European Plasma-TV 2009-2010 -> Panasonic TX-P42V10E
Making it the best choice in the plasma arena is the TX-P42V10E’s fine balance of picture quality, functionality and up-to-date technology, and of course a competitve price. This display offers a really enjoyable cinema-like experience, with excellent contrast and natural colour, achieved with no effort from the user thanks to the THX Preset setup feature. It can give you real Full HD pictures from terrestrial broadcasts, thanks to its MPEG4-compatible tuner, while an HD satellite tuner is included too. And it can keep you ‛connected’ with VieraCast, bringing the Internet directly to the display through useful widgets, while DLNA compatibility allows access to multimedia content from the user’s network. Last but not least, the NeoPDP panel guarantees an excellent efficiency in terms of power consumption. It would be difficult indeed to find all these features elsewhere at the same price.
European LCD-TV 2009-2010 -> Philips 46PFL9704H/12
Competition in the LCD display market is tough, but Philips once again offers a masterpiece for moving pictures. With its backlight now using 224 LED segments and local dimming, the 46PFL9704H/12 will amaze viewers with the deepest blacks ever, making for an impressive picture with high contrast. Thanks to Philips ‛Perfect Natural Motion’ correction system, sharpness of detail is unsurpassed even in scenes with vertical movement. Philips’ unique Setup Assistant makes it easy to find your favourite picture settings, and the set is well-prepared for online Internet use. Some useful websites are pre-installed, but after browsing the whole Internet, you can store favourite places as shortcut icons. With a USB connection or DLNA, you can bring your own media files to the screen from your PC, media server or memory card. Philips’ 46PFL9704H/12 is the most exciting entertainment centre for any home, its great picture performance complemented by Philips amazing Ambilight feature.
European Webmedia-TV 2009-2010 -> Samsung UE46B8000
Television enters new dimensions of entertainment with Samsung’s ultra-slim UE46B8000 edge-lit LED-backlight LCD display. Today’s customers look for high grade picture quality and stylish design, but they also want the options and benefits of web services and home networks. The UE46B8000 offers it all, with easy access to Flickr, YouTube, Twitter and various news services, by wired or wireless Internet. Its USB and DLNA connectivity allows it to handle any kind of media from streaming home servers, camcorders, portable music players, and external FAT or NTFS drives, covering most sound and video formats, even in High Definition. Meanwhile, the UE46B8000’s own on-board content library offers an exciting collection of games, fitness exercises, cooking recipes, art gallery and much more.
European Best Value LCD-TV 2009-2010 -> LG 42SL8000
A great Full HD viewing experience at an affordable price - that’s what the LG 42SL8000 brings to every customer’s home. This new LCD TV convinces viewers with its natural-looking colours, amazing contrast and deep blacks. It also looks great, with its unique seamless glass-front design and concealed speakers. LG’s integrated ‛TruMotion 200 Hertz’ technology grants smooth motion reproduction on all material, including 24p sources such as Blu-ray. For home cinema enthusiasts, the 42SL8000 offers a rich choice of sophisticated options and adjustments, with practical presets reached through clear and simple menus. While the average customer will be able to set up the 42LS8000 very effectively using LG’s ‛Picture Wizard’, it’s also ISFccc Ready, for professional calibration.
European HT Innovation 2009-2010 -> Philips Cinema 21:9 + BDP9100
The announcement of Philips’ Cinema 21:9 HDTV was greeted with great enthusiasm by home cinema buffs. And for a good reason, for as more BD releases are offered in their original cinematic aspects of around 2.35:1, this is the first set that gets close to offering the widescreen impact intended by the director. Philips’ 56PFL9954H, named in full, still partially scales the BD’s 1080p output to fill its 2560x1080 pixel screen but the results are both natural and compelling. Philips’ own BDP9100 Blu-ray player with subtitle-shift function is the ideal partner. This is a Profile 2.0 machine that handles Dolby and DTS HD audio formats with 1GB of internal memory to accommodate BD Live extras. Philips is the first to offer a truly cinematic widescreen experience from a TV, but you can bet others will follow!
European Green TV 2009-2010 -> Samsung UE40B7000
Large, flat screen TVs are among the most power hungry and intensively used of domestic appliances. Samsung’s UE40B7000 (black version UE40B7020) is leading the charge for fully-featured TVs that deliver stunning HD pictures while respecting the environment. Its advanced LED-based backlight technology uses significantly less energy than traditional LCD TVs and even complies with the stricter EEC requirements to come. What’s more, this ultra-thin panel also allows for smaller and more economic packaging, enhancing its ‛green’ credentials.
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