Consumer-oriented LED backlight TFTs to arrive soon

[xtknight]

The first batch of (likely consumer) LED-backlit panels will come from AU Optronics in 20" 4:3, 1600x1200 format. They'll be able to achieve 105% of the NTSC color space (current consumer LCDs can only reach 72%).

See this slide from FPD Taiwan 2006: auo_m201un03_v0.png

Details here: AUO HiColor

 

[CP5670]

Looks interesting, but aren't these already available (for a very high price) in that NEC 2180WG monitor?

 

[IlllI]

yeah, i thought i saw nec came out with an led backlit lcd last year or so ago

 

[xtknight]

(These are the consumer-oriented ones.) Yes, NEC has one but it costs in the order of $6000 I believe.

 

[imported_Ned Flanders]

What advantages does the new backlighting method yield? Less heat? Power consumption? Better quality / uniform lighting?

 

[BassBomb]

led backlight allows almost unthinkable contrast ratio .. because it can have a true 0 blackpoint

 

[redbox]

How soon is 'soon'?

 

[CP5670]

led backlight allows almost unthinkable contrast ratio .. because it can have a true 0 blackpoint

Actually I think these LED backlights mainly have better color uniformity across the whole screen (there isn't one LED per pixel, but something like 50 for the whole panel). At least the contrast ratio on that $6700 NEC one isn't very impressive.

 

[El Greco]

How soon?

I always thought the DVI (8 bit) was the bottleneck not the panel itself. Therefore higher end monitors like the 12 bit NECs don´t perform heaps and bounds better than the 8 bit panels. The extra bits just free them from color banding etc.