD TVs in stores. Many new buyers may opt to get LED TVs, instead. Still, there are more buyers who are expected to pick the traditional LCDs simply because of their new-found value for money. Developments with CCFL-backlit LCD TVs still make them strongly competitive to LED TVs. So, don't snub those deals on LCDs this holiday season.
Regardless, we can expect LED to replace CCFL in TVs soon. Meanwhile, LED should enjoy a considerable share of the market while manufacturers continue work on the next major iteration: OLED -- but that's an entirely new article to write about...
If you are considering of getting LED TVs, it may help you to know about the different implementations available. There are three main LED backlighting techniques: RGB dynamic LEDs, edge and full-array. RGB dynamic LEDs can offer the best picture quality overall, although, of these three, edge LED back-lighting is the most practically priced.
The best thing about edge is that the TVs can be thinner. There are edge-lit models that are less than an inch thick. Although, overall, any LED back-lit TV can be ultra-slim.
LEDs also last longer than CCFLs. However, LEDs are not as cheap. It is only recently that manufacturers have found ways of commercializing LEDs. LEDs offer great value in the long term, specially, if you think about the promised savings on power consumption and efficiency.
The popularity of LED TVs brings about a surplus of LCDs in stores. This causes LCD TVs' prices to drop considerably in less than a year. If you are not particular about power-consumption, CCFL back-lit LCDs are still viable options now that their prices are cut to up to 50% (or more) when compared to last year.
As early as in the middle of this year, there is an acknowledged surplus of LCD TVs in stores. Many new buyers may opt to get LED TVs, instead. Still, there are more buyers who are expected to pick the traditional LCDs simply because of their new-found value for money. Developments with CCFL-backlit LCD TVs still make them strongly competitive to LED TVs. So, don't snub those deals on LCDs this holiday season.
Regardless, we can expect LED to replace CCFL in TVs soon. Meanwhile, LED should enjoy a considerable share of the market while manufacturers continue work on the next major iteration: OLED -- but that's an entirely new article to write about...
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