Philips PFL7603 Series TV (37",42",47",52") Expert Reviews

The Philips Cineos 42PFL7603D is a lovely looking TV with superb HD performance and great sound at a sensible price -- the only real downside is the slightly ropey Freeview performance. This 42-inch 1080p LCD TV also has Ambilight, though not as ...

Design ; sound ; HD picture quality ; connectivity ; affordable

Freeview picture quality isn't brilliant ; Ambilight is sluggish

This is a lovely looking TV with superb HD performance and great sound at a sensible price -- the only real downside is the slightly ropey Freeview performance. Also, Ambilight isn't anywhere near as involving as it is on the 9703

The Philips 42PFL7603D is the ultimate flat TV from Philips. Its 106-centimetre screen boasts a 1920x1080 resolution. It uses various technologies such as the Natural Motion, which eliminates flickering, thus, creating equal movements. It also has the ...

Philips, like Samsung, Sony and Toilet Duck, is a household name now, but this 42-inch LCD isn't even a top-tier model, yet it looks every bit as good as some of its rivals. With no fewer than four HDMI ports, a full 1080p screen and two-channel ...

Philips' latest picture enhancement tech, Perfect Pixel HD Engine, has been left out in favour of the older Pixel Plus 3 HD jiggery pokery. That means no Clear LCD for crisp moving images and no 100Hz mode for ultra-smooth motion. Also, having seen ...

While it's not one of Philips best screens, this is still streets ahead of most mid-range LCD televisions thanks to its gorgeous design and solid all-round performance.

We clearly prefer the PFL7603H version to the --D-- which has too many downsides in addition to the absence of an HD compatible digital tuner.

Thanks to its HD digital tuner, the PFL7603H gains a star compared to the D version.

This new LCD screen from Ambilight advocate Philips boasts the sort of design flourishes you'd expect from a top-of-the-range HDTV: the 42in screen is surrounded by a narrow gloss black frame and transparent plastic lip; the glass tabletop stand is ...

Our Tech Labs measured the Philips real world contrast on the at 192:1, but the TV's Dynamic Contrast mode will improve its performance by dimming the screen's backlight during darker scenes. According to Philips it can be dipped to a mere five per ...

Inside this cutting-edge bodywork, though, beats not Philips' latest Perfect Pixel image processing engine, but last year's Pixel Plus 3 HD engine. If you want the latest Perfect Pixel HD engine in the new Design Collection bodywork, you'll have to ...

Frequently stunning picture quality, great audio, gorgeous looks, endless feature count, impressive connectivity

Slight motion blur, some contrasty edges look over-stressed, requires care with settings

The 42PFL7603D is the first LCD TV we've seen from Philips' 'Design Collection', and John's rather impressed.

Whether you're admiring the 42PFL7603D's stunning design, basking in the tranquil aura of its Ambilight system, lapping up its terrific pictures, being assaulted (in a good way) by its terrific audio power, or simply wondering how it can offer so much ...

A stylish, feature-packed set that looks the part and performs to an exceptionally high standard

Elegant styling ; clean, detailed images ; excellent Freeview picture ; natural colours ; sounds decent

Unintuitive, fiddly remote control

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