TMD announces 7 new LED backlit panels for laptops

While you patiently wait for your favorite [insert brand] laptop to move to LED backlighting, there's no crime in checking out some nekkid panels, eh? Toshiba Matsushita Display (TMD) announced 7 new LED backlit LCDs today ranging in size from 8.9- to 13.3-inches. That 13.3-incher will need 4W to power its 1280x800 (WXGA) resolution and 300cd/m2 brightness. These panels join similar glass already shown off by Samsung and LG.Philips earlier in the year. With LED backlit laptops already trickling in, can we please crank this up to a flood already dear vendors? Thanks.

[Via Impress]

[jimmmy.p @ Mar 20th 2007 10:14AM]

13.3"? isn't that Macbook sized? I'm not aware of any other companies doing lappies to that size...

[scott @ Mar 20th 2007 11:57AM]

Sony makes a few 13.3 inchers...
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-VGN-S360-Notebook-Pentium-Processor/dp/B00079F7J8

Then again, everyone calls them Macbook knockoffs.

[paloooz @ Mar 20th 2007 12:02PM]

Which they are.

[José Polanco @ Mar 20th 2007 12:02PM]

Why not with 14, 15, 17, 19, 20 inches LED sizes?

[Naveed @ Mar 20th 2007 2:37PM]

7 sizes from 8.9 to 13.3, that sounds odd, although good as im going to go with a smaller laptop this time around,(have a 17" "desktop replacement" right now) less than 12".

[Kev50027 @ Mar 20th 2007 3:07PM]

My Vaio has a LED backlight. This is old stuff..

[SuperQ @ Mar 20th 2007 3:27PM]

I wish IBM/Lenovo would make a widescreen version of the X series with one of the 10-11" 1280x768 screens.. 2.8W for the 10.6" display.. My X41 tablet uses 13.9W on battery with the brightness all the way down, and 16.0W with it all the way up. (on battery) The battery is supposed to have 65Wh, but only has 44Wh these days. SSD drive, LED display.. get the power usage below 10W and in theory I could go for 6.5 hours on battery.

[Jeff @ Mar 10th 2008 8:29PM]

You can see why LCD manufacturers are moving quickly to embrace LED backlighting when you have a look at all the advantages including power requirements that are 60% lower.

http://www.presentationtek.com/2008/03/07/led-backlighting-the-advantages/