Full HD LCD display, with a 1920×1080p resolution

The Full HD screen has the widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest resolution of HD sources for the best possible picture quality. It is fully future proof as it supports 1080p signals from all sources, including the most recent like Blu-ray and advanced HD game consoles. The signal processing is extensively upgraded to support this much higher signal quality and resolution. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with superb brightness and colors.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Best price for great 42″ LCD
For the price of $750 you will unlikely find a 42″ LCD that has as great quality as this Philips! I had a Vizio 32″ prior to upgrading and saw a remarkable difference in the picture, sound and overall appearence!!!

4 Stars This thing is amazing
I purchased this product on Black Friday as an early Christmas gift. It’s my first flat panel HD TV. I bought it on the specs, the Philips name and the price.

Set up was a snap. It took longer to get it out of the box than to get it operational. The remote is intuitive. The on screen menus are simple and straightforward.

For me coming from a traditional TV, the picture is outstanding. Colors are rich and lush. The blacks are black. The detail is amazing. You can see the pores on news anchors’ skin. The screen is viewable from multiple angles.

Speakers are hidden within the unit’s case. Sound quality is excellent.

Setting up other devices (DVD player, game console) was simple. It has more connectors than I expect I’ll need (at least for now).

This unit provides a lot of value.

5 Stars GREAT TV!!!
So far, so good! We love this TV. It is perfect for our family…the sound & picture are great. It’s great for our games and movies too!

5 Stars price vs. performance
“I bought this tv a few weeks ago for our kids to use for their viewing. (XBOX 360/ WII, ..etc.) The XBOX 360 graphics when using HDMI are incredible.

Sound is good enough. FWIW, the headphone jack is a nice feature for use w/ wireless headphones. i.e. The kids can put on headphones and “voila!” peace and quiet.

HD channels are very crisp/clear. Standard def is pretty good also. (standard def depends alot on signal strength from your cable provider.)

Overall I gave the tv a 5-star rating b/c of the low price and reasonable performance ratio. This is not a high-end Sharp or Sony so I am not considering that in the review. It is however several hundred dollars less that the high end.”

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Experience brilliant performance with a breathtaking Full HD 1080p, 120Hz display! Combined with HD natural motion and exciting invisible sound, this flat TV ensures you’re always part of the action.Pixel precise HD builds on the award winning pixel plus foundation. It brings picture quality to the next level with 69-billion colors and HD natural motion, making all your movies fluent moving and razor sharp. Thanks to the pixel precise 120Hz LCD, you are buying the fastest LCD TV’s in the category with 2ms response time delivering extreme motion sharpness for all your movies and sports.The Full HD screen has the widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest resolution of HD sources for the best possible picture quality. It is fully future proof as it supports 1080p signals from all sources, including the most recent like Blu-ray and advanced HD game consoles. The signal processing is extensively upgraded to support this much higher signal quality and resolution. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with superb brightness and colors.

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Full HD LCD display, with a 1920×1080p resolution

The Full HD screen has the widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest resolution of HD sources for the best possible picture quality. It is fully future proof as it supports 1080p signals from all sources, including the most recent like Blu-ray and advanced HD game consoles. The signal processing is extensively upgraded to support this much higher signal quality and resolution. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with superb brightness and colors.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars This thing is amazing
I purchased this product on Black Friday as an early Christmas gift. It’s my first flat panel HD TV. I bought it on the specs, the Philips name and the price.

Set up was a snap. It took longer to get it out of the box than to get it operational. The remote is intuitive. The on screen menus are simple and straightforward.

For me coming from a traditional TV, the picture is outstanding. Colors are rich and lush. The blacks are black. The detail is amazing. You can see the pores on news anchors’ skin. The screen is viewable from multiple angles.

Speakers are hidden within the unit’s case. Sound quality is excellent.

Setting up other devices (DVD player, game console) was simple. It has more connectors than I expect I’ll need (at least for now).

This unit provides a lot of value.

5 Stars price vs. performance
“I bought this tv a few weeks ago for our kids to use for their viewing. (XBOX 360/ WII, ..etc.) The XBOX 360 graphics when using HDMI are incredible.

