Phillips 42" LED TV

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Falcon01

Nov 21, 2008 - CST 12:01 PM

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Sounds VERY nice!

We’ve managed to get our mitts on a Philips 42PFL9803 LCD television, one of the very first HDTVs to feature LED backlighting. Our first impressions: it’s a cracker that challenges - and maybe beats - Pioneer’s Kuro televisions in the contrast ratio stakes.

Most LCD televisions have poor black levels due to the lights behind the screen, which can’t be turned off - so light leaks through the black parts of the picture, making them look grey. Not so with this “LED Lux” TV - it uses hundreds of LED clusters to light the picture, each of which can be completely switched off when needed. So while you might have a bright object in the middle of the picture, any black areas around it are unlit - so they actually look black.

This morning I stuck on the Blu-ray version of Sunshine and was blown away by the Philips’ handling of the backgrounds. It’s outer space, so it’s obviously supposed to look black, but it rarely does on any LCD television. Except this one, which succeeds in delivering both very black blacks and very white whites.

It also comes loaded with Philips best picture processing and 100Hz tech, which helps by smoothing out motion judder, cleaning up noise and enhancing colours and contrast.

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2008/11/21/hands-on-with-philips-revolutionary-led-lux-tv/

There's more at the link and pics too.

kucoloco

Nov 21, 2008 - CST 12:04 PM

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really phillips???

rangoonth

Nov 21, 2008 - CST 12:18 PM

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Yeah I was surprised to hear about this since Phillips is pretty much close to being a budget brand like Olevia. But who knows maybe Phillips is making a comeback. That tv sounds pretty good, I want to read more reviews on it.