Philips 40PFL3705D/F7 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV, Black

by Philips

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 48.6 x 10.5 x 30.2 inches ; 36.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 52 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B003DPKP86
• Item model number: 40PFL3705D/F7
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,545 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 13, 2010

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With its award-winning technology, superb motion sharpness, and Pixel Plus 3 HD, the Philips 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz HDTV brings a cinematic experience to your living room. Incredible Surround audio technology immerses you in television and movie soundtracks, and Dolby Digital outputs connect the television to your home theater system. A variety of connection options makes it easy to add additional entertainment devices so you can use this state-of-the-art HDTV to view photos, play music, or as a monitor for your PC.

40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV At a Glance: Full HD LCD display for the best possible picture quality Pixel Plus 3 HD improves natural detail and optimizes contrast Fast moving pictures are clear, vibrant, and smooth Connection options for your PC, DVD, Blu-ray player, game console, and USB device Energy efficient Backed by a one-year limited warranty

Full HD LCD display for the best possible picture quality. View larger.

Connection options for your PC, DVD, Blu-ray, game console, and USB device. View larger.

Innovative Technology for Smooth Moving Pictures
With a 1920 x 1080p widescreen resolution, the Philips 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz HDTV offers the ultimate high-definition standard, progressively scanning images to bring you a smooth, flicker-free image. The HDTV features Philips' unique Clear LCD and Digital Natural Motion technology for clear and vibrant moving images. With a 120 Hz rate (120 frames per second) for rapidly moving pictures and a super-fast response time of two milliseconds, this HDTV provides smooth, judder-free images even when there's a lot of action on screen. You'll need this kind of resolution for the latest DVD and Blu-ray releases.

Exceptional Image Quality with Any Input
Because Pixel Plus 3 HD works by improving each and every incoming pixel and matching it to the surrounding pixels, you'll see improved natural detail, vivid colors, and superior contrast with any signal type.

Audio Technology Provides Surround Sound Experience
Equipped with Incredible Surround audio technology, the HDTV uses innovative sound mixing to expand the virtual distance between its two speakers, giving greater depth and width to the audio experience. For additional audio options, a Dolby Digital output is handy for connecting to your home theater system.

Multiple Inputs Cater to All Your Viewing Needs
You can quickly and easily connect to a cable or satellite box, camcorder, game console, Blu-ray disc player, DVD player, PC, and more with the HDTV's multiple inputs. Three HDMI inputs with Philips' EasyLink let you control the connected devices with the same remote control you use with the TV.

Share Photos and Music
A USB connector gives you the option to view photos or listen to music by simply plugging in your storage device and using the handy onscreen content browser.

Energy Efficient Features Reduce Power Consumption
The HDTV's power-saving features include low standby power consumption and high-efficiency materials, which combine to give this television its Energy Star rating.

The Philips 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz HDTV is backed by a manufacturer's one-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
Philips 40PFL3705D/F7 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV, table top stand, power cord, cable holder, quick start guide, user manual, registration card, remote control, and batteries for the remote control.

Product Description

40" 120Hz LCD with Pixel Plus 3HD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for TV or Movies (do firmware update for video games), September 28, 2010

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Jasper (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips 40PFL3705D/F7 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV, Black (Electronics)

Multiple EDIT sections added, Philips fixed the lag issue in the latest firmware release.

If you don't want to read the whole review: This TV is pretty good for movies and TV, but is unusable for video games. EDIT: The latest firmware update fixes the lag issue! Thank you Philips for listening.

Postive features :

The image looks very good. It is a 120Hz 1080P TV with anti-judder. It does an excellent job of anti-judder or "digital natural motion" as they call it. It produces good contrast (for an LCD) after calibration, and after some painful calibration color can look OK as well. There are 3 HDMI inputs, composite, component and S-video. There is coaxial audio out (more on this in a moment). I had some friends over and they all agree it looks great. EDIT: After using DNM for a while now I actually prefer it off, mostly because it makes film look like video. You may want to take this into consideration before buying a 120Hz over a cheaper 60Hz tv

Missing \ Lacking features:

There is no vga input. There is no digital audio in - other than HDMI. There is no optical audio out. There is no full resolution 1:1 signal to display (image is always overscanned in 1080p). This means there is no way to get all 1080 pixels width on the screen and the image is cropped between 2.5% and 5%. Note that 1:1 is available when a non-HD or non-SD resolution is passed over HDMI. This issue is minor, only noted for completeness.

