Philips 42PF9831D 42-Inch LCD HDTV with Ambilight Review

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(More customer reviews)With all the hoopla about whether or not the ambilight is a good thing, I have to rate it top-notch. I do not find it distracting as some have written and I think it is a big addition to the overall viewing experience. This is a beautiful TV which looks like a piece of artwork on the wall. Floating with the ambilight background around it reflecting off of the surrounding white pallette, this TV looks almost surreal. For an LCD TV

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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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