1. 4 HDMI inputs
2. 240Hz Clear LCD
3. NetTV
4. Pixel Precise HD
5. Energy Star 4.0

Customer Review :

A great TV at a great price, with wifi capapable of streaming movies

The 5705 is the best of my 5505 model, with now wifi for streaming movies. I purchased the 5505 model of this phillips tv (without the wifi) about 1 month ago, and so far love it. For comparision, I own a Panasonic Viera th-50pz80U (480hz 1080p)that I bought 2 years ago, and my brother owns the newer g10 50 inch 600hz panasonic, and this phillips is as nice as those two Plasma TVs. Upsides of this tv, LCD, more durable as far as moving around. Plasma tvs are still glass and need to be kept upright, never to be placed on their face. this can be moved more. It is brighter than the plasma TV at baseline. Colors pop without haveing to put the TV into a brighter mode as I have done before on my plasma. there is no burn in or streeking as with the plasmas if not taken care of. I have not had a problem with the panasonics, but on rare occasion on pause I will see a little burn in that will fade on my plasma. I think that the speed of the TV, 240hz, has made it comparable to my plasma for everyday movies. This has a digital motion program built in the set which can be turned off and on. For regular movies and TV, I turn it off. On animated movies, wow, i think this TV beats my plasma. The draw back with the digital motion is that it looks really choppy in movies with a lot of action, like car chases . It does funny things with the people on the screen as well. If it is focused on a character, it almost feels as if they were standing there in the room. It looses the warmth and depth in background, and again seems choppy when the focus person or object moves, and looks really processed (like a computer straining to keep up with rate) if the background moves. Regular movies and sports, I love my Plasma TV. This Philips 5505 model does not have Wifi built in for net flix, but the 5705 model does. This one runs a bit cheaper, and as a second nice tv for the bedroom, this works well and is a great value for the speed and size. Only a few of the upper models from sony and LG have 240 hz LCD/LED tvs, and those models will cost you quite a bit more for a comparable TV. The Cheapest i saw the Sony was around $1100 for a 40 inch. For LCD tvs, this one is great, and the digital motion can be turned off which is a nice feature. As a final note, my friend sprung for a samsung 46 inch 120hz model, and spent considerably more, and this toast it all around. again with the samsung as with most LED tvs, they over process the image and it looks choppy and unnatural. That is why i like the fact I can turn on and off the Digital motion feature. Check this TV out, great value and performance.

UPDATE: Other questions that have come up

The picture on the net are tough to see what the tv looks like

The Bezel is a glossy bezel, reflective

The screen is essentially flat. I note a small reflection when the tv is off, but there is no reflection when the tv is on, and i can tell you my plasma tv that is one draw back, the reflection on bright days. in looking at the other lcd/led tvs on the market, this is the same as most of them these days. My friends Samsung 46" 650 model has an actual plastic protective cover over the LCD screen which does reflect, that was a shock. the non reflective front is one of the advantages of any LCD/LED tv

Mesurments 26 1/2 tall, 9 3/4 at base, tv 3 3/4 thick, 39 across horizonal, corner to corner at 40" screen, almost 43 corner of bezel to corner of bezel.

Finally, LCD/LED tvs run much cooler than plasma tvs, so this tv is much cooler and nicer in my room than my plasma would be.

One final note. Depending upon if you want Net capability for streeming videos from the internet eg, netflixs, or blockbuster streeming vidio, the 5705 model online here at amazon is only a few dollars more. I got my tv at a warehouse retailer for less than the current price today on sale, so this model was a no brainer, and I don't really care about the net capability because various blu-ray players have that capability as well. so if you want a stand alone tv and you plan to get a blu ray player, net capapble doesn't matter. if you have limited space and watch all your movies offline, then the 5705 model would be worth the investment.
hope this helps


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1. 4 HDMI inputs
2. LED - edgelit
3. NetTV
4. Perfect Pixel
5. Energy Star 4.0

