One pitfall, though, is that the display exhibits some backlight bleeding.

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The display's backlight has nanopatterned grooves that send blue, green and red in multiple directions, letting the LCD show only the light that would be seen from a given viewpoint.

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The other display on hand was monochrome with a backlight that flickered on and off as a generic desk lamp shone directly onto it.

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The large HD display ensures that images, photos or videos look impressive, and LED backlight technology provides outstanding colour and clarity.

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When combined with 3M's Dual Brightness Enhancement Film (DBEF), Uniformity Tape allows display manufacturers even more design freedom to innovate and use less LEDs to create a backlight that not only meets energy standards, but also remains competitive at a low cost.

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