Want to experience TV viewing in a new way? Then Philips 42PFL6556 is tailor-made for you that is designed to make your world of entertainment bigger and better. The Philips product comes packed with many attractive features that promise to offer great performance and can be compelling enough to allure the buyers.
What is it?
The 42PFL6556 from the stable of Philips is a full HD LED TV that is sturdily built that sits firmly on its solid base that gives stability to the TV. The 6000 series TV comes crafted with a glossy finished curvy bezel that enhances its stylish and sleek look. The bottom of the bezel sports the brand logo. The neatly designed control panel with touch sensitive buttons featuring menu, power on/off button along with volume and channel control, lies below the Philips logo. The ports are not oriented outwards, rather they are positioned toward the side and down that aids in easy wall mounting. This also adds up the sleek look of the television. The remote control of the TV is also ergonomically designed that comes with large and well spaced keys that enables better user interface.
Key features
The Philips TV sports a 42 inch screen with an amazing pixel resolution of 1920 x 1080. The full HD screen supports high signal quality and the wide screen resolution ensures brilliant picture clarity. For immersive audio experience the 42PFL6556 comes with two integrated sub woofers with the incredible power of 16 W RMS that produces crisp sound. Connecting with other compatible devices is quite seamless as this LED LCD television comes with a host of connectors like USB ports, VGA connector, composite video and component video units. In terms of connectivity this TV most importantly has three HDMI ports that let you connect your TV to compatible HD displays to get high quality graphics intensive visuals. The USB port is compatible to play NFTS drives for media play back and the TV also supports video formats like MT2S, AVI, MP4. Most importantly you can play MKV and M4A files in this TV. For ease of use the TV has a simple interface that allows for easy navigability. The thumbnail version of the content can be seen in the preview option in the interface.
Whatâs innovative?
The biggest selling point of the 42 inch LCD LED TV lies in its highlighting features. The TV comes with ‘Pixel Plus HD image processing technology’ so that you get great clarity. Additionally there is ‘HD Natural Motion’ in this Philips television. It is integral in creating incredibly brilliant picture perfect visuals. This feature along with the dynamic contrast ratio definitely raises the bar of your HD experience with excellent detail and seamless motion features. To enjoy the sharp-moving images this Philips TV also features 480 Hz Perfect Motion Rate (PMR) that produces excellent motion sharpness.
Price and availability
The TV is available in the market and is marketed in India at a MRP of Rs 64,990 but you can buy this product at a lower street price that may come under 60 000.
Accessories
Remote control with batteries comes as part of accessories with this TV. Philips also is offering a wireless keyboard and a 3D Blu-ray player with this TV as a part of the package but that comes at an additional price of Rs 5000.
The up side
Stylish looks, amazing picture performance, incredible sound quality, great connectivity, support of NFTS drives and many other formats like MKV and M4A files will definitely attract the buyers towards this TV.
The down side
High price can act as a major deterrent for the audience to get wooed by this television.
Our experience
The Philips 6000 series TV is no doubt a solid performer. Colors appear natural here and most importantly without any image noise. This is evident if you connect to a Blu-Ray player. While scrolling the menu in the TV there is a lag, however its ability to read NFTS drive with fast video playback makes up for it.
The bottom line
If you are looking for a home entertainment system that offers audio- visual delight with really good connectivity capabilities then Philips 42PFL6556 television is apt for you. Important however is the fact that you have to be also okay with the price tag that comes with the package.
