Philips 42PFL5704D/F7 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

Review by sihui for Philips 42PFL5704D/F7 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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Amazing picture, but only if you setup certain things:

turn off “Active control”

turn off “Dynamic contrast” and you will have a perfect picture.

Review by D. Yap for Philips 42PFL5704D/F7 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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3 months later:

Did not regret a bit on my purchase. Excellent HD LCD TV! More I use it, the more I love it.

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1 week after delivery:

Watch the Olympic opening ceremony on a Phillip 47″ wall-mounted LCD @ a local restaurant and was amazed by the sharp and beautiful picture of it. When a 1-day special of $699 from amazon.com listed on “[…]” comes up, jumped @ the opportunity to get one myself. Also, purchased an extended 2-yr warranty w/ it for $99 just in case. So far, no problem, and very happy w/ it.

Ordered it on a Thurs, got it delivered the following Friday (from Dallas, TX to S.F., CA). Very easy to setup. Took me less than 10 mins. Pictures is as beautiful & sharp as ever. No disappointment or surprises there. Sound-wise, a little disappointing at first. Based on some of the older dvd movie soundtrack, at times I’ve to turn the volume way up to get decent sound. But when I go out and bought a brand new “Madonna Italy concert” dvd, the sound was excellent. So, I guessed, it all depends on the soundtrack that comes w/ the dvd. TV reception is good and clear. I used an external antenna. No cable, at least not yet. Remote work well. All controls easy to follow. Haven’t read the user guide yet. 4 HDMI ports are plenty. So far, using 1 hdmi port for my vcd+dvd recorder/player combo deck, and AV port for my karoake deck. USB port works well w/ my digital video camera. Still got plenty ports left for other hookups.

With average sound, plan on getting a Bose 5.1 surround sound home theater system in the near future to go w/ it. With Bose sound and Phillip excellent picture, that should complete my new home entertainment center.

Wrap up:

1. Great price. 2. Easy setup. 3. Excellent picture. 4. Easy to use. 5. So-so sound…but w/ getting a Bose theater surrond sound system in the near future, it should be fantastic.

I’m very happy and it’s a great buy.

Review by Michael Fish for Philips 42PFL5704D/F7 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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The picture is beautiful. Bright, vibrant, crisp, good at viewing from a angle and everything I had hoped for in LCD HD. The TV also has a black that really seperate the colors to leap off the scree. The inputs are adequate and the remote design is good but would prefer back-lighting. My first review with Amazon and I could not have picked a better product to have written about.

Review by Hardik Thakker for Philips 42PFL5704D/F7 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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Pros

1. Awesome picture quality

2. Easy to setup – walks you through a series of pictures with different brightness and contrast and asks you to select between two pics (left | right) – Also different default picture modes are useful at times.

3. Awesome Sound – one of my friend actually asked me if I had some additional speakers / woofer connected while watching a movie.

4. 120Hz and 2ms response at this cost is unbeatable

5. Looks beautiful

6. Easy to setup with HD antenna

Cons:

Does not have a VGA input but I knew this before purchasing it. I use S-video on my laptop to connect to the TV