Published: Wednesday July 22, 2009 MYT 4:45:00 PM
Go really wide
KUALA LUMPUR: Philips has just launched the Cinema 21:9, a 56in LCD HDTV with a wider-than-normal 21:9 aspect ratio, which the company says is more suited to watching widescreen movies.
Unlike the common 16:9 aspect ratio televisions, which match the aspect ratio of HDTV broadcasts, the 21:9 aspect ratio matches the aspect ratio of widescreen theatrical films.
This means that watching most widescreen films, the video image will fully fit the Cinema 21:9, without the black bars on top and at the bottom that you find in other standard HDTVs.
The Cinema 21:9 has a whopping 2,560 x 1,080-pixel screen (that’s better than normal HDTVs with 1,920x1,080-pixel resolution), 200Hz refresh rate, five HDMI inputs and uses a CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamp) backlight.
The Cinema 21:9 also integrates Philips’ Ambilight technology, which has rows of coloured LEDs arrayed around the edge of the bezel which change colour to match what you’re viewing onscreen.
Quality doesn’t come cheap and the Cinema 21:9 retails for RM19,999. — TAN KIT HOONG
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