[IMID] 2005 Samsung LED 40 inch LCD backlight power consumption is reduced by 20%

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40 inch LED backlight LCD panel

46 inch LED backlight LCD panel

At the Fifth International Conference on information display before in South Korea held in Seoul "(IMID 2005)", South Korea's Samsung Electronics first public power consumption is reduced about 20% 40 inch 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 previous week (2). The company will continue to further reduce power consumption in the future, plans to achieve 120W in 2005 (field commentator).

The company also exhibited a 46 inch LED backlight LCD panel at the meeting. 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 reach 200W in 2005 or less" (live commentator). (reporter: Tanaka Naoki)