Laptop LCD LED TFT & OLED Screen Types Explained

Knowing what LCD, LED and OLED screen types is essential when buying laptops. You will surely come across these technical terms for laptop screen types and leave you in a state of confusion if you don’t know the difference between these laptop screen types. This brief guide is intended not for the purpose of depth technical analysis of the screen technologies in place but to help an average computer literate person to keep with these latest developments and to help them make an informed buying decision.


LCD
LCD has been the typical display type for laptops for quite a while, its almost the standad display type that you get with common laptops being sold these days. LCD screens consist of liquid crystals that are formed and activated by passing an electric current through them and are constructed of layered glass or plastic.

Key facts:
LCD monitors can be considered mid range for performance and price. As mentioned earlier this display type is the most common display type which is mass produced, hence resulting in a cheaper price for consumers. The screen quality depends on the resolution, so the higher the screen resolution, the higher the price will be.


TFT LCD
This screen type is an improved version of the basic LCD type. Technically speaking it uses active matrix display technology which is superior than a typical LCD display relying on passive matrix display.

Key Facts:
TFT LCDs are a bit high on the price end but of course you get much clearer images and better screen response time resulting in a far superior and smoother display.


LED
This screen display type has evolved from being a common display type in mobile phones to now being used commonly for laptops. This technology has been advanced from being a light bulb arrangement display that pixelated on your mobile screens when it first started now found in laptops in its supereme form.

Key Facts:
The key reason behind bringing this technology on board laptop production is the flexible viewing angles it can produce. This result in much brighter image quality and sharp colours. It is also the cheapest disply type to produce, but since this has been reborn and introduced recently, you will have to wait for a while before the prices will fall in the due course of time.


OLED
You must have seen or heard about OLED screen type in a lot of prototype models being displayed by Samsung and Sony in computer exhibitions. OLED has been promised by many of the laptop producers for 2010 but so far not many laptop models have been made available with this screen type. The OLED display is an extension of the LED and LCD display technology and in technical terms OLED pixels directly emit light using conductive organic materials rather than conductive crystals. It also does not require backlight in the screen which is a key benefit for laptops resulting in power saving.

Key Facts:
OLED display can produce impressive results and offer much longer battery life, but extremely expensive and hard to get you hands on in your typical laptop market place.

i hope you find the above information useful and handy and we also hope you make an informed laptop buying decision next time. With this we end our brief guide about laptop display types.