LED TVs

So, I’ve been hearing so much over the last couple of years about “LED TVs,” “HD Viewing,” and “LCD TV’s” and I finally had to ask myself: Are high definition televisions really that great? Is there anything that actually sets them apart from each other or from regular television sites, besides the facts that they are big and flat?

Nowadays people seem to be caring more and more about the so-called quality of their televisions. Some head to the shops to buy LED TVs from stores like Marks & Spencer, others order in massive flat screens from online electronics companies. And boy do people like to boast about their new TV’s! ‘Who wants to come over and watch the new episode of True Blood on my flat screen?”

I’s reminiscent of when blackberry cellular devices first became popular, and instead of saying “let me check my phone,” everyone was saying “let me check my blackberry,” as if to make sure that others understood the superior quality of their devices!

Now, I’m not completely ignorant about the benefits of high quality televisions; I watch enough television and enough films to care about what sort of screen I view my favorite programs on. That said, I have also been hesitant to go out and buy something simply because it is labelled with three letters that I don’t understand. So, I did a bit of research to find out more about the specific benefits of LED televisions.

The first thing I discovered is rather amusing: apparently, for those of you who, like myself, are unfamiliar with the specifics in these matters, LCD and LED televisions are not competitors; rather, they are partners, in a sense.

LCD refers, essentially, to a type of image production, and has to do with the pixels and chips that come together to form a television screen display; LED, on the other hand, is all about how these displays are lit from behind in order to project and become clear. So, really, it seems that every LED television is also an LCD.

It seems that what sets LED televisions apart from those that use other methods for backlighting is, in a word, quality. The LED lighting systems not only conserve more energy than others, but also produce a wider and brighter range of colors, which in turn delivers the clearest and sharpest picture to the viewer. I am still not entirely inclined to blindly buy a television set simply because it boasts “LED” status, but it is at least nice to know that there is something behind the term besides an advertisement!

But what about you? Do you own an LED TV? Has it made a huge difference to your TV viewing?