Sound is good enough. FWIW, the headphone jack is a nice feature for use w/ wireless headphones. i.e. The kids can put on headphones and “voila!” peace and quiet.

HD channels are very crisp/clear. Standard def is pretty good also. (standard def depends alot on signal strength from your cable provider.)

Overall I gave the tv a 5-star rating b/c of the low price and reasonable performance ratio. This is not a high-end Sharp or Sony so I am not considering that in the review. It is however several hundred dollars less that the high end.”

5 Stars Best price for great 42″ LCD
For the price of $750 you will unlikely find a 42″ LCD that has as great quality as this Philips! I had a Vizio 32″ prior to upgrading and saw a remarkable difference in the picture, sound and overall appearence!!!

5 Stars GREAT TV!!!
So far, so good! We love this TV. It is perfect for our family…the sound & picture are great. It’s great for our games and movies too!

Buy/More Info

Full HD LCD display, with a 1920×1080p resolution

The Full HD screen has the widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest resolution of HD sources for the best possible picture quality. It is fully future proof as it supports 1080p signals from all sources, including the most recent like Blu-ray and advanced HD game consoles. The signal processing is extensively upgraded to support this much higher signal quality and resolution. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with superb brightness and colors.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Best price for great 42″ LCD
For the price of $750 you will unlikely find a 42″ LCD that has as great quality as this Philips! I had a Vizio 32″ prior to upgrading and saw a remarkable difference in the picture, sound and overall appearence!!!

5 Stars GREAT TV!!!
So far, so good! We love this TV. It is perfect for our family…the sound & picture are great. It’s great for our games and movies too!

4 Stars This thing is amazing
I purchased this product on Black Friday as an early Christmas gift. It’s my first flat panel HD TV. I bought it on the specs, the Philips name and the price.

Set up was a snap. It took longer to get it out of the box than to get it operational. The remote is intuitive. The on screen menus are simple and straightforward.

For me coming from a traditional TV, the picture is outstanding. Colors are rich and lush. The blacks are black. The detail is amazing. You can see the pores on news anchors’ skin. The screen is viewable from multiple angles.

Speakers are hidden within the unit’s case. Sound quality is excellent.

Setting up other devices (DVD player, game console) was simple. It has more connectors than I expect I’ll need (at least for now).

This unit provides a lot of value.

5 Stars price vs. performance
“I bought this tv a few weeks ago for our kids to use for their viewing. (XBOX 360/ WII, ..etc.) The XBOX 360 graphics when using HDMI are incredible.

Sound is good enough. FWIW, the headphone jack is a nice feature for use w/ wireless headphones. i.e. The kids can put on headphones and “voila!” peace and quiet.

HD channels are very crisp/clear. Standard def is pretty good also. (standard def depends alot on signal strength from your cable provider.)

Overall I gave the tv a 5-star rating b/c of the low price and reasonable performance ratio. This is not a high-end Sharp or Sony so I am not considering that in the review. It is however several hundred dollars less that the high end.”

Buy/More Info

Experience brilliant performance with a breathtaking Full HD 1080p, 120Hz display! Combined with HD natural motion and exciting invisible sound, this flat TV ensures you’re always part of the action.Pixel precise HD builds on the award winning pixel plus foundation. It brings picture quality to the next level with 69-billion colors and HD natural motion, making all your movies fluent moving and razor sharp. Thanks to the pixel precise 120Hz LCD, you are buying the fastest LCD TV’s in the category with 2ms response time delivering extreme motion sharpness for all your movies and sports.The Full HD screen has the widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest resolution of HD sources for the best possible picture quality. It is fully future proof as it supports 1080p signals from all sources, including the most recent like Blu-ray and advanced HD game consoles. The signal processing is extensively upgraded to support this much higher signal quality and resolution. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with superb brightness and colors.

