SAMSUNG Introduces 70" Full-HD LCD TV with Local Dimming Tec

Started by Shane • Jun 14, 2007 • 7 posts

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#1 Jun 14, 2007 at 2:20 pm

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has introduced the largest (70 inch) commercially available full high-definition LCD TV in Korea. The new TV boasts Samsung's very best image enhancement technologies and employs a light-emitting diode (LED) backlight instead of the conventional cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) version. Moreover, Samsung's unique local dimming technology enables the LED backlight to be turned off in dark image areas, delivering a dynamic contrast ratio of 500,000:1. At the same time, power consumption is lowered by as much as fifty percent.

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#2 Jun 14, 2007 at 3:05 pm

Contrast ratio now completely useless as a display comparison criteria.

#3 Jun 14, 2007 at 3:26 pm

and the price???

#4 Jun 14, 2007 at 10:13 pm

Contrast ratio now completely useless as a display comparison criteria

I hear ya especially with these numbers... none the less, the way manufacturers come up with those numbers it never has been of much use anyway.

#5 Jun 16, 2007 at 11:12 pm

...and the price...?

#6 Jun 17, 2007 at 2:44 am

Hi jh,

All the information being made available at this time is in the press release.

- S

#7 Jun 17, 2007 at 2:49 am

Thank you...