tanyatriangles

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..........as against the LCD ones.

It's about 20mm thick, but looks no different to the same company's 200Hz LCD model it was sitting next to, at least picture-wise. It DOES cost over £300 more though at £1575

Still, there'll be some out there who'll have to have one.

I'd still happy with my Toshiba 32" CRT

Neanderthal

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Aren't they meant to consume less power?
Think of how much more you'd be saving the planet!

Leslie

Think I'll stick to my plasma.

Les

andys

yep the current LED ones are just side lit LCD's. OLED is where is going to be at

jaytc2003

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yep, samsung have just demoed a 32" one, although I imagine it may be a tad expensive at present...

tanyatriangles

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(Rushes off to Google OLED)

Jamz3k

Same here, My Pioneer not only looks fantastic but it keeps my living room nice and warm at the same time

exceed

Haha mate you drive a Subaru, that statement doesn't hold any weight !
OLED's not really practical for large screens and high resolution in terms of longetivity, I remember hearing something about SED or something like that which was supposed to be better. I don't really follow it anymore as nothing has really changed in the past 2/3 years in this market, just random buzzwords are thrown about in the hopes that they can sell more displays . LEDs, in general, should have been mainstream about half a year ago !

hux309

The problem with oled i believe was the longevity of the blue pixels, they weren't lasting long enough but i heard a while back they fixed that problem.

The samsung led screens aren't far off a true oled screen, i have an oled screen on my cowon s9 and it is very impressive for what it is.

Im kind of waiting to see how the market pans out, my toshiba 32wlt66 is holding up lovely atm.

Timwinner

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Second that!

tanyatriangles

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(Rushes off to Google organic displays).

hux309

Organic light-emitting diode - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

zip106

Aren't the LED TV's backlit with the LED to give a sharper picture, not just side lit?
My old (as in 11 years old) CRT is starting to go funny so I may need to replace it with a very modern bit of kit.

ALi-B

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Hang on, don't the LED TVs use LEDs as pixels? i.e the pixels are emitting the light (as oppsosed to blocking it, as per an LCD)?

If the pixels EMIT the light (as in Light EMITTING Diode) they shouldn't need a backlight?!?

LCD pixels don't emit any light, they just block light, which is why they use a backlight and why LCD screens glow round edges where light "leaks" out from the backlight.

So is this "LED TV" just some marketing BS where the backlight is an LED type rather than the normal cold cathode (fluorescent) lamp, and the actual pixels are still just LCDs (so not really any different to a normal LCD, just packaged differently)?

hux309

Pretty much though led light will be brighter, respond faster and have more control where the light goes, this is mainly where you get the increase in pq.

In oleds the pixels themselves will have their own lightsource.

hth

andys

correct its a bit of a scam the tele is thinner as the light scource in not behind the screen

wayne9t9

Thank goodness that old "LCD or Plasma" argument is over..... C`mon the LCD, LED, OLED or Plasma debate