LG Full LED Ultra Slim 6.9mm Concept

Brian Tong, CNET Editor, gives a super-early first look at LG's Full LED Ultra Slim 6.9mm thick Concept television. It's gorgeous.

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LED Thermal Management

The LED is the current preeminent green solution that has many companies retrofitting their current product lines, as well as, developing new concepts to showcase the LED's design flexibility. LED's, also, present the most difficult thermal challenge, more than incandescent, linear fluorescent, compact fluorescent (CFL), Halogen or High Intensity Discharge (HID). This is because 75-85% of the total energy run through the LED is converted into heat that needs to be conducted through a PCB and heat sink before convection to surrounding air. The additional challenge is that LED's need to run at much cooler temperatures than past lamp types.

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"While LED lights have longer lives, generate less heat and use less power than incandescent bulbs, their practical applications are still limited (chances are, you don't know anybody with an LED-lit house). That's because they're expensive, with lots of tiny bulbs racking up large price tags. Furthermore, their sterile white light can make a home feel like a DMV office.

But for flashlights–particularly the tiny drawer-size variety–LEDs are perfect–bright, long-lasting and more durable than shatter-prone incandescent bulbs.

Take the LED Energizer Hard Case Tactical 2AA Second Generation Handheld Light .... ...." by Seth Porges of Popular Mechanic. Learn more:
Energizer's Hard Case Tactical Flashlight.

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