Samsung Electronics launches LED TV in global market

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has launched sales of the company's first light-emitting diode (LED) TVs in global markets.

Samsung Electronics introduced the new LED line of flat panel TVs, Series 8000,
7000 and 6000, which come in a range of sizes from 32- to 55-inch models.
Using LEDs as their primary light source rather than traditional Cold Cathode
Fluorescent Lamps, the new TVs feature ultra-high contrast ratios, the
manufacturer said.
Motion blur and image judder, which traditionally affected liquid crystal display
(LCD) TVs when displaying fast moving images, have been significantly reduced in
the LED TV line-up, the company said.
The new LED TVs have ultra-slim wall-mount designs, which reduces the gap between
the TV and the wall to around 1.5 centimeters.
Energy consumption was also reduced by 40 percent at the minimum, compared with
existing LCD TVs of a similar size.
Samsung said some of its new models let consumers access to Internet, including
content from Yahoo!, photo-sharing site Flickr and YouTube.