Monday, November 24, 2008 - 0:05 (GMT+99)
Hands on with Philips’ revolutionary LED Lux TV
Filed under: TV, HDTV & 3D | by :Rien |
Electricpig: We’ve managed to get our mitts on a Philips 42PFL9803 LCD television, one of the very first HDTVs to feature LED backlighting.
Most LCD televisions have poor black levels due to the lights behind the screen, which can’t be turned off - so light leaks through the black parts of the picture, making them look grey.
Not so with this “LED Lux” TV - it uses hundreds of LED clusters to light the picture, each of which can be completely switched off when needed. So while you might have a bright object in the middle of the picture, any black areas around it are unlit - so they actually look black.
It also comes loaded with Philips best picture processing and 100Hz tech, which helps by smoothing out motion judder, cleaning up noise and enhancing colours and contrast.
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on 24 Nov 2008 at 13:12 1.Elmo said …
The bigger question is…are the white LEDs or RGB clusters? White LEDs will help the overall contrast (light to dark) but RGB clusters will help both the overall contrast and the color intensity. CMO has demonstrated an RGB product that I would consider the best looking LCD display I have ever seen. Dolby also acquired a company that will license a similar technology. I wouldn’t pay up for white LEDs, but the enhancement afforded by RGB LED BLUs is amazing.