Philips sent us this awesome LCD TV together with their new Blu-ray player. First seen in CES 2009 and finally released in the Philippines last May, the Philips Cinema 21:9 is an ultra-widescreen LCD TV.
The LCD TV measures 56″ across and has a resolution of 2560x1080p, a 200Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time. This could also be perfect for hooking up with your PC and enjoy some big-screen gaming.
So far, I’ve been watching a couple of Blu-ray movies with it. Our friends from Tradeport sent us a batch of Blu-ray discs as they’re launching an watch-all-you-can Blu-ray rental service, ala-Netflix, in the Philippines (more on this later).
The Philips Cinema comes with 5 HDMI ports, a LAN port, USB port, WiFi 802.11 b/g, DLNA, among others. Dynamic contrast ratio is set at 80,000:1 but its got this LED wide-color Ambilight Spectra 3 which allows it to project crisp and vivid colors.
It’s not that thin compared to other LED TVs we’ve tried before but that’s not a biggie. The edge of the back panel is lined up with lights that changes color depending on the videos projected on the screen. The wooden panel you see is just some minor carpentry we did so we can hook it up via wall bracket without punching a hole in my apartment wall.
The TV isn’t cheap either. Very limited number of stocks were released in the Philippines and one of these babies will set you back a cool Php350,000.
21:9 ratio is only good for movies. Not video games.
@Bruns : 21:9 is the real cinema ratio. Its like watching a movie in a Cinema House.
by the time nagtratrabaho na kami, ganyan na ang mga standard na tv..yung 3D ngayon, parang nung nagsisimula pa lang ang color TVs. masaya ang entertainment pagtanda natin. :)
21:9 screen?
papano ung majority ng dvd ay nasa 16:9 lamang. masakit sa ulo ang distortion.
wow, that would be nice, since i never try to watch bluray movies :), super linaw ba talaga yun?
@sylv3rblade – not the streaming part, just the unlimited rentals and door-to-door next day delivery.
ala netflix?
I wonder how fast a connection you’ll need for the upcoming service :)
If it’s cheap enough though I’m game for it!
Whooooa P350,000? i could build a small Dark entertainment room with a good LCD projector with that amount of money plus a good 2nd hand car.
Why pay for 3D now if the movies for 3D is very limited now. 3D TV’s right now is just for fun, I’ll just wait for it to become a standard of entertainment. Like around 3-5 years?
If I were to choose between 3D and 21:9 Ratio entertainment. I rather choose the 21:9 ^_^.
Luxury indeed.
Whoa! That’s even an inch bigger than the Samsung LED 9000 (S$12000 here with a very cool remote control). But this can’t display in 3D, right?
Wow!! Goodbye black borders!! Goodbye cropping! Goodbye P350k…
wooooohoooo… grabe… ang laki… and first :D