This attractive, slim display is a delight to use. Essential features like Smart Contrast that ensure rich, bright images make it a great choice! Great picture quality • LED technology for natural colours • Smart Contrast 10, 000, 000:1 for incredibly rich black details • 16:9 Full HD display for the best viewing experience Design that complements any interior • Attractive slim, glossy design • Small footprint to blend into any lifestyle Greener every day • Mercury Free eco-friendly display • Energy Star for energy efficiency & low power consumption Great convenience • Easy display performance tuning with Smart Control Lite LED technology White LEDs are solid state devices which light up to full, consistent brightness faster saving startup time. LEDs are free from mercury content, which allows for eco-friendly recycling & disposal process. LEDs allow for better dimming control of the LCD backlight, resulting in a super high contrast ratio. It also gives superior colour reproduction thanks to consistent brightness across the screen. Smart Contrast ratio 10, 000, 000:1 You want the LCD flat display with the highest contrast & most vibrant images. Philips advanced video processing combined with unique extreme dimming & backlight-boosting technology results in vibrant images. Smart Contrast will increase the contrast with excellent black level & accurate rendition of dark shades & colours. It gives a bright, lifelike picture with high contrast & vibrant colours. 16:9 Full HD The Full HD screen has the widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest resolution of HD Issue date 2011-10-12 Version: 2.0.2 12 NC: 8670 000 75704 EAN: 87 12581 60159 1 sources for the best possible picture quality. It is fully future-proof as it supports 1080p signals from all sources, including the most recent sources such as Blu-ray & advanced HD game consoles. The signal processing is extensively upgraded to support this much higher signal quality & resolution. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with superb brightness & colours. Smart Control Lite Smart Control Lite is the next generation 3D icon- based GUI monitor control software. This allows the user to fine-tune most parameters of the monitor like Colour, Brightness, screen calibration, Multimedia, ID management etc with the mouse. Mercury Free Philips monitors with LED backlighting are free of Mercury content, one of the most toxic natural substances, which affects humans & animals. This allows for an eco-friendly display throughout its life- cycle, from manufacturing to disposal. Energy Star 5.0 Energy Star is a US EPA sponsored energy efficiency programme also adopted by many other countries. Energy Star certification ensures that you are buying a product which meets the latest power efficiency standards & which operates with maximum power efficiency at all operational levels. New Philips monitors are certified for Energy Star 5.0 specifications & meet or exceed the standard. For example, in sleep mode Energy Star 5.0 requires less than 1 Watt power consumption, whereas Philips monitors consume less than 0.5 Watts. Further details can be obtained from www.energystar.gov