Cold Weather and LCD/LED televisions

jorbill2or wrote:
Comes up all the time.... NO leave it in the Rv .. Do you think the truck it was delivered in and stored in was heated ?? No ;-) There is a warning to not turn it on if cold .. Not good for the electronics from ice cold to hot in seconds. But not storage.

The reason is condensation.

When you bring a cold item to where it is warm the ambient air (which contains moisture) condenses on the cold surface and collects moisture. The moisture shorts out the electronics if they are energized when damp like that.

As long as the television and the room temp are the same then the chances of shorting out something are minimal.

LED and LCD are little affected by cold. Back in the day people were warned about PLASMA sets as there was a liquid in the screen that was affected by freezing temperatures.

If you think about the billions of LCD and LED displays that are in cars, motorhomes, boats, and everything else imaginable, is there still a question ?

Our RV is subjected to temps in the -30's or more for the last 5 winters here in Manitoba and we've had no problems with the 2 LED LCD TVs.
Also, I worked for a major electronics manufacture in Winnipeg for 30 years with
product arriving by transport trucks in these temps in the winter and product was not affected. As mentioned, they should not be powered up till fully warmed up and also any possible condensation inside the unit has had time to dry out.

The manual for my LCD say's not to store below -20C so I bring it in for the winter. The LCD display on my camera froze when I left it in my truck for 2 day's at -35C.

In case anyone didn't get it, there is NO "liquid" in a "Liquid Crystal Display" to freeze.

LED=Light Emitting Diodes. They are the same but much smaller on tvs as LED lights on outside the vehicles. So an LED TV can stay out. The LCD is Liquid Crystal Display and it could be a problem. That I would bring in and store in the basement. MY LED tvs were out in the TT all last winter with no issues. The only issue I had was wifey not paying attention and broke it last weekend putting the slide in. So now I get to buy a bigger one:)

LED TVs are liquid crystal (LCD). The LEDs are the back light which replaces the older fluorescent back light. There are a couple of exceptions which use OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode). These have millions of individual LED elements that create the picture.

A ton of Mis information here and some facts ..just to add my bit of the latter .. lcd are not liquid ( it refers to the manner in which the Crystal behaves when power is applied) and led refers to the back lighting behind the lcd panel ( instead or the older fluorescent tubes ) sigh .... I know some of you wont believe that so google is your friend ??

I believe you. Just had a discussion about this on another forum.

The reason the picture on an LED/LCD TV is sharper is because all those tiny little LEDs turn on and off behind the display instead of the display being constantly lit by really thin tubes.

Same with a laptop computer. Sometimes the tubes or the inverter controlling them fails and the screen goes blank, or so you think. Shine a flashlight at the screen and look closely and you still see the images in the display. Relatively easy fix as it is usually the inverter that is the culprit.

jorbill2or wrote:
A ton of Mis information here and some facts ..just to add my bit of the latter .. lcd are not liquid ( it refers to the manner in which the Crystal behaves when power is applied) and led refers to the back lighting behind the lcd panel ( instead or the older fluorescent tubes ) sigh .... I know some of you wont believe that so google is your friend ??

Could you please quote the "TON" of mis information? whose to know what it is