Turns out our local zombie-infested Apple store was already stocking yesterday's new Santa Rosa-based LED-backlit MacBook Pro-- and so naturally we had to do our own wholly unscientific comparison.

[Ammon] repairs busted LCD monitors as a side hobby, so replacing burned out CCFLs and inverter circuits is something he can do in his sleep. One Dell monitor he received had him so perplexed, that he ...

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 ...

There's been a lot of talk over the past year about LED TVs and how exactly they differ to the current and previous crop of LCD TVs. The big misconception behind the technology is that it's an ...

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 ...

Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps (CCFL) are used as white-light sources to backlight liquid crystal displays (LCDs). CCFLs offer many desirable features, but they also have unique characteristics that ...

CCFL backlights are the most common backlight technology and are used in displays ranging from 5.7 to 23 in. or more diagonal. They can have from one to 24 or more lamps mounted along the edge of the ...

Sintronic Technology, a Taiwan-based cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) maker, said it will start pushing CCFLs for 37- and 42-inch panels in the second half of 2006, with samples of 42-inch ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are becoming a popular display technology for televisions. According to the research firm IDC (Framingham, Mass.), the ...

Samsung seemingly came out of nowhere with its "LED TV" range. Yet, despite the name, the technology is more familiar than you'd think. Philip Wong is an A/V, PC, photography and gaming enthusiast.

Buying a TV and wondering what type of display tech is better? We’ve got the lowdown for you in this LCD vs Plasma buying guide. These two technologies produce images through vastly different ...