Just when I thought Panasonic were on top, Philips have unveiled one of the most beautiful things I have seen in a long long time. The 56PFL9954H/12 is it’s model name, and is dubbed the Cinema 21:9 LCD TV 56″ – that aspect ratio is the same as 2.39:1 just more marketable.
The screen is a 17bit panel, at 2560x1080p with support for native 24p and 1080p up to 24p. It uses content aware scaling to show standard 16:9 TV broadcasts and game console feeds without distortion. It displays 2.35:1 cinema without black bars and makes the most of it’s large 56″ diagonal frame.
Fantastic. Finally we have cinema in the home that looks exactly the way the director and DP intended.
