Coolest TV ever?

[IcEWoLF]

ambilight tv
Looks sweet!

 

[charper1]

"coolest" ? No offense, but...

IMHO I think this is EXACTLY what is wrong with consumers; more worried about being "in" or "cool" and having what the industry says is hip, as opposed to buying smart/correct.

Now that being said, don't you find the ambilight totally annoying and of no use to the actual image?

 

[gadgtfreek]

I've heard many people on AVS swear by the ambilight. Finally watched one in action the other day and was LESS then impressed.

 

[ripnbigc]

Ambilight is like neon lights under your car, totally useless.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Ambilight is like neon lights under your car, totally useless.

Hey now, dammit! I had those back in the day (when I was 19 :tux

 

[charper1]

I agree with all of the above; I too saw an Ambilight and all I could think was you paid how much extra to distract your eyes from the movie?

 

[jayn_j]

I agree with all of the above; I too saw an Ambilight and all I could think was you paid how much extra to distract your eyes from the movie?

They had this sort of thing back in the late '50s/early '60s. Didn't catch on then. Then there was the whole backlight your projector with a 6500k flourescent movement in the '90s. That didn't really catch on either.

 

[diogen]

Then there was the whole backlight your projector with a 6500k flourescent...

You mean the projected image on a screen? That idea is alive and well.
Can be not very easy to do, but it is scientifically sound and not a fade.

Diogen.

 

[charper1]

I too have decent DIY backlighting for my FPTV jayn_j, I think it is smart for best viewing and ease to the eye, but not a color and/or intensity fluctuating color.

 

[ripnbigc]

I have dim light behind my entertainment center so I'm not sitting in total darkness when watching movies, no light reflecting off the screen.

 

[Stargazer]

Everytime I tell someone that I plan on having a tv screen over 100 inches they are very impressed and many have not heard of the projectors. I think there is a market for them here and I might try to start selling them and use these rooms I am fixing up where I plan on putting one as a demonstration room. I am sure I can get some sales from this. Could even make some extra income selling them the bulbs maintaining them.

 

[JimMcC]

That's the stupidest looking electronic device I've ever seen.

 

[dfergie]

That's the stupidest looking electronic device I've ever seen.

I gotta agree with ya ...

 

[truckracer]

ambilight

Ambilight is like neon lights under your car, totally useless.

I was out cruising the streets in my '05 GTO and some kid asked me why I didn't have what he referred to as "drag lights" = neon lights. I was joking and asked him how much horsepower those things give you. He said " I think they help some". I was thinking Wow! This kid needs to go to mechanic school for a couple of weeks LOL

Most of those "bells and whistles" are pretty useless especially on a tv. I want pic quality and accuracy-not some fancy flourescent light around the edges.

 

[dfergie]

OT I saw a Pickup on the Highway the night before last with a light like this coming from the cab .. Could see it for miles...

 

[Lazybird000]

Cool indeed.

 

[Chucky Cheese]

ambilight tv
Looks sweet!

philip has been making this technology a couple years already. This is nothing new.

 

[jeffrey_schramm]

philip has been making this technology a couple years already. This is nothing new.

Ya think so?

What gave it away, the fact that it says right in the picture "Philips celebrates the one millionth ambilight"?

 

[truckracer]

useless junk