Flight of Fancy
If you accept the CIA’s version of events, the whole incident was merely a misunderstanding. A joke, really. The kid was in the attic all along and everybody got worked up over nothing. Har dee har har. Well, I know what I felt was real. The terror and confusion of that terrible afternoon were too vivid to be wished away by the Big Lie Machine and its profusion of Smaller But Still Pretty Good Size Lie Machines.
Just look at the facts. As I saw on the Philips 19” LCD HDTV I keep in my taxidermy studio, the “balloon” in question spiralled lazily through the crisp autumn sky, its silver foil glistening in hi-def 1440×900p resolution. But I’ve watched enough Road Runner cartoons to know how a balloon behaves when punctured in flight, especially in the American West. A real balloon would’ve either zig-zagged quickly and crazily around, slamming into various rock outcroppings along the way, or simply fallen straight down like an anvil. So that begs the following question: this so-called “balloon” wasn’t even a balloon at all!
Now, let’s look at the landing. The world saw – or thought they saw – the “balloon” bump gently to Earth in a freshly plowed dirt field. It looked realistic enough to me, thanks to the Digital Crystal Clear picture and NASA’s experienced team of special-effects experts. But I bet I could find a Professor of Balloon Physics (let’s call him Dr. Herschel Flibbo of College Academy University State Tech) who would say that such a landing could only be executed by a trained balloon pilot. Why is the so-called “scientific” world so terrified of what Dr. Flibbo has to say?
Also, that field looked suspiciously flat to me. Have we forgotten that Colorado is known as the Rocky Mountain State? Guess whoever mocked up this hoax missed that day in 6th-grade geography class.
But here’s the most damning piece of evidence. Remember when everybody crowded around the fallen “balloon”, and a nation waited breathlessly to see if the boy would emerge OK, only to be told that there was nobody inside? Thanks to the crisp detail of my Philips HDTV’s 800:1 contrast ratio, I was able to see that, on the contrary, there were actually hundreds of children being briskly spirited away from the crash site into an underground passageway located directly under the so-called “balloon”. Skeptical? Come over and watch it. Or buy a Philips HDTV yourself along with a copy of Hot Air: Puncturing The 10/15 Conspiracy, my fearless, eye-opening DVD documentary that will forever change the way you view fearless, eye-opening DVD documentaries.
They say there was no kid in that “balloon”; I say there were hundreds of kids. They say the kid was actually hiding at home in his attic; I say the kids were led down into the bowels of the Earth to toil in the FBI’s underground LSD mines. Examine the evidence on a neutral, objective Philips HDTV and you can only reach one conclusion. And no, wiseguy, that conclusion is not that I need to go back on my meds. Whatever my lying fraud of a doctor says, I feel just fine this way.
Features
Warranty: 90 Day Philips
Features:
- HD LCD display, with a 1440×900p resolution
- Up to 5ms response time for clear, fast moving action
- Dynamic contrast for incredible rich black details
- Incredible Surround for enhanced audio enjoyment
- Dolby Digital output for connection to a home theatre system
- 2 HDMI inputs for full digital HD connection in one cable
- PC-input allows you to use your TV as a PC monitor
- Auto mode selects the perfect mode for what you are watching
- ATSC & QAM tuner receives over the air and unscrambled cable
Picture/Display:
- Aspect ratio: Widescreen
- Brightness: 300 cd/m²
- Contrast ratio (typical): 800:1
- Dynamic screen contrast: 4000:1
- Response time (typical): 5 ms
- Viewing angle: 160º (H) / 160º (V)
- Diagonal screen size: 19 inch / 48.1 cm
- Visible screen diagonal (inch): 18.95 inch
- Panel resolution: 1440×900p
- Picture enhancement: 3/2 – 2/2 motion pull down, Digital Crystal Clear, Dynamic contrast enhancement, Progressive Scan
Supported Display Resolution:
Computer formats
- 640×480 60Hz
- 800×600 60Hz
- 1024×768 60Hz
- 1280×1024 60Hz
- 1440×900 60 Hz
Video formats
- 480i 60Hz
- 480p 60Hz
- 720p 60Hz
- 1080i 60Hz
Sound:
- Output power (RMS): 2×3W
- Sound Enhancement: Incredible Surround
- Sound System: Dolby Digital (AC-3)
Loudspeakers:
- Built-in speakers: 2
Convenience:
- Child Protection: Child Lock+Parental Control
- Clock: On main display, Sleep Timer
- Ease of Installation: Autostore, PLL Digital Tuning, Plug & Play
- Ease of Use: Auto Volume Leveller (AVL), Channel list, Side Control
- Remote Control: TV
- Remote control type: YKF230-008
- Screen Format Adjustments: 4:3, Auto Format, Movie expand 14:9, Movie expand 16:9, Super Zoom, Widescreen
Tuner/Reception/Transmission:
- Aerial Input: 75 ohm F-type
- TV system: ATSC, NTSC
- Video Playback: NTSC
- Cable: Unscrambled Digital Cable -QAM
- Tuner bands: Hyperband, S-Channel, UHF, VHF
Connectivity:
- AV 1: Audio L/R in, YPbPr
- HDMI 1: HDMI v1.3
- HDMI 2: HDMI v1.3
- Front / Side connections: CVBS in, Audio L/R in, Headphone out
- Audio Output – Digital: Coaxial (cinch)
- Other connections: PC Audio in, PC-In VGA
Power:
- Ambient temperature: 5 °C to 40 °C
- Mains power: 90-110V, 50-60Hz
- Power consumption: 50 W
- Standby power consumption: < 0.3 W
Dimensions:
- Set dimensions in inch (W x H x D): 18.4×13.7×2.7 inch
- Set dimensions with stand in inch (W x H x D): 18.4×15.4×6.5 inch
- Weight incl. Packaging (lb): 12.7
- Product weight (lb): 9.6 (with stand), 8.7 (without stand)
- Box dimensions in inch (W x H x D): 20.2×17.6×5.9 inch
- VESA wall mount compatible: 100×100 mm
In the box:
- Philips 19PFL3403D/27B 19” 720p LCD TV
- Remote Control
- Power Cable
- 3.5mm to 3.5mm Audio Cable
Inset photo credit: christopher.woo
Specs
Philips 19PFL3403D/27 19” 720p LCD HDTV with 2 HDMISpecs
Philips 19PFL3403D/27 19” 720p LCD HDTV with 2 HDMISales Stats
- Speed to First Woot:
- 1m 54.000s
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