Andre Yoskowitz
15 Jun 2007 9:51
Electronics giant Samsung will be releasing the world's largest commercially available LCD TV when it launches the 70" LN70F91BD in Korea this month.
The new TV will also have an LED backlight instead of the traditional CCFL backlight and the new light should improve picture quality.
"I am pleased to introduce the 70" Full-HD LCD TV with innovative Local Dimming Technology," said Samsung Digital Media President JongWoo Park. "Samsung will continue to strengthen its LCD TV leadership, enhancing Full-HD and large screen LCD TV line-up."
Samsung also said a new technology they dubbed "local dimming backlighting" will help to produce deeper blacks, a problem that has plagued current LCDs. The "local dimming backlighting" will allow for maximum brightness when the LEDs are at full power, or clearer, deeper blacks when the LEDs are completely turned off.
Because of the LED backlights, Samsung says the TV has a very nice dynamic contrast ratio of 500,000:1 and power consumption is cut by up to 50 percent. The TV will also have ACAP, three HDMI 1.3 ports and a single USB 2.0 port.
The TV will be available outside of Korea later this year, and currently has an astonishing price tag of $63,000 USD.
Source:
Dailytech