What is the primary difference between LED and an LCD monitor?

What is the primary difference between LED and an LCD monitor?

• Doesn't last as long as plasma displays
• screen size
• Backlighting source
• price 

 

EXPLANATION

LCD
LCD is the abbreviation of Liquid Crystal display. There are two layers of glass in this technology that are joined together with liquid crystals in between. These crystals help pass or block the light. However, crystals do not produce any light and it comes through fluorescent lamps (CCFL) situated at the back of the screen.
LED
The technology in LED TV’s is much the same with the difference being the source of light at the back of the screen. Whereas it is CCFL in the case of LCD, there is Light emitting Diodes (LED’s) in the case of LED TV’s.
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