Hmmm... Crutchfield describes my first link above as an "LED-LCD HDTV" with "LED edge backlight for high picture contrast", so maybe THAT's the technology you were referring to, Drew?
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Jon B. - May 05, 2012 5:04:27 am PDT #20001 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Tom Scola - May 05, 2012 5:17:28 am PDT #20002 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Traditionally, LCDs have been backlit with fluorescent tubes. LCDs backlit with LEDs are brighter, have more consistent colors(and blacker blacks), and don't use mercury. It also allows the TVs to be thinner.
Jon B. - May 05, 2012 8:38:30 am PDT #20003 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
So which (or do both?) of those two models do that?
Tom Scola - May 05, 2012 8:39:35 am PDT #20004 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Just the second, it looks like.
Jon B. - May 05, 2012 8:53:14 am PDT #20005 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Maybe I'll ask Crutchfield. They have excellent customer service.
Jon B. - May 05, 2012 12:13:32 pm PDT #20006 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I chatted with someone at Crutchfield, and it's actually the first that's an LCD with LED backlighting. According to them, so-called "LED TVs" are actually just LCD TVs that use an LED backlight instead of the standard fluorescent one. This model, for example, which seems to be the 40" version of my second link above, clearly mentions fluorescent backlighting.
Calli - May 07, 2012 6:20:26 am PDT #20007 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm pretty happy with my LG LCD tv, which I've had for 2 years. (This one: [link] ) I'm not a serious AV connoisseur, but I've had no technical problems, the picture's consistently clear and crisp, and the sound is good (n.b., I'm deaf in one ear, so if there's any sort of balance issue, I'm not the one to catch it).
Gudanov - May 08, 2012 9:02:59 am PDT #20008 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Why can't IE run javascript every other browser can? Or rather is there a way to get rid of every version of IE before 9? Sigh.
tommyrot - May 08, 2012 9:22:57 am PDT #20009 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Heh. I was just about to ask that same question about Safari....
Jessica - May 08, 2012 9:35:44 am PDT #20010 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Can anyone think of a reason why Quicktime 10.1 would be telling me a video has a bitrate of 4.3Mbps (double what it should be) and Quicktime 10.0 is telling me 2.3Mbps (what I'd encoded it at)???
I need to give a client an answer more technical than "Quicktime 10 is fucked up, I don't even."