Ever wondered what sets LED apart from LCD? While both may look similar at first glance, they differ in technology, ...

Laptops have taken over desktops as the primary computer choice for most consumers, but their screens are generally mediocre at best. If you use your laptop for basic tasks, you’ll get along just fine ...

Mini-LED is an evolution of the LED backlight technology in nearly every current LCD TV. Across the back of the TV, tiny LEDs create the light that the liquid crystal layer manipulates so you can see ...

I've tested a lot of TVs, and I think RGB backlight systems could be what moves display quality forward. I've seen two models ...

Samsung television sets with light emitting diode backlights, usually called LED TVs, have a number of benefits over traditional liquid crystal display (LCD) television sets. In fact, the benefits of ...

Nearly every LCD TV on the market has a problem: uniformity. Certain areas of the screen are going to be brighter than other areas. On dark scenes, this can be visible and sometimes distracting. OK, ...

Nearly every TV sold today is either LCD or OLED. LCD TVs, also called LED TVs, have been around since the early 2000s. The best ones feature technologies like quantum dots or local dimming to create ...

Buying a TV and wondering what type of display tech is better? We’ve got the lowdown for you in this LCD vs Plasma buying guide. These two technologies produce images through vastly different ...

Consumer demand for higher audiovisual quality is driving the evolution of technologies behind LCD displays. Specifically, mini-LEDs, with their superior contrast and color gradation performance, have ...

Chris Welch is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, ...