Philips 42PFL5609 LCD TV

This is Philips’ popular winning horse from their latest line up of LCD TVs. The 5000 series is their mid range stream of models, and 42 would be the "in-between" size in that.

Design
The design is curvaceous for this series, with rounded corners and glossy black finish, plus there is a plastic rim that accents the bezel around its sides. The power LED is a small simple white one on the right corner, and that’s about it on the bare, shiny bezel. The stand too is similarly attired in gloss and is quite a broad and sturdy built one. There are no issues of wobbliness or dangerous acrobatics performed by the frame when nudged, it’s a heavy duty fit.

The connections include 3 HDMIs, 2 component video, 2 composite Headphone out, and last but not the least a USB, that plays MPEG4 video files like DivX etc., also MPEG1 files like .dat and .mpg files, besides MP3s and JPEGs. The panel is 1920 x 1080, brightness is 500 cd/m2, response time is 5 ms, and finally DCR is 50,000:1.

The included features range from some cool proprietary Philips video processing tech, to generic de-interlacing ones like 3D comb filters and 3:2 motion pulldown. The full list of features is: Pixel Plus 2 HD (Philips' much reputed, own video engine), 3/2 - 2/2 motion pull down, 3D Combfilter, Active Control  Light sensor, Color Enhancement, Dynamic contrast enhancement, Jagged Line Suppression, Sharpness Adjustment, Dynamic Noise Reduction, 2D/3D noise reduction, 1080p 24/25/30Hz processing and 1080p 50/60Hz processing.