| Reviews : Philips 47PFL7422D/37 47-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV |
Technical Details
- 47" LCD, 1080p
- 1920 x 1080p full HD resolutioin
- 3 HDMI inputs, plus CVI and S-Video inputs
- Pixel Plus HD Engine for the most vivid and sharp HD images
- USB connect to play music files or digital pictures
Product Description
Philips 47" LCD, Widscreen HDTV, 1080p for the highest HD picture performance, Pixel Plus HD Engine for the sharpest pictures possible, Built in ATSC/Qam tuner, 1920 x 1080p resolution, Virtual Dobly Surround Sound for theater like sound experience, Matching swivel stand, USB connect for easy multi-media playing, 2xHDMI, CVI and S-Video inputs.Similar Products
Customer Reviews
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Do not let the three-star review concern you too much, I am pleased with this television purchase. However, the picture quality, clarity, and color saturation are not great but still a good value at the price. Similarly, the sound control is nightmarish. Anyone using this screen for television watching is advised to keep the set permanently muted and to wire the sound through ANY other speaker you can find. All in all, this is an average screen at a somewhat below average price. I would recommend this as a nice step into flat screen technology for those who aren't looking to drop the additional hundreds/thousands for a Samsung or Pioneer set but still want the improvements in television technology.
By John Chester (Virginia Beach, VA, USA)
I've helped 2 friends buy & install this TV. Both have been thrilled with it.
Great picture & easy setup make this model a winner!
By J. Trefny (Houston, TX)
Bought this for my husband. Now we have to watch everything in HD it drives me crazy but the picture is incredible. We also bought the Peerless mount and mounted it to the wall it looks great.
By Peter Foerster (Salem, WI)
I purchased this TV two months ago at a popular warehouse retail store. I had spent one month researching and shopping around. At the start of my research, I was leaning toward a 42" Plasma. Throughout my research process I determined that the LCD technology was equal to, and probably surpassing the plasmas. I decided to switch gears and only focus on LCD's. I had also been told by MANY of my peers that, "whatever size you are thinking about, go one higher assuming you have the space." I took their advice, and have not been disappointed.
My ultimate decision to purchase this Phillips model was in large part due to the cost; however I spent a considerable amount of time in the store fine tuning the picture on the floor model to make sure that I could achieve results that I was looking for. I found that within a short amount of time I could get the picture to look at least as good as all the other floor models, and better than the majority of them. The menus are not as easy to navigate through, as some other brands, but I see this as a non-factor. Once I set up the picture and programmed my favorite stations, it's simple to use.
I'm an Architect so overall set design was also important to me. I have to say that the Phillips, by far, was the best TV to look at, regardless of it being turned on. The TV stand, is very geometric, and constructed out of simple materials, without plastics. In my opinion the set would fit very well in any "contemporary" room. I recently hung mine on the wall with a peerless, tilting, wall mount, and concealed the cables. I'm slightly sad that I had to moth-ball the stand, however now the room looks like it has another piece of art on the wall. I couldn't be happier with the purchase. A great way to spend the Tax Return!!!
By Matt (San Diego, CA)
Ok, let me start by saying I've never written a review before - but owning this TV compelled me to let you all know what to expect. I regretted buying this thing within a few hours of owning it. I bought it at another vendor and had 90 days to return it, so I stuck with it for about 2 months while I searched for a better TV, which ended up being the SAMSUNG 46" LNT4661F - which I'm VERY happy with.
I was replacing my plasma with an LCD because I started playing too many games and was starting to see some burn-in. So off to Store X to buy an lcd... And this Phillips looked good on display - and the price was right...
Ok... I'll give some pros:
1. HD looks pretty good - it's really not bad. Decent blacks, etc. If you are playing HD content and don't care about standard def, then you'll probably be ok.
2. It DOES do 1080p - and over component. I played my xbox 360 on it in 1080p mode over component. I don't know what some of these people were complaining about - either an old firmware or they don't know what the heck they are doing.
3. Inexpensive compared to some others.
4. The "remote insensitivity" thing someone mentioned was NOT an issue. The tv responds to the remote within seconds of turning on the TV.
Now my list of cons.
1. It's dim - I mean DIM. I had it cranked all the way up on the brightness and still - pretty dull. No amount of settings tweaking is going to help you get this thing brighter or more clear. I went on the forums and got people's "stellar settings" and they still were marginal at best. Better have a nice dark room. It's not unwatchable DIM, but you'll see what I mean when you start maxing out brigthness and go "wait - that's it?"
2. Standard Def looks TERRIBLE. I had a plasma before, and it looked fine. We all know SD won't look stunning, but jeez is looks god-awful on this thing. And when all the news (cnn, foxnews) is still in SD for the foreseeable future - you are gonna probably be watching SD at some point or another. Fuzzy and dim...
3. Random brightness changes. I'd be in the DVR menu for my cable box and select which program to watch, and a second later *bink* the brightness just changes to a little bit dimmer. I had turned off any "helper" features and any automated fixer-uppers - so why it was still automating stuff was very irritating. I don't remember this ever happening with HD content - and it would only seem to happen when I left my DVR menu - but I wouldn't want to find out later this is some known bug.
4. Viewing angle is poor. I'd move to the side and this thing got very dark in a hurry. Thought that was just an LCD thing until the new samsung I bought soon after looked fine at other angles.
5. Fuzzy picture on the xbox 360 (over component) during some stuff. I noticed the graphics on call of duty 4 during their loading phase were much more fuzzy than they had been on my plasma. However, while in-game I didn't seem to notice anything different. Also, the xbox dashboard and the "signed into xbox" things were always very fuzzy. I noticed that when I put my new Samsung LCD into "game mode" I got the same effect. It looks like the phillips is permanently stuck in that "game mode" for whatever reason - guess they want less ghosting or something. BTW, the samsung functions great for games without the "game mode" thing. I don't see any ghosting - but maybe I'm not looking closely enough.
So what I did...
I took this back got a SAMSUNG 46" LNT4661F. Wow! No kidding - night and day difference. Bright, I mean at 80% of brightness this thing was brigther than the brightest setting on the philips. Colors are vivid - especially in standard def. I'm not some weird tv viewer guy that has to have brightness and colors cranked up - which might be what you're thinking. No, they just pop out at you. The samsung has a great viewing angle as well. And very important to me - the Standard def looks fantastic - even when stretched across the screen to remove bars. HD looks great, of course. I'm not affiliated or selling samsung - just letting you know how happy I am with it.
So I know you're saying "well, sure the samsung is way more expensive - of course it's better." Well, sort of. It can be up to 400-500 more - but I had time to shop around - and ended up getting it for 100 bucks more than the phillips. If you can wait - wait for a great deal on a samsung - might take you 3-4 weeks but it's worth it. I did it online - which I was very paranoid about. No problems, no dead pixels, no DOA. They are on a truck all the time, whether that truck goes to any merchant or your house, it's probably gonna get there in one piece.
Bottom line. I'll never buy another phillips tv. If you can afford it, go with a samsung lcd.
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