LCD TV 107 cm (42") Full HD 1080p digital TV

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Enjoy a movie night in: with Ambilight; Treat yourself to a movie night in. Enjoy the pleasure of the movies in your living room with Pixel Precise HD and the immersive power of Ambilight.

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Immersive viewing experience

Ambilight Spectra enhances the viewing experience

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Pixel Precise HD for extremely sharp and clear pictures
Full HD LCD display, with a 1920 x 1080p resolution
100 Hz LCD, 3 ms performance for superb motion sharpness

Exciting and powerful sound

2 x 10 W with Incredible Surround

Built-in Internet TV

Philips Net TV for popular online services on your TV
Enjoy a rich selection of web videos from YouTube and others
DLNA PC network link for watching videos from your computer

Ready for digital

MPEG4 HDTV reception via DVB-T and DVB-C tuner with CI+*

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Ambilight Spectra enhances the viewing experience

Add a new dimension to your viewing experience with Ambilight Spectra. This patented Philips technology enlarges the screen further by projecting a glow of light from the back of the screen onto the surrounding wall. Ambilight automatically adjusts the colour and brightness of the light surrounding the TV to match the picture, creating an immersive viewing experience. With Ambilight Spectra movies truly come to life!

Pixel Precise HD for extremely sharp and clear pictures

Pixel Precise HD builds on the award winning Pixel Plus foundation. It brings the picture quality to the next level with 4 trillion colours with HD Natural Motion making all your movies fluently moving and razor sharp. Thanks to Pixel Precise 100 Hz LCD, you are buying the fastest LCD TVs in the category with 3 ms response time delivering extreme motion sharpness for all your movies and sport.

Full HD LCD display, with a 1920 x 1080p resolution

The Full HD screen has the widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest resolution of HD sources for the best possible picture quality. It is fully future-proof as it supports 1080p signals from all sources, including the most recent sources such as Blu-ray and advanced HD game consoles. The signal processing is extensively upgraded to support this much higher signal quality and resolution. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with superb brightness and colours.

Philips Net TV for popular online services on your TV

Experience a rich selection of online services with Philips Net TV. Enjoy movies, pictures, infotainment and other Internet content directly on your TV whenever you like. Simply connect directly to your home network through the Ethernet connection, and navigate and select what you want to watch with the remote control. The Philips menu gives you access to popular Net TV services fitted for your TV screen. Additionally, with the DLNA-certified PC network you can watch videos or access pictures stored on your computer using your remote control.

100 Hz LCD, 3 ms performance for superb motion sharpness

100 Hz LCD creates extreme motion sharpness for clear and vibrant images even with fast on-screen motion. The Double Frame Rate Insertion works with a high 100 Hz refresh rate. It increases the sharpness of motion reproduction to more than twice that of conventional LCD, resulting in a performance with a response time of 3 milliseconds (measured in Perceived Blur-Edge-Width: BEW). This unique Philips technology takes motion sharpness of LCD displays to an unprecedented level.

2 x 10 W with Incredible Surround

An invisible sound system that blends perfectly with the design of the cabinet. The Incredible Surround allows you to experience total surround with greater depth and width of sound. It gives a clear and spacious sound stage complementary to the rich viewing experience.

DLNA PC network link for watching videos from your computer

DLNA PC network link lets you watch videos, view pictures and listen to music from your PC

MPEG4 HDTV reception via DVB-T and DVB-C tuner with CI+*

HDTV allows you to watch TV with the best possible picture and sound quality, without an additional set-top box. Thanks to the built-in tuner that supports DVB-Terrestrial and DVB-Cable signals for both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 formats, you receive high definition TV programmes in exceptional quality. Moreover, with Common Interface Plus (CI+) you benefit from premium high definition content direct to your TV.

Enjoy a rich selection of web videos from YouTube and others

Net TV brings you a rich selection of videos from YouTube and other video websites. The videos are tailored to fit your TV screen, allowing you to sit back and enjoy online videos at optimum quality.

* DVB-T, supported in selected countries only

* DVB-C in selected countries and for selected operators only. Most up to date information is available on the type plate of the TV.

* Net TV, service offering is dependent on country and subject to terms of use.