As TVs have become more advanced over the years, manufacturers have moved from standard fluorescent-lit liquid crystal displays (LCDs) to LED-lit displays that distribute light in different ways.

All so-called LED TVs are really just LCD TVs that use LEDs for their backlight. This backlight creates the light that allows the LCD to create an image. However, there are multiple ways these LED ...

The Samsung UNES8000 series, the company's flagship model of LED-based LCD TV, delivers the company's best range of features in an LED TV, although it still doesn't have a full-array LED backlight.

LONDON—The latest Omdia Mini LED Backlight Market Tracker indicates that LCD TV displays equipped with mini-LED backlight units will hit 6.2 million units in 2024 and surpass the OLED TV display ...

Mini LED backlight TVs clearly dominated the show floor at CES 2026, overtaking OLED TVs as the next leading display ...

Sony has announced a new “next-generation display system” based upon a “high density LED backlight” with individual control over the red, green and blue primary colors. The new display tech is being ...

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