Philips 52″ Cinema 21:9 LCD TV [Specifications & Features Detailed - 5x HDMI, Wi-Fi]

We first covered Philip’s new Full HD 52″ Cinema 21:9 LCD TV back in January but, at that juncture, things were a little vague in terms of specifications and features. But Philips have now expanded upon what little was known previously concerning their Cinema 21:9 LCD TV, including offering a greater insight as to exactly what you can expect from this seriously wide HDTV which comes with no less than five HDMI inputs as well as built-in Wi-Fi connectivity.

For those of you interested in reading the full low-down concerning the Cinema 21:9 LCD TV, which is billed as being ‘the world’s first TV to deliver a true cinematic viewing experience in the comfort of the home’, we’ve included Philip’s official press release in full below. But, if you’d rather not trawl through the text looking for the all important key features we’ve taken the liberty of distilling them for you below.

Philips 52″ Cinema 21:9 LCD TV Key Features:

• 2560×1080p Full HD 21:9 Aspect ratio 52″ 200Hz Clear LCD display with 8.3 million pixels
• Powered by the Philips Perfect Pixel HD Processing Engine capable of 500 million pixels per second processing power and 2,250 trillion vivid colors.
• Comes with three-sided Ambilight Spectra technology
• 1ms Refresh Rate
• 80,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
• 5x HDMI 1.3a ports, DLNA and Wi-Fi connectivity

Official Philips Press Release:

Philips Breaks New Ground with the World’s First Cinema-Proportioned LCD Television – Cinema 21:9

Philips breaks new ground in the realm of home entertainment with the world’s first cinema-proportioned LCD television. Cinema 21:9 lets you enjoy movies as you would in the cinema and just as the director intended. Cinema 21:9 delivers the ultimate immersive home cinematic viewing experience. Movies are displayed in the 21:9 aspect ratio – exactly as they are at the cinema – on its 56″ Full-HD screen.

Cinema 21:9 is the world’s first TV to deliver a true cinematic viewing experience in the comfort of the home. Traditional LCD televisions compromise on the cinematic viewing experience either by changing the aspect ratio to fill the screen – losing the full scope of the original shot – or by inserting distracting black bars (letterboxing) at the top and bottom of the screen. Cinema 21:9 overcomes these issues and perfectly displays 2.39:1 movie material to give the viewer an uncompromised and absorbing cinematic viewing experience, never before available in the home.

Cinema 21:9 is the first ever TV shaped in the 21:9 cinema aspect ratio and combines superb picture quality courtesy of Philips powerful 2009 Perfect Pixel HD processing engine (500 million pixels per second processing power and 2,250 trillion vivid colors) with immersive three-sided Ambilight Spectra technology that enlarges the screen further by projecting a glow of light from the back of the screen onto the surrounding wall. Completing the picture package, Cinema 21:9 is equipped a Full HD screen with 8.3 million pixels that guarantees crystal clear and razor sharp images with high definition sources.

Cinema 21:9 is equally accomplished with more-common 16:9 material from sources including broadcast television, gaming and DVDs, which courtesy of best-in-class auto formatting technology can be resized to fill the screen (note: auto formatting technology can also be switched off).

Cinema 21:9 is the fastest LCD available in the world today, with a refresh rate of just 1ms. Even the fastest on-screen action is realistically life-like and smoothly rendered thanks to 200Hz Clear LCD. In addition, Perfect Contrast helps boost contrast levels to deliver an 80,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.

Picture quality is further enhanced by Perfect Natural Motion that ensures moving objects glide naturally on-screen, eliminating the judder associated with other LCD TVs.

A notable new feature addition to Cinema 21:9 is Net TV, which enables simple and quick internet access to a wide range of sites from a start page on the TV screen. The Net TV feature has dedicated and tailored websites from European partners that include brand names such as YouTube, eBay, TomTom, Meteo Group, Netlog, Funspot and MyAlbum plus a range of local partners offering the most popular websites per country. Through Net TV internet content is tailored for the best viewing experience on the TV screen, and is easily accessed through the TV’s remote control, without the need for extra set-top boxes or subscriptions.

Consumers with multiple HDMI devices will appreciate the versatile connectivity options of Cinema 21:9, which sports five HDMI 1.3a ports, DLNA and Wi-Fi connectivity.

For added convenience, Cinema 21:9 has a specially designed wall mount to make it easy to hang flush against a wall to create that immersive cinematic viewing experience, which until now has been impossible to create in the home.

Des Power, Senior Vice President Marketing Television, Philips Consumer Lifestyle, commented: “With our unique Cinema 21:9 we have developed a television which takes you as close to the experience that you enjoy at the cinema as you can get without buying a ticket. We believe that to really become absorbed in watching a film at home consumers are looking for a real cinematic viewing experience, so we have launched the world’s first cinema-proportioned TV screen perfectly complemented by our immersive Ambilight technology.”

He added, “Philips new Cinema 21:9 takes enjoying movies at home to an entirely new level, the advantages over a traditional 16:9 ratio screen in side by side comparisons are truly striking.”

The Cinema 21:9 LCD TV will be available in Spring 2009 in selected European countries.