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Philips 30PW8520 30" Digital Widescreen HD-Ready TV

Philips 30PW8520 30" Digital Widescreen HD-Ready TV

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Features:
  • 30-inch widescreen RealFlat CRT with 1,200 x 1,080i resolution
  • 1080i, 480p capable with one HD component-video input and 5 total AV inputs
  • Active Control analyzes incoming signals and optimizes color, sharpness, contrast, and digital noise reduction
  • Eye Fidelity lets you choose between different line doubling and scanning techniques (progressive or interlaced)
  • Double window, two-tuner PIP lets you watch two programs simultaneously


Description:

The 30PW8520's 30-inch RealFlat, high-definition picture widescreen tube affords today's best home cinema viewing when used with a progressive-scan DVD player or an outboard digital set-top box for DTV reception. Picture enhancements like line doubling with Digital Natural Motion (480p/1080i) bring interlaced sources like VCRs and non-progressive-scanning DVD players into the digital realm, and a sophisticated comb filter further improves the quality of incoming interlaced video signals. Eye Fidelity provides the choice between different line doubling and scanning techniques, progressive or interlaced, so you can reduce motion artifacts like jagged edges and stair stepping. The set even offers four-channel sound with a built-in subwoofer for a rich, theatrical presentation. Virtual Dolby Surround simulates surround sound from any two speakers.

In addition, dual-tuner, double-window picture-in-picture lets you monitor one video source--such as a TV channel, the Internet, a videotape, or video game--while watching another. A feature called Active Control continuously analyzes incoming signals and optimizes picture color, sharpness, contrast, and digital noise reduction 60 times per second. Four rear-panel audio-video connections and one set of side AV inputs accommodate composite-video, S-video, and component-video, with one set of high-definition component-video inputs. A 0.125-inch headphone jack lets you listen in private. The set includes an NTSC tuner for standard TV reception and comes with a backlit universal remote control and a 12-month warranty on parts and labor.

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