Cinema 21:9 LCD TV 142 cm (56") Full HD 1080p digital TV

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Create the original cinema experience at home: Watch 21:9 (2.39:1) movies with Ambilight; Be blown away watching Blu-ray movies or HDTV on the 56" ultra-wide television screen. The Philips Cinema 21:9 LCD TV offers a true cinematic widescreen viewing experience, perfectly matched to the original 21:9 (2.39:1) film format.

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True cinema experience

Cinema 21:9 movie aspect ratio, no black bars bottom / top
Ambilight Spectra 3 for an immersive viewing experience

Perfect LCD Picture

Full HD LCD display, with a 2560 x 1080p resolution
Perfect Pixel HD Engine for unrivalled sharpness and clarity
Perfect Natural Motion for ultra-smooth Full HD movies
200 Hz Clear LCD*, 1 ms performance: superb motion sharpness

Built-in Internet TV

Philips Net TV with Wi-Fi for online services on your TV
Enjoy a rich selection of web videos from YouTube and others
DLNA PC network link for watching videos from your computer

Ready for digital

MPEG4 HDTV reception via DVB-T and DVB-Cable tuner*

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Full HD LCD display, with a 2560 x 1080p resolution

Enjoy the exceptional picture quality of Full HD sources like HDTV broadcast or Blu-ray on your Cinema 21:9. The unique movie format screen comes with 2560 x 1080p resolution, matching the 21:9 aspect ratio of the screen.

Cinema 21:9 movie aspect ratio, no black bars bottom / top

Be blown away by movies the way they are meant to be seen with the 21:9 (2.39:1) movie format. The Cinema 21:9 TV perfectly matches the original movie format used by directors, so you get no black bars or picture loss, just movies the way the director intended them to be seen. Bring the magic of the cinema home, in the authentic 21:9 movie format. Enjoy 16:9 and gaming content with the full power of the 21:9 screen. Cinema 21:9 uses a highly advanced formatting technology to fit other formats to the screen perfectly without distortion. Enjoy the action in the comfort of your own home!

Ambilight Spectra 3 for an immersive viewing experience

Add a new dimension to your viewing experience with Ambilight Spectra 3. This patented Philips technology enlarges the screen further by projecting a glow of light from the back of the screen onto the surrounding wall. Ambilight automatically adjusts the colour and brightness of the light surrounding the TV to match the picture, creating an immersive viewing experience. With Ambilight Spectra 3 movies truly come to life!

Perfect Pixel HD Engine for unrivalled sharpness and clarity

Experience unrivalled sharpness and clarity with Perfect Pixel HD Engine. Each pixel of the picture is enhanced to match the surrounding pixels better, resulting in a more natural picture. The result is a unique combination of sharpness, natural detail, vivid colours, superior contrast and smooth natural motion whatever you are watching. Clean and razor sharp images result from artefact and noise detection and reduction in all content sources — from multimedia to standard TV.

Philips Net TV with Wi-Fi for online services on your TV

Experience a rich selection of online services with Net TV. Enjoy movies, pictures, infotainment and other online content directly on your TV whenever you like. Simply connect your home theatre directly to your home network through the Ethernet connection, and navigate and select what you want to watch with the remote control. The Philips menu gives you access to popular Net TV services fitted for your TV screen. Additionally, with the DLNA certified PC network you can watch videos or access pictures stored on your computer using your remote control.

Perfect Natural Motion for ultra-smooth Full HD movies

Enjoy the action without any judder. Perfect Natural Motion estimates motion in the picture and corrects juddering movements in both broadcast and pre-recorded movie material (including 1080p movies and 24p True Cinema on Blu-ray and DVD). The result is even smoother and quieter pictures with excellent sharpness. Enjoy motion performance that surpasses cinema quality!

200 Hz Clear LCD*, 1 ms performance: superb motion sharpness

Enjoy extreme motion sharpness. The Philips 200 Hz Clear LCD brings the response time of LCD TV to an incredible 1ms, so even with the fastest car chase scene you will be enthralled by the action, and not following a stretched car across the screen.

DLNA PC network link for watching videos from your computer

DLNA PC network link lets you watch videos, view pictures and listen to music from your PC

MPEG4 HDTV reception via DVB-T and DVB-Cable tuner*

The Full HD screen has the widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest resolution of HD sources for the best possible picture quality. HDTV allows you to receive high definition terrestrial broadcasted content via the built-in tuner. It supports DVB-Terrestrial and DVB-Cable signals for both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 formats. You will get exceptional picture and sound quality without an additional set-top box.

Enjoy a rich selection of web videos from YouTube and others

Net TV brings you a rich selection of videos from YouTube and other video websites. The videos are tailored to fit your TV screen, allowing you to sit back and enjoy online videos at optimum quality.

* 200 Hz Clear LCD displays 200 scenes per second by combining advanced 100 Hz technology with scanning backlight @ 50% duty cycle.

* 8 days EPG, service not available in all countries

* DVB-T, supported in selected countries only

* DVB-C in selected countries and for selected operators only. Most up to date information is available on the type plate of the TV.

* Net TV, service offering is dependent on country and subject to terms of use.

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