LEDs Still Too Costly For Flat-Panel TVs

Robert Horner of Osram Sylvania Products told EETimes that light-emitting diodes are still too expensive for televisions at this time, but will be used in future production.

“Although light-emitting diodes will eventually gain mass acceptance for backlighting flat-panel liquid crystal display TVs, a notable transition will not likely happen for at least five years, according to Robert Horner of Osram Sylvania Products Inc.

In an interview with EE Times at the Lightfair International Trade Show and Conference here Tuesday (April 12), Horner, business unit manager of display systems for Osram Sylvania (Danvers, Mass.) said the advantages of using LEDs