LCD/LED Monitor

AVGWarhawk · 01-17-17, 09:56 AM

All,

Looking for some input concerning LCD/LED monitors. My understanding is the LED screens use LED for the back lighting. These lights run the edges of the screen. LCD using fluorescent run the back of the screen. I understand both screens are LCD but the light sources are different and in different positions.

In your opinion, what screen is the better of the two? Does it not make much of a difference between the light sources? Is it best to look for a high DPI like 1080?

propbeanie · 01-17-17, 10:00 AM

I do not have one myself, but my understanding, and the way they look in the store, is that the LED / LCD combo models have better off-center viewing - and cost more...

AVGWarhawk · 01-17-17, 10:36 AM

I purchased a LED flat screen and the picture produced is vibrant and bright. The cost for the LED TV is in range with other LCD TV. It is a 65 inch Vizio. I have found the LED monitors are selling at what I consider reasonable cost. The question is, replacing my 5 year old LCD(view sonic) with a new LED worth the cost?

Rockin Robbins · 01-18-17, 03:27 PM

I'd say that the main advantage of LED over LCD is the longevity of the backlighting with LCD failing quicker than LED. But if the LCD works there would be minimal benefit to upgrading.

AVGWarhawk · 01-18-17, 04:53 PM

Roger that!

01-17-17, 09:56 AM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	LCD/LED Monitor All, Looking for some input concerning LCD/LED monitors. My understanding is the LED screens use LED for the back lighting. These lights run the edges of the screen. LCD using fluorescent run the back of the screen. I understand both screens are LCD but the light sources are different and in different positions. In your opinion, what screen is the better of the two? Does it not make much of a difference between the light sources? Is it best to look for a high DPI like 1080? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-17-17, 10:00 AM	#2
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	I do not have one myself, but my understanding, and the way they look in the store, is that the LED / LCD combo models have better off-center viewing - and cost more... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

01-17-17, 10:36 AM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I purchased a LED flat screen and the picture produced is vibrant and bright. The cost for the LED TV is in range with other LCD TV. It is a 65 inch Vizio. I have found the LED monitors are selling at what I consider reasonable cost. The question is, replacing my 5 year old LCD(view sonic) with a new LED worth the cost? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-18-17, 03:27 PM	#4
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I'd say that the main advantage of LED over LCD is the longevity of the backlighting with LCD failing quicker than LED. But if the LCD works there would be minimal benefit to upgrading. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

01-18-17, 04:53 PM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Roger that! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road