Summary
There is a new technology coming for Television. The ultimate in viewing is still the good old CRT (-Cathode Ray Tube -) technology. Consumers have been swayed away from CRT by the wonderfully slim LCD (-Liquid Crystal Display -) and Plasma televisions which save space and look great but have some disadvantages. E.g. use more power, create waste heat, have contrast/movement/deep black problems. The new technology uses LED technology to create micro-CRT equivalents which are co-ordinated by digital electronics to make a single picture. It's called SED (Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display), and potentially will bring the CRT quality and low consumption with the delightful aesthetics of slim television. Samsung has confused the issue by using an LCD television, and simply changing the backlight from a fluorescent to an LED. The television is still an LCD display, the consumer will never directly see the LEDs. This contrasts with early digital watches which DID use LEDS!
Analysis
Consumers will be confused once the SED technology comes forth. All devices using LCD might now be marketed as "LED" but in fact there are still devices such as alarm clocks which really do use LEDS as the display technology.
I foresee an increase in complaints when a purchaser buys an LED alarm clock, only to find it was not using the "new" Samsung LED-backlit LCD technology.
