LED backlit displays!?

[McBeats]

Sorry, I'm positive there are some threads already devoted to this... but I can't seem to find em when i search for em. So...

Please clearify what everyone is talkin about with these LED backlit displays.

If theres another thread already easily clearing this up, post the link.

Thanks

-McBeats

 

[deadpixels]

it's here

here's the interesting part :

To eliminate mercury in our displays, we need to transition from fluorescent lamps to light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to illuminate the displays. Fortunately, all iPod displays already use LEDs for illumination, and therefore contain no mercury. We plan to introduce our first Macs with LED backlight technology in 2007. Our ability to completely eliminate fluorescent lamps in all of our displays depends on how fast the LCD industry can transition to LED backlighting for larger displays.