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Enjoy the ultimate viewing experience with this Philips integrated HDTV with Pixel Plus 3 HD, Ambilight Full Surround and Clear LCD technology. Enjoy your multimedia content with the built in USB and Memory Card reader

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with Pixel Plus 3 HD and Ambilight

  • 107cm (42")
  • LCD
  • digital cable ready

Pixel Plus 3 HD for most sharp and clear pictures

Pixel Plus 3 HD offers the unique combination of ultimate sharpness, natural detail, vivid colors 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. Artifacts and noise in all sources from multimedia to standard TV and also in highly compressed HD are detected and reduced ensuring that the picture is clean and razor sharp.

Ambilight Full Surround for immersive viewing experience

Ambilight 4 makes an impressive contribution to the overall viewing experience and the design of the TV. It produces a fully surrounding glow of light that complements the colors and light intensity on all 4 sides of the image and with the unique design creates a 'floating display'. The Ambilight is cast onto a refelective area that is an integrated part of the TV's unique design and makes it independent from TV position or mounting. The surrounding glow creates ambiance, stimulates more relaxed viewing, improves perceived picture detail, contrast and color, and will completely immerse you.

HDMI input for full digital HD connection in one cable

HDMI input for full digital HD connection in one cable

HDMI makes an uncompressed digital RGB connection from the source to the screen. By eliminating conversion to an analog 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.

HD LCD WXGA display, with a 1366 x 768p resolution

This WXGA display with state-of-the-art LCD screen technology gives you widescreen HD resolution of 1366 x 768p pixels. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with optimum brightness and superb colors. This vibrant and sharp image will provide you with an enhanced viewing experience.

Integrated HDTV and CableCARD for unrivalled picture quality

The CableCARD is a removable card distributed by the cable providers that is inserted in the TV. This enables the “Plug-and-Play DTV” functionality as agreed between cable operators and consumer electronics manufacturers. It allows the decoding of encrypted or scrambled content delivered from the cable system. CableCARD functionality includes conditional access and copy protection. A CableCARD-enabled television without a CableCARD inserted receives high-definition standard TV broadcasts. When a CableCARD is inserted, the television receives high-value high-definition, cable programming.

Clear LCD for extreme motion sharpness

Clear LCD creates extreme motion sharpness for clear and vibrant images even with fast on-screen motion. The high refresh rates of the scanning backlight technology increases the sharpness of motion reproduction to more than twice that of normal LCD (measured in Perceived Blurr-Edge-Width; BEW). On top it creates a higher dynamic contrast and an increased viewing angle. The unique Philips technology brings motion sharpness of LCD displays to an unprecedented level, better than any other Flat display technology.

Compact lambda/4 subwoofer technology for powerful deep bass

You want a deeper sound experience in music and movies. The integrated subwoofer with lambda/4 technology creates a very deep and powerfull bass in a highly compact enclosure, keeping the TV slim and flat. The lambda/4 subwoofer unit utilizes resonating acoustic masses in a system of ducts to produce powerfull bass with low distortion. The lambda/4 sound system, combined with high quality midrange and tweeters also gives a very spacious stereo image.

Matching stand with elegant design included

A table-top stand with matching design is packed with the set.

USB and Memory-Card slot for instantly playing multimedia

Instantaneously view and share your movies, photos and music. The Memory Card slot will accept cards of type Compact Flash I and II, Memory Stick, SD Card / Mini SD Card, Smart Media, Micro Drive (up to 2 GB) and Multi Media Card. Simply plug the memory card into slot at the side of the TV, and access the multimedia files stored on the card. The USB connector allows access to multimedia files of most USB-sticks and most digital cameras (USB memory-class device).

Technical Specifications

  • Picture/Display

    Aspect ratio
    16:9
    Diagonal screen size (inch)
    42  inch
    Panel resolution
    1366 x 768p
    Picture enhancement
    • Pixel Plus 3 HD
    • Digital Crystal Clear
    • Dynamic contrast enhancement
    • 3/2 - 2/2 motion pull down
    • 3D Combfilter
    • Active Control + Light sensor
    • Jagged Line Suppression
    • Progressive scan
    • Widescreen Plus
    • Clear LCD
    Brightness
    550  cd/m²
    Dynamic screen contrast
    4500:1
    Color cabinet
    High Gloss Black & Brilliant Pearl
    Display screen type
    LCD WXGA Active Matrix TFT
    Viewing angle
    176º (H) / 176º (V)
    Screen enhancement
    Anti-Reflection coated screen
  • Supported Display Resolution

