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 ...

Light emitting diodes are used in an increasing number of medium- and large-format displays as backlight. As could be seen recently at the ifa, the Consumer Electronics sector is assuming a pioneering ...

[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 ...

Japan’s Sanken Electric has developed a new type of cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) backlight for LCD TVs that’s as power-efficient as LED backlights but is supposedly up to 60% cheaper to ...

Hospitals and surgery centers are increasingly implementing light emitting diode backlight technology in their operating rooms. This echoes the example of consumers, who have been flocking to replace ...

The compact fluorescent tubes (CCFL) commonly used to backlight LCD panels have attracted the attention of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive because they contain mercury. Right ...

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 ...

Large-size TFT LCD panel (10-inch and larger) backlight units (BLUs) based on non-CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamps), such as LED (light emitting diode) and FFL (flat fluorescent lamp) backlighting ...

Eric Franklin led the CNET Tech team as Editorial Director. A 20-plus-year industry veteran, Eric began his tech journey testing computers in the CNET Labs. When not at work he can usually be found at ...

When you work at Tektronix and they make a difficult to refuse offer for their ‘scopes, you obviously grab it. Even if the only one you can afford is the not-so-awesome TDS1012. [Jason Milldrum] got ...

Ok, so I have to admit firstly that I'm a huge fan of monitors with x-IPS panels. The color gamut/accuracy and the wide viewing angle are big Plusees for me, but the CCFL backlight is somewhat of an ...