Samsung begin production of mointors with LED backlight

[biostud]

http://www.koreanewswire.co.kr/en_read....emonth=&spno=&exid=&rg1=&rg2=&rg3=&tt=

Samsung Develops LED-Backlit LCD Panels for Monitors with Color Quality Rivaling Premium TVs

Seoul, Apr 11 (Korea Newswire)-- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world?s largest provider of thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, today announced that, in the second quarter, it will begin producing a 24-inch LCD panel with an LED backlight that enables computer monitors to deliver unprecedented color quality, resembling that of the highest-quality TV sets available today.

With the new 24-inch LCD monitor display, technology-demanding consumers, professional graphics designers and digital photographers will enjoy the same true-to-life colors that premium LCD TVs can provide, thanks to Samsung?s proprietary LED backlight. The LED-backlit monitor panel has an industry-high color saturation level of 111% (of NTSC standard) compared to a saturation level of only 72% of NTSC for conventional monitors and will satisfy consumers used to the crisp colors prevalent in high-definition broadcasting.

The panel?s 24-inch screen size is optimal for systems equipped with the Windows Vista operating system. While conventional thinking has been that Windows Vista works best with a 22-inch screen (the size of two A4 pieces of paper), 22 inches is not wide enough to support full-HD. In addition, industry experts now say that 24 inches provides a better Windows Vista fit to also include the Vista right side bar and margins.

The advent of Windows Vista and the spread of HD technology have accelerated the demand for wide-screen monitors delivering true-color imagery. Meanwhile, a steadily increasing number of consumers are using their monitors to watch high quality video images. Samsung?s new 24-inch LCD display with its vivid colors represents one of the most advanced monitor screens available today to meet market needs.

The new monitor display also features Samsung?s highly successful S-PVA (Super Patterned-ITO Vertical Alignment) technology that provides the widest viewing angle possible - 180 degrees - at the highest contrast ratio for LCD monitors today (>1,000:1). It also supports WUXGA resolution (1,920x1,200 pixels), which is the computer equivalent to Full HD resolution.

The new display?s backlight is environmentally-friendly due to the fact that LED backlights do not utilize mercury, an environmentally harmful substance.

 

[450R]

Sorry, I think I stumbled into the Microsoft Vista press release thread by accident...

Oh, wait, this is the Samsung LED thread! Wuddyaknow?

Good to see these FINALLY coming to market soon. I know I'm not the only person that held off downgrading to an LCD ... I just hope they decide to make a 20" for us poor folk.

 

[Vinnybcfc]

Shame this isnt being done with IPS panels atm

 

[Gstanfor]

So, is it just one or several LEDs or does each component of each pixel get its own adjustable LED (would be sweet for mixing colors more accurately and better blacks)?

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: Gstanfor
So, is it just one or several LEDs or does each component of each pixel get its own adjustable LED (would be sweet for mixing colors more accurately and better blacks)?

I think the NEC reference LCD had around 200 LEDs in different areas, but there can't be one per pixel (in the order of millions). You don't really get better black with LEDs (this is a problem with the crystals themselves being unable to block light) but you get a more uniform screen. With LEDs you can get true color temperature adjustment since the backlight is a combo of red, green, and blue LEDs as opposed to a few cold cathode fluorescent lights.

 

[Gstanfor]

Well, I was thinking if you could vary the luminance of the LED, black levels would get better simply by virtue of turning off the led behind the black pixel (equals no light for the crystal to block), but it appears we are not at that level of sophistication yet.

 

[miniMUNCH]

Originally posted by: Gstanfor
Well, I was thinking if you could vary the luminance of the LED, black levels would get better simply by virtue of turning off the led behind the black pixel (equals no light for the crystal to block), but it appears we are not at that level of sophistication yet.

I don't know... I think they could easily work this sort of thing out for letter-boxing in movies, etc.

 

[BernardP]

Let me think about this... One LED for each pixel... Then no need for backlighting... That would be OLED... The next step in flat panels... Coming soon ... Hopefully
Not my next display, but certainly the one after that.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: Gstanfor
Well, I was thinking if you could vary the luminance of the LED, black levels would get better simply by virtue of turning off the led behind the black pixel (equals no light for the crystal to block), but it appears we are not at that level of sophistication yet.

Yeah I know what you mean. The problem is, light from adjacent LEDs would leak without some kind of separation which I don't think is possible since the light would be leaking unless absolutely every part was sealed which is very difficult. We'll just have to see. Initial models haven't showed lower black levels, though (I think the reference NEC was 0.40 nits black which is on the bright end of black levels these days).

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: 450R
Sorry, I think I stumbled into the Microsoft Vista press release thread by accident...

lol

 

[defiantsf]

LED backlit LCD/HDTV will tie us over nicely until OLED matures.

I wonder how much this 24" panel will cost. I wouldn't mind having it in a dual monitor setup along side my HP 2335 (S-IPS panel).

 

[yhelothar]

Sweet. I can't wait for an LCD with CRT contrast/colors. The sharpness of LCD with the vibrance of CRTs.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH

Originally posted by: Gstanfor
Well, I was thinking if you could vary the luminance of the LED, black levels would get better simply by virtue of turning off the led behind the black pixel (equals no light for the crystal to block), but it appears we are not at that level of sophistication yet.

I don't know... I think they could easily work this sort of thing out for letter-boxing in movies, etc.

That's existing tech circa a few years ago. Goggle teh BrightSide (now owned by Dolby).

 

[IlllI]

i posted about this several days ago Text nobody seemed interested.

 

[craftech]

Will Samsung be a "pioneer" and provide a warranty that doesn't deem a certain number of dead or stuck pixels "acceptable" or in other words "tough luck sucker"?

John