There is only one user preset, and if you change any display setting after selecting a preconfigured preset (game, movie, sports), you overwrite your user preset, so you have to remember or write down your calibration settings. This too is a minor issue.

There are limited user configuration options: you cannot set gamma, you cannot control the level of digital natural motion, you cannot turn off dynamic contrast, you cannot set HDMI black level. Most people won't understand those settings anyway. A TV calibration professional will have access to more calibration options using the maintenance mode where they can set white balance and cut-off levels.

Negatives:

Lag. Even with "Game" preset, or with 120 hz turned off and virtual surround turned off there is substantial lag. This makes it unusable for most video games. Philips is working on this, so I hope a future firmware update will resolve this issue. EDIT: Philips did resolve this and I am glad to report that the game mode and even slight modificiation of the game mode (to create a personal profile) has minimal lag. 120Hz has unavoidable video lag due to the fact that the TV has to "see" the frames before it can process the inbetween frames.

Even though there is lag in 120Hz mode and in games (EDIT: after firmware update lag in game mode is negligable) you do not notice it on movies because the audio is re-synched, but this forces me to use the coax audio out to my older receiver ([Device -> TV -> Receiver] instead of [Device -> Receiver -> TV]). The alternative would be to use a receiver with lip sync functions. Philips tells me a receiver with HDMI 1.3 should sync correctly.

If you have to use and older receiver, like me, then be aware Digital audio out is only Dolby Digital. A DTS bitstream passed to the TV seems to be decoded and ouput as stereo. Chances are that if you have a receiver that handles the new DTS formats then it will also do audio sync for you anyway.

If there is a firmware update from Philips that addresses these issues I will come back and alter this review (looking forward to that). EDIT: Thank you Philips for fixing this issue.

Bottom Line:

If you do not intend to play video games then I can recommend this TV. EDIT: Firmware update fixes the video lag. I can recommend this TV.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars With the right settings this TV is a great buy for the price!, December 27, 2010

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LLCoolJay - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips 40PFL3705D/F7 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV, Black (Electronics)

I bought this TV as a second choice when the Vizio I wanted was out of stock. As most reviewers have stated the picture quality on Blu-ray and my now defunct HD-DVD movies are spectacular! It makes watching a movie a new experience as the high def and natural motion feature gives the movies an almost 3D realism and pop, very satisfied with that! View from angles produce slightly softer picture but overall still solid.

I havent experienced any of the sound fluctuations that other reviewers have talked about so far but I have noticed that if you hookup a sound system through the component cables there is a noticeable lag between the sound and picture so it looks like your watching a Kungfu movie :( I'm going to see if using a sound system through HDMI solves the problem (I'll update this review if I get any results).

Now to the meat and potatoes: I see everyones been complaining about videogaming on this tv. I first had this problem myself but ONLY on my Xbox 360, PS3 games play magnificently on the TV with no lag or screen distortion. I have found that if you turnoff Natural Motion 120hz and use an HDMI hookup instead of Component the lag will no longer affect gameplay. (Dont put Game Mode on as it will switch 120hz back on without you knowing which will cause the distortion and lag again) I'm VERY HAPPY I found this out because Im a huge gamer and I almost took this tv back before I made this discovery.

All in All, I am very satisfied with this TV and would recommend it to anyone especially for its affordability and the fact that it performs so well in spite of the cheaper pricetag. Just be sure to make a few adjustments to your setup in regards to your picture and sound as well as your gaming setup. Hope this helps anyone on the fence about this HDTV, now back to Call of Duty lol

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a Full 120 HZ TV... Baloney for games and extra monitors, February 21, 2011

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Scooby - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips 40PFL3705D/F7 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV, Black (Electronics)

I have this television, I will be honest it was a nice buy, but has anyone actually read the manual. I use mine as an addition monitor to play wow and dont get me wrong its a great picture, but through HDMI this tv maxes out at 60hz. Check the specifications page ppl. picture enchancement is full hd 1920x1080 @ 60-120 hz the Hdmi is full Hd 1920x1080 24hz-60hz . If you play video games or use this as a monitor, look for a 120hz hdmi capable tv that also does not lag.