True LED backlit (not edge-lit) allows for the light to be turned on/off at high speed, hence blacker blacks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED-backlit_LCD_television
|-----Original Message----- |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- |[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Connors |Sent: Monday, 24 January 2011 1:09 PM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: new screens ? (was RE: Developer PC spec) | |On 24 January 2011 11:51, Bill McCarthy <[email protected]> |wrote: | | | Speaking of desktop PC's has anyone compared the newer LED screens ? | My old(ish) Dell 2407WFP is easy on the eyes if I turn brightness way |down | to about 20% or so, otherwise it's excessively bright to stare at all day. | Problem is blacks/greys are lacking contrast at that level. Are there | better screens out there that have good contrast but aren't like staring | into a light globe? | | Favourite screens ?? | | | |I have 3 x BenQ 24" LCDs on my desk at work. I haven't noticed any better |picture quality (same as my Bravia at home for that matter). I understood the |main benefits of LCD were lower power consumption, not better visuals. | |If you were seriously cashed up, I'd go for 3 x small Sony Bravias on my desk. :) | |-- |David Connors | [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | |www.codify.com <http://www.codify.com> |Software Engineer |Codify Pty Ltd |Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 |363 |V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors |<https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors> |Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact |<https://www.codify.com/contact> |