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Perfect Pixel HD Engine offers the unique combination of ultimate sharpness, natural detail, vivid colors and smooth natural motion on all qualities of HD, standard TV signals and multimedia content, for high definition displays. Each pixel of the incoming picture is enhanced to better match the surrounding pixels, resulting in a more natural picture. Artifacts and noise in all sources from multimedia to standard TV and also in highly compressed HD content are detected and reduced ensuring that the picture is clean and razor sharp.The Full HD screen has the widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest resolution of HD sources for the best possible picture quality. It is fully future proof as it supports 1080p signals from all sources, including the most recent like Blu-ray and advanced HD game consoles. The signal processing is extensively upgraded to support this much higher signal quality and resolution. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with superb brightness and colors.Philips invented HD Natural Motion to eliminate juddering effects that are visible with movie based picture content. HD Natural Motion estimates motion in the picture and corrects juddering movements in both broadcast and recorded movie material.120Hz Clear LCD creates extreme motion sharpness for clear and vibrant images even with fast on-screen motion.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Great… for those that don’t have a picky eye
We bought this TV against my better judgement, because of the price. The set itself is rather good looking, and the set-up is relatively a breeze. I can see that this brand and model are geared more towards people who aren’t to be bothered by complex features and advanced menu functions. I, however, am.

While this set may boast some of the same technologies as other, higher-quality sets, the technology isn’t quite the same. The 120 Hz HD “Natural Motion” feature just isn’t as refined as it is on other sets. But the worst is the HD “Pixel Perfect” feature that is supposed to make everything sharper. Unfortunately, this is like going into a remedial photo editing program and using the Sharpen Image tool about 5 times too many (if any of you have played around with editing your photos, you may know what I’m talking about). The result is that a lot of times, you get the dreaded “halo effect” around edges. Sometimes this benefits the picture with bolder, simpler images, but when there are lots of smaller details, this actually ends up making the picture worse. Pixel Perfect has actually made certain DVD text impossible to read. That’s completely unacceptable. I have to say that the contrast in this TV is pretty poor.

The one plus about this TV is that the sound system is OUTSTANDING. They are probably among the most powerful speakers ever to be mated to an LCD TV.

With all that said, this set will suit you fine if you just want a just-capable-enough set with a big picture and impressive sound, but those with a more discerning eye will definitely need to look somewhere else.

5 Stars Best value for money
I received 52PFL7403D/27 today and hooked it up to HD Satellite Dish and a new Blue-ray player.

I am really impressed by the quality of the picture, the clarity, fluidity (120Hz) and sound. I compared this extensively to the Bravia W series at Costco and found this to have better anti-reflective screen, better sound system and deeper blacks than the Sony. Also the 2ms response time is best in industry. I liked the simple and elegant GUI. The color setting wizard does an excellent job. The remote is simpler than others I have seen but I will soon be replacing it with my Logitech remote.

With my first (upscaled) DVD movie tonight I was shocked at how clear every thing looked and I have not even played a Blu-ray DVD yet. ESPN and other channels looked awesome too. The technology is unbelievable.

5 Stars Best Multisystem TV
Note that this TV will work with 110- 220V and with NTSC as well as PAL signal- thus this is a truly multisystem TV and that was a key criterion for me. I compared this also to the only somewhat multisytem TV on the market(Sharp) Additionally:

Positives:

1. VERY natural picture- people have mentioned the 3D effect in HD- it is true, you can actually feel the depth in the studio behind the newscaster. Natural skin tones – very comfortable on the eye. Sharp had a more “smudged” color feel

2. Decent SD. Since it is 52″ please do not sit nearer than 8 feet to view SD or you will be disappointed in any 52″ TV, but I think this TV does a good job on SD.

3. Very easy set up- no need to spend $ on professional calibration. The Sharp I had to keep calibrating again and again.

4. Enough inputs options. 4 HDMIs, 2 component, 1 S and 1 Composite, 1 USB. No computer input though unless use DVI

5. Comes with swivel stand

6. Great in bright light, although in high amount of sunlight the contrast gets washed out.

Negatives:

1. Digital natural motion and 120Hz don’t seem to make much of a difference for me. MAybe there is something to it- I am yet to see it clearly.

2. Picture gets grayer as you move away from the center of the TV. Sharp had less of an issue

3. Decent profile/ looks- simple black bezel, but Sharp is thinner and lighter and better looking though. This one is heavy- much more than Sharp

As for the Sony and Samsung enthusiasts, please go for them if you have the extra $, they definitely have a better picture and you should judge the price/ value equation. I had to rule them out as they are not Multisystem.

