Eric Franklin led the CNET Tech team as Editorial Director. A 20-plus-year industry veteran, Eric began his tech journey testing computers in the CNET Labs. When not at work he can usually be found at ...

The technological revolution in light-emitting diode (LED) monitors took gaming by storm, producing thinner monitors with better graphics that use less energy. Now LED lights are branching out with ...

[Keith]’s cousin gave him a LCD with a noisy backlight. He decided to replace it with a series of high output LEDs. He sourced some locally in the form of cheap LED headlamps from an auto-parts store.

The ALD series multioutput dc/dc backlight LED drivers serve the steady migration from cold-cathode fluorescent backlighting of LCD displays to LED backlights. These drivers are specifically designed ...

Once upon a time, the cathode ray tube was pretty much the only type of display you’d find in a consumer television. As the ...

Turns out our local zombie-infested Apple store was already stocking yesterday's new Santa Rosa-based LED-backlit MacBook Pro-- and so naturally we had to do our own wholly unscientific comparison.

This LED backlight driver reference design combines a SEPIC switching power supply and linear current sinks to obtain high dimming ratio of 4000:1. The design uses the MAX16809 which is an integrated, ...

This article is part of the TechXchange: Advanced Display Technology. The problem isn’t a new one. In recent years, expanding car infotainment functionality has prompted a shift toward ...

Sharp have announced a new range of AQUOS LED-backlit LCD TVs, the LE700 series, ranging in size from 32- to 52-inches. Each offering Full HD 1080p, they use Sharp's X-Gen LCD panel with 10-bit ...