Review: Philips Aurea II 42PFL9903H 42in LCD TV

Opinion has always been divided on Philips Ambilight technology, so how does this 2nd generation incarnation fare?

clipped from www.reghardware.co.uk Philips Aurea II 42PFL9903H 42in LCD TV Review How in-your-face do you want your TV to be? Why not try one with a frame that lights up? This is not just Philips' Ambilight effect, this is second-gen Aurea, where the frame sprays multiple colours at you from the front too. So as the picture in a nature show switches from succulent leaves to a tiger’s face, so the frame snaps from variegated green to bright orange and black stripes, extending the main picture with soft-focus mimicry. And with the Ambilight matching those colours on the wall behind, Philips achieves a remarkably immersive effect. The first Aurea, released in late 2007, had a frame design so uncompromising that it divided opinion. It was curious, with the light frame curving out at you with a matte finish to the coloured lights embedded into it.

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Plasma vs LCD: Helping Youu Choose

This is the big question everyone is asking and this article is packed full of information to help you decide, click through to read full article.

clipped from www.cnet.com.au Plasma vs LCD: Which is right for you? 1. Plasma and LCD technology - what's the difference? Plasma and LCD panels may look similar, but the flat screen and thin profile is where the similarities end. Plasma screens, as its name suggests, uses a matrix of tiny gas plasma cells charged by precise electrical voltages to create a picture. LCD screens (liquid crystal display) are in layman's terms sandwiches made up of liquid crystal pushed in the space between two glass plates. Images are created by varying the amount electrical charge applied to the crystals. Each technology has its strengths and weaknesses, as you'll read below. The two different camps of flat panel display standard will, of course, gladly spruik the advantages of their own standard and the deficiencies of the other. But which type of display, plasma or LCD, is better? And which will give you more bang for your buck?

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Flat Screen Televisions: A Global Warming Time Bomb?

Alarmist Report or A Cause For Concern?

clipped from www.foxnews.com Flat-Screen TV Gas 'a Climate Time Bomb' Booming demand for flat-screen televisions could have a greater impact on global warming than the world's largest coal-fired power stations, scientists warn. A greenhouse gas called nitrogen trifluoride, used to make the TVs, is 17,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide, said Michael Prather, director of the environment institute at the University of California, Irvine. But no one yet knows how much of it is being released into the atmosphere by industry, a report in Britain's The Guardian said. Prather's research shows production of the gas, which remains in the atmosphere for 550 years, is "exploding". But unlike other key greenhouse gases — such as carbon dioxide, sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs) — emissions of the gas are not restricted under the Kyoto protocol or similar agreements, The Guardian report said. It is expected to double by next year, from the current 4,000 tons produced annually.

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