Between sports, movies, reality programming, and day time soaps, we live in a world that demands to be entertained. And the preferred medium for delivering this entertainment is still the good ole’ fashioned, proverbial idiot box. That said, the aforementioned demand continues to force an upswing of technological innovation, resulting in an idiot box that no longer lives up to its moniker. In fact, it’s pretty darn smart, and the industry’s latest creation is what’s now being commonly referred to as the LED TV.
Those who are not incredibly familiar with how LED technology integrates with a television might encounter a bit of initial confusion. After all, aren’t light emitting diodes (LEDs) those little things that make up the numbers in a $3 alarm clock? How is that going to make for a crisper picture? Well, it doesn’t by itself. See, “LED TVs” are, on the surface, just LCD TVs. The factor that sets them apart from traditional LCDs is the way the screen is lit up from behind. The traditional breed of LCD screens uses florescent bulbs to light the picture. The downside of this is that they are always turned on, so the contrast of the picture tends to suffer.
Using light emitting diodes, tons of tiny little lights precisely fine tune the backlighting, allowing for higher picture performance, particularly with dark colors. On these puppies, black is black. The downside, of course, is that this new high tech integration yields accompanying high costs. The 46 inch Samsung Ultra Slim (deceptively referred to as a mini LED TV due to its 29.9mm thick frame) will run you a cool $3200.
Alternatively, you can pick up a 50″ Samsung plasma built with the “old” technology for $2400. What do you think? Is it worth the extra money to be able to make the stars on your television sky look more beautiful? I say, anything’s worth the money if you have it. LED lit TVs are picking up more steam in the industry, and like any new hi-tech flavor, the price will eventually come down. Until then, you may just have to depend on the real world to see what black actually looks like.
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