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LED backlighting for Apple notebooks?

updated 08:40 am EST, Wed January 3, 2007

LED backlighting for Macs?


Apple and HP may be planning to introduce LED backlighting to the displays of their notebook computers, according to a DigiTimes report. Both PC manufacturers are preparing to launch in the second quarter new portables with the backlights that would dramatically improve the image quality of the built-in LCD screens, according to Electronista. The new backlights would provide a more even distribution of lighting as well as an improved color range, according to the report. Although specific details of which models will use the technology were not revealed, the report claims that the part manufacturers Cree and Nichia will be the main suppliers. LED technology has is used in some Samsung HDTVs and has also appeared in color-accurate desktop LCDs, but has not yet found its way into portables because of high power consumption.


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  1. Guest

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    awesome

    "LED technology has is used in some Samsung HDTVs and has also appeared..."

    Has is great sentence. Are for good grammar is.

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    Power consumption?

    I'm surprised that the power consumption is worse. LEDs are pretty low-power. Does someone who knows EE want to comment on this?

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  1. corsair

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    Awesome! ?

    LED backlighting has brought some of the most color-accurate monitors ever made. http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/10/28/a_revolution/

    No longer will a notebook be inferior to a desktop for good color reproduction.

    But the monitor in that article is much thicker than traditional LCDs. If they got this into a notebook, somebody somewhere made a breakthrough. If Apple is doing this, I would expect it to hit the Cinema Displays first.

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  1. gethigh

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    re: power consumption?

    LED power consumption depend on:

    A) The semiconductor material used to make it. (e.g. silicon, GaAs, etc.)

    B) The amount of current you want to flow through it. (i.e. how bright you want them)

    Also note that one LED may not consume much power, but when you multiply this it can start adding up quickly.

  1. ibugv4

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    01/03, 11:29pm | report spam | Reply |

    thats c***

    My iBook clamshell still works and it's nearly 8 years old. The screen is fine. My iceBook had a bad power interverter that was replaced in the 1-year warranty...it also still works. I'd be upset too, this is unacceptable. Toshiba had a lawsuit over something like this if memory serves.

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