LED better than LCD for viewing angle?
 

Hi,

Just looking for a bit of advice, recently got a Virginmedia box installed for a bedroom but the viewing angle on LCD's are terrible! (Just noticed this after buying an LCD, will return it).

For some reason almost all the LCD's I've looked in the store does this, when I view the TV from below such as a bed when on a TV stand the picture becomes ghosted and black /green unless I increase the brightness to 100% which solves the issue but then the image becomes way too bright.

Heres a pic:

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I've read that LED LCD TV's are better to solve the issue, is this true?

Just looking for a cheapish 19" TV for the bedroom but the issue I have is I have no place for it so it does need to be on a high TV stand.

Cheers!

Its the screen that will decide the viewing angle.
I hate the marketing going on with LED LCD's.

LED is just the replacement for the lighting source in the screen.
You have 2 variations:

1. Edgelit LED - 1 on 1 replacement of the light tube (same bleeding problem)
2. Fullbacklit LED - What is says. whole backside is filled with leds which can be turned off for better Black levels.

Either way, it wont make any difference on viewing angle. You will want a screen with a high Dot pitch, since thats a major contributor too a good viewing angle

Edit: as for placement: why not use an arm bolted to the wall?
This will also solve the view angle problem as you can tilt it.

http://www.bridgat.com/files/TV_Arm_...42_monitor.jpg

The screen is exactly the same it is just a slightly different backlight which does not really make any difference except for it can be a bit thinner and also uses slightly less power....

Dont be fooled by the marketing tbh I find the traditional backlights look better personally.

Argh thanks so the only real solution would be to get a new TV Arm?

Wanted to try avoid that because I would need to remove the old one (Loads of holes in wall) and not sure where I would put the TV box...

Direct View LED = highest contrast ratio's possible. It goes by different names, but one of the common ones is "local dimming". It makes black the color black by turning off the LEDs for that portion of the screen entirely.

The Panel Type determines viewing angles. IPS displays offer the best viewing angles and color accuracy, but often have the slowest response speeds. If you've ever gone gaga over an Apple Cinema display, thats an IPS panel, apple won't use anything else. New Apple 27" iMacs and 27" cinema displays are all IPS based LED displays. I don't know if they are direct view lighting though.

Or you could get a plasma instead and enjoy deeper contrast and color reproduction with no viewing angle problem. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/wink1.gif

19" http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/tongue1.gif remember its his bedroom.

^^ i hate marketing for this reason alone. All the bloody same by different names.

Use some Velcro to hang it behind (facing down to pick up the ir, in worst case use a simple extender.)

Most TVs that big use cheaper TN screens. If you want one with decent viewing angles, you are going to need to make sure it ether uses an IPS or VA based (S-PVA/MVA) screen.

Panasonic do a few IPS screens in that kind of size, like the TX-L22D28BP. But it isn't cheap.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-22LE3300-.../dp/B003FMSIMC

This has a really decent IPS panel and as such fantastic viewing angles. Really decent little TV! We sell these where i work on the weekends and i am fairly local. If you want me to sort you out a decent price just send over a pm!

My LG died, 37" LCD.

I just got a samsung ue40d6500

I AM LOVING IT ! Even has smarthub and so much more...

LED better than LCD for viewing angle?

but but.. OLED >.>

The oled on my phone has decent viewing angles but gets a weird "blue" tint to the whites.

My plasma on the other hand seems to stay pretty much identical. But the blacks colours and motion clarity on my phone are http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/excited1.gif

Blue OLEDs are much less efficient. So they tend to be larger than Red and Green, as well as MFGs employing some color correction tricks to keep it all in step.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic...#Disadvantages