Philips 37PFL5603D/10 Reviews: 37" Screen LCD Full HD 1080p TV

Also known as: PHILIPS 37PFL5603, Philips 37PFL5603D

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39 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This Television scored high on ease of use. It has no outstanding negative points. “Looks good” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 39 real customer reviews

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39 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
87% of people recommend it.

Reevoo's summary of reviews:

Pros: Easy installation, modern design, good colour reproduction and black areas are well defined
Cons: Continuous buzzing from speakers, blurring on fast action scenes, freeview tuner

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Design	9.3
Ease of use	9.5
Image quality	8.6
Sound quality	8.3
Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.7
Overall rating	8.5

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Sports and games fan (1)

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Score 3.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Looks good

- Constant annoying 'buzzing' from the speakers which you can hear when there is no noise (ie watching snooker, tennis, silence in films) At first i thought it was a fault so replaced it with another only to find that it is exactly the same. Should have bought another make!

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26 of 27 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Jun 2008

Score 9.0/10

Ryan, Oxford

+ Good colour reproduction. Fantastic sound.

- Remote control is not very good. The build in freeview tuner is also not great.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Sep 2008

Score 8.0/10

c, croydon

+ Great picture vivid colours.I think it's important to get the right size tv for your room too close to TV picture is not great sit at the right distance picture will be good.

- Sound take a bit of getting use to.It is a clear sound but it not coming from the front of the TV.Speakers seem to be at the bottom of the TV set giving not so direct sound.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Ian, Derby

+ Easy to install.
Lots of connections options (SCART, HDMI,..)

- Some sports shots seem to go out of focus (objects moving at speed)

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Paul, Bideford , “It's a good TV”

+ Clean uncluttered display. Very simple picture quality controls to set to your own requirements.

- Takes a little while to warm up. To get all information displayed on the screen i.e. the test match score on the bottom of the screen the picture setting" wide screen" has to be selected ( all the players put on a couple of stone and lose at least 4inches in height). The information trnsmitted should all fit on the screen when "automatic" is selected, don't you agree?

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jul 2008

Score 9.0/10

Harry, Birmingham UK , “A TV Connoisseur!”

+ Fantastic picture, which can be adjusted for all tastes. I preferred to keep a sharp image, and the colours are crisp. Black areas are well defined, and the sound is amazing for a screen with hidden speakers.

- A bit pricey compared to other models of similar spec, and the remote is rather bland. But if you want the best TV in its class, its definitely worth the few extra pounds!

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Denise, Bathgate

+ Nice design, good quality picture!

- the casing (outer trim) scratches easily

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Aug 2008

Score 7.0/10

michael, portsmouth , “Dont but this TV”

+ The sound is fantastic. The look is very good and the general quality is also great.

- The picture quality is not very good, would now in hind sight not buy this Tv. Its size makes the pixelation worse. I would by a Sony given the choice again.

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6 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Sep 2008

Score 10.0/10

Helen, Nottingham

+ Fantastic picture and sound

- Not found one yet!

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Sep 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Design is original and new.Fantastic picture and the screen has variable swivel base for variable viewing.

- I cannot fault this product. 100 satisfaction.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Nov 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very sleek looking, nice picture for standard definition TV input. Excellent contrast ratio and movies look great!

- Sport can look very blurry on standard TV due to the speed of motion. Menu can be a little slow occasionally...

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Oct 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ design, easy to use

- poor picture quality with sky

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Oct 2008

Score 9.0/10

Baz, Burton on Trent , “Installed many TVs”

+ Very good design ,more than enough connection ports, great operating manuals & remote control simple & easy to operate good design not like some other TV designs, all in all very good buy ( RECOMMENDED )

- Could do a little better on sound ( but could be my hearing )

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Oct 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ The design (ie control buttons are discreetly out of sight), shape and colour. Uses a lot less space.

- The does not seem to be a lot of base there now when using thru my amp, I need to turn it up quite high to hear it.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Oct 2008

Score 6.0/10

Simon, Salisbury

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Picture is not that great....

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Oct 2008

Score 9.0/10

Ivan , Oxford , “Ivan”

+ Philips design and fantastic picture quality

- N/A

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Oct 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Pleasing design and sharp images

- Can't think of any other than no light around the outside on this model.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Jul 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Superb picture very easy to set up very nice modern design and very easy to use.

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Jul 2008

Score 9.0/10

neil, stockport , “mr average in the ”

+ lovely design,easy to set up,great sound and picture

- not found any yet

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Oct 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Clear picture, nice design

- none

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Oct 2008

Score 9.0/10

Gary, Hersham , “Multi-purpose viewer”

+ Great design, still testing the functionality, but so far so good

- Not too sure about the sound quality!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Rose, Coventry

+ The good points of this television are easy set procedure. The design makes more room in the living area.

- The only bad point to this TV is the attraction of dust, if you could invent a tv that retracts the dust it would be brilliant.

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purchased 11 Sep 2008

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches	37
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of Screen	LCD
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
HD TV	Full HD 1080p
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum vertical resolution of 750 pixels (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Freeview or Freesat Tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site.
HDMI Interface	4
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of Scart Interfaces	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Frequency (Hz)	50
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	44000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	1080p
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Response Time in ms	6
Reflection Angle	176
Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
Screen Format	16:9
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Brightness in Candela per square metre	500
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
PC Interface	Yes
If you’d like to use your TV as a PC monitor you’ll need to make sure it has a port to allow you to connect it. This is usually a VGA port, but some TVs include a newer DVI port. Adaptors are availible to allow VGA to DVI and vice versa.
USB Port	Yes
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Picture in Picture (PIP)	No
TVs with this feature are able to display a preview of another channel while you are watching your current channel.
Energy Savings Trust Feature	Yes
A Yes means this this product has been rated as being energy-efficient by the Energy Savings Trust. Good for the environment and good for your electricity bill!
Weight (kg)	17.5

Height in mm	585
Width in mm	940

Depth in mm	99
Freeview	Yes
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. Many newer TVs have Freeview built in. For other TVs you will need a separate Freeview set-top box.
FreeSat Tuner	No
FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Sound System	Virtual Dolby Digital
Colour	Black
The main colour of the product.
Release Date	16 Apr 2008
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

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Manufacturer's Description

37" LCD integrated digital Flat TV Pixel Plus HD

Brilliant design, powerful performance.
Style and performance meet in one complete experience. Combining a full HD 1080p display, Pixel Plus HD engine and fantastic invisible sound, this Flat TV provides brilliant design and powerful performance for years to come.

Superb audio enjoyment from unique invisible speakers
An invisible sound system that blends perfectly with the design of the cabinet. It gives a clear and spacious sound stage that is complementary to the rich viewing experience.

Pixel Plus HD for better details, depth and clarity
Pixel Plus HD is a picture processing technology that enables viewers to watch content that is vivid, natural and real. The result is superbly razor sharp pictures with incredible details and depth from any HD source.

Virtual Dolby Digital for a true life audio experience
Virtual Dolby Digital is a processing technology for enhancing surround sound effects. It will create the sensation of Dolby Pro Logic without the necessity of additional rear speakers. You become totally immersed in your television experience.