| LED is the acronym for Light Emitting Diode. In | | | | better from the LCD TV. What they do not know is |
| everyday life, you can see a number of electronic | | | | that the only difference lies in the backlighting device |
| equipments that make use of LED displays, like the | | | | being used. And, this produces the difference in the |
| caller ID identifier on your landline telephone instrument. | | | | viewing quality of the pictures. Therefore, in reality, it is |
| The rapid advancement in the display technologies has | | | | the same old liquid crystal display technology based |
| ushered in an era of modern LED TV which is widely | | | | TV that makes use of light emitting diodes to give you |
| believed to give a superior viewing experience than | | | | a better viewing experience. Naturally, you would be |
| any of the other previous technologies related to TV | | | | interested to know in which aspects it scores over the |
| and large displays. | | | | LCD technology. |
| Before we discuss the LED TV in further detail, let us | | | | Contrast Ratio is better for LEDs. This means that |
| first briefly understand what this technology is all | | | | these TVs produce better colour differentiations on |
| about? The LED is a small semiconductor which gets | | | | the screen. Also, if you were to view the TV from the |
| charged up when the electricity is passed through it | | | | sides, the LED ones will be able to give better contrast |
| and the excited electrons give out light of single | | | | ratio than the LCD ones. These are available in bigger |
| wavelength. That does not mean that only one light will | | | | sizes than the LCD TVs. You can find these in sizes |
| be given out. Actually, multiple colour lights can be | | | | ranging from 40-odd inches to about 80 inches in width. |
| generated depending upon what material is used for | | | | There is no blurring of images or motion lags while |
| making the tips of the probes through which the light | | | | viewing the fast paced videos. |
| passes. These Light Emitting Diodes are used for the | | | | The only major downside of the LED TV is their |
| backlighting purposes in a flat panel LED TV, in vogue | | | | power consumption which is higher than the LCD |
| currently. These are far better than the old fluorescent | | | | based TVs. But, their superior viewing experience |
| lamps which were earlier used for backlighting | | | | fades away this shortcoming. |
| purposes. | | | | It has to be understood that the LED is an |
| These TVs come in two types of variants. One is the | | | | improvement over the LCD technology. It is not its |
| Edge-lit type. In this, the edges of the TVs are more | | | | substitute, but an evolution from it. Some of the |
| brightly lit than the centre and the TVs are generally | | | | devices make use of both these technologies for |
| ‘slim’ or of lesser width. The other type is the | | | | different uses. |
| Full-array. In this, the whole screen is uniformly lit. The | | | | Smarthouse is an author who frequently writes about |
| only drawback is that the TV is not ‘slim’. It has | | | | various shopping products such as consumer |
| a thicker pack as compared with the Edge-lit type. | | | | electronics, Sony & samsung. |
| Some people consider LED TV to be different and | | | | |