LED backlights, which greatly enhance color saturation in LCD TVs but cost a lot more than older technologies, could be used in BenQ LCD TVs sometime in 2008, he said.

When LCD TVs and monitors transitioned from CFL backlights to LED technology (becoming known as LED TVs), small rows of LEDs were used on the edges (typically the top and bottom).

LCD TVs with RGB backlights aren’t exactly new – Sony developed RGB LED models as far back as 2004, and at the recent CES 2025, Samsung and TCL both had prototype mini-LED TVs with RGB ...

Here’s how an LCD (liquid crystal display) TV works: Unlike OLED TVs, described down below, LCD TVs all have a backlight that shines through a filter to produce colors.

Instead of emitting constant light, like in current LCD TVs, Philips' scanning backlight emitted bursts of light, which tricked the human eye into seeing sharper images.

At CES earlier this year, Samsung and Hisense both unveiled prototype LCD TVs which used a different sort of backlighting system. Instead of the white or blue LED backlights we typically see on QLED, ...

Philips unveiled its intention for a flickering backlight several years ago, and started selling it commercially last year together with LG.Philips LCD <034220.KS> which makes the LCD panels for ...

Here’s how an LCD (liquid crystal display) TV works: Unlike OLED TVs, described down below, LCD TVs all have a backlight that shines through a filter to produce colors.

Unlike OLED TVs, where each pixel gives off its own light, LCD TVs require a backlight, which shines through a color filter to produce colors. (See the illustration, below.) ...