Philips 40PFL7605H/05 Review

The Philips 40PFL7605H/05 offers 1080P LED Edge light TV for  relatively low cost in this product price range. Philips have created a very attractive TV with a number of innovative features which really do go a long way when viewing the TV.

The set itself is a very good looking TV from the German company and is also very slim at only 30mm in depth. Philips has given the TV a single stem stand and a silver bezel, which is quite slim and we couldn’t say we weren’t impressed with the Philips 40PFL7605H/05.

Philips 40PFL7605H/05 Connection

The TV is well connected and comes with 4HDMI, a USB, SD slot and a number of other connections – many of which are at the side for easy access. The TV also comes with VGA, composite connections, Scart and most others you can think of for connecting all your older and newer equipment. The TV also has Freeview, but no high definition version of this feature, which we feel would have helped its desirability no end. However it still offers a very worthy set for most and these HD boxes can be picked up for pittance nowadays – so it’s not of significant consequence.

The set also comes with DLNA, for streaming through a Wi-Fi network from your PC and it is also net ready, though doesn’t have an open browser, or support all video types from the net which can be a little irritating. The Internet layout though looks good, is logical and easy to use. Philips obviously gave this some thought and working it with the attractive remote is a dream.

Philips 40PFL7605H/05 Picture Quality

Image wise the TV is also a great prospect and in standard definition looks good. The colours are bright and punchy and it also offers good contrast and black levels and doesn’t suffer from greys and bland whites – it’s a sharp and ready set. It has a processor that runs at 100Hz and we found it to be pretty decent as regards movement. One problem though is with the Natural Motion System which isn’t great and can’t be switched on or off at will – an irritation.

Philips 40PFL7605H/05 Settings

In fact this settings area is one of the weakest points of the Philips 40PFL7605H/05. The TV has a lot of settings, but optimising them is an irritation and the slightest tweak can really put the images off. On the upside innovative features such as the Ambilight Spectra is great. This is one of the most innovative features we’ve seen on a TV recently and projects certain colours out of the side of the screen onto walls to make the whole experience more engrossing and the screen seem larger. For example if watching an undersea programme where the dominant colour is bue, it would be that colour that is projected on the walls. In a movie where explosions took place it would be red and orange during the fireworks – it’s innovative and more importantly a positive feature.

High definition levels look great and the TV displays BluRay nicely. We enjoyed this source and would definitely recommend the TV for movie lovers. Gaming lag on the TV is quite average, though nothing to write home about and the 2x10W speakers are pretty okay, though as usual a sound system doesn’t go amiss.

As a TV set the Philips is superb, however for some the lack of Freeview HD and a few other misses take away from it some.

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