Philips 42PF9630A

Pros: Great picture and variety of hookups

Cons: Weaker built in speakers for a plasma

Review: Out of the box, this Philips TV is a marvel. It was easy to set up and connect a digital cable box (although not necessary due to the built in tuner) and a DVD player. It has two HDMI inputs to make your life easier and with less cords. The picture ...

Pros: Great picture, adequate sound, easy set up.

Cons: Quite heavy, slight glare from windows.

Review: I bought this set just prior to the NFL season and have found it to be a great performer. I am surprised at the other reviews because I have had little issues with the TV. My concerns are more with Direct TV than anything else. Voice and picture on ...

Pros: Nice picture, when it works

Cons: Too many problems.

The Bottom Line: Build quality over time just is not worth it. Will not buy another Philips product.

Review: I bought a a 42pf9630a in 2005 through work and received a discount. At the time, I was happy with the price (about 2300) but have battled with the TV ever since. After less than a year, I had to have it serviced. After viewing a while, the tv picture ...

Pros: There are NO pros

Cons: The WORST product I have ever owned, from the WORST company.

The Bottom Line: You WILL BE SORRY if you purchase a Philips brand tv

Review: I hope everyone looking for a tv reads the reviews here on the Philips brand. They are the worst company for customer service. I did my research before buying this tv last year, and boy it did not pay off. I wish I would have seen the reviews I am now ...

Pros: Ambilight is a wonderful way to watch TV, good picture

Cons: Has defects, poor customer service

The Bottom Line: I do not recommend this product at this time as there are serious defects with it.

Review: We purchased this television in February of 2006. We loved the ambilight feature and so did everyone who saw it. Worked great for about 2 months and then the picture would go off and on. We originally thought it was our HD cable box and so we ...

Pros: You don't worry about burn in because the picture is already bad.

Cons: Very poor customer service,they are polite, but they don't actually do anything to help you.

Review: I own this TV but wish I didn't. The picture shows green on the shadow side of peoples faces along with a thinner red band (false contour) next to it. I have seen more than one of these TVs with the same problem. The problem is worse with contrast ...

Pros: Excellent TV when it works.

Cons: Not an excellent TV when it doesn't.

Review: For the first 3 weeks the I thought this was an awesome TV. I did all the research and Consumer Reports research. In the last two weeks however, the TV will intermittenly turn itself off and on. And while that was bad enough - it would at least go ...

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Review: I bought a 42Pf9630A Plasma from Best buy and there are many design faults on this television. 1: The television turns of (picture and sound) for 30 seconds every 1 to 2 hours of viewing 2: When you turn this television off there is a red LED that ...

Pros: Ambilight is nice.

Cons: Consumer nightmare

Review: The TV worked only 3 weeks and then had to wait 7 weeks for a "part". They finally replaced the entire TV, which they should have done up front. Let the warranty lapse 2 months while I paid for satellite service and TIVO I could not watch and made ...