Actual LED TVs? do they exist? (2023 Update)

[Commander Kinsey]

It seems Q-LED is superior. Brighter, no burn-in, stronger colours, and cheaper.

[Owain Lastname]

A lot of black and white film has a style about it that isn't matched by any colour system.

Owain

[Owain Lastname]

Yes, although they're usually only used for very large displays and many are 'signage' rather than true video quality. My local Ladbroke's has several in their windows. I don't know if they take a standard video signal or use some form of custom input.

Owain

[The Natural Philosopher]

If you go to e.g. a rock concert or sports event the huge display screens are typically LED..

Look for OLED Tvs. these are 'organic' LEDS which are not simple LEDS.

Probably the best screen quality out there. There is no point in going higher density pixels than the source quality though. Blu ray sets the limit. Hard to find new much under £1000 though.

[Owain Lastname]

Ladbroke's ones are definately not the best screen quality and are a matrix display

Owain

[Brian Gaff]

Yes they exist but as you make the pixels smaller they can mit less light and the panel gets hotter. There is also an imbalance between the colours and their linearity. Often what is done is to use UV light and then use a phosphor to generate the colours. Brian

[Vir Campestris]

There's online content which is 4k HDR which my TV will play. Not much of it though... I don't know from personal experience, but I suspect most BD discs aren't 4k either.

My favourite complaint is down to bit starvation, not the quality. It's no good being full HD if there aren't enough bits in the transmission to stop visible artefacts.

Note to TV fans - if you like watching TV do not EVER _EVER_ get a job in it. You'll get taught how to see all the defects. DAMHIK...

Andy

[The Natural Philosopher]

The same was true of working in the music industry :-( All I heard was the dire sound mix quality.