The panel will save up to 50% in power consumption compared to traditional LCD TV panels of the same size, currently on the market.

AU Optronics has reduced the numbers of cold-cathode fluorescent lamps used in a traditional backlight panel from 16 tubes to 4 u-type tubes. This technology is also environmental friendly, because the content of mercury in each tube is reduced by 82%.

In addition to the power-saving CCFL panel, AU Optronics is looking at LED backlighting as another energy saving strategy for its LCD panels. By 2010, the company will adopt LED backlighting for all of its laptop panels, which would save a lot of battery-life of a laptop.