Philips flaunts 100-inch LCD with Ambilight Full Surround

Question: how do you make a ginormous 100-inch LCD display even better (aside from actually releasing it to the public at a very reasonable price)? Well if you're Royal Philips Electronics, you endow that bad boy with some of your sweet, immersive Ambilight technology -- we've known since CES that Philips had both three-sided Ambilight Surround and four-sided Ambilight Full Surround in the pipeline, but we had no idea that the company possessed the strength, the courage, the sheer willpower to roll out ambient lighting on such a massive scale. Unfortunately for us consumers (and by "us," we actually only mean Mark Cuban), this monster display is only a prototype being shown off at IFA as a way for Philips to flex its technological muscle, so don't expect to see it at your local Costco anytime soon. Plus, even if you could buy one of these retail, it would probably cost approximately one million dollars; so for now, at least, you'll have to settle for plasma if you want a 100-inch set, or a relatively tiny 70-inch screen if you absolutely need to go LCD.

[Via HDBeat]

[Torpedo @ Sep 1st 2006 1:51PM]

WoW, this awesome, finally.

[citykids @ Sep 1st 2006 2:08PM]

I betcha that woman's rack is huge!

[SideSwipe @ Sep 1st 2006 2:32PM]

AREC BARDWIN!

[Ray @ Sep 1st 2006 3:43PM]

Rack??? lol... Where are you from?

[Karen @ Sep 1st 2006 5:41PM]

The panel is based on LG.Philips LCD’s proprietary copper-based interconnect technology. This technology, announced in 2002, enables transmission of video signals across an entire large-area LCD screen without noise enabling the creation of sharp images with virtually no distortion or display jitter. The technology is based on using copper wires in thin film transistors (TFTs), which transmit the electrical charges. Copper has low electrical resistance for example, 60 percent less than aluminium alloy and 92 percent less than chromium.

[James @ Sep 1st 2006 11:40PM]

I sell TV's and Phillips doesn't make good ones. Half of my display models break, and their plasmas run hotter than any other TV I have on the sales floor. I refuse to sell them.

[pets lover @ Sep 2nd 2006 3:00AM]

why everyone including not enough with 29" display, 42" and now 100" ?

[Robert @ Sep 2nd 2006 9:26AM]

I have a Philips at 55" and a home theatre system. Both failed within a year of use. I am still waiting after three months for parts. Also because they go by order date and not receipt date ( my tv failed 1 year and two weeks after order date) my warranty is not valid. Philips has very bad customer service to support failing products. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/home_electronics/philips.html

[rico @ Sep 2nd 2006 1:47PM]

@ James & Robert

so if philips screens are bad, why has EISA awarded their 37pf9731 the best high-lcd available in europe?
And Cnet UK gave a 9.1 for the philips 42pf9831?

[Perrey Z. @ Sep 3rd 2006 11:38AM]

Oh. James come ON! what doesn't break, Panasonic? get the hell outta here with your small-minded-Panasonic Fanboy useless opinion. How about a link to YOUR store for a chance.

[Pat @ Sep 13th 2006 9:14AM]

Damn, that's a huge one. Too bad the biggest one on their website is only 37". I want an extra large Philips, so I guess I'll have to go with a 50" plasma...

[david rabadon jr. @ Jan 19th 2007 9:51PM]

i believe that there are no perfect products. the durability of the telivision will also depend on the end user's manipulation. and i believe that this is not an isolated case.it also happened with other brands . any tv brand can break after one year of usage if you dont take care of it.