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1. 3 HDMI inputs
2. Full HD 1080p
3. 120Hz Clear LCD
4. Easy Link HDMI
5. Energy Star 4.0

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1. Full HD 47-inch LCD with 1920 x 1080 resolution
2. ATSC and QAM tuner receives over the air and unscrambled cable
3. Up to 5ms response time for clear, fast moving action
4. 20 Watts with BBE for powerful sound and great voice clarity
5. 3 HDMI inputs for full digital HD connection in one cable

Editorial Review :

Designed for ease of use, Philips 47PFL3603D 47-inch 1080p LCD HDTV features modern design, 3 HDMI connections, Incredible Surround sound, a powerful 1080p display and brilliant Pixel Plus HD engine. Making the smart choice in total picture quality has never been easier.

Customer Review :

Awsome TV

When I was looking at TVs in the store, this one looked just as good as, if not better than, the other TVs. The only big difference was the price. Other TVs in this price range simply didn't compare while this TV compared to TVs which cost $500-$800 more. I am not a TV expert, I only base my judgment on how the picture looked, but what else do you need? Who cares if the other TV has a 'phase shift converter' or operates at 4 million jiggawhatchyamacallits. And I really don't care if my TV can't make me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. What matters to me is that it looks amazing and is very reasonably priced.

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Great quality at great price

My husband and I have been looking for several months for a larger tv to replace our very good Samsung 32" 1080i LCD. At last we've found it! The picture is awesome, the screen has a thicker glare shield than the other tv's we've looked at. Giving the picture great color and depth.

After comparing this unit right next to a Sony and Sharp, that cost more we were hooked. I did take the time to do some homework and found that this unit was given 4 or 5 stars across the board on many ratings sites as well.

Our tv has 4 hdmi ports as well, you really can never have to many ports we've found. We also play our Xbox on the tv and it looks great. The sound is excellent!

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Great t.v. but...

I bought this t.v. from Wal-mart 3 months ago. It looks awesome. The HD channels look good. PS3 with the HDMI cable is amazing on this t.v. Here's the "but" I came home after one weekend and the t.v. turned on but had no picture. I thought maybe a cable problem but it wasn't. The picture would cut in and out at random. Sometimes it would take 5, even 20 minutes for the picture to show up. The crazy thing about the whole thing was the t.v. had sound but no picture. (Look up this problem and you'll see it's a growing problem among LCD T.V.'s) It became very annoying, so I carried it back. And to no surprise to me, the customer service desk had one behind it the day I carried mine back. Plus they questioned my date of purchase because the t.v. showed up as a discontinued item. But it was brand new 3 months ago? Wal-mart selling older models as new models for cheaper prices? Maybe so. But I got my money back after 2 hours of arguing, literally. The t.v. is great, when it actually decides to work. Be sure to check out what you are buying before dropping down some money.

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Worst TV ever!

purchased a 47" Philips LCD TV (Model: 47PFL3603D/27) for 22 months (Sept. 2008). From Feb. 2010, the TV picture turned to black occasionally, so we had to turn the TV off and on to get the picture back. The horrible happed yesterday, my wife left the living room after she turned on the TV, when she returned to the living room few minutes later, she saw smoke coming out of TV and found the TV burned deadly. Today I called Philips, the customer representative told me that I have no choice except for buying a new one or bringing it to repair center at my cost, they have no responsibility if there is not the damage to my house. That was our terrible experience about Philips TV, which was the only one Philips TV we ever have.

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Bill P.

This is a great TV. I have read other reviews about poor speaker sound, but this TV has great speakers and sound levels are great coming from these speakers. No need to connect to other sound systems. The picture is great in HD plus non HD shows are very good. The price for this Philips 47" LCD is much lower than other 47" models that don't give you as good a picture. We have had this model for over a month with no problems.

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1. 4 HDMI inputs
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5. Energy Star 4.0

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