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Edge-Lit, Thin LCD TVs Are Having Early Heat Death Issues (hackaday.com)

submitted 2 months ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 92 points 2 months ago (21 children)

As for why EL LCDs still exist since they seem to require extreme heatsinking to keep the LEDs from melting straight through the LCD? RTINGS figures it’s because EL allows for LCD TVs to be thinner, allowing them to compete with OLEDs while selling at a premium compared to even FALD LCDs.

People need to stop buying the thinnest thing.

[–] Zanz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Then ruins oleds too. Oled need giant heat sinks to work properly, but they've been being very thin and having plastic bags so they can look sleek. It's especially obnoxious because full array LCDs and uniform thickness OLED are much thinner than the protruding bulge that comes out on most super thin TVs.

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