Edge-lit is first and foremost a cost-cutting design. It allowed the thin-craze to advance significantly but edge-lit is also used where thinness isn't prioriti

Edge-lit is first and foremost a cost-cutting design. It allowed the thin-craze to advance significantly but edge-lit is also used where thinness isn't prioritized. Because it is primarily the cheapest design they've been able to come up with. So I'm not quite sure about the comment that "it is not because the televisions are inexpensive". The problem seems to be heat, and edge-lit concentrates heat along the (small) light source. Better materials, bigger heatsinks etc. can combat this but since cost was the driving factor that negates the entire existence of the edge-lit display. And I'm not sure about thin bezels? They are talking about thickness, no?