ShaneG wrote on Jun 1^st, 2010 at 6:47am:


I wouldn't be too concerned about 3d.  Honestly I think it is just a gimmick that will die a quick death.

I remember about 4 years ago when I was working as a sign installer, we dealt a lot with large LED screen displays, and the company rep for the screen kept telling us how one day they would be able to shrink the LEDs small enough for a regular TV.   That is what I thought these LED TVs were, until I did a little investigating.  The LED TVs currently on the market, are actually still LCD, they just use LEDs for the backlighting instead of more traditional flourescent tubes that LCD screens use.  The biggest advantage is a better dark image, as they can turn off individual LEDs, where as a LCD screen must leave the backlight on all the time.  I am just waiting for true LED TVs to come out, that have no backlighting, just microLEDs for pixels, just like the large billboard displays.