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$1661.00
Picture and sound quality ; improved Ambilight ; decent selection of inputs ; attractive styling (cnet.co.uk)
Devoid of an HD digital tuner, the PFL9703D loses a star compared to the H version. (digitalversus.com)
We have collected and analyzed 29 expert reviews and 112 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 76/100 and users rate it 90/100. The average review date is September 14, 2008. We have compared these reviews to 208618 reviews from other TVs. The alaScore™ for this product is 95/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 19, 2009.

950100
141 reviews
November, 2009
29 Experts
Product Age
112 Users
Rank 25
from $1661.00
The Philips Cineos 42PFL9703 is the 42-inch version of the next generation of Ambilight LCD TVs, with more rear-mounted lights than ever before to enhance your movie-watching experience. With four HDMI inputs, full 1080p and cleverly designed speakers ...
Picture and sound quality ; improved Ambilight ; decent selection of inputs ; attractive styling
Price ; menus are a little ugly ; remote control scroll wheel is a pain sometimes
This is the most impressive Philips TV we've seen for some time. The picture and sound quality are both excellent and the Ambilight is an improvement over the older two strip version. It does add to the movie experience, although perhaps not enough to ...
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Good picture quality, four HDMI inputs
High price, 100Hz mode flickers, not many legacy inputs
It has all the right specifications, but an imperfect 100Hz mode and a lack of inputs for older devices stop the 42PFL903D being an easy choice.
Philips' latest 42-inch LCD offers good picture quality and plenty of digital...
would a philips sound bar HTS8140 improve sound quality of this t.v.?
Has anybody setup the new Philips 42PFL9703D (9 series) with a video calibration disc (eg Digital Video Essential HD)? I would like to hear what your results were. What are your settings, did you adjust the colour palet, what picture enhancers do you ha...
Awesome SD picture, TV and DVD ; Wasn't sure about the look at first but it has grown on me ; Can be greatly rewarded after spending some time tweaking the settings ; Again - Really Awesome SD picture
Default settings are not good ; Blacks could be darker (but thats LCD for you) ; Are all the picture enhancers necessary ; No video streaming, I dont see why it couldn't if Philips wanted
100hz leaves some to be desired. but all in all with its 2 ms response rate and wide colour gamut it provides colours as good as sony with none of the lag. 3 yr warranty provides good piece of mind, and usb and ethernet are welcome extras. having compared...
2ms ; 100hz ; usb ; ethernet ; 3yr ; european
100 hz and pixel plus can be detrimental ; aesthetically not as good as the last series ; no ambilight
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