Excite your senses!
The Philips 42PFL9603D is not for the fainthearted, as it comes fully loaded with a staggering amount of features that you really need to understand if you're going to fully exploit its awesome potential.
Immerse yourself in a captivating Ambilight experience. Featuring Perfect Pixel HD Engine, this TV combines Perfect Motion Sharpness, 2250 trillion Colours and Perfect Contrast with Ambilight Spectra 2 lighting up your viewing experience!
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Philips |
| Graded
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This means the TV is either an end of line, surplus stock item. Fully inspected and technically perfect with 12 month warranty. The item may not be supplied in original packaging* but is otherwise in excellent condition. *Packaging will be supplied for safe transit. See the About Us and FAQ pages for more information.
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Yes |
| HD Ready
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HD Ready TV sets have a minimum horizontal resolution of 720 lines which means they are capable of displaying high definition TV signals (like those from your Sky HD Box or Playstation 3)
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Yes |
| Full HD 1080p
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1080p refers to the number of horizontal lines whioch can be displayed by the TV screen. In order to view high definition images from your Blu-ray player or Playstation 3 at their very best you will require a TV capable of diplaying 1080p images
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Yes |
| FHD Ready
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Experience the highest definition possible today with Full HD 1080p. Blu Ray movies and next generation gaming come to life on your screen with the 1920 x 1080 resolution providing such a clear image you truly feel part of the action.
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Yes |
| 100Hz Clear LCD
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100Hz Clear LCD for superb motion sharpness. 100Hz Clear LCD gives you clear and vibrant images even in fast motion. It gives high contrast with a flickerfree, quiet image, and increases the LCD displays viewing angle.
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Yes |
| Contrast Ratio
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This is the measurement of the difference in light intensity between the brightest white and the darkest black. The higher the contrast ratio the better the picture quality
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30,000:1 |
| Get Digital
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Inclues a digital tuner capable of receiving up to 40 free channels with no monthly subscription or need to add a set top box
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Digital tuner with all Freeview channels |
| 30:000:1 Contrast Ratio
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With a Dynamic Contrast Ratio of 30,000:1, images are presented with power, precision and lifelike detail. The Digital Dynamic Contrast is controlled by a variable backlight behind the panel. The internal dimming or brightening of the PDP backlight creates incredibly dark and bright images making for a clearer natural image.
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Yes |
| Ambilight Spectra 2
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The sensorial halo of Ambilight Spectra 2 adds a new dimension to the viewing experience. You feel fully immersed in the images, viewing becomes a more intensive experience than you could ever imagine. The compact Power LED technology integrates seamless in the back cover avoiding any glare to the front. The separate drive of the LED´s creates a multitude of light segments that fuse into one soft surround of light. This offers an improved following of onscreen content and a dramatic extension of the picture in the room.
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Yes |
| Wall Mountable
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Yes |
| Other Information
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Actual Colour: High gloss decofront with black back cover |
| Virtual Dolby Surround
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A processing technology for enhancing surround sound effects. It will create the sensation of Dolby Pro Logic without the necessity of additional rear speakers. You become totally immersed in your television experience.
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Yes |
| Picture Enhancement
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Picture enhancement technology improving the quality of your screen image
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Perfect Pixel HD Engine , Perfect Natural Motion , Perfect Contrast , 3/2 - 2/2 motion pull down , 3D Combfilter , Active Control + Light sensor , Jagged Line Suppression , Progressive Scan , 1080p 24/25/30 Hz processing , 1080p 50/60 Hz processing |
| Pixel Resolution
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Measures the number of vertical lines by the number of horizontal lines which can be displayed by the TV. A TV with a high pixel resolution will have more pixels on screen making images appear sharper and clearer.
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1920 x 1080p |
| Perfect Pixel HD Engine
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Perfect Pixel HD Engine offers the unique combination of ultimate sharpness, natural detail, vivid colours and smooth natural motion on all qualities of HD, standard TV signals and multimedia content, for high definition displays. Each pixel of the incoming picture is enhanced to better match the surrounding pixels, resulting in a more natural picture. Artefacts and noise in all sources from multimedia to standard TV and also in highly compressed HD content are detected and reduced ensuring that the picture is clean and razor sharp.
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Yes |
| Television Type
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LCD |
| HDMI Connection
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HDMI is a digital connection which carries sound and picture signals from peripheral devices (like a DVD recorder or Home Cinema) to your TV. If you want to watch High Definition programmes (eg from Blu-ray player, Playstation 3 or Sky HD Box) you will need to use the HDMI connection
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4 |
| BBE Technology
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Gives a pure ‘noise-free’ clarity to every sound coming from your BRAVIA set - from an exploding building to a gently inhaled breath. BBE adds nothing artificial to the digital audio signal but instead restructures it to faithfully allow every original detail and nuance.
