http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/ Engadget Comments for Samsung's white-LED backlit display for 2008: 10k:1 contrast for your laptop http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/It seems like every screen these days is using 6 bits and using dithering to get the colours up to 16mil. I don't think it's particular to this monitor.

They're cheaper and essentially necessary in order to produce the response times people expect.]]>Oct 17th 2007 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/

on topic why is is White-led? I would think that all back lights would be white.

]]>Oct 17th 2007 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/But WHITE LED is NEW.
Why "white".
Because the regular LED's do not have the perfect natural white light color spec.
These new LED's do!!!

It's the first panel to use this new type of LED.

Just technology continuing to improve our gadgets.]]>Oct 17th 2007 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/samsungs-white-led-backlit-display-for-2008-10k-1-contrast-for/Oct 17th 2007 2:27PM