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Philips 42PFP5532D - 42" Widescreen HD Ready Plasma TV - With Freeview
 
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Philips 42PFP5532D - 42" Widescreen HD Ready Plasma TV - With Freeview

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Technical Details

  • High-definition plasma WXGA display, 1024x768p
  • Integrated Digital Tuner for DVB-T reception
  • HD ready for the highest quality display of HDTV signals
  • Pixel Plus HD for better details, depth and clarity in HDTV
  • 3D combfilter separates colours for a razor-sharp image
  • Incredible Surround™ for enhanced audio enjoyment
  • Compact and slim design that fits in every room
  • 1000 page Hypertext for instant fast access to teletext
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Product details

  • Boxed-product Weight: 49 Kg
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  • Item model number: 42PFP5532D/10
  • ASIN: B000R3PHO4
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 21 May 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 41,090 in Electronics & Photo (See Bestsellers in Electronics & Photo)

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Manufacturer's Description
High-definition plasma WXGA display, 1024x768p

This state-of-the-art plasma screen technology gives you widescreen HD resolution of up to 1024 x 768p pixels. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with optimum brightness and superb colours. This vibrant and sharp image will provide you with an enhanced viewing experience.

Integrated Digital Tuner for DVB-T reception

The integrated DVB-T tuner lets you receive Digital Terrestrial TV to watch or record. This means you do not need an additional set top box and also the additional cables.

HD ready for the highest quality display of HDTV signals

Enjoy the exceptional picture quality of a true High Definition TV signal and be fully prepared for HD sources like HDTV broadcast, Blu-ray DVD or HDVD. HD ready is a protected label that offers picture quality beyond that of progressive scan. It conforms to strict standards laid out by EICTA to offer a HD screen that displays the benefits of resolution and picture quality of a High Definition TV signal. It has a universal connection for both analogue YPbPr and uncompressed Digital connection of DVI or HDMI, supporting HDCP. It can display 720p, and 1080i signals at 50 and 60Hz.

Pixel Plus HD for better details, depth and clarity in HDTV

Pixel Plus 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.

3D combfilter separates colours for a razor-sharp image

The 3D comb filter separates brightness and colour signals better in 3D domain to eliminate cross-colour, cross-luminance and dot-crawl distortion - all of which detract from your viewing pleasure. 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.

Incredible Surroundâ„¢ for enhanced audio enjoyment

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.

Compact and slim design that fits in every room

This design style emphasises a slim, compact look that saves space and fits in anywhere.

1000 page Hypertext for instant fast access to teletext

The teletext is a common system transmitted by most broadcasters. The 1000 page smart text feature gives you extremely fast access to information when changing pages.

Dual HDMI input for full digital High Definition connection

HDMI makes an uncompressed digital RGB connection from the source to the screen. By eliminating conversion to an analogue signal, it delivers an unblemished image. The non-degraded signal reduces flicker and leads to a clearer picture. HDMI intelligently communicates the highest output resolution with the source device. The HDMI input is fully backward compatible with DVI sources but includes digital audio. HDMI uses HDCP copy protection. With 2 HDMI inputs you can connect multiple HD sources, for instance an HD set top box, and a Blu-ray player. Your TV is fully prepared for the HD future.

Box Contents

  • Table top stand
  • RF antenna cable
  • Power cord
  • Quick start guide
  • User manual
  • Registration card
  • Warranty certificate
  • Remote Control
  • Batteries for remote control

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    44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars Philips 42PFP5532D, 6 Sep 2007
    I've been considering buying a flat screen digital tv for a few months now and finally took the plunge last weekend. I didn't want to spend more than £700 and I looked at both LCD and Plasma models that were available - mostly LG and Samsung for this price and also mostly 37" screens. However I came across the Philips 42pfp5532d 42" Plasma from Amazon Uk for £649, so I ordered it and it arrived today.

    Picture quality is great, in fact it seems to be getting even better the longer the tv is on. The integrated Freeview digital tuner is a real plus as the quality is definitely better via this than the analogue channels. Also the image quality via virgin cable is also very good. Watched a bit of football and tennis and it looked great - no blurring at all during fast movement on screen.

    I played 10 minutes of Terminator 2 to see how it coped with a dvd and I have to say that this was just superb. Sound and imagery were spot on.

    For those of you who are not techies don't get caught up in resolutions and pixels number crunching - go with what YOU feel is best once you've checked it out at a local store.

    I really don't think this model can be beaten for it's combination of quality and price.

    Get yourself a bargain NOW!!

    UPDATE:
    Had the TV for about 3 weeks now and the image quality seems to gets better day by day. I have settled on the following settings for the tv:-

    Brightness:55
    Colour:55
    Contrast:75
    Sharpness - 3
    Colour Temp - Normal
    Contrast+ - Off
    NR - Off

    FURTHER UPDATE: Oct 08

    I've been messing with the settings again!! and settled on the following which give a much more natural image and has improved the overall image quality considerably.

    Brightness:50
    Colour:40
    Contrast:75
    Sharpness - 2
    Colour Temp - Normal
    Contrast+ - Off
    NR - Off
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    42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars 42PFP5532D, 31 Aug 2007
    Wow !

