Samsung has unveiled the world’s first LED Sourced DLP HDTV. To simplify: the digtal light processor is made up of many tiny mirrors. Light is reflected off a surface, sent through a color wheel and then a lens to properly display colors on the screen.

Standard Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) televisions use a UHP bulb to feed light into a Digital Light Processor (DLP). Samsung, however, has created the first HDTV that uses LEDs as the light source instead of the UHB bulb.

Samsung’s HL-S5679W HDTV uses this new technology. The company found that there were more advantages of using the LED sourced DLP. They could eliminate the color wheel and use red, green and blue LEDs to fire a stable color.

They also found that the lifespan of the light engine lasted for 20 000 hours and a short turn on time of 7 seconds. On top of that, the engine uses no mercury making it safe for the environment. The LED sourced DLP allowed the HDTV to have a wider range of color than a standard CRT television.

The HL-S5679W from Samsung is thus able to deliver sharp images, provide plug-and-play connectivity to digital devices, and also allow the TV to function without a cable box. The HL-S5679W will begin shipping in September of 2006 at around $4,199.

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