According to IHS, a market research agency, the shipments of direct-turn LED backlit TVs continued to climb after reaching 69% in the second quarter of 2016 and reached a new high of 77% in the same period of 2017. Directly under LED backlighting technology Since the introduction of a variety of TV models from 2014, the market share of edge-lit LED backlight is declining year by year .Direct-type LED backlight technology has now become the mainstream.
The difference between direct-type LED backlight and side-lit LED backlight lies in the construction of LED die, and the direct type backlight is relatively cheap to manufacture and does not require a light guide plate, and additionally has the advantage of Local Dimming. However, The thickness of the LED backlight architecture will be thicker than the side light type, so side-lit LED backlighting architecture still has the advantage of light and thin.