Philips Intros 9000 LED Pro series LCD HDTV

Philips has just unveils its new 9000 LED Pro series LCD HDTV, where it will be available in the 40-inch (40PFL9704) and the 46-inch (46PFL9704) models. Both of television are incorporated the new LED Pro backlight technology which sets the standard for outright TV performance. It’s already well known that conventional CCFL backlit displays have problems with washed out blacks and therefore inferior contrast levels. LED PRO backlight technology with locally dimmable segments, 2009 changes the 2008 version of the LED 2D dimming backlight featured 128 segments arranged in eight rows with 16 segments in each row. For 2009, the LED PRO version of the system features 14 rows with 16 segments to give a total of 224 – which represents a 75% increase in segments.

With LED PRO backlighting technology, each individual segment of the backlight can again be dimmed. For example, if an input image consists of dark and bright objects, the LEDs under the dark part of the image can be dimmed or switched off completely, while with the bright parts in the picture the corresponding segment can continue to produce maximum light output. These LED HDTVs also features Full HD 1920×1080p resolution, 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 1ms response time, 176/176-degree viewing angle, new Ambilight Spectra 3, Perfect Pixel HD Engine, 200Hz refresh rate and Anti-Reflection coated screen. As an additional features include a built-in two subwoofers and two dome tweeters, integrated HDTV tuner and five HDMI ports.

[ Via Philips ]