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Philips 37PF9731/69 LCD TV

By Philip Wong, CNET Asia on 06 November 2006

The Philips 37PF9731 LCD TV delivers stunning pictures matched by a relaxing Ambilight Surround lighting system. The panel would have been perfect if not for some minor blemishes such as non-1080p input support and mousy audio.

Editor's rating:8.3 User rating:7.3

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  Vlatko gave 10/10 on 29/09/2007 01:41 Report abuse

  Extremly good tv,

  • Good: beautiful image, good colours
  • Bad: Pricey, no 1080p input
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  Philip Supporter gave 8/10 on 17/08/2007 18:19 Report abuse

  I bought a Philips Plasma years ago...it still works well...sold it to a friend...decided to buy this LCD and I am happy although I must admit I had it replaced once but there is a 3 year warranty!!!! I have a monster cable HDMI cable and a PS3 for blu-ray movies. Excellent. Although it is 1080i, LCD screens are inherently progressive and the Philips deinterlacer is top-notch...experts state that anything below 37inches there will be no real noticable difference between 1080i and 1080p anyway and I fully agree. Case in point, I saw a 50inch 1080p Sony Bravia and was not that impressed 1080p is a gimmick and the hefty price you pay for it is not justified. Unless you have a 1080p 24f TV and blu-ray/HD player - forget 1080p altogether. Experts say that contrast ratio is much more important.

  • Good: Good picture quality. 6000:1 contrast ratio. Tons of picture enhancers (Digital Natural Motion, Pixel Plus, Artifact reduction, etc.). 3 YEAR WARRANTY!!!! 2 HDMI inputs. Good support.
  • Bad: Not 1080p (but who cares). Viewing angle and color depth not as good as plasma.
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  seakez gave 5/10 on 29/06/2007 19:39 Report abuse

  I think this unit is ok but not the best. The volume has no level graph. The only way to judge the level is to listen to where you want it instead of seeing a number or bar graph.
  Maybe cause i not a tv expert i have not set the finer details up properly on the tv but think it should be more user friendly.
  Picture quality at times is great but then you get some shows or channels where you get the ghosting effects from movement of people walking to running in the program.
  Not sure if price was good or not compared to other peoples buying price but i bought mine at Harvey Normans for $1700

  • Good: Good size screen
    picture quality can be great
    amber light is good idea so all other lights in the room can be turned off.
  • Bad: Picture quality can be below average at times.
    could be more user friendly
    
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  asiak gave 2/10 on 21/06/2007 14:24 Report abuse

  solid picture quality? u gys need to put on ur glasses when tested these tvs.
  

  • Good: none what so ever.
  • Bad: this is worse tv ive ever bought, we currently have two of these tvs. They look terrible and philips dont seem to give a damn. first , the picture seems look pixelated with tv broadcast and blu ray. theres always this blury pixelated look in the background especially in darkish areas.
    its not a tv fault , its just what philips tvs look like.All my research has proven to me theres no solution to this other than never buying a philips product again.
    samsung and sony have amazing lcd/tvs , far superior to philips. ive spent alot of time viewing both and theres no doubt about this. dont waste ur money dont buy philips.
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  adya gave 2/10 on 25/04/2007 16:37 Report abuse

  i wasnt so impressed .

  • Good: nice picture with some hd channels
  • Bad: manual badly translated. No built in hd tuner. u cant seem to load hd channels from the tuner to remote so if u want to change channels u have to get up and walk to the tuner to change them. just like 20 yrs ago.
    The black looks awefull . all kinds of flickering in the black not nice.
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  techfan gave 10/10 on 03/11/2006 00:05 Report abuse

  dream spec

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  Obvious gave 8/10 on 05/10/2006 20:55 Report abuse

  2 points cut for price

  lower that price tag to be invincible.

  • Good: Tons of great specs.
  • Bad: Hint of noise. Price.
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  Anonymous gave 10/10 on 03/10/2006 01:27 Report abuse

  Just a wonderful engine!

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  Anonymous gave 9/10 on 22/09/2006 18:18 Report abuse

  Just the ticket

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  Anonymous gave 7/10 on 18/09/2006 03:20 Report abuse

  too expensive