LED LCDs

[moemac8]

Are there any LED lighted LCDs out yet or is that still in the works??

 

[CP5670]

There is only one that I know of, the NEC LCD2180WG-LED, and it costs $6700.

 

[lifeguard1999]

I have a NEC LCD2180QX LED monitor @ 2048x1536 resolution. Requires a dual-link DVI cable to run though.

 

[moemac8]

YIKES, when will the cheaper models trickle down

 

[Cheesetogo]

Do the leds give better black levels and refresh rates?

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
Do the leds give better black levels

Maybe somewhat, but I think the main goal is better color reproduction.

and refresh rates?

How would changing the backlighting possibly change the response time?

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
Do the leds give better black levels and refresh rates?

better refresh rate as in response time or scan rate? (known with CRTs as refresh rate, while when in regards to LCDs, refresh rate can be known as response time)

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: lifeguard1999
I have a NEC LCD2180QX LED monitor @ 2048x1536 resolution. Requires a dual-link DVI cable to run though.

Pic!

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
Do the leds give better black levels and refresh rates?

I don't think refresh rates are much of an issue on LCD's. Backlight bleed, black levels and backlight life are the three biggest concerns off the top of my head.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
Do the leds give better black levels and refresh rates?

I don't think refresh rates are much of an issue on LCD's. Backlight bleed, black levels and backlight life are the three biggest concerns off the top of my head.

grey to grey response times can be an impact depending on the requirements of a user e.g. gamer

For instance I purposely bought this monitor I have which has a g2g response time of 8ms, so that I could play games and not get any ghosting.

 

[Scrith]

Sony/Qualia makes one (I got something in the mail about it recently). I don't know how much it costs or whether or not its available yet. The Qualia line is generaly very expensive.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: bjc112

Originally posted by: lifeguard1999
I have a NEC LCD2180QX LED monitor @ 2048x1536 resolution. Requires a dual-link DVI cable to run though.

Pic!

:camera: NOW!

 

[zephyrprime]

There is the already mentioned NEC and there is also a sony notebook with LED lcd.

 

[xtknight]

Eizo has a ton of LED-lit LCDs with 10-bit gamma LUTs.

The thing that will affect response time is color filters (and lack thereof).

Err: never mind...the Eizos don't have the LED backlights. I could have sworn they did. They do have the 10-bit LUTs though.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

I believe their was a 52 in. 1920x some number wide screen LCD on these forums a while back. Only cost $57000.

 

[lifeguard1999]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: bjc112

Originally posted by: lifeguard1999
I have a NEC LCD2180QX LED monitor @ 2048x1536 resolution. Requires a dual-link DVI cable to run though.

Pic!

:camera: NOW!

Sorry, I do not have a website to host it from. Being the kind boss I am, I let one of my workers use the monitor. Link. I do have a camera, so I will see if I can get him to post a picture of it.

 

[Yeraze]

Originally posted by: lifeguard1999

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: bjc112

Originally posted by: lifeguard1999
I have a NEC LCD2180QX LED monitor @ 2048x1536 resolution. Requires a dual-link DVI cable to run though.

Pic!

:camera: NOW!

Sorry, I do not have a website to host it from. Being the kind boss I am, I let one of my workers use the monitor. Link. I do have a camera, so I will see if I can get him to post a picture of it.

You bring the camera, and we'll have the pic online in under 30 minutes

 

[Yeraze]

Done... Pic online.

http://www.yeraze.com/article.php?story=20051012092315655

 

[lifeguard1999]

NEC Multisync LCD2180QX

 

[tuteja1986]

lifeguard :? is it good LCD ... is it better than standard 21" LCD :?

 

[Yeraze]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
lifeguard :? is it good LCD ... is it better than standard 21" LCD :?

IMO, much much better.. Not only is the resolution Higher, but the colors are better as well. You can read my opinions of it on the linked story above, but essentially it's an amazing monitor.

Unfortunatley, the insanely high price tag puts it out of most people's range and makes the Cost-to-Benefit ratio kinda crap.

 

[lifeguard1999]

You can fit a lot more stuff on the screen: terminal windows, word documents, web browsers, etc. In that respect it is much like the IBM T221 (9 Megapixel) monitor. However, since the screen size is 21", everything is (you guessed it) smaller. So for regular work I would prefer the Dell 2405 or Sony SDM-P234.

However, it is an LED LCD, so there are cases where the improved color gamut is worth it. In those cases, there are people who are willing to spend the money to buy it. In my case, I like to investigate bleeding-edge technology to see where it can be used to solve problems. See my Quake3 resolution? We have used that to solve problems that are too big to be otherwise solved. Quake 3 was just a "fun" thing we tried to prove it worked.

It is more expensive, so it will never take over the regular LCDs until the price comes down.

 

[CP5670]

That looks very nice. It's hard to see the effect of the LEDs in the picture, but I can think of some places where it would make a difference and the 10-bit gamma correction sounds great; it would finally get rid of that annoying color banding. Although it seems the text would be rather hard to read? (I find 20x15 text on my 20" CRT way too small to read, even though it's quite sharp)

I wonder when they are going to actually release that monitor. Given that the lower end 16x12 version is already very expensive and there are no other 20x15 LCDs on the market, I'm guessing the price will go through the roof, although it's probably not that important to the people looking to buy this.

 

[fbrdphreak]

I think some of you are confusing LED-backlit monitors and LED-based monitors, like OLED (organic LEDs).
LED backlights don't offer any performance enhancements for the screen, I believe the benefits are mainly in size and cost.