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unfortunately u dont know what the heck u're talkin about. this is what i sale every dag gum day. i have sat in all kinds of training classes about this, i know what i'm talking about. LED and lcd are two totally different technologies. LED is NOT just LCD with LED as the backlight. what would be the point? i mean u can even google it, better yet, go to sony's website or any electronic website. but please stop listening to these people because they have no idea what they are talking about.
Please try to moderate your temper and manner.
In FACT, the term "LED" as used by manufacturers of consumer TVs currently on sale (whether accurately or not) does describe an LCD screen which uses LEDs as backlight (either edge-lit i.e. in direct replacement of the more typical CCFL lighting; or as a matrix array behind the LCD panel). And not anything else.
I could not say with any certainty what it is you "sale every dag gum day" nor comment on the content of your "all kinds of training classes about this".
What I can say, though, is that, currently, the ONLY readily available consumer TVs from manufacturers such as Sony and Samsung (and others), that are described and marketed as LED, are
IN FACT LCD sets with some form of LED lighting.
If your training told you otherwise, then it was, frankly, wrong.
And the point of it is - well any or all of the following (in theory):
- better colour rendition; LED lighting can produce better balance than CCFL.
- lower power consumption, less waste heat
- (in the case of matrix lighting, as opposed to edge lighting) local dimming can produce greater contrast
- (in the case of edge lighting) panels can be made thinner.
And, for the record - yes I
DO know what I'm talking about!