For Your LED Ambient Mood Light Needs
Posted on 10th Mar 2010 @ 1:48 PM
TV manufacturers have started using LED backlight instead of the standard Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps used in most LCD televisions. It is important to distinguish this method of simply backlighting a conventional LCD panel, from a hypothetical true LED display, or an OLED display. There are several methods of backlighting an LCD panel using LEDs including the use of either White or RGB (Red, Green and Blue) LED arrays positioned behind the panel; and Edge-LED lighting, which uses white LEDs arranged around the inside frame of the TV along with a special light diffusion panel designed to spread the light evenly behind the LCD panel. On Energysmart we use RBG LED's.
An LED backlight offers several general benefits over regular CCFL backlight TVs, typically higher brightness. Compared to regular CCFL backlighting, there may also be benefits to colour gamut.
Back lighting a television can be a cost effective way to change the atheistic of you room and TV viewing. Back lighting a TV with RGB LED’s uses very little energy and by revamping your TV instead of replacing were producing less waste, which is surely better for the environment.
LED strip lighting can come in various sizes to suit the different sized TVs, from 9” to 48” strips and most kits come with a control unit which can accommodate 6 tubes, so upgrading is easy.
They are easily clipped onto the back of the TV and wires can be hidden so it would seem as if the TV and LED’s are one. Some models come with remote controls so once installed they can be operated from the comfort of your armchair. Other kits are sound responsive and are often clipped onto the back of TV's or sound systems.