Philips 42PF9831D 42-Inch LCD HDTV with Ambilight

Philips 42PF9831D 42-Inch LCD HDTV with Ambilight Review

Let me start by saying this TV completely spoiled regular tv that we are all used to. As my buddies and I watched our first HD movie with the ambilight full surround, within 10 minutes we all agreed watching tv without ambilight will never be the same again! The ambilight brought the tv to life, it's a whole new world. Picture quality is great, and I love the picture auto-format option. One cool feature is the demos you can view on live television. The philips tv sort of splits the screen and shows you what your picture looks like with and without Clear LCD and Pixel Plus 3. The difference is extremely noticable.

Sound is good, its loud, clear, and nice base.

Although the screen is 42 inches diagonal, the tv is approximately 50 inches wide. This is due to the black border of the tv and the white background that was added to reflect the ambilight. It's a brilliant looking tv, very luxurious.

One thing I was dissappointed about was the memorycard/media option. I like to edit and create videos and convert them to DivX, Avi, MPEG files. I thought I would be able to play those types of media files right off my of SD card. Turns out you cant. Just pictures, music, and .alb files.

The remote is very nice looking, and the back of the tv has multiple inputs.

Overall, your tv/viewing experience will never be the same once you get used to ambilight. It really makes a world of difference and you will love it... especially with the different modes of ambilight. You will fall in love with the tv, bottom line.

Philips 42PF9831D 42-Inch LCD HDTV with Ambilight Feature

• Hgh-definition LCD WXGA display- 1366 x 768p
• Integrated HDTV and CableCARD for unrivalled picture quality
• Pixel Plus 3 HD for most vivid and sharp HDTV images
• Clear LCD for sharp- fast and vibrant images
• Ambilight Full Surround for immersive viewing

Philips 42PF9831D 42-Inch LCD HDTV with Ambilight Overview

This state-of-the-art LCD screen gives you widescreen HD resolution producing 42 inches of brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures. HD ready offers picture quality beyond that of progressive scan. It conforms to strict standards to offer an HD screen that displays the picture quality of a High Definition TV signal. It can display 720p and 1080i signals at 50 and 60Hz while Pixel Plus 3 HD offers each pixel of the incoming picture enhanced to match the surrounding pixels better. Ambilight 4 complements the overall viewing experience and produces a fully surrounding glow of light that complements the colors and light intensity on all four sides of the image creating a floating display. The PC-link provides access to your personal digital media files and multimedia content through Ethernet (LAN) and WiFi with an optional wireless connection. Instantly view and share your movies, photos and music with the Memory Card slot that accept cards of various types. 176 Degrees Horizontal and Vertical Viewing Angle 5 Built-in Loudspeakers - Integrated subwoofer, Dome tweeter Multimedia connections - Ethernet-UTP5, UPnP, WiFi with optional Ethernet-bridge, 7-in-1 Memory Card Reader, USB streaming video capable Compatible Memory Card Types - Compact Flash type I, Compact flash type II, Memory stick, Micro drive, Multi-Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital Card (SD), Smart Media Card Playback formats - MP3, Slideshow files (.alb), JPEG still pictures, DivX 3.11, DivX 5, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, XviD Video playback - NTSC, PAL, SECAM Picture in Picture ( PIP ) - Full dual screen ( 2 tuners ), Text dual screen Screen format adjustments - 4 - 3, 6 widescreen modes, Auto format, Movie expand 14 - 9, Movie expand 16 - 9, Subtitle and heading shift, Super Zoom, Widescreen Unit Dimensions - Approximately Width 50.35 x Height 34.33 x Depth 4.48 inch (without stand) Unit Dimensions - Approximately Width 50.35 x H

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