Philips PFL74x3 (2008) Series

93% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Very good sound Multimedia playback via USB port

Disappointing picture quality Clumsy switching between inputs

Though the remote lacks backlighting and programming capabilities, it's quite good--small, light, and comfortable to hold. The buttons are well laid out, too. The remote includes picture-in-picture buttons, but the TV lacks picture-in-picture

Very good sound ; Multimedia playback via USB port

Disappointing picture quality ; Clumsy switching between inputs

The Philips 42PFL7403D/F7 has some nice touches for a low-cost HDTV, but it suffers in a crucial area: image quality.

Great styling ; 100Hz actually works ; Deep black levels ; Four HDMI ports ; Great HD images

Picture presets are awful ; Noise reduction ineffective ; Poor off-axis viewing

Conclusion Given that the two TVs look alike it's natural to compare the 7000 and the 9000 series directly to each other. Both are very capable TVs, but given the relatively small price difference, we think that 9000 is actually better value with its...

Big enough. Cheap

Motion compensation is *massive overkill* on this TV. It made actors look like they were swimming in water. I turned it off, but then what is the point of 120hz? The Sharp Aquos I replaced this with after I returned it (see below) does a much better...

Huge ; Ridiculous Price (might as well be stealing it right off the back of a truck) ; No dead pixels ; 120Hz ; 2ms Response Time ; Tons of features, HD Natural Motion, PixelPerfect, Custom Picture setups for movies, sports, tv..etc ; Plenty of...

I didn't buy it sooner ; No Picture-in-Picture ; Now my friends won't stop coming over ever satuday and sunday to watch the games

It's HUUUGE ; It's cheap ; Great picture ; Speakers are great.(if you use them) ; Plenty of display options to play with ; Plenty of connections ; No dead pixels ; 120 hz, 2ms, 1080p

No *dedicated* PC input.(can be fixed with the right cable) ; Slight risk buying refurb.(mine had cosmetic blemishes on both the front and back, but i don't notice them when the tv is on.) ; I would rank the display as a notch down from the "top brands

Huge, great colors when set up properly, no ghosting with the great 2ms response time, no discernible flickering (but it's actually 60hz, not 120hz as advertised the 120 is a cheap trick involving 60hz display + 60hz backlight, or something like that),...

Likes to change settings without telling you when switching modes and then forgets to change back when you revert to previous mode. I have to adjust the screen alignment every day because it changes it when I switch to console inputs. Apparently has...