Philips 37PFL8404

Recensione: In addition to performing its regular television duties, this TV is also a full-on DLNA media streamer, capable of taking video, music and photo files from your home PC and displaying them on its crisp 42-inch screen. Not only that, the Philips ...

Pro: As an HDTV the Philips 42PFL8404H fares well. It's stuffed with loads of televisual wizardry, including 100Hz scanning, built-in upscaling and Philips' trademark Ambilight Spectra backlighting, which bathes your living room wall in shades of coloured ...

Contro: Are things perfect? Well, they're pretty close – although we did spot some artefacts around moving objects at times, which is a side effect of the motion processing tech. Philips reserves its very best picture enhancement technology for pricier sets ...

Verdetto: Overall this is a solid all-round performer with a stylish design (check out that narrow frame) and a stacked side order of features.

Recensione: For starters, its glamorous gloss black surround and striking see-through outer 'shroud' are embellished by Philips' Ambilight Spectra technology, which causes pools of soothing, immersive light sympathetic to the picture to spill from the TV's sides.

Pro: Excellent multimedia support, endless flexibility of picture set-up, impressive connectivity, solid sound, gorgeous design

Contro: Black levels could be better, some processing side effects, quite labour-intensive

Recensione: It's not enough for a TV to simply act like a fancy monitor these days. Take this Philips 42PFL8404H, for instance: in addition to performing its regular televisioning duties, it's also a full-on DLNA media streamer, capable of taking video, music and ...

Pro: Stuffed full of features

Contro: Sluggish Net TV

Verdetto: A tech-heavy telly that performs well and even lets you surf the Internet