Philips to launch Ambilight successor Aurea

from Engadget by Erik Hanson

Consumer electronics manufacturer Philips will demo their successor to Ambilight — the ambient lighting technology that generates light effects on the sides of a television — at European expo IFA on August 30. The new technology, named Aurea, will be featured using a film by director Wong Kar called Seduction by Light. From early photos, the new sets incorporate the lighting directly into the frame, instead of using the previous method of a glass frame around the set.

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