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Originally Posted by orange7
to me right now.. I couldn't even tell the difference between led and non-led when i walked into ncix today..
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If you are looking at the cheap version of LED monitors you will not see a difference in colours, only in brightness.
There are different types of LED backlight displays (as GARS mentioned above):
1. RGB LED backlights, mainly found in TV's to enhance colours and blacks.
2. LED backlight with local dimming is the better more expensive monitors and TV's. Here the LED's in the black area's are turned off to make the blacks darker.
3. Then you have the cheaper version, which replaces the CCFL with a strip of LEDs. This is mainly used in notebooks and cheaper monitors. Here the LED's are not turned off and effectively the blacks will not be darker.
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Originally Posted by orange7
my main concern between led and lcd is not really about the darkness of the black, but rather the fine line quality of the image.
you know when you go close up to some lcd monitors, the picture gets blurry and looks smudged.
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LED's don't make a difference in the quality of the image, it's a light source.
Save your money and buy a monitor with an IPS panel. IPS-panels have better angles, colour reproduction and viewing consistency.
This is a lame example, which I will get flamed for. If you have seen the iPad or iPhone 4, those two devices have great displays. You can almost look at them at any angle and still see the image. They use IPS displays, you can't do that with a cheaper TN-panel.
Dell has some good IPS monitors and are a steal when on sale.
For $249, you will not find a better quality monitor at this price:
http://accessories.dell.com/sna/prod...1&sku=320-9270