Simply LED TV Wall mounts

LED TV has brought a whole new range of tv’s to the electronics market, citing breakthrough picture quality in an energy-efficient and eco-friendly package. But what is an TV LED and how does it compare to an LCD TV?

Many of the new TV’s out there go by the name LED TV, but they’re actually not an LED TV as such – they’re actually an TV LCD with an LED backlight, and can cost almost twice as much as their LCD TV or plasma TV counterparts.

So why have a LCD TV with an LED backlight? Until now LCD TV’s used florescent tubes to light the screen. As these tubes are always on, some light would always leak through and so the TV had trouble producing deep blacks, which affected the perceived sharpness. The tubes also lacked a wide range of colours, meaning the colour saturation of the image could be limited.

An LED TV uses light emitting diode’s to illuminate the display by mounting tiny lights in rows either behind the display or around the edge of the display (known as ‘edge-lit’ displays).

It’s difficult to say which method is better as both have their own pros and cons. Edge-lit LED TV’s can be made ultra thin as the LED’s are on the side of the display. As they have fewer light emitting diodes in them they’re also less expensive than their backlit alternatives.

Backlit displays on the other hand can create deeper blacks by using ‘local dimming’, shutting off LED’s in dark areas of the image and preventing unwanted light shining through. Of course, these additional LED’s come at a price as backlit LED’s tend to be more expensive.

So backlit is better, right? Well not necessarily. The additional LED’s on backlit tv’s can’t be shut off individually and needed to be shut off in larger groups. This means that light areas that are next to dark areas can be darkened when they should stay light. The opposite is true too – by counteracting this darkening affect by lightening the image can cause blacks to be lighter in areas surrounded by lighter images.

A tv screen with every LED lit separately would be a true LED TV which, while possible, would be very expensive and currently only used for very large billboards.

But some there are some clear advantages of LED TV’s over LCD TV’s and plasmas. LED TV’s use less power than their LCD or plasma counterparts and do not use mercury, so are better for the environment. They also have more balanced colour contrast and stronger colours, making images sharper and more vivid.

At the end of the day the choice is really up to you and as with any big purchase it’s important to research it fully before you buy. Take a visit to your local retailer and compare the different tv’s against your budget. Make sure you choose one you loved watching and that meets your requirements – and once you’ve got it go home and enjoy it!

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