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Philips Plasma TV Specifications

Philips 42PF9966 Plasma Monitor

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With a Philips Plasma TV screen you get vivid colors like you've never seen before, extremely wide viewing angles (wider, even, than those of most LCD screens), and easy placement due to a plasma monitor's slim profile—the 42PF9966 is a mere 3.9 inches deep, perfect for tabletop or wall mounting. Brightness tends to be extremely uniform across plasma TV screens, which are also impervious to the picture distortion and negative color balances that afflict CRT monitors when placed near lighting or sound systems. With an HDTV resolution plasma panel, Philips Pixel Plus processing, and the new Ambilight technology, this Philips Plasma TV is sure to be a big hit.

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Plasma Display Specifications
Screen Size	42" diagonal
Screen Aspect	16:9
Contrast Ratio	3000:1
Brightness	1000cd/m2
Pixel Pitch	[not published]
hSync	[not published]
vSync	[not published]
Color System	NTSC
Data Signals	VGA, SVGA, XGA
TV Scan Lines	480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i
Input Terminals
Composite Video	2 (RCA)
S-Video	3 (4-pin mini DIN)
Component Video	2 (RCA x 3)
HDMI Interface	1
Stereo Audio In	3 (RCA L/R)
Output Terminals
Composite Video	1 (RCA)
Stereo Audio	2 (RCA L/R)
Plasma Monitor Accessories
Audio Amplifier	2x15W
Speakers	Built In Speakers
Mounting Options	Table Stand Included
Dimensions and General Specs.
Power Supply	100-120V @ 50-60Hz
Power Consumption	450 Watts
Dimensions	43.5" x 30.5" x 3.9"
Weight	119.04 lbs.
FCC Class	FCC Class B, Home Use

Key Features of the Philips 42PF9966 42" Plasma Monitor

• 42-inch HD-ready Philips Plasma TV screen, 1,024 x 768p resolution
• 15 watts per channel stereo speakers with 2-way design and Virtual Dolby Surround
• Built-in dual NTSC tuners with PIP
• Dimensions: 43.5 x 30.5 x 3.9 inches (W x H x D)
• Philips Ambilight Technology enhances perceived brightness, contrast, and color accuracy
• Pixel Plus processor enhances every pixel for razor-sharp images
• Digital Crystal Clear technology and antireflective coating ensure high contrast & brightness
• Includes table stand; mounting brackets and a headphone output for private listening

Philips Plasma Technology

Latest HD Plasma technology, resolution 1024 x 768p.
This state-of-the-art Philips Plasma TV technology gives you up to HD resolution of 1024 x 768p. It produces brilliant flicker-free pictures with optimum brightness and superb colors. This vibrant and sharp image will provide you with an enhanced viewing experience.

Philips' Exclusive Ambilight Research has proven that watching television with Philips unique Ambilight results in a noticeably better picture. By relaxing the eyes of the viewer, Philips Ambilight allows the perception of more detail, more brightness, more contrast and truer colors. Ambilight also offers you a more relaxed viewing via a soft glow on the wall surrounding the TV.

Pixel Plus 2 Technology Delivers More Detail
Pixel Plus 2 is a digital picture processing technology that improves the resolution of still and moving pictures. It does more than adding pixels, it also makes the pixels better, resulting incredible sharpness and picture depth every time and from any source. And it does not just improve the resolution either, because you also benefit from improved color reproduction, resulting in the finest color details and superior brilliance.

Digital Natural Motion produces smooth images
Philips invented Digital Natural Motion to eliminate juddering effects that are visible with moving picture content. Digital Natural Motion estimates motion in the picture and corrects juddering movements in both broadcast and recorded movie material (DVD). The resulting smooth motion reproduction and excellent sharpness take the viewing experience to a higher level.

Progressive Scan for razor-sharp and flicker free images
Progressive Scan doubles the vertical resolution of the image resulting in a noticeably sharper picture. Instead of sending a field comprising the odd lines to the screen first, followed by the field with the even lines, both fields are written at one time. A full image is created instantaneously, using the maximum resolution. At such a speed, your eye perceives a sharper picture with no line structure.

3D comb filter separates colors for sharpest images
The 3D comb filter separates brightness and color signals better in 3D domain to eliminate cross-color, cross-luminance and dot-crawl distortion. The 3D digital comb filter performs field-by-field comparisons of the television image to accurately separate the color from the black-and-white information and remove both horizontally and vertically hanging dots, as well as dot crawl. The result is a razor sharp image.

ActiveControl Plus
Active Control Plus automatically analyzes, 50 times per second, the incoming signal and adjusts the key picture settings on Sharpness, Digital Noise Reduction, Color and Contrast. The ambient light sensor adjusts the settings according to the viewing conditions in the room. Active Control Plus+ thus offers the best possible picture settings any time, any source.

Convenience Features

Full-color ambient lighting enhances the viewing experience
The full-color ambient lights offers you relaxed viewing and a unique ambiance via a soft light glow on the walls surrounding the TV. Research has shown that watching television with adapted ambient lighting promotes more relaxed TV viewing. the Ambilight colors automatically adapt to the images on the screen to add a new sensation to the viewing experience. The light can also be switched to fixed colors or various shades of white. In standby mode, the lights can be operated to any color and create a unique ambiance in the room.

Flat, Slim, Wide
True flat multimedia TV which can be mounted on the wall like a painting.

Sophisticated design with a quality finish

Connects to your premium audio/video products

HDMI out for digital high-definition video and digital audio
HDMI stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface. It is a direct digital connection that can carry digital HD video as well as digital multichannel audio. By eliminating the conversion to analog signals it delivers perfect picture and sound quality, completely free from noise. HDMI is fully backward-compatible with DVI.

Audio System Features

Virtual Dolby® Surround Sound
Virtual Dolby Surround is processing circuitry for enhanced surround sound effects, which create the sensation of Dolby Pro Logic without the necessity of additional rear speakers. The benefit is that viewers are totally immersed in their television experience.

wOOx Loudspeaker Technology for deep, powerful bass
wOOx technology creates a superior bass sound by capturing and enhancing low frequency bass for a dramatically enhanced bass and sound experience.

Terminals and Connections

Audio/video inputs include a direct-digital HDMI input, 2 component-video (1 configured for RCA-type RGB+HV computer outputs, with separate horizontal and vertical sync terminals), 3 each S-video, and composite-video connections. A convenient side-panel input (including a headphone jack and an S-video jack) simplifies spontaneous hookups.

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link the set with any AV source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver). HDMI supports standard-definition (SD), enhanced definition (ED), or high-definition (HD) video, plus multi-channel digital audio--all using a single cable. It transmits all ATSC HDTV standards and supports up to 8-channel digital audio, with bandwidth to spare to accommodate future enhancements and requirements.

Also includes Center Channel input and Subwoofer output jacks (RCA).

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