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[Gadget Venue] Films fill a cinema screen.The images reach right out to the very limits of the screen and of our peripheral vision, enveloping us so completely in the action that we actively ”˜feel’ along with the characters in front of us.This cannot be achieved on a conventional 16:9 widescreen TV at home without moving to a ”˜letterbox’ view or losing the full scope of the original shot.

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[GadgetBlips - Top Gadget News, Videos, and Blogs] Philips Cinema TV with 21:9 Aspect Ratio - Computing: Philips Cinema TV with 21:9 Aspect Ratio - When you made the switch from a 4:3 regular TV to a widescreen at 16:9 you were probably disappointed to still see big black borders on the top and bottom .

[iTech News Net] Philips Cinema 21:9 LCD TV | iTech News Net - Gadget News and Reviews: Traditional LCD televisions compromise on this experience by distorting the picture to fill the screen - losing the full scope of the original shot - or by displaying the picture in letterbox format with black bars at the top and bottom. Cinema 21:9 solves these issues to give the viewer an uncompromised and absorbing cinematic viewing experience, never before available in the home.

[The gadgets] Philips Ultra-Widescreen 21:9 Cinema LCD Moves the Letterbox Bars ...: This is kind of ridiculous. Philips’s new 56-inch LCD, bound for Europe, is boasting a 21:9 aspect ratio””displaying a full anamorphic 2.40:1 frame without letterboxing.

[TechBlips - Top Home Theater News, Videos, and Blogs] Philips: Cinematic Viewing Experience: Product Information ...: Last July, we took a look at whether or not ultra widescreen HDTVs could eventually become a reality. Fast forward half a year and change, and here we have Philips answering that with a resounding "sure, why not?" The Cinema 21:9 is said to be the ...

[Obsessable News Feed] Philips Cinema 21:9 LCD TV is super-wide for movie playback ...: We still watch a lot of normal widescreen HD shows, and with the Cinema 21:9 set they'd display with black bars on the sides of the screen, like you get now when trying to watch old standard definition shows on a widescreen TV. They call this "pillarboxing", since it looks like your show is bordered by black pillars.

[Zoom Gadget] Zoom Gadget: The First Ever The Phillips Cinema LCD HDTV With 21:9 ...: 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.”

[Thoughts from the Sidelines] Philips 52” Cinema 21:9 LCD TV Promises ”˜Cinematic Viewing ...: Wholly eliminating the need for letterboxing or resizing of the viewable area when watching true widescreen movies, the Philips Cinema 21:9 LCD TV will allow you to watch 21:9 format films as they were intended to be seen and, .

[Gadgety News] Phillips 21:9 Cinema LCD Tele - Niche and Big | Gadgety News: Philips’s new 56-inch LCD, bound for Europe, is boasting a 21:9 aspect ratio””displaying a full anamorphic 2.40:1 frame without letterboxing.

[Obsessable News Feed] Philips Cinema 21:9 profile by Obsessable: The HDTV also includes Philips three-sided Ambilight Spectra technology, which provides ambient lighting on either side and above the screen image intended to provide brighter, more immersive picture quality. There is no word yet on what connections the Cinema will have, nor its precise release date or retail price, but more information will be forthcoming in February 2009.

[ComputerFinance.net] Philips Ultra-Widescreen 21:9 Cinema LCD Moves the Letterbox Bars ...: Or even watching the large number of films that aren’t filmed in 2.40:1? If all you watch is big-budget blockbusters (2.40:1 is the aspect ratio of Panavision 70mm film), then this will be great for your rich-guy home theater.

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