Philips 42PF9831D 42-inch LCD TV review

Philips goes for broke with plenty of features, but is it enough?

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Zoom/See more images HD-Ready TV with Ambilight By: Paul Lester Manufacturer: Philips Price as Reviewed: £ 2700 Latest Price: £ 2842   >> Read full review Tools Our score >> See other reviews with this score Your Score >> How would you rate this product?

Quick Review Published: 29 September 2006 The good: It looks fantastic, HD performance is excellent, a massive range of connectivity including HDMI, USB and Ethernet ports, HD up to 1080i The bad: You really need HD to get the most from this LCD, it is quite, no 1080p support, expensive, fairly bulky Verdict: Image quality, a massive range of connections and the magnificent full surround Ambilight make for breathtaking performance You say: 1 reader review for this product >> Sign up and write a review... >> Read full review Share >> Digg >> Reddit >> Del.icio.us >> Newsvine >> Stumbleupon Want it Own it Rate it Tags HomeCinema 1733 news, 277 reviews Televisions 343 news, 41 reviews LCD televisions 170 news, 26 reviews Philips 140 news, 49 reviews >> More tags Compare Prices Philips 42PF9831 42 in. HDTV-Ready LCD TV (LCD TV, 42 inch, HDTV-Ready Television, Resolution: 1366 x 768 pixels, Brightness: 550 cd/m², Contrast Ratio: 4,000:1, Aspect Rat...) Shop at Price (inc VAT) £2842.00 Compare Prices for all 1 Sellers (£2842 - £2842) HomeCinema Ovei offers multimedia experience VIDEO: Ovei Pod Sony KDL-32W4000 The latest in HomeCinema in last 60 days LATEST NEWS >>Weekly news roundup - 04/07/08 >>Daily news roundup - 04/07/08 >>VIDEO: Tech week in view on Megawhat News >>LG Scarlet HT953TV Home Cinema System lands in UK >>LG launches Levinson-tuned home cinema systems >>LG launches portable DVD players >>LG intros Freeview Playback HDD DVD recorders >>Daily news roundup - 03/07/08 >>BBC wants to add "pre-order" function to the iPlayer >>Freeview Playback to become Freeview Plus LATEST REVIEWS >>Acer H5350 home cinema projector >>The Water Horse - Blu-ray >>Pioneer KURO PDP-LX5090 television >>Sony KDL-32W4000 television >>Be Kind Rewind - DVD >>Orbitsound T12 soundbar speaker >>HANNspree HT11 television >>Loewe Connect 37 Media television >>OneForAll Energy Saver remote >>Rambo - DVD LATEST READER REVIEWS >>Archos TV+ >>Humax PVR-9200T v2 Freeview player >>Bose Lifestyle 48 home cinema system >>Humax LP32-TDR1 LCD television >>Casino Royale - DVD >>Eragon - DVD >>Thomson TopUpTV PVR >>Toshiba HD-E1 HD DVD player >>TVonics DVR-150 PVR recorder >>Cars - DVD LATEST IN PICTURES LATEST IN VIDEO >>VIDEO: Tech week in view on Megawhat News >>VIDEO: Megawhat News - O2 says one iPhone 3G per customer >>VIDEO: Megawhat News - Bill Gates takes his bow RECOMMENDED TAGS >> Televisions >> DVD >> HD DVD >> Blu-ray >> Projectors Pocket-lint.co.uk

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