Thursday, September 24, 2009

LED Television Reviews - Making The Right Choice

By John Leonard

As with any new technology, it is important to do some research before you buy an LED TV. LED television reviews will tell you the good, the bad and the ugly about LED TV. By reading these LED television reviews, you may decide that you want to go ahead with your purchase or to go in a different direction. Good reviews are a key to being satisfied with your purchase.

LCD television technology is not that old. It gave us thinner screen televisions that could hang on the wall with little floor space. Pictures were good, although they could never be true rivals to the plasma television.

The main problem with an LCD television is the source of back lighting. In the traditional LCD television, the back lighting was provided by fluorescent tubes. These tubes begin to dim after three to four years and the picture loses quality. Even when new, fluorescent lighting does not offer the full range of color that is needed for quality television pictures.

The LED television attempts to solve many of these problems. The only real difference in the LED television is the source of back light. LED lamps have become popular in home lighting, Christmas lamps and flash lights. They use very little energy, have a very long life and produce a very bright white light. Some of the home lamps are said to have a twenty year life expectancy. LED lamps do not have the color gaps of florescent tubes. This gives the set a full range of color for television viewing. The problem with LCD televisions was not the LCDs but the florescent lamps.

LED lamps also consume less energy. Ultimately this could mean lower power bills for the consumer. If we consume less power, the power companies will not have to expand their facilities and rates can be kept down.

The final difference is that with LED lighting, television sets can be made much thinner than the three inch deep sets made possible with LCD technology. Sets may soon be available that are only one-half of an inch thick. These sets will lend themselves even more to wall mounting and may need no television stand on which to sit.

LED televisions allow you to have large screens without the size of projection televisions. Their clear pictures are great for football games or movies as well as regular television viewing.

When reading LED television reviews, many people are tempted to just look at numerical or star ratings. It is important when looking at these reviews to go beyond the ratings and see why people make the ratings that they do. There are some people that will write reviews that never give a bad rating to anything they review as far as the numbers go. However by reading their review you may find other very valuable information the will help with your decision.

On the other hand, there are also people who believe that they should never give anything a perfect score. They look for a reason to lower their score. Be sure that you also read their report to see why the product was scored lower than by other people.

Always take time to actually view a television before purchase. Even if you purchase online, visit a showroom to see the product in action. Then you can know if it is the right product for you.

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