The boffins at LG Display claim to have created the world’s thinnest large-screen LCD panels. Measuring just 5.9mm thin, the 42- and 47in screens employ an edge-lit LED backlight system instead of traditional CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp).
The company says that its proprietary LGS (Light Guide Sheet) technology has enabled it to reduce the thickness of the Light Guide Plate (LGP) used for LED backlights by more than half.
It’s this LGP which changes the direction of the LED lamps, enabling an even illumination of the panel. The new screens are also half the weight of same size CCFL LCD screens, tipping the scales at just 6.1kg and 7.3kg each respectively.
In a statement, LG Display’s Executive Vice-President Chung In-Jae says: ‘The development of the world’s slimmest LCD TV panel demonstrates our leading edge-lit LED backlight technology that enables thinner designs in addition to our direct-lit type LED backlight assembly which delivers superior picture quality.’
We say: given how amazingly slim these LCD screens are, isn't expensive OLED tech starting to look a little bit redundant?
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Redundant?
Alan Smithee (not verified) - 19 May 2009 - 1:19pmI'm not sure this makes OLED redundant does it? I was under the impression there were other improvements that came with OLED, more colours was one thing wasn't it?
And yeah OLED screen will be expensive to start with, anyone remember when Plasmas cost £12,000? And like Plasmas OLEDs will inevitably fall in price.
not a chance
mac11 (not verified) - 22 May 2009 - 10:09amtwo words: self luminescence
No way backlighted screen can compete with self luminescent screen.
Ever.
End of story.
But kudos to LG for thinning this LCD to a wafer. Always striving to be 'better'.