Comments on: LED There Be Confusion http://www.displaysearchblog.com/2009/08/led-there-be-confusion/ The Official Blog of DisplaySearch, an NPD Group Company Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:29:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Remainders - Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] http://www.displaysearchblog.com/2009/08/led-there-be-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-2626 Remainders - Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:16:30 +0000 http://www.displaysearchblog.com/?p=822#comment-2626 [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make color are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] [...] [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make color are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] [...]

]]> By: Paul Gray http://www.displaysearchblog.com/2009/08/led-there-be-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-2610 Paul Gray Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:34:40 +0000 http://www.displaysearchblog.com/?p=822#comment-2610 I think that prices will fall fast, probably faster than most expect. If for no other reason, the prices of LED emitter chips is on a rapid decline - at a semiconductor industry innovation rate. Add in the currently hyper-competitive TV market and the cost benefits of innovation will be passed to consumers very rapidly. Quite probably this is the last battle between a glass-and-metal technology and semiconductors. Semis won against thermionic valves and CRTs. I know where my bets are placed. I think that prices will fall fast, probably faster than most expect. If for no other reason, the prices of LED emitter chips is on a rapid decline - at a semiconductor industry innovation rate. Add in the currently hyper-competitive TV market and the cost benefits of innovation will be passed to consumers very rapidly.

Quite probably this is the last battle between a glass-and-metal technology and semiconductors. Semis won against thermionic valves and CRTs. I know where my bets are placed.

]]> By: Pancracius Reymus http://www.displaysearchblog.com/2009/08/led-there-be-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-2609 Pancracius Reymus Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:53:47 +0000 http://www.displaysearchblog.com/?p=822#comment-2609 I was misled myself first time I saw it in the shop, and so were all of my friends. I honestly thought that the tiny pixels were indeed LEDs until I researched on it on the web. The basis for calling plasma and LCD TVs as they are is because their panels "ARE" plasma and LCDs. On the same basis most people thought that LED TVs have LED panels. Anyhow, so they are LCD panels with LED backlight...ok. Samsung may not have intended to mislead consumers but we were indeed misled. There is a bright side, though. Using LED as backlight for LCD panels do have very good benefits including contrast, power consumption and small footprint. It could probably be the standard in the next generation of LCD TVs. But prices are still a little too steep at the moment. Hope it goes down...soon. I was misled myself first time I saw it in the shop, and so were all of my friends. I honestly thought that the tiny pixels were indeed LEDs until I researched on it on the web. The basis for calling plasma and LCD TVs as they are is because their panels “ARE” plasma and LCDs. On the same basis most people thought that LED TVs have LED panels. Anyhow, so they are LCD panels with LED backlight…ok. Samsung may not have intended to mislead consumers but we were indeed misled.

There is a bright side, though. Using LED as backlight for LCD panels do have very good benefits including contrast, power consumption and small footprint. It could probably be the standard in the next generation of LCD TVs. But prices are still a little too steep at the moment. Hope it goes down…soon.

]]> By: Technology blog » Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] http://www.displaysearchblog.com/2009/08/led-there-be-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-1833 Technology blog » Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:16:58 +0000 http://www.displaysearchblog.com/?p=822#comment-1833 [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make color are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] [...] [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make color are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] [...]

]]> By: Remainders - Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] | Tech stuff center http://www.displaysearchblog.com/2009/08/led-there-be-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-1832 Remainders - Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] | Tech stuff center Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:04:25 +0000 http://www.displaysearchblog.com/?p=822#comment-1832 [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make color are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] [...] [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make color are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] [...]

]]> By: Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] | Consumer Electronics Newz http://www.displaysearchblog.com/2009/08/led-there-be-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-1831 Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] | Consumer Electronics Newz Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:45:47 +0000 http://www.displaysearchblog.com/?p=822#comment-1831 [...] to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] Who cares about southpaws? Ben Heck, that’s who! The famous gaming hardware modder [...] [...] to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] Who cares about southpaws? Ben Heck, that’s who! The famous gaming hardware modder [...]

]]> By: Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] - Iphone Study Blog http://www.displaysearchblog.com/2009/08/led-there-be-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-1830 Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] - Iphone Study Blog Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:43:51 +0000 http://www.displaysearchblog.com/?p=822#comment-1830 [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make color are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] [...] [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make color are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] [...]

]]> By: Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] | 0t4.net http://www.displaysearchblog.com/2009/08/led-there-be-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-1829 Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders] | 0t4.net Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:22:11 +0000 http://www.displaysearchblog.com/?p=822#comment-1829 [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make color are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] [...] [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make color are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful.” [DisplaySearchBlog] [...]

]]> By: Remainders - Things We Didn’t Post | Gizmodo Australia http://www.displaysearchblog.com/2009/08/led-there-be-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-1828 Remainders - Things We Didn’t Post | Gizmodo Australia Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:57:53 +0000 http://www.displaysearchblog.com/?p=822#comment-1828 [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make colour are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful”. [DisplaySearchBlog] [...] [...] I have been bothered by Samsung’s ads (some which have appeared on this very site) proclaiming the arrival of LED TVs. To me, an LED TV would be a TV where the red, green and blue that a pixel uses to make colour are made of actual tiny diodes, clustered together forming a massive tight array. As any avid Giz reader knows, Samsung’s LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LED backlighting. Apparently, this lack of distinction isn’t sitting well with British advertising regulators who deem it to breach their requirement that advertising be “legal, decent, honest and truthful”. [DisplaySearchBlog] [...]

]]> By: Truth in advertising prevails in UK, Samsung to re-word ‘LED TV’ ads » K@iKi | NEWS http://www.displaysearchblog.com/2009/08/led-there-be-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-1825 Truth in advertising prevails in UK, Samsung to re-word ‘LED TV’ ads » K@iKi | NEWS Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:09:34 +0000 http://www.displaysearchblog.com/?p=822#comment-1825 [...] appeared on Engadget HD on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email [...] [...] appeared on Engadget HD on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email [...]

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