LED backlight, into the mainstream pen Market

In 2008, the LED panel in the notebook market is developing very rapidly, compared to the past because the panel good rate is low, the cost is higher than that of LCD, the LED panel used for thin, long acting laptop, now LED backlit screen panel for cost reduction, starting from the previous high price thin laptop in the mainstream notebook market, the future in the industry is expected to become more standard laptop screen.

2008 LED began to gradually shift from the high cost of electricity to the mass consumer market, in order to be more approachable price pen electric specifications. In addition to 8.9 to 10.2 inch price of less than $20 thousand of netbook generally adopted, the price of 12 to 15 inches in the price of less than $35 thousand in the consumption of pen electric also began to use, light, electricity saving LED panel is no longer the exclusive specification of high order pen. Compared with LCD, LED in addition to environmental mercury free characteristics, but also has many advantages, such as a LCD power of about 15 to 20%, to extend the sum of electrical endurance, but also reduce weight 100 to 140 grams, in the picture display on the LED, in addition to the higher color saturation, brightness of the screen than the traditional pen electric panel LCD 150nits (candle per square meter) to 200nits, for use in outdoor sunlight, can more clearly show the computer screen.

Lenovo notebook product manager Li Zongxing LED said, there have been many advantages, but in the past because the upstream panel plant yield enhancement problem and makes the cost of the panel is higher than LCD, therefore used commercial high order thin laptop design, but in the face of the upper reaches of the falling cost of LED and LCD under cost reduce price and attract more industry began to use, the future will become the mainstream specifications. In addition to IdeaPad, Lenovo has been used in the ThinkPad X300 and 14.1 inch T400 models, the future does not rule out expansion to other models. Global pen second Acer is also optimistic about the advantages of LED, 2009 will be fully imported product line. Acer brand marketing department notebook product manager Zhang Shuoxiu said that although the LED like Japanese pen owners of high standard, but the light saving features of LED in the fourth quarter of 2008 to spread and LCD panel cost only 2 to $3, the second half of Acer to expand the uses of LED panel, 2009 will in all dimensions on the use of electric pen.

Source: LEDinside