40 inch LED backlight LCD power consumption reduced by 20%

Held in Seoul, South Korea, the Fifth International Conference on information display (IMID 2005), the South Korean Samsung Electronics for the first time about 20% reduction in power consumption of about 40 inches LED backlight LCD panel. The company in May this year, held in Boston, United States, 200 years of international information display Society (SID 2005) on the display of the consumption of 185W of 40 inch LED backlight LCD panel. In the IMID 2005 will be reduced to 150W power consumption. The company's on-site commentator said, by improving the optical system, so that the high incidence of LED light into the LCD unit, thereby achieving a low power consumption".

In the past the use of cold cathode tube (CCFL) backlight 40 inch LCD panel, its power consumption is generally between 160 ~ 170W, the use of the low power design, LED backlight LCD panel power consumption has been lower than CCFL. The open power consumption 185W 40 inch LED backlight LCD panel is just trial out of the 2 weeks ago". The company will further reduce power consumption in the future, plans to achieve 120W in 2005". The company at the meeting also exhibited a 46 inch LED backlight LCD panel. Power consumption of 220W, compared with the May SID 2005 Conference on the display of the power consumption of the 250W panel compared to a decrease of 12%. For 46 inch products, plan to achieve the following 200W in 2005". (Nikkei BP / Tanaka Naoki)