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LED TV - Don't Be Fooled, Understand The Technology First

LED TV - Don't Be Fooled, Understand The Technology First.

Thinking of buying an LED TV, well....Stop! Before you spend in excess of $1500, you need to cut through the jargon and hype to truly understand the technology that you're actually spending your hard earned money on.

TV manufacturers and the media are very good at convincing us that the latest products incorporate the most cutting edge technology and are a must have. Lets get real here, to the average consumer most of this jargon is just down right confusing.

A new range of LED tvs that have hit the market with a big buzz. Samsung have crept through the backdoor and have released the 7000 series range boasting LED technology.

Thats great...but what is this LED technology thats being boasted.

Current LED TVs - The Truth

The term 'LED' stands for Light Emitting Diode and as you may well know LEDs are used in many of our devices at present, however in terms of the current line of LED TVs, the actual LEDs are used for the backlight of the TV ONLY and not the tv display themselves. If you consider that current TV technology uses CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorecent Lamps), there ia no doubt that an LED backlight is a more efficient form of backlight.

However, the important point here is that the LED television's display is actually LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), it is the backlight only that is made up of LEDs. So there are two major technologies at use here; LCD for the display and LED for the backlight. In essence a more advanced form of LCD TV.

When you compare this technology to a true LED display TV. Displays such as OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) will self illuminate, utilizing an internal thin layer of LED for its display only.

The fact that the 'LED tv' term has been used to describe a type of LCD TV is a cunning move on Samsungs part, but genius in terms of marketing, since it capitalises on the current buzz in the TV market of true LED display TVs such as Sony's XEL-1 OLED TV.

LCD TVs with LED Backlights - The Improvements

Now that we've established that this is LCD TV with an LED backlight, lets look at how this new range of tv improves on current TV technology such as plasma and standard LCD in 3 key areas:

1. Picture Quality

Quite simply, the picture quality has been improved over standard LCD and Plasma, because the range of colours have increased. The utilization of Light Emitting Diodes as a light source instead of traditional lamps provides a higher contrast ratio because the LED produces blacker blacks and whiter whites, this is the key to achieving quality images on screen.

2.  Environment

LED Technology consumes less power than current backlight tv technology, making a saving on your energy bills.

3. Slimmer Models

Since no provision for a conventional light source is required, LED TVs can be made ultra thin, this makes for a thin, sleek, more attractive model.

Decisions, Decisions

If you are in the market for a TV now and want a picture quality in advance of current standard LCD and Plasma ranges on the market, then you cannot go far wrong with an LED TV.

However, if you are in no hurray to purchase a television at this present time and require a tv with technology that will keep it at the forefront of cutting edge, in terms of LED technology, OLED tv is the real deal. Laser TV is another option to explore.

Both are emerging technologies and require patience as they find their place in the market with the correct size screens for your home. These TVs may also require you to dig a little deeper into your bank balance.

The moral of the story is to understand the technology behind theproduct in great detail before you part with your money, the choice is yours......

About the Author

Will Caulderwood was born in London.
Educated in Computing and Technolgy. He started his career in IT before moving into a career in consumer electronics for the last 10 years.

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which is better, samsung or sony LCD TV?

I'm looking to buy a new t.v but I'm finding it hard to choose between two specific tv's. Now im a guy that really wants his T.V to have the best picture quality technology has to offer.
the two t.v's are:
sony bravia ZX LCD TV ...........
link here: http://www.sony-mea.com/product/klv-40zx1
or
the Samsung LED TV...........

link here:

http://www.samsung.com/sg/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=television&type=television&subtype=ledtv&model_cd=UA40B6000VMXXS

I highly recommend this ...

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Bravia-KDL-40Z4100-40-Inch-Silver/dp/B0019HXEM4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1245503610&sr=1-2&tag=aor-sale-20

Sony Bravia Z-Series KDL-40Z4100/S 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV,
Product Description
When you think about slim LCD HDTVs, think BRAVIA Z-Series. Slim black or silver bezels and thin profiles accent the elegant yet functional design, with performance that's all Sony. 10-bit processing and 10-bit displays, x.v.Color technology and Deep Color render a wide color gamut and smooth color transitions. Motionflow 120Hz and 24p True Cinema provide smoother picture performance with unprocessed 24p film reproduction. Z-Series HDTVs include Sony's innovative DMex technology which offers an expandable platform that "future-proofs" Sony HDTVs, ensuring they connect seamlessly not only with current Sony camcorders, computers, and digital cameras, but also to devices that haven't even been invented yet. HDMI-CEC compatibility means you can control everything from one remote. They are DLNA compliant and offer Sony’s unique PhotoTV HD.

This TV has numerous advantages over the Samsung 6xx and 7xx series which it is often compared to. First off, the Samsung's are fantastic TVs. The characteristics of the picture (color cast, primarily- which is different among makers- cool is cooler on one, neutral may be warmer on another and warm may be too warm for some viewers, etc.) should be judged by each individual viewer. There are some people who are going to like the Samsung's picture better than the Sony's, and vice versa.

That being said- I return to the advantages: Deep color and x.v. Color. Despite some spec sheets which show this set doesn't have x.v. color, it does. It has both deep & x.v. color, and one can only imagine that the reason the Sony marketing department may have chosen to leave that off spec sheets after the TV had already been designed was to better differentiate their much more costly XBR series TVs. On the other hand, the engineering and cost marketing departments had obviously found advantages in maintaining a common BOM with their latest chipsets which also support their 120 Hz Bravia Engine 2, etc. These must be common among this Z-series Bravia and the '08 XBR offerings, in my estimation.

The most important differentiation between this Sony set and the Samsung competition may be the true 24 Hz (or 24 FPS) playback of 24 FPS blu-ray material. This makes the Sony standards-compliant on three important new standards for High-Def that the Samsung simply ignores. Add exceptional image quality and build quality (in my eyes)- and the Sony is a no-brainer for ~$200 more than the Samsung.

I have been surprised by the omission of these important facts from other reviews. I have had the TV for over a month and bought it on Amazon- and I couldn't be happier. Of course their 48 month 0% financing deal also helped.

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