The first generation of ambient light TVs were ok but the were still severely lacking. Philips has officially announced their next product in their lineup of ambient lighting TVs. The 42-inch Philips Aurea sets incorporate the lighting directly into the frame, instead of using the previous method of a glass frame around the set. They will be 1080p and have a 3ms response time. In addition, there’s “four trillion colors” and three HDMI 1.3 inputs. On the audio side, it has 26 speakers embedded inside, in a combination of 24 front mini drivers and 2 subwoofer/mid speaker boxes. As far as contrast and brightness goes, it’s a 550cd/m2 display with a true and dynamic contrast ratio of 1200/8000 to one. Not a very impressive contrast ratio, however the ambient light makes up for it. It runs on the Perfect Pixel HD Engine picture quality platform. There is no word on price yet.

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