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.