digitalversus.com Updated: 2011-10-04 01:52:00
|
This model is the 37 inch version of the 42 inch TV that we tested in our labs, the Philips 42PFL9903H. Everything we said in the original article holds true--the only thing thats different is the size!The components, both physical and electronic, ar...
|
|
|
Its easy to be cynical about Philips Aurea TVs. After all, shouldnt a TV be more about picture and sound quality than having loads of brightly-coloured flashing lights around its edges? If you forced yourself to look past the marketing twaddle and g...
Outstanding picture quality, Unique, eye-catching but also practical design...
Black levels could be better, Painstaking adjustment required...
|
|
|
What is the 42PFL9903H exactly? Behind this rather obscure name is a new TV from Philips which features the next generation of the manufacturers Ambilight technology, dubbed Aurea.The original version of this system projects a gentle glow onto the w...
Accurate Colors, Good handling of HD inputs, HD Digital Tuner, Ambilight works like a treat...
Tempremental scroll wheel on remote control, Gamma curve far from ideal, HDNM system doesnt work perfectly, Black looks a little too gray...
|
|
|
So as the picture in a nature show switches from succulent leaves to a tiger’s face, so the frame snaps from variegated green to bright orange and black stripes, extending the main picture with soft-focus mimicry. And with the Ambilight matching those...
When it’s switched off, the large white frame of the Aurea screen is intrusive and not to everyone’s taste. But when the screen and frame are working together, the resulting picture is immersive and addictive. It’s an easy TV to like, th...
|
|
T3.com
Updated: 2013-11-13 21:57:09
|
Tripping the light fantastic Thanks to its LED-packed Active Frame and the most pimped-out edition of Philips’ Ambilight technology yet, the second generation Aurea is a kaleidoscopic feast for your retinas.As with the first Aurea, launched last year...
Superb picture quality, Eye-catching Ambilight and Active Frame, Good sound...
The price tag...
A definite improvement from the first run but youll either love it or loathe it...
|
|
|
Philips' innovative Aurea Light Frame technology is back – with a vengeance Light Frame effect is mesmerising / Mostly outstanding picture quality / Good audio / Huge feature count Expensive for a 42in TV / Light Frame effect might not suit everyone /...
Light Frame effect is mesmerising, Mostly outstanding picture quality, Good audio, Huge feature count...
Expensive for a 42in TV, Light Frame effect might not suit everyone, Complicated to get the best from...
|
|
|
The next generation of the Ambilight backlighting is upon us. Will it light up our li Rarely do we see unique features that aren’t gimmicks these days. But with Ambilight, Philips has just that. This brand new 42in flagship set uses a clear glass bezel...
|
|
homecinemachoice.com Updated: 2013-11-13 21:57:09
|
It’s easy to be cynical about Philips’ Aurea TVs. After all, shouldn’t a TV be more about picture and sound quality than having loads of brightly-coloured flashing lights around its edges? Isn’t the Aurea Light Frame technol...
|
|
|
Philips approaches its Aurea range of televisions a little differently to its competitors. At the front, technology in the TV frame extends the picture using colours that match the screen image. At the back, further matching light is splashed onto the wall behind. This being a second generation Aurea, the techies have worked their magic to improve that colour...
|
|
|
Whether you loved it or loathed it, one thing you certainly couldn't do with Philips' debut Aurea TV was ignore it. For the way its bezel used a sophisticated array of LED light sources to provide a luminous, multi-coloured frame around its pictures was a...
|
|