We’ve managed to get our mitts on a Philips 42PFL9803 LCD television, one of the very first HDTVs to feature LED backlighting. Our first impressions: it’s a cracker that challenges - and maybe beats - Pioneer’s Kuro televisions in the contrast ratio stakes.

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We first caught sight of Philips Lux TV at IFA in August, but now the new 42PFL9803H is finally going on sale, packing the company’s intelligent LED backlighting to give a whopping 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio.

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This portable pub from Philips was a big surprise, buried among Philips’ latest range of health and beauty products. Its clean metallic lines and the orange digital readout are typical of the giant Dutch brand though and it promises to pull a perfect pint of Heineken.

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Want surround sound but can’t be bothered setting up loads of speakers and hiding a ghastly mass of cabling? Philips feels your pain, brother/sister - and the CinemaOne is the medicine!

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Remember Philips’ bonkers Aurea television from last year? Well, the mother of all Ambilight TVs is back, and by god it’s better - we’re talking an even crazier light show and a rejigged design.

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Wall mounting your telly can be a right pain in the proverbial - but it’s a situation Philips’ skinny new Essence TV could well remedy.

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Philips’ newly-unveiled 42PFL9803D LED Lux TV is all set to revolutionise LCD picture quality by boosting black levels to plasma-beating standards.

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It’s hardly the most colourful of colours, but the mighty morphing LED light from Philips is back in a misty black pearl livery. It still lives up to its LivingColors name though, by throwing a whole spectrum of coloured light onto your walls at a touch of the remote control. Wow, the colours man…

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