Philips introduce LCD 9000 series




Philips have unveiled their 9700 and 9600 series of LCD TV's which builds upon the companies' 'Ambilight' technology. With 52in, 47in, 42in sizes for the 9700 and 47in, 42in, 37in, 32in for the 9600, all screens feature 100hz technology.

Ambilight 'Spectra' technology continually takes dominant on-screen colours and reflects them back behind the screen (preferably onto a plain wall) complementing the current picture.

The 9700 series also adds Philips' "Perfect Colours" which combines optimised colour input with 17 bit Colour Booster processing.

By rights, the latest incarnation of Philip's Picture Processing Engine should be Pixel Plus HD 4, but the Dutch manufacturer believes there has been enough technological development packed into this system to warrant a completely new name, 'Perfect Pixel Engine'.

Perfect Pixel Engine, like previous picture processing technology from Philips, has been designed primarily to enhance picture sharpness with both High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) sources and improve natural detail and colour performance.

With 2m/s response time, claimed dynamic contrast ratios of up to 55,000:1 along with 4 (v1.3) HDMIs the new screens from Philips are set to have quite an impact.