    Computer formats
    • 640 x 480, 60Hz
    • 800 x 600, 60Hz
    • 1024 x 768, 60Hz
    Video formats
    • 480i, 60Hz
    • 480p, 60Hz
    • 720p, 60Hz
    • 1080i, 60Hz
  • Sound

    Output power (RMS)
    2x12W + 1x24 W
    Sound System
    Virtual Dolby Digital
    Sound Enhancement
    • Digital Signal Processing
    • Graphic Equaliser
    • Dynamic Bass Enhancement
  • Loudspeakers

    Built-in speakers
    5
    Loudspeaker types
    • Integrated subwoofer
    • Dome tweeter
  • Convenience

    Child Protection
    Child Lock+Parental Control
    Clock
    Smart Clock
    Ease of Use
    • Auto Volume Leveller (AVL)
    • Channel list
    • Delta Volume per preset
    • Graphical User Interface
    • On Screen Display
    • Side Control
    • Smart Picture
    • Smart Sound
    Remote Control
    • Amp
    • DVD
    • STB (Set-Top Box)
    • VCR
    • Multi-functional
    Screen Format Adjustments
    • 4:3
    • 6 Widescreen Modes
    • Auto Format
    • Movie expand 14:9
    • Movie expand 16:9
    • Subtitle and Heading Shift
    • Subtitle Zoom
    • Super Zoom
    • Widescreen
    Ease of Installation
    • Auto Program Naming
    • Automatic Tuning System (ATS)
    • Autostore
    • PLL Digital Tuning
    • Plug & Play
    Remote control type
    RC4411
    Teletext
    Closed Captioning Full Text
    VESA Mount
    Vesa compliant
    Picture in Picture
    HDMI-Component PIP
  • Multimedia Applications

    Multimedia connections
    • USB
    • 7-in-1 Memory Card Reader
    Playback Formats
    • MP3
    • Slideshow files (.alb)
    • JPEG Still pictures
    Digital Content Management
    Digital Media Reader
    Memory Card Types
    • Compact Flash type I
    • Compact Flash type II
    • Memory Stick
    • Microdrive
    • MultiMedia Card (MMC)
    • Secure Digital Card (SD)
    • Smart Media Card
  • Tuner/Reception/Transmission

    Aerial Input
    75 ohm F-type
    TV system
    • ATSC
    • NTSC
    Video Playback
    NTSC
    Cable
    • Unscrambled Digital Cable QAM
    • Digital Cable Ready CableCARD
  • Connectivity

    Other connections
    • Monitor out, CVBS, L/R (cinch)
    • S/PDIF in (coaxial)
    • S/PDIF out (coaxial)
    • Cable Card Interface
    AV 1
    • (1, 2, 3Fh autoranging)
    • Audio L/R in
    • Component Video in
    • CVBS in
    • RGB+H/V
    • YPbPr
    • Y/C
    AV 2
    • Audio L/R in
    • CVBS
    • Y/C
    AV 3
    • (1, 2, 3Fh autoranging)
    • S/PDIF digital coaxial
    • YPbPr
    AV 4
    HDMI
    AV 5
    HDMI
    Front / Side connections
    • Audio L/R in
    • CVBS in
    • Headphone Out
    • S-video in
    • 2x USB
    • Multi-slot memory card reader
  • Power

    Mains power
    AC 110 - 240 V +/- 10%
    Power consumption
    263  W
    Standby power consumption
    0.6
    Ambient temperature
    5 °C to 40 °C
  • Dimensions

    Product weight (lb)
    83.8 lb  lb
    Box height (inch)
    47.7  inch
    Box width (inch)
    53.3  inch
    Box depth (inch)
    13.3  inch
    Wall mount compatible
    800 x 400 mm
    Set Width (inch)
    50.4  inch
    Set Height (inch)
    34.3  inch
    Set Depth (inch)
    4.5  inch
    Set width (with stand) (inch)
    50.4  inch
    Set depth (with stand) (inch)
    11.4  inch
    Set height (with stand) (inch)
    36.9  inch
    Weight incl. Packaging (lb)
    136 lb
  • Accessories

    Included accessories
    • Table top stand
    • RF antenna cable
  • Ambilight

    Ambilight Features
    • Ambilight Full Surround
    • Auto adaptive to video content
    • Efficient low energy lamp
    Color Settings
    Full Multi Color
    Dimming Function
    Manual and via Light Sensor
    Preset modes
    4 Active Adaptive modes

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  • Table top stand
  • RF antenna cable

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