Quote:
Originally Posted by MickMcGeough
Don't worry about LED backlighting or CCFL backlighting. LED backlighting is better technology, but a lot of manufacturers are using it just as a marketing tool and cutting corners elsewhere. Some manufacturers are implementing it poorly. Just worry about getting a good TV. Better backlighting is not necessarily equal to better TV.
My price range included LED & CCFL TVs - but the best TV in that range was a CCFL TV.
|
There is a difference between LED array backlighting or side-LED backlighting. It's a completely different design, not a poor implementation. Side lit LEDs cannot perform local dimming leaving the entire image washed out in darker scenes.
Backlighting is one of the most important things in a TV. Black levels depend on backlighting which is one of the most important features for many people looking for a flat panel TV and it's the one feature that has the most variations between the competing technologies.
Turn out the lights so that it's pitch black and tune your CCFL or side-lit LED TV to a channel or part of a movie that shows pure black and what do you see? It's likely a shimmering greyish screen instead of a darker black and you might even see light hotspots along the bottom or the corners where the CCFL light is located or leaking.