    I looked and compared the market for budget plasma TVs over the last couple of weeks, wanted to buy a different model (hitachi), went into
    the local Comet, and right in front of me, when I walked in... there it was ! This beautiful Philips 42PFP5532D ! What a stunning picture, I thought... but I reckon its gonna be too expensive, what a pity...

    Still I wanted to take my chances and looked at the price... Wooooot ?! Under 700 Quid ??? Right ! This is it ! Got it home and connected PVR, Nintendo Wii, XBox360, and a Philips 5980 HDMI Player to it. And there is still load of space for more (2xHDMI, 2 COMPONENT , 2 Scart (of which one is RGB) and PC input as well ) .

    Switched it on and fell in love with the beauty of the brilliant picture ! Crystal clear , Gigasharp, Ultadeep ... just unreal for "just" a HD Ready TV. Whats the point in buying FULL HD anyway ? It is physically impossible to broadcast more than 768 mode !!! And if you do not want to watch HD DVDs all the time, this is your solution !

    Sound is excellent as well, I watch telly using my Dts/5.1 system, so the incredible surround is not needed, but who hasnt got Dolby or anything like that, wil appreciate the different possibilities that this TV offers (soundwise).

    The TV always adjusts automatically to the highest possible solution, so that there is no fiddling with the remote. It also switches automatically to the channel that delivers a signal ( switch telly on, and any of the devices you have got , and the picture comes right up !)

    The design of the telly is simple but classic.The remote is simple, not 258 buttons that can cause confusion, but just good .

    All in all, I would buy this TV again !!! I love it !!!
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    25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great picture; freeview interface could be better..., 28 Sep 2007
    By Mr. S. R. Aaron - See all my reviews
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    Low-end plasma screens aren't plentiful and when my 32" Sharp CRT packed in I had to do some quick research to determine that for less than £700 for a plasma I had two choices: this Philips or the Hitachi P42H01.

    For best comparison clearly viewing the set in action used to be the way to go, but since the shops tend not to know how to calibrate these things or use dodgy aerial connections, I don't see value in that any more. Instead I decided to review feature sets like screen brightness and resolution and inputs. Usability is also important to me so I checked out the owners manuals which you can download from manufacturer websites -- also helps to double-check features because not all online resellers get the facts right.

    I went for the Philips because the screen is brighter level and vertical resolution are better, but the tradeoff is that the remote isn't as nicely laid out, there aren't as many outputs and the freeview tuner isn't as user friendly.

    I bought it as a monitor focusing on DVD viewing and it really excels. Invest in DVD Video Essentials to help calibrate it with a progressive scan DVD player (Philips has one for under £40) and you won't see the need for HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, it really is a nice picture with a quality source.

    The video modes for switching screen resolution are plentiful, so if you want to watch 4:3 material like old tv programmes but don't want big grey bars there's a 14:9 setting and a 16:9 zoomed setting in addition to anamorphic 16:9 and the generic WIDESCREEN -- not really sure of the difference between the last two -- in addition to yet another zoom mode that allows the picture to be moved around.

    Audio is not super with the built-in speakers. Unfortunately the only audio output options are via Headphone socket or the second SCART port (not very well documented except via pictures showing a maze of lines connecting various kit to the tv every which way. I had to write Philips tech support to confirm this) which automatically sends audio out. I use a SCART to dual-phono plug to connect the telly to my receiver and I have a multi-RGB SCART switchbox from Maplin to address the limitations of only having one RGB SCART for input.

    Component/RGB connections are available for connecting a progressive scan DVD player and there's also separate S-Video and composite video and phono connectors for ad hoc connection of camcorders. Outside of these four connection methods you have two HDMI inputs which are HDCP-enabled so you can connect a PS3 or HD-DVD or whatever. You can also attach a computer equipped with a digital DVI output using a DVI-HDMI cable. The tv supports up to 1024x768 resolution at 60Hz when used as a computer display. Any computer issued in the last few years should have a DVI output that will automatically switch from analogue to digital out -- at least Macs do...older computer users or those only equipped with a VGA output are out of luck -- the Hitachi has a VGA connector, so check out that set if you require this.

    So, no separate audio out (again the Hitachi has audio output, in fact I think it has analogue and digital via Co-ax), but the real letdown was the freeview tuner; not because it's bad, but because the interface isn't as good as the Goodmans freeview box I already had. Setup is easy and I could find all the channels nicely. Signal strength to my lower-ground flat isn't great so I use a powered signal amplifier (Maplins again) which compensates very well and ensures I can pick up all the channels. The problem comes with the programme guide. The Goodmans DB6 freeview box I have does a picture in picture on the programme guide so I can see the current channel as well as a description of the programmes in the list as I scroll through them. The Philips programme guide is static: no video and no audio, so if you want to see what's on next you need to stop watching your current programme and go into a menu with a bunch of programme names. To see a description requires pressing an additional button. A real downgrade so guess what, RGB switchbox port 1 has the Goodmans freeview box attached and I don't use the built-in freeview tuner at all. It means four remotes instead of three, but for ease-of-use it's the choice I made.

    Why four stars? It's a great picture and I got it for that. I already had the other freeview box, so I'm not out any extra dosh, but had I not had the freeview experience already I probably wouldn't know the difference or let it affect my purchase.
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