http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/ Engadget Comments for Philips' one-millionth Ambilight TV: cent$ and Sin City http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/]]>Jan 8th 2007 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/Jan 8th 2007 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/
I have a 6500k light behind my TV for this very reason. It is suppose to be better experience for the eyes with a soft ambient light.]]>Jan 9th 2007 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/Jan 8th 2007 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/Jan 11th 2007 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/Jan 8th 2007 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/
No, wait, let me explain.

LCD screens (Like the Ambilight) cannot produce full blacks. With total darkness you don't see the inky blacks you get from a CRT or Plasma.

But, with the Ambilight producing the light-wash backdrop, it gives the impression that the screen is darker than it really is, making the Ambilight look like it has a higher contrast ratio compared to other LCD's. So, it sells more, and for more money, as it "Looks better" while being the same panel as all the rest with a few gimmicky LED's thrown around the casing. ]]>Jan 8th 2007 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/Jan 8th 2007 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/
Isn't this doing the same?]]>Jan 8th 2007 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/Jan 8th 2007 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/Abilight is sold on LCD screens as well as plasma screens. It is only on the high end screens which have a better contrast ratio (6000:1 on some Philips LCDs) so it is not a marketing tool to make the LCDs look better.

You can manually set the colour on the ambilight sets or set it to follow the onscreen colours. One mode (cool white) is 6500k which the manual also states is the SMPTE recommended setting.

Oh and Patrick "diamonds! ooohh ahhhh.. who cares" you cared enough to write that comment = Oxymoron.]]>Jan 11th 2007 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/Abilight is sold on LCD screens as well as plasma screens. It is only on the high end screens which have a better contrast ratio (6000:1 on some Philips LCDs) so it is not a marketing tool to make the LCDs look better.

You can manually set the colour on the ambilight sets or set it to follow the onscreen colours. One mode (cool white) is 6500k which the manual also states is the SMPTE recommended setting.

Oh and Patrick "diamonds! ooohh ahhhh.. who cares" you cared enough to write that comment = Oxymoron.]]>Jan 11th 2007 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/Abilight is sold on LCD screens as well as plasma screens. It is only on the high end screens which have a better contrast ratio (6000:1 on some Philips LCDs) so it is not a marketing tool to make the LCDs look better.

You can manually set the colour on the ambilight sets or set it to follow the onscreen colours. One mode (cool white) is 6500k which the manual also states is the SMPTE recommended setting.

Oh and Patrick "diamonds! ooohh ahhhh.. who cares" you cared enough to write that comment = Oxymoron.]]>Jan 11th 2007 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/marketing gimmick or not, philips really re-invented telivision. it elevates the status from a boobtube to a sophisticated work of art. you will never appreciate ambilight if you will not have the right setting for it. at least, it has a real impact on the viewer, unlike from other brands marketing hype which sometimes are decieving for consumer.]]>Jan 19th 2007 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/philips-one-millionth-ambilight-tv-cent-and-sin-city/Mar 31st 2007 9:53AM