LED or LCD LED TV

economiser

I am contemplating buying a new TV and understand the latest technology is LED. We have always had Panasonic TV's but I notice whereas most manufacturers refer to their sets as LED Panasonic say theirs is LCD LED. Is there a difference?

Richie-from-the-Boro

lookie thousands and thousands .. .. .. sometimes several times an hour.

Have a read / think, then come back and refine some specific questions, there are a lot of knowledgeable people here who will help.

fwor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED-backlit_LCD_television

economiser

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

lookie thousands and thousands .. .. .. sometimes several times an hour.

Have a read / think, then come back and refine some specific questions, there are a lot of knowledgeable people here who will help.

Thank you for your reply but I am afraid I don't understand your response.

scotsbob

economiser wrote: »

I am contemplating buying a new TV and understand the latest technology is LED. We have always had Panasonic TV's but I notice whereas most manufacturers refer to their sets as LED Panasonic say theirs is LCD LED. Is there a difference?

I found this web page to be the most helpful and easiest to understand.

http://www.buydigitaltv.co.uk/

Richie-from-the-Boro

economiser wrote: »

Thank you for your reply but I am afraid I don't understand your response.

Deciding which TV to buy is determined by :

- what signal [ definition ] you put in
- what definition you want out
- what you can afford
- what your eyes like the look of

So for example if you say :

- I'm on Sky / Virgin and watch a lot of sport you will get one type of answer
- I'm on a standard definition Freeview / Freesat box and don't watch sport you will get a different type of answer
- I'm on a terrestrial ariel and want a TV with / without a HD / SD tuner you will get yet one more different type of answer
- ditto if you watch Blue Ray discs etc

Two things, first if you put these two three letter phrases ( LCD LED ) into the forum search at the top of the page you will find shedloads of debate on just this subject, this will help your understanding.

And two if I've misunderstood you and you just want to know what the specifics of Panasonic's marketing phrase ' fwor ' has linked you to a URL that sys the answer is to your question is no.

LCD and LED are the same thing with different backlighting.

fwor

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

LCD and LED are the same thing with different backlighting.

Unless it's an OLED LED TV?

Richie-from-the-Boro

fwor wrote: »

Unless it's an OLED LED TV?

Hiya fwor :beer::beer:

I was trying to avoid getting over complicated till we know what the O/P has / wants. BTW have you seen this later OLED / AMOLED stuff. You already know my opinion on OLED TV .. .. .. until it's 42" + and a similar price per brand it, like the 3D set will never be anything but a minority choice.