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    LED-Backlighting Penetration to Reach 70-80%

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Apr 15, 2009.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

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    LED-Backlighting Penetration to Reach 70-80%

    While LED-backlighting penetration rates are only around 40% for the earlier parts of this year, thanks to help from Intel's Consumer Ultra Low Voltage (CULV) platform, they are expected to reach 70-80% by the end of this year. Research firm DisplaySearch predicts that LED-backlighting penetration will reach 88% in 2012.

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Apr 15, 2009
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    I would expect LED backlighting to become the cheaper option once more production lines are tooled up. Solid state electronics are more amenable to mass production than inverters and fluorescent tubes.

    And, from the consumers' viewpoint, they are more power efficient and reliable.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Apr 16, 2009
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    ernstloeffel Notebook Consultant

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    hopefully they'll also reintroduce ips or the newer consumer e-ips screens for notebooks. combined with led backlighting they'd maybe make some fine screens.
     
    ernstloeffel, Apr 16, 2009
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    Can anyone give me quick perspective on the power effeciency of LED backlight ?
    I guess another positive side would be uniformity and wider range of operation.
     
    cooperxs, Apr 16, 2009
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    That's good news but I hope the picture quality and color reproduction will also increase.

    For instance, I got to look at the Vaio TZ, Asus U2 and Lenovo U110, all using LED backlit 11.1" WXGA screens last year. And yet the Vaio blew the other two away in brightness and color reproduction and all three models were around the same price as well.
     
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    This is great news, I just hope the quality will improve now.
     
    Angelic, Apr 16, 2009
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    Come on, where's our AMOLED screens?
     
    plasma., Apr 16, 2009
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    LEDs are more efficient than florescent lighting. However, they are not necessarily better.
     
    Krane, Apr 17, 2009
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