samsung LED backlight

In its top LCD models, Samsung has replaced the fluorescent lamps mounted behind the screen with side-mounted light-emitting diodes (LEDs). This reduces power consumption and allows for much slimmer construction than with other flat-panel TVs. The different technology has little effect, however, on the picture. Samsung's use of the term "LED TV" for models using this type of backlight causes unnecessary confusion: These are and will always be LCD TVs.