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Philips 42PFL7662D - 42" Widescreen 1080P Full HD LCD TV - With Freeview
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| Price: | £1,035.61 |
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Product Description
Philips invites you into the world of high definition with the 42PFL7662D Full HD television! This 1920 x 1080 resolution TV comes with a contrast rate of 5000:1 to display deep blacks and bright colours on its 42" screen. It has a digital tuner so you can watch free digital television channels, an electronic programme guide and several image improvement functions such as Pixel Plus 2 HD technology that provides for crystal clear images by increasing the number of lines and pixels used. Plus, the 42PFL7662D has a 3D digital comb filter that separates colours and improves clarity by sharpening contours. Perfect for your digital entertainment and family get togethers in front of the television, the 42PFL7662D includes two HDMI sockets so you can hook up external video devices. The 42PFL7662D takes television to another level!
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #22464 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Philips
- Model: 42PFL7662D/05
- Released on: 2007-06-10
Features
- PHILIPS 42" LCD TELEVISION
- PIXEL RESOLUTION 1920 X 1080
- CONTRAST RATIO 4000:1
- 2 X HDMI CONNECTIONS AND 2 X SCART CONNECTIONS
- INTEGRATED FREEVIEW
Editorial Reviews
Manufacturer's Description
Turn up your viewing experience
with Integrated Digital Tuner
With this TV you can now enjoy the benefits of digital TV, Electronic Program Guide and digital quality content. At the same time, you can also watch superb pictures with Pixel Plus clarity and details.
Vivid, natural and razor sharp images
Exciting and lifelike sound
Slim, stylish design to complement your interior
Designed for your convenience
For advanced performance
LCD Full HD display 1920x1080p
This display has a resolution that is referred to as Full HD. The state-of-the-art LCD screen technology has the full high-definition widescreen resolution of 1080 progressive lines, each with 1920 pixels. This allows the best possible picture quality for HD input signals with up to 1080 lines. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with optimum brightness and superb colours. This vibrant and sharp image will provide you with an enhanced viewing experience.
Integrated Digital DVB-T tuner
The integrated DVB-T tuner lets you receive Digital Terrestrial TV to watch or record. This means you do not need an additional set top box or additional cables.
HD Ready
Enjoy the exceptional picture quality of a true High Definition TV signal and be fully prepared for HD sources like HDTV broadcast, Blu-ray DVD or HDVD. HD ready is a protected label that offers picture quality beyond that of progressive scan. It conforms to strict standards laid out by EICTA to offer an HD screen that displays the benefits of resolution and picture quality of a High Definition TV signal. It has a universal connection for both analogue YPbPr and uncompressed Digital connection of DVI or HDMI, supporting HDCP. It can display 720p, and 1080i signals at 50 and 60Hz.
Pixel Plus HD
Pixel Plus is a digital picture processing technology that increases the number of lines and the number of pixels. The result is razor sharp pictures with incredible detail and depth from any HD source.
3D combfilter
The 3D comb filter separates brightness and colour signals better in 3D domain to eliminate cross-colour, cross-luminance and dot-crawl distortion. The 3D digital comb filter performs field-by-field comparisons of the television image to accurately separate the colour from the black-and-white information and remove both horizontally and vertically hanging dots, as well as dot crawl. The result is a razor sharp image.
Incredible Surround™
Incredible Surround™ is an audio technology from Philips that dramatically magnifies the sound field to immerse you in the audio. Using state-of-the-art electronic phase shifting, Incredible Surround™ mixes sounds from left and right in such a way that it expands the virtual distance between the two speakers. This wider spread greatly enhances the stereo effect and creates a more natural sound dimension. Incredible Surround™ allows you to experience total surround with greater depth and width of sound, without the use of additional speakers.
Compact and slim design
This design style emphasises a slim, compact look that saves space and fits in anywhere.
1000 page Hypertext
Teletext is a common system transmitted by most broadcasters. 1000 page smart text gives you extremely fast access to information when changing pages.
Dual HDMI input
HDMI makes an uncompressed digital RGB connection from the source to the screen. By eliminating conversion to an analogue signal, it delivers an unblemished image. The non-degraded signal reduces flicker and provides a clearer picture. HDMI intelligently communicates the highest output resolution with the source device. The HDMI input is fully backward compatible with DVI sources but includes digital audio. HDMI uses HDCP copy protection. With two HDMI inputs you can connect multiple HD sources, for instance an HD settop box, and a Blu-ray player. Your TV is fully prepared for the HD future.
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Customer Reviews
Not bad value considering the low price
I have recently purchased this TV, and am now in a position to give an unbiased review to anyone else tempted to buy this product.
Good Points - Solid build, good looking unit, swivel stand is great. Menus are easy to use, Blu ray movies (through PS3) and HD games (PS3/X-box 360) look impressive. Very cheap compared to other models.
Bad Points - Blu ray movies (through PS3) in 1080p judder noticebly when slow panning (this is a known fault with showing 24 frames per second at 60 hertz and is not specific to this model). Preset picture and sound modes are not that good. Using the personal setting I managed to find a setting I liked, but only one personal setting can be saved. Sound through speakers seems bassy and dull across all presets, there is a sound equaliser in the setup options that may help, but the manual doesn't explain how to use it. Headphone sound appears unnaffected by the pre-sets, and on my set there was a constant low buzz emitted through the headphones which soon annoys (except during blu-ray playback). The set when muted gives off a low volume high pitch whine, altering pitch each time a new scene appears on the screen. The standard definition TV quality is acceptable, but the huge size of the screen magnifies the imperfections/ghosting of the signal. The television is very heavy (the stand alone weighs 6KG). The TV pumps out quite a bit of heat from the top, but I will save on heating bills!(the room felt warm after it had been on a while!)
Summary - Not a bad TV, good looking set, solid build, and cheap for a 42 incher. A bit disappointing on the range of presets (vision and sound) and a few niggly problems. HD overall looks and sounds great, SD looks worse than on a smaller set. Good value for money though.
Phillips 42" Full HD TV
Its not often I review anything but this is a brilliant TV. Only thing it lacks for me is Picture in Picture & a socket to connect to a PC which both come with cheaper TV's. However 1 componant & 2 HDMI sockets is useful (console/cable/spare). As is 2 Scart sockets (DVD Player).
Picture quality is fantastic on both SD & HD (Xbox360/Virgin Media HD). With quality like I havnt seen on another HD TV.
Had the TV now for 5 months & havnt had the slightest of problems & easy to set up too.
I've had no problems at all
I have now had this TV for about 2 months now and have had no issues at all. Picture is sharp and the sound is pretty good too. No complaints here. Fast delivery as ever from Amazon and overall I'm very happy with my purchase.
