[LINK] LED Backlight LCDs may save power

[Ivan Trundle]

On 31/10/2007, at 10:21 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:

> I was skeptical of this saving power on modern LCD screens. But some  
> new LCD screens have local LED back lighting. This switches off the  
> backlight for the parts of the image which are dark. It is done to  
> increase the quality of the image <http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,117629-page,1/article.html 
> >, but as a byproduct it should also save some power.
>
> However, with a search of Amazon.com, I could only one brand of  TV <http://astore.amazon.com/universalservice/?node=283 
> > and one model of computer monitor <http://astore.amazon.com/universalservice/?node=314 
> > with this feature. There appear to be no details as to if they  
> actually save much power and at present these screens are VERY  
> expensive.

HAve you looked at laptops? Try a MacBook Pro. They've had LED  
backlighting for a while now.

http://www.apple.com/au/macbookpro/

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