Correct backlight type for your new screen

In the past it was important to know the backlight type of your screen as CCFL and LED screens are not interchangeable! However CCFL technology is now obsolete and has been discontinued by all manufacturers. If your laptop was manufactured after 2012 99.9% you have an LED screen.

If your laptop has a screen with CCFL backlight, finding a working replacement for it will be difficult. We do not stock or sell screens with CCFL backlights.

If you are curious, more information on LED and CCFL backlight below:

CCFL - Cold Cathode Fluorescent Light, is an outdated backlight method, which utilizes a daylight spectre fluorescent tube and an inverter which powers it.

LED - is a current backlighting system which does not use an inverter, and instead of a fluorescent tube it uses a strip of LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes).

So in essence there two types of laptop screens: LCD-CCFL and LCD-LED: these screens are NOT INTERCHANGEABLE.

Laptop manufacturers tailor their system for a particular LCD screen, so it is impossible to install a CCFL screen into a computer outfitted for an LED screen, and vice-versa.
LCD screen with single CCFL backlight ( CCFL 1-Bulb )
LCD screen with single CCFL backlight ( CCFL 1-Bulb )
LCD screen with LED backlight ( Backlight Type: LED )
LCD screen with LED backlight ( Backlight Type: LED )

last updated June 14, 2018