After running it for a few hours, the back of the set is barely warm to the touch. I would be surprised if the Vizio uses much more than 100 watts most of the time. They use very little power and these sets run pretty cool. These sets are thinner than back mounted LEDs, but the edge in quality still seems to go to the backlit LEDs.īecause many discreet LEDs are used (instead of a few fluorescent panels), their output can be adjusted to improve black levels. Sets with side mounted LEDs need light guides to move the light to the back of the panel. Potentially, they give much better black levels than fluorescent backlighting. LEDs use less power, typically look better and should last much longer. While LCDs with fluorescent backlighting can provide excellent picture quality, LED backlighting is the better way to go. Displays with LED lighting can be found in backlit and side mounted models. LCD displays are available with two types of backlighting: fluorescent and LED. Last year's fluorescent backlit 55" LCDs can be purchased on sale for about $1,000. This Internet-enbabled 55" LCD display has a retail price of about $2,100 and can be found for about $1,600. I recall an acquaintance buying a 50" plasma display in 2004 and paying over $12,000 for it. Plasma, although still being produced, lost the war because LCDs overcame plasma in every way: picture quality, price, longevity, size, power consumption and weight. LCD is the current king of the hill in displays.
The technology has matured quite a bit and prices have become quite reasonable for the larger displays. Five years after I spent over $3,000 for that set, Samsung stopped making the parts and couldn't even help to properly diagnose the problems it was having.
Even though Samsung makes excellent LCD TVs, I was inclined to buy a different brand because of the extremely poor support they had for their DLPs. When my Samsung DLP broke for the second time, I was ready to replace it with an LED-backlit LCD TV. I usually buy something that I like and will continue to like, and use it until it's either broken or seriously outdated. There's some truth to that, but I don't have a high turnover rate. A lot of people think of me as a gadget person.
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