DIY LED backlight for LCDs

Piwoslaw · 01-01-10, 06:12 AM

I read that newer LCD TVs and monitors have LED backlighting. It is supposed to give better colors and reduce energy consumption compared to CCFL. How big of a technological leap is it? Can a CCFL backlit LCD be retrofitted with LEDs? Is the LCD screen itself the same in both cases? If not, then can an OLED screen be retrofitted to a laptop? (This is all hypothetical, as I doubt the energy reduction would pay for itself.)

01-01-10, 06:12 AM	#1
Piwoslaw Super Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 961 Thanks: 188 Thanked 110 Times in 86 Posts	DIY LED backlight for LCDs I read that newer LCD TVs and monitors have LED backlighting. It is supposed to give better colors and reduce energy consumption compared to CCFL. How big of a technological leap is it? Can a CCFL backlit LCD be retrofitted with LEDs? Is the LCD screen itself the same in both cases? If not, then can an OLED screen be retrofitted to a laptop? (This is all hypothetical, as I doubt the energy reduction would pay for itself.)

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