An LED TV is an LCD TV that uses LED backlighting technology rather than fluorescent lights used in the traditionally known LCD televisions.
The latest technology and buzz in the HDTV marked is surrounding LED TV’s. LED HDTV’s are known for being super thin and displaying a great image. They tend to have a much great contract than competing flat panels and combine 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 blacks. Plasma HDTV’s tend to not be as bright as a comparable LCD. LED TV’s show blacks similar to a plasma TV but are brighter than LCD TV’s – the best of both worlds.
As HDTVs become more common–some would say commoditized–TV makers go to greater lengths to justify higher price tags. Nobody is going as far as Samsung this year. The company is the only one thus far to announce a full lineup of edge-lit LED-based LCDs, which cost a mint yet offer the most advanced technology and design you can get–at least until OLED comes along.
While most still refer to these as LCD televisions due to the panel still being an LCD panel, Samsung has made the choice to call their LED backlit LCDs “LED TVs”. The LED backlighting should make colors more realistic and provide better blacks than conventional LCDs but motion blur will still be an issue 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 right behind the panel, or the others are white edge LED Televisions set around the outside of the screen which use special diffusion panels to spread the light right across the screen evenly from behind the screen.
LED TVs offer a brighter picture while at the same time being able to produce a better contrast ratio. The result is a TV that is slimmer with a picture that is brighter and darker at the same time. Clusters of LED lights can be dimmed for an incredibly responsive display. Everything that you watch on an LED TV will look better than your old TV. From video games to chick flicks, you will see detail that you have been missing before you got your LED TV.
One of the early leaders in LED TV’s so far has been Samsung with several LED models available. LED HDTV prices are still 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 before dropping a few thousand dollars.
Samsung is leading the way with the introduction of a complete line of LED TVs that are not only striking visually, but are high performance, and low energy usage. 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.