Finally I struggled a lot about Plasma vs. LCD (over >6 months actually), ultimately the weight, power requirement and bright light compatibility moved me in favor of LCD.

Godd luck!

5 Stars Best Hd i have ever seen
My phillips was stolen about a week ago

i “thought” i would get an upgrade by going with the 52″ sony Bravia

w4100 i was wrong wrong wrong my wife is very upset she had gotten used to the real life looking hd of the phillips and to downgrade to the bravia made us feel like we had bought a SD TV i want my phillips back

5 Stars Great tv and great price!!
We bought this TV from SAMS Club and it has the highest ranking of the most important features for LCD tvs; Resolution 33,0000 to 1, 2ms response, 120 hz, and a great price. I can’t stop talking about the “real life” picture. I feel as if I am standing on the sidewalk watching the action in a movie. The sports are crystal clear and no blurring. What a great picture!!!

Buy/More Info

Perfect Pixel HD Engine offers the unique combination of ultimate sharpness, natural detail, vivid colors and smooth natural motion on all qualities of HD, standard TV signals and multimedia content, for high definition displays. Each pixel of the incoming picture is enhanced to better match the surrounding pixels, resulting in a more natural picture. Artifacts and noise in all sources from multimedia to standard TV and also in highly compressed HD content are detected and reduced ensuring that the picture is clean and razor sharp.The Full HD screen has the widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest resolution of HD sources for the best possible picture quality. It is fully future proof as it supports 1080p signals from all sources, including the most recent like Blu-ray and advanced HD game consoles. The signal processing is extensively upgraded to support this much higher signal quality and resolution. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with superb brightness and colors.Philips invented HD Natural Motion to eliminate juddering effects that are visible with movie based picture content. HD Natural Motion estimates motion in the picture and corrects juddering movements in both broadcast and recorded movie material.120Hz Clear LCD creates extreme motion sharpness for clear and vibrant images even with fast on-screen motion.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Geat Buy!
We bought a Philips 32″ Flat screen & loved it. So when we were looking for a new 52″ for the living room, we knew Philips was a great brand to go with. We also knew that we needed to buy a screen that had a matt finish to it, & this one did (even though it does not list it in it’s description, it does have a MATT FINISH SCREEN, for those who don’t like a glare from the sunlight or in-house lighting). The picture is “brilliant with color” & the sound is just “ok”, until we can afford a surround sound system to hook up to it, we’ll just have to deal with it. Only reason we gave it 4 1/2 stars is b/c of the sound quality isn’t the best. Overall, great buy for the money!!!!

5 Stars Great picture! do not see any halo-ing effect but realy 3D illusion picture on selected blue-ray movies!
Philips 52PFL7403D/27 52-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTVI’ve chose Phillips LCD TV because I think Sony and Samsung are making its products overprized by brand name. I liked a technical data reported on Phillips site for this TV. Can not find any artifacts on the screen of this breathtaking device! Perfect Pixel works well. Strongly recommend anyone who wants good 52” machine. My son is very picky but he couldn’t say anything bad about quality of this product. It’s amaizing 3D effect that you can get sometimes. I’m happy!

5 Stars Great TV, you won’t regret it!!
This TV is amazing, the picture quality on HD channels is wonderful and still good on non-HD. Stick a Blu-Ray in and you get awesome picture that makes you feel like you are there! Fly over scenes make you feel like you are flying! I would highly reccomend this TV for anyone looking to get a great tv at a great cost!

3 Stars Not for Pros
If you want to upgrade your TV on the cheap, than you can get away with spending relatively little for this set. You will, however, get a fairly dumbed down TV with half-*ssed technology. I had the most problems with the “Pixel Perfect HD” feature, which uses aggressive edge enhancement… to the point that it creates excessive halo-ing and artifacting. It becomes a hit or miss with picture clarity, and ends up suffering the most with fast motion, or heavy details. The Automatic ratio recognition is also pretty lousy, and the overall speed at which the set can decode signals is annoyingly laggy.

If you’re the type of person who just wants a big TV and don’t have a discerning eye, than you should do fine with this set. Otherwise, spend the money for something better.

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