Philips intros ultra widescreen Cinema 21:9 LCD TV |
The Cinema 21:9 is claiming to be the planet’s first cinema-proportioned LCD TV, so this should be the ultimate LCD to watch movies on. The 56 inch diagonal will also feature Ambilight technology around the borders. I know what you’re thinking. This isn’t real. Some of you will claim photoshop. We were skeptical too, but it turns out that it’s the real deal.
According to Philips, the panel will be shipping this Spring in Germany, Belgium, the UK and France. Their full site will launch on January 29th. Sadly, there are no pricing details and no US release date as of yet.
What this means is no more big black borders on the top and bottom of your screen.
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No, what I was thinking was “21:9? why not 7:3?” presumably to help people compare with 16:9 rather than the older 4:3, but I find 7:3 gives a clearer mental image of the shape. Is it just me?
I totally agree. I was trying to figure out why they hadn’t reduced. I guess the comparison thing makes sense.
I feel like having this ratio of a tv might be nice… sometimes… I would say there just aren’t enough opportunities to use it as it should be. It seems like a lot of wasted space.
A great product for people like us who need to display 2 sources on one screen for example, video conferences. At the moment we have two ( very large ) plasmas next to each other, in about 50 rooms worldwide. Home consumers are not the only customers you know!