When you see LCD in product descriptions, they're almost always LCD monitors that use LED (as opposed to fluorescent) backlighting. For example, BenQ's EL2870U monitor is listed as an LCD, but it ...

LCD monitors have been around longer, so they’re more affordable. However, LED monitors are more energy-efficient, lighter and support 4K resolutions.

LED (Light Emitting Diodes) LED monitors are very similar to LCDs—in fact, they’re a type of LCD—with the main difference being how they handle backlighting.A more typical LCD screen uses ...

So let's break down what LCDs and LED backlights are, as they relate to monitors, and delve into the real advantages of LED backlighting technology. The term LCD stands for liquid crystal display.

OLED maxes out at around 600 nits, depending on the display, while high-end LED-backlit displays, like the Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 Mini LED monitor, can hit 2,000 nits.

LED (light-emitting diode) simply refers to the backlighting of an LCD monitor. Most current LCD monitors of all types use LED backlighting (some are OLED, but that’s a different story). IPS ...

Similarly, Sanjoy Bhattacharya, marketing head, product group, LG India says, "LCD monitors continue to die off, hopefully by the end of H1 2012 we will be completely out of our LCD monitors range, ...

Contrast levels, meanwhile, are slightly lower than the ThinkVision Creator Extreme claims (1,000:1 each versus 1,100:1). Plus, the new Mini LED monitors have a new premium type of LCD-LED panel ...

LED-backlit LCD monitors are just beginning to appear on the market, and Samsung is throwing its hat into the ring with the debut of the SyncMaster 244ex. The 24-inch wide-screen display has a ...