Thursday, June 14, 2007

Samsung 70-inch LCD TV Has Local LED Backlighting


Samsung continues to impress with their line of HDTV's, like this 1080p 70-inch model they introduced today in Korea, the first commercial Full HD TV ever with selective local LED backlighting.

What is selective backlighting you say?

The local backlighting means that the TV can automatically turn off the LEDs in dark areas of the image. This not only brings deep blacks and a 500,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio but also, according to Samsung, it reduces the power consumption "by as much as 50%." It also implements LED scanning, in which "LEDs are rapidly shut off in sequence" eliminating flicker and ghosting.

No word on pricing or availability, but start saving your money now.

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