[Lee Davison] acquired an Acer laptop that didn’t have a display anymore. He had enough parts on hand to add in an LCD panel and give it a CCFL backlight. But when he started looking for an inverter ...

Medical devices present special requirements for the backlight unit (BLU) of a liquid-crystal display. In all cases, the display needs to provide high-contrast, high-resolution images and data, as ...

As lighting topologies have advanced, backlighting technologies have evolved to keep pace. At one time, cold-cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) were the dominant technology for backlighting ...

According to sources very familiar with Apple displays and MacBook development, there is no discernible difference between CCFL MacBook Pro displays and the new LED MacBook Pro displays. All the ...

The mass changeover from CCFL-backlit LCDs to LED-backlit ones is momentous for mobile computing. Not only does LED backlighting allow for improved battery life, it makes for a better-looking display ...

The argument for the past few years regarding the performance of plasma displays versus LCD panels has always come down to the contrast ratio. LCD’s are physically lighter, can produce the same ...

Somewhere along the line, thin and light supplanted picture quality as the secondary priority for TV purchases; the primary consideration for most of us being price. Perhaps it was the memory of the ...

It's not just the low frequency - most LED-backlit displays have it around 200-250 Hz, like CCFL displays. But CCFL displays exhibit afterglow of the fluorescent coating between the pulses, which ...

LG Display is showcasing what the company calls TruMotion 480Hz refresh technology. In technology demos, the TruMotion 480Hz LCD TV panel features a 480Hz refresh rate per second. In demos, I found ...