Philips 50pf9966-79 User Manual

50PF9966/79

Highlights

Widescreen flat TV with Pixel Plus 2 and Ambilight

50" plasma HD Ready

 

This state-of-the-art plasma screen technology 
gives you widescreen HD resolution of up to 
1366 x 768p pixels. It produces brilliant flicker-
free progressive scan pictures in with optimum 
brightness and superb colors. This vibrant and 
sharp image will provide you with an enhanced 
viewing experience.

Enjoy the exceptional picture quality of High 
Definition pictures and be fully prepared for 
HD sources like HDTV settop box or Blu-ray 
disc. HD Ready is a protected label that offers 
picture quality beyond that of progressive scan. 
It conforms to strict standards laid out by 
EICTA to offer a HD screen that displays the 
benefits of resolution and picture quality of a 
High Definition signal. It has a universal 
connection for both analog YPbPr and 
uncompressed Digital connection of DVI or 
HDMI, supporting HDCP. It can display 720p, 
and 1080i signals at 50 and 60Hz.

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.

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 (such as DVD). The 
resulting smooth motion reproduction and 
excellent sharpness take the viewing 
experience to a higher level.

The 3D comb filter separates brightness and 
color signals better in 3D domain to eliminate 
cross-color, cross-luminance and dot-crawl 
distortion - all of which detract from your 
viewing pleasure. 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.

Active Control is a unique and intelligent way 
of optimizing picture quality by measuring and 
analyzing the incoming signal to automatically 
adjust picture quality settings. Active Control 
with Light Sensor uses a sensor to adjust the 

picture brightness depending on the room light 
conditions.

Virtual Dolby Surround is a processing 
technology for enhancing surround sound 
effects. It will create the sensation of Dolby 
Pro Logic without the necessity of additional 
rear speakers. You become totally immersed 
in your television 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.

HDMI makes an uncompressed digital RGB 
connection from the source to the screen. By 
eliminating conversion to an analog signal, it 
delivers an unblemished image. The non-
degraded signal reduces flicker and leads to a 
clearer picture. HDMI intelligently 
communicates the highest output resolution 
with the source device. The HDMI input is fully 
backward compatible with DVI sources but 
includes digital audio. HDMI uses HDCP copy 
protection.