Philips Essence is beautifully thin

Posted by John Brownlee, August 28, 2008 10:32 AM | permalink

Philips' news Essence HDTV is practically Gouda-thin at a diminutive 38 millimeters thick. Philips is going for the wall mounting crowd with this one (a club I'll soon be joining myself): it weighs only 36 pounds, includes a self-leveling mounting kit, and features a single cable that connects to a media hub and provides power, audio and video. No price yet, but HDTVs aren't horse flesh: you pay more for less in the gizmo game.

Philips Essence [Crunchgear]

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#1 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2008 10:54 AM

Sony just announced its thin HDTV panels:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/tc_nm/sony_dc_1

The 40" panel is only 9.9 mm thick! But it costs about $4500.

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#2 posted by thermidorthelobster , August 29, 2008 2:01 AM

"Self-leveling mounting kit". Hmm. I'm envisioning a single hole at the top dead centre of the casing, which you hook over a nail.

What happens if your floors are on the wonk and you want to make the telly parallel to the floor? I used to live in a house where carelessly placed golf balls would exit stage right.

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#3 posted by pupdog , August 29, 2008 3:53 AM

Since Philips has recently signed over its North American TV operations to Funai, I'm guessing this'll be one of those 'Europeans always get cooler shit' items...

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#4 posted by Anonymous , August 30, 2008 11:49 AM

#1 assumes equal weight across the width.

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#5 posted by historyman68 , August 30, 2008 7:38 PM

thermidorthelobster: Your comment is a work of art. Or maybe you're just English. But it was so well-constructed and easy to read, I had to tell you.