Philips 42PFL7409/98 TV

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Philips 42PFL7409/98 TV

Roydon Cerejo, Mar 22, 2010 1628 hrs IST

Way better than the 5000 series, but it's too expensive

Slim bezel, USB with DivX, good picture quality for HD content, powerful speakers, easy to setup

High price, noise reduction feature could work better

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Design and Construction

The entire bezel including the stand has a glossy finish, which makes it stand out from your other home theater equipments. There is a transparent plastic strip running across the bezel, which adds a little show to the otherwise understated look. I actually liked the design very much and since the bezel is quite narrow, the TV appears quite large and certainly brings a wow factor when you see it for the first time.

There's only one Component-in port, which may be a problem if you have a couple of old gadgets like a DVD player or an older generation console. Next, we have two Composite-In connectors and a Composite-Out. The rest include a VGA port and three HDMI jacks. The side panel houses one of the three Composite ports, a headphone jack, S-Video, USB port and a HDMI port. Overall, we are pretty much covered as far as connectivity is concerned, although I do wish they had an extra Component port.

The stand has a swivel function and provides a solid base for the panel without any sort of wobble or anything. It's also sized moderately without looking oversize.