First seen: 6 september 2007
Enjoy the ultimate viewing experience of this Philips Cineos Flat TV with Perfect Pixel HD Engine, Ambilight 2 Channel, a Full HD 1080p display and 100 Hz Clear LCD technology. The USB connector gives you full access to multimedia content.
The Philips 37PFL9632D, unlike one of the previous model from Philips, has all of Philips’ features. For example, like the picture-enhancing wizardries including Ambilight, Perfect Pixel HD, HD Natural Motion and 100Hz Clear LCD. Its LCD screen is framed by a glossy black bezel which is accentuated by silver borders. Appreciated features are the ambilight improves perceived blacks and contrast. The clear LCD also significantly reduces motion blur and it has a strong SD performance due to superb video pro…
See moreThe Philips 37PFL9632D, unlike one of the previous model from Philips, has all of Philips’ features. For example, like the picture-enhancing wizardries including Ambilight, Perfect Pixel HD, HD Natural Motion and 100Hz Clear LCD. Its LCD screen is framed by a glossy black bezel which is accentuated by silver borders. Appreciated features are the ambilight improves perceived blacks and contrast. The clear LCD also significantly reduces motion blur and it has a strong SD performance due to superb video processing. While some features that could have been better like its calibrated blacks could be better, the manual backlight control is not featured. The input lag may impair gaming performance or causes lip-synch delay. The LCD set also exhibits deinterlacing artifacts with 1080p/24 signal. The Philips 37PFL9632D, in two ways, has what other flat television don’t which are firstly, the ambilight acts as bias lighting to improve perceived blacks and contrast and secondly, the 100Hz Clear LCD delivers the most substantial reduction in motion blurring that one has ever seen by far. Many will find that the Philips 37PFL9632D, on the whole, delivers a very good picture quality but on the bad side, it may not appeal to gamers, HTPC users or videophiles.
See lessWhen I reviewed a less expensive LCD television from Philips six months ago, I remember not being terribly impressed with its calibrated picture quality, but I did point out that almost none of the technologies which made Philips famous were implemented on that particular model. Read more