
Philips
LCD TV with Digital
Crystal Clear
Clearly a smart choice
42"
Full HD 1080p
42PFL3704
With easy to use and future proof technology
Experience great picture and sound quality with this Full HD 1080pp display. So easy to
enjoy, with high quality standard, you can be sure that you make the right choice with this
Philips Flat TV.
Vivid and razor sharp pictures
• Digital Crystal Clear for detail depth and clarity
• Full HD LCD display, with a 1920x1080p resolution
• 28.9 billion colors for brilliant natural images
• Dynamic contrast 30000:1 for incredible rich black details
Crisp and Clear sound
• Incredible Surround for enhanced audio enjoyment
• 2x10W RMS audio power
Easy to connect and enjoy
• 2 HDMI inputs with Easylink for a full HD connection
•PC input (HDMI)
• PC-input allows you to use your TV as a PC monitor
• Smart Picture and Smart Sound to personalize your viewing

LCD TV with Digital Crystal Clear
42" Full HD 1080p
Highlights
42PFL3704/12
Digital Crystal Clear
Digital Crystal Clear is a package of picture
innovations that digitally adjusts and optimizes
picture quality to optimal contrast, color and
sharpness levels. It's like watching vivid cinemalike images.
Full HD LCD display 1920x1080p
The Full HD screen has the widescreen
resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest
resolution of HD sources for the best possible
picture quality. It is fully future proof as it
supports 1080p signals from all sources,
including the most recent like Blu-ray and
advanced HD game consoles. The signal
processing is extensively upgraded to support
this much higher signal quality and resolution.
It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive
scan pictures with superb brightness and
colors.
28.9 billion colors
Vibrant and natural images from most
advan
ced color processing. The 3 color
channels (RGB) are optimized using 10 bit
resolution, a total processing power of 28.9
billion colors. It produces vibrant colors while
retaining excellent sharpness. The advanced
algorithms detect subtle color shades , skin
tones and processes these to give most natural
colors.
Incredible Surround
Incredible Surround is an audio technology
from Phi
sound field to immerse you in the audio. Using
state-of-the-art electronic phase shifting,
Incredible Surround mixes sounds from left
and right