Philips 42PFL3603D/27 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
Posted on : 12-04-2010 | By : G'Fox | In : Philips TVs
Tags: 42Inch, 42PFL3603D27, Philips
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# Buy Philips 42PFL3603D/27 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV 42PFL3603D/27
I am extremely happy with this TV.
it says on a lot of sites that this TV has an 8ms response time, but when you look in the owners manual it says its 5ms.
I think watching SDTV on this TV is great. I work for the cable company, and that being said, I have seen A LOT of pricey/cheap whatever price range of TV, look like crap when it comes to standard def programing. its not really something you want to see after spending X amount of dollars on a new TV. this one pulls it off very well.
honestly its not spectacular, but it pulls it off very well.(and I have it in my bedroom sitting 5ft or less away from it)
I also have an upscalling DVD player(samsung) works great with it. but not ALL movies I watch get put into 1080P. like, I put in AC/DC Live at the Donington today, and it looks a little worse than my cable SD. but that’s ok with me. I put in Batman: the Dark Knight. it looks F-ing amazing. I also checked out a couple other movies like Kung-Fu Panda and The Simpsons movie: they look great too.
as for games, I really have only played GTA:IV on it once and I was playing it with the AV cables rather than the HDMI/component(whatever 360 uses) and it looked ok. looked better on my SD tube tv than it does on this TV, but I am hoping to get the HD cables for my 360 soon.
if I am able to update this later, I will.
and for the HDTV: its great. picture looks better than it does in the store.
its too bad I only get 1080i off of cable, but it still looks amazing.
this TV is just flat out amazing for the price. this is worth more than I payed for sure.
now as for the title “be carefull what they give you in the store”
the model I asked for at the store (which was the TV I REALLY wanted was the 42pfl7403d) that one had the computer connection that I wanted on the back, 120Hz, 2ms response time, and 30W audio output. which is what I really wanted for the sports, action movies, and high speed games.
but honestly the 42pfl3603d is just perfect already, other than the computer connection I wanted.
there is no blurring when it comes to fast picture.
I love this TV. its great.
**UPDATE**
I picked up component cables for my 360 yesterday after I wrote this review.
after I plugged it in and checked it out, looked a little better, but still a little crappy. but after a few setting changes on the 360 and TV itself, it looked great. just as good as I thought it was going to be.
(I tested out GTA4 at full 1080p)
**UPDATE**
I have only had this TV for about a month at this point.
several white (large) dots have shown up randomly. I counted about 39 messed up pixels. they come and go, seems to show up more when I am watching HD. after about 20 minutes they may go back to normal and come back 20 minutes later. very annoying, I am returning this TV and getting a Samsung.
Average Rating
Product Description
Designed for ease of use, this Flat TV features modern design, 3 HDMI connections, a powerful 1080p display and brilliant Pixel Plus HD engine. Making the smart choice in total picture quality has never been easier.
- 1920 x 1080p Resolution
- Pixel Plus
- 29,000:1 Contrast Ratio and 8ms Response Time
- 3 HDMI, 2 Component, 1 S-Video Inputs
- Anti-Reflection Coated Screen
Broken after 6-month and Philips refures the service. Do NOT touch !!! – Kiet Pham – San Jose, CA
We bought this 42″ LCD Philips TV at Target 6-month ago. The model number is 42PFL3603D/27. The TV was working fine. It delivers good HD pictures and sound, but it broke down after 6-month of usage. The TV could not display the picture, but sound is still available. When TV is on, all we can see on the screen is the vertical stripes. The catalog calls out that this model is warranted for 1-year from the date of purchase at page EN41 of TV catalog.
Then we called to complain to Philips Consumer Lifestyle. Philips sent the contract service to our place to physically look at the TV. The final decision was “crack screen by damage and it is not covered under warrantee”. This is actual false statement since we did NOT do anything related to the damage of our 6-month old TV.
The cause of this issue is NOT from impact damage. If there were an impact from outside (by us), the screen surface could have shown scratch, dent or impression. The outside surface is now pristine, smooth and showing no impact from outside whatsoever.
Bottom line: Philips is failure to honor service under the terms of warrantees to avoid replacement cost for defective TV. If you plan to use this LCD TV for more than 6 months, my advice is “DO NOT TOUCH THIS PRODUCT”
It was good for about 5 days – Anthony J. Austin – Tacoma, WA
Maybe I got a bad tv, but I don’t know. All I’ve heard about these things is good things, but mine has been anything but. Right away I noticed this horrible fuzz sound, it would just happen, with no rhyme or reason, and I’d have to turn the tv off and back on to fix it. After a month or so of haggling I finally got that fixed. After getting the new board put in and turning the tv on the picture was very dim, and there has been nothing we can do to fix it, and like usual Philips is taking their sweet time doing anything about it. Oh well, maybe sometime this year it’ll be fixed, but so far the problem has spanned 2 years, since it started right after I got it in November, and it’s January and it’s still not fixed. My warranty is only good for a year, so hopefully it’s fixed before that anyway. All I can say is be cautious about what you buy, and keep all the boxes and packaging, cause you may have to return it. And don’t trust the company when they say they’ll make it right, cause they don’t care, it’s not their tv afterall, they just work there.
