The big news here is that it uses LED backlighting, which Sony calls TRILUMINOS.
From the techcrunch.com
Colored LED backlighting is most commonly used in small, inexpensive LCD panels.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Backlighting helps to provide separation between the subject and its background.
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The congregation originally planned to erect a 27-foot cross with backlighting.
From the foxnews.com
Crammer's glaring miscue is with the monochrome screen that lacks backlighting.
From the washingtontimes.com
Getting around this saw many manufacturers migrating to LEDS for backlighting.
From the nzherald.co.nz
This allows the dynamic backlighting to be used on a much wider variety of images.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Manufacturers are beginning to produce LCDs that use diodes for backlighting.
From the usatoday.com
The backlighting even turns red past a certain point to give you a sort of bearing.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
(backlighting) lighting from behind
A backlight is a form of illumination used in liquid crystal displays (LCDs). As LCDs do not produce light themselves (unlike for example Cathode ray tube (CRT) displays), they need illumination (ambient light or a special light source) to produce a visible image. ...
A spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind; A light attached to an LCD display; The rear window of a motor car; To illuminate something from behind
(Backlighting) Use of light source to illuminate from behind without protrusion through the panel.
(backlighting) lighting cast onto the figures from the side opposite the camera. It creates a thin outline of light on the figures' edge.
(BACKLIGHTING) any light source that is behind your subject and facing the camera. The light source is usually natural (like the sun) but could be your strobe.
(Backlighting) A lighting technology whereby a small LED or fibre optic is mounted beneath a key, allowing for the lettering to glow through.
(Backlighting) A technique of lighting the stage, or action from behind the object or person. When used with a scrim, it produces a hazy or removed look.
(Backlighting) Placement of a light source behind an object so that a silhouette of that object is formed. It is used where outline information of the object and its features are important rather than surface features.