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Philips PFL9703 Series LCD TV (32",37",42",47",52") Reviews

42" Cineos LCD TV - 100Hz - widescreen - 1080p (FullHD) - HD ready 1080p - black gloss more product details

Picture and sound quality ; improved Ambilight ; decent selection of inputs ; attractive styling ; (cnet.co.uk)

The PFL9703H does produce nice images; however, it mainly suffers from its dynamic gamma correcti... (digitalversus.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Philips PFL9703 Series LCD TV (32",37",42",47",52")

We have collected and analyzed 24 expert reviews and 89 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 75/100 and users rate it 88/100. The average review date is August 5, 2008. We have compared these reviews to 181089 reviews from other TVs. The alaScore™ for this product is 95/100 = Excellent. Last update: July 3, 2009.

113 reviews

July, 2009

75 / 100

24 Experts

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88 / 100

89 Users

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Expert Reviews (24)

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Philips Cineos 42PFL9703

By Ian Morris (cnet.co.uk)

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 ...

The Olympus SP-570 UZ is an extremely promising superzoom, with the widest op...

Rating

85

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Philips 42PFL9703H

By Vincent Lheur (digitalversus.com)

The PFL9703H does produce nice images; however, it mainly suffers from its dynamic gamma correction that cannot be deactivated and black that could be deeper.

Rating

80

digitalversus.com
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Philips 42PFL9703D

By Vincent Lheur (digitalversus.com)

Devoid of an HD digital tuner, the PFL9703D loses a star compared to the H version.

Rating

60

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User Reviews (89)

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Philips 42PFL9703D

By newbiii (cnet.com.au)

would a philips sound bar HTS8140 improve sound quality of this t.v.?

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Philips 42PFL9703D

By Gunna (cnet.com.au)

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 ;

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Philips 42PFL9703D

By goowak (cnet.com.au)

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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