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But a new report suggests another reason you should steer clear.
Big edge-lit panels appear to fail more quickly than other types of TV displays.
The Edge: good at guitar, probably terrible at lighting TVs
What’s the problem with edge-lit panels?
There are multiple problems, though.
First, they don’t generally deliver great uniformity in how they light up the display.
The bigger the panel, the more obvious the design’s shortcomings become.
According to Rtings, over 25% of the LCD TVs they tested exhibited visible light uniformity issues.
To be fair, the number of sets affected is small: seven out of 100 TVs.
However, three of those seven started showing problems before or after 2,200 hours of testing.
That’s the equivalent of one year’s viewing in the typical US household.
That’s the bad news.
