Philips 42PFL7403D/27 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV Reviews

Review by Nick Wojdak for Philips 42PFL7403D/27 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV
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Very happy with this TV I have only had it now for 2 days. It is a the best LCD TV I have watched. Even 480i SD looks stunning thanks to the perfect pixel HD engine in this beast. The only con I can say so far is when an Ipod is hooked up it is very hard to pick out the songs. and I havent figured out playlists. But its a small objection compared to the tons of pluses of this TV. I have gotten tons of compliments on it from every friend that has seen it which is cool. I really am impressed in this TV.

Review by Matt Johnson for Philips 42PFL7403D/27 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV
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Great picture and sound with the speakers that are with the TV. I use my own surround sound system right now though. It has enough input ports for all of my Gaming systems, (Xbox 360, PS2, Wii.) I get full 1080P with just my Component Cable with my Xbox 360 and the picture is great no problems with the action looking jumpy.

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Only con that I have so far is that it does not come with a normal analog stereo out connection. My surround sound system only uses analog stereo connection and this TV only has 1 coax Digital out.

Review by Michael G. Mccardle for Philips 42PFL7403D/27 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV
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I purchased this TV at Sam’s last week, it compared very well in features to other TVs for a lot less $$, I paid $997. With 2 ms response time, pixel perfect engine, and 120hz you can’t ask more for your money. The remote is super intuitive, I got bonus points from the wife for that 🙂 It takes you through a neat setup the first time you plug it in to find your contrast brightness preferences and creates a “personal” setting for you. The thin glass frame around the set gives it a perfect frame against any wall.

One very important feature we were looking for was an anti reflective screen. Our living room has a wall of windows so we needed something with low glare, this TV is perfect for that! We looked kind of funny going down the aisle with a flash light but you would be surpised at how many LCD’s have a lot of reflection.

Overall this is an awesome TV, with all the right features. I only had to turn one off call “Digital Natural Motion”, which makes everything look like a home movie (30FPS vs 24 FPS). This feature might do well for nature programs or something, but for movies I prefer the movie “look” with the slower framerate.

Amazon advertises a “newer” version of this TV, but I did some research on Philip’s website and I can’t find any difference between this one (/27) and the newer one (/F7) besides that it will work in USA and Europe.

Review by Rich for Philips 42PFL7403D/27 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV
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I bought my Philips 42PFL7403D/27 fifty-four weeks ago. I was happy with this TV until yesterday when it failed. As the disgusting, but telltale, smell of failed electronics permeated my family room, the TV started up with an unusable dim and blotchy picture. My fallback TV is a 15-20 year old Sony with a vacuum tube display that still works. Having a TV fail after 1 year and 2 weeks is just unacceptable.

This is both the first and last Philips for me. And after reading on line about Philip’s repair services, I certainly wish I had never brought this thing. I am not looking forward to trying to get it fixed. Oh yes, when it worked the picture was very nice. As I said I was happy.

Review by RickN for Philips 42PFL7403D/27 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV
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Philips 42PFL7403D/27 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV

I’ve purchased this TV in early August and the picture quality can’t be beat in my opinion. On the other hand, the on screen controls don’t measure up. For example, type in a channel number and you’ll see a number that can’t be much larger than one inch square show up on the screen camouflaged among the current TV picture, then once the channel changes, huge bars cover a large potion of the screen displaying all the program info; looking like a huge horizontal bar chart. The remote while complete and intuitive is not laid out well nor is it ergonomically shaped.

Since it is a TV the picture quality is my highest priority and I’m very happy about that, but I would have thought Philips/Magnovox would have had a better handle on the design of the on screen documentation and remote layout.