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Originally Posted by FanIn80
You must be referring to plasmas, then.
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Nope. Plasma PQ is better than both, but my point is not to make LED backlighting a "must-have" in TV shopping. There are two reasons for this.
1. "LED LCD TV" can mean a
lot of things. Are they white or RGB LEDs? Edge lit? Local dimming?
2. LEDs can be used to backlight a crappy panel.
I just finished a round of LCD TV shopping and found at least two CCFL displays with better uniformity, better black levels, and nearly equal contrast than a similarly priced LED backlit TV of the same brand. I saw edge lit LED LCDs with noticably dark corners on bright scenes. I saw a local dimming LED set with some of the worst color saturation I've ever seen.
On the flip side, manufacturers have had plenty of time to get CCFL backlighting "right". Sony & Samsung make some excellent CCFL sets in the sub $2000 range.
Obviously there are some stunning LED backlit TVs out there as well; it's a superior technology. But a "great" CCFL TV today is better and cheaper than an "average" LED LCD TV.