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Subject: Re: lcd monitor manufacturer recommendation request
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naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) writes:
> Then you are very confused.  LED-backlit LCDs just exchange the light
> source, from fluorescent lamps to a bunch of LEDs.  There are several
> variations to this (pseudo-white LEDs vs. RGB ones, LEDs positioned
> behind the panel or around the rim of the screen), but none of them
> have anything remotely like individual lights for each pixel.

Sure they do.  It's called local dimming.

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