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Yes |
| Incredible Surround
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Incredible Surround™ is an audio technology from Philips that dramatically magnifies the sound field to immerse you in the audio. Using state-of-the-art electronic phase shifting, Incredible Surround™ mixes sounds from left and right in such a way that it expands the virtual distance between the two speakers. This wider spread greatly enhances the stereo effect and creates a more natural sound dimension. Incredible Surround™ allows you to experience total surround with greater depth and width of sound, without the use of additional speakers.
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Yes |
| Brightness
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500 cd/m2 |
| Pixel Plus HD
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Pixel Plus HD is a digital picture processing technology that increases the number of lines and the number of pixels. The result is razor sharp pictures with incredible detail and depth from any HD source.
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Yes |
| Screen Size
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42" |
| Picture in Picture
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Text Dual Screen |
| Progressive Scan
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A superior way of viewing images compared with the traditional interlaced method.Withprogressive scanning all of the horizontal lines are displayed in the frame in one go.
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Yes |
| Non reflective coating on TV screen
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Yes |
| Sound System
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Virtual Dolby, BBE |
| Dimensions
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1054 x 658 x 100 mm (WxHXD) |
| 3D Comb Filter
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The 3D comb filter separates brightness and colour signals better in 3D domain to eliminate cross-colour, cross-luminance and dot-crawl distortion. The 3D digital comb filter performs field-by-field comparisons of the television image to accurately separate the colour from the black-and-white information and remove both horizontally and vertically hanging dots, as well as dot crawl. The result is a razor sharp image.
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Yes |
| Auto Set Up
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Automatically tunes in and sets up the channels at a touch of a button
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Yes |
| CombFilter
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Clear separation of the combined colour and black and white signals, preventing smudging, vibrating edges and ensuring precise details.
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3D Digital |
| Audio Power Output (RMS)
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A larger output results in greater volume
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2 x 15W |
| Active Control
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Active Control is a unique, intelligent, and proactive control system, which measures and analyzes the incoming analog signal 60 times per second to automatically adjust settings for optimal picture quality. Active Control Plus+ also uses a sensor to adjust for ambient room light; when the room gets brighter, so does the picture.
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Yes |
| Digital Video Noise Reduction
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Yes |
| Digital Crystal Clear
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Digital Crystal Clear produces vivid cinema-like images
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Yes |
| Child lock to prevent unwanted tampering
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Yes |
| Anti-Reflection Coating
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Yes |
| Electronic Programme Guide
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On-screen programme guide
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Now + Next EPG, Eight day Electronic Programme Guide |
| Image Aspect Ratio
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Image ratio refers to the relation of the width of the image to the height. While you can change the size of the image, the ratio stays constant.
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16:9 |
| Response Time
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8ms |
| RGB Enabled Scart Sockets
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RGB enabled scart connectors provide better picture quality than a standard scart connector as they break the picture signal down to its red, green and blue components. This maintains a higher picture quality whilst the signal is sent between your TV and DVD.
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Yes |
| S- Video Connection
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Uses an anologue connetion which carries picture signals that have been split into colour and brightness. For an improved picture you may want to consider upgraging to HDMI connector which carries digital picture and sound signals.
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Yes |
| Sleep Timer
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Can be set to switch off automatically
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Yes |
| Teletext
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Access to ceefax and teletext services
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1200 page Hypertext |
| Scart Sockets
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The analogue scart connector carries analogue sound and picture signals in 1 cable. Scart is currently the most popular way of connecting TVs to other AV equipment. For improved picture quality you may want to consider upgrading to HDMI which carries digital sound and pciture signals.
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2 |
| USB Port
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The USB connector allows access to jpeg photos and mp3 music of most USB-sticks (USB memory-class device). Plug the USB into the slot at the side of the TV and access your photos or music files. You can easily view and share your photos and music.
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Yes |
| Use as PC Monitor
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This screen will receive RGB PC in signals
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Yes |
| Viewing Angle
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176/176 Degrees |
| Guarantee Period
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The length of time your TV is covered against technical faults. The guarantee covers all parts and labour costs involved in the repair. The guarantee is back to base which means in the unlikely event of a fault you can take the TV back to any of our 5 branches for repair.
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12 Months |
Graded : Yes
