Phillips New Cinema Widescreen Display. 56″, 21:9 aspect ratio. Glorius.

While most companies are pushing the envelope with the development of OLED screens, Phillips has decided to take a run at a 56? true cinema widescreen. That’s a ratio of 21:9.
Using their Ambient RGB back light technology, Phillips is hopefully that movie enthusiasts will be more receptive to dropping the $$ on one of these than on a smaller, albeit much sexier looking, OLED screen.
The screen hits retailers in February. No word yet on pricing. Hopefully, with the arrest of the big LCD makers executives the prices of LCDs will drop the way they should have before “fixed” pricing was decided behind our trusting backs.
I want one. Maybe two.
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Christopher Aceto currently heads Thottfield Inc., a small multimedia and communications consultancy based in Toronto, Canada. Always on the hunt for innovative and exciting ideas, his passion for the creation and production of ground-breaking technologies and services has granted him the opportunity to act as a creative consultant for various companies and industries throughout the world.