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Elvis Shida is a Tech/Hardware Writer from Kenya. He has been building PCs for a decade and is keenly interested in motherboards, monitors, and gaming TVs. When not building PCs or writing about ...

Keyboard backlights are a game changer if you frequently work in poorly lit environments. They iiluminate the individual keys, allowing you to type with ease in the dark. With a keyboard backlight, ...

Sony says it's developing a new backlight tech for LCD TVs, using RBG LEDs. "But wait, aren't all backlights RGB LEDs?" If that's what you're thinking, no, actually most aren't. What's your next ...

Elvis Shida is a Tech/Hardware Writer from Kenya. He has been building PCs for a decade and is keenly interested in motherboards, monitors, and gaming TVs. When not building PCs or writing about ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Are you old enough to remember Philips Ambilight? If not, it was a brilliant feature on some Philips TVs that cast a glow onto the wall behind ...

The iPod Classic's backlight is handy when you are in a situation with low light. If your backlight is not working, you have limited options to determine the cause and fix it. When the backlight is ...

A few months back, I was looking for a way to update my living room without replacing my TV entirely — something I’m hoping to do probably around Black Friday / Cyber Monday. What I found instead was ...

As TVs have become more advanced over the years, manufacturers have moved from standard fluorescent-lit liquid crystal displays (LCDs) to LED-lit displays that distribute light in different ways.

The nature of the display technology is such that the use of LEDs (light-emitting diodes) in it will result in the backlight bleeding phenomenon sooner or later. It can range from minimal to extreme ...