Philips' Ambilight is back and better

Philip Wong | Sep 14, 2007

The Ambilight Flat TVs are back and for this year Philips is throwing out the old fluorescent lamp in favor of LEDs. This not only allows Ambilight to put out even better colors, but also minimizes the bulk of related assembly, enabling the Dutch company to roll out sleeker flat panels equipped with this auxiliary offscreen backlighting. Making their pilot entry are the 9532-series comprising a 42- and 47-incher. These are equipped with the new Perfect Pixel HD video-enhancement engine and 100Hz Clear LCD frame-rate doubling function.

Also released recently is the affordable 1080p 7422/7432-series, including one of the first branded 37-inch true full-HD TVs. Unlike the above, these have two instead of three HDMI and will ship with the Pixel Plus HD engine. These are now available in Singapore from S$2,999 (US$2,205.15), while the flagships are going from S$4,999 (US$3,675.74). Pricing and availability for the rest of Asia were pending confirmation at press time.

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