Difference between LED and LCD?

[Guest]

Just wondering what the difference between LCD and LED is, and which is going to look better.

[W-L]

6 minutes ago, checkitimawesome said:

Just wondering what the difference between LCD and LED is, and which is going to look better.

They aren't two comparable things but are closely related, LCD is the display type where LED is just the backlight method. 

 

This here explains it well:

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, W-L said:

They aren't two comparable things but are closely related, LCD is the display type where LED is just the backlight method. 

 

This here explains it well:

 

Huh, never saw that, thanks!