Buying a new computer monitor can be a very difficult task especially when you are left with a choice between either an LED or an LCD display. Many different modern TV brands will offer a great deal of extra features that will make it impossible to take a quick pick based on features alone. This leaves you with a choice of one that offers the best display quality, since the display dictates how your entertainment experience will be.
LCD simply stands for “liquid crystalline display” whereas LED stands for “light emitting diode”. This basically means that these displays employ the use of tiny glass crystals. Technically, both LCD and LED are liquid crystal displays. The technology behind both these screen types is the same because they both have two characteristic polarized layers of glass in which light is blocked or allowed to pass by the liquid crystals. On an LCD display monitor, the lamps (light source) located behind the screen are fluorescent lamps while on an LED display monitor the light source is from light emitting diodes. Another distinguishing feature in these computer monitors is in the placement of their light sources. In LCD displays, the fluorescent light source is always placed behind the screen whereas in LED displays, these light emitting diodes can be placed behind the screen or around the edges. This difference in lighting has made LED monitor be relatively thinner than LCD monitors and also energy efficient. Additionally,LED monitors offer clearer and better picture when compared to LCD displays. When it comes to the viewing angles of these monitors, they are both at par but this is highly dependent on the glass panel used. A thicker glass panel will most likely offer the best viewing angle. When it comes to price, LCD monitors are fairly cheaper than LED computer monitors.
Given these differences, the choice is entirely left to the buyer, both these types of computer monitors offer great video playback and game quality.
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