LED televisions until now have generally just used an LED power source to light the LCD display. This differs from the Jumbo-trons you see at sports arenas, where each pixel is an individual LED. Now, Sony’s bringing the big-screen technology to your living room with its Crystal LED Display.
Instead of an LED source powering an LCD display, the 55-inch prototype that Sony rolled out at CES today instead employs six million miniature-LED lights mounted on the front of the monitor to generate better contrast, colour and a wider viewing angle — with significant energy savings — over either conventional LCD or plasma displays.
No word yet on pricing or availability just yet — it is still a prototype — but Sony was quick to point out that it will not likely compete with its OLED-based offerings. [CNet]
Dave
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 1:23 PMso basicly its an OLED screen but using inorganic LEDs
Timmahh
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 1:42 PMSo which is better, this one or the Oled?
Ogre
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 2:13 PMA pixel is still a pixel, no matter what it’s made of.
dp
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 2:58 PMAll it means is that more things can go wrong
Ash
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 9:14 AMYes but its probably easier and cheaper to replace a single faulty LED if/when it fails rather than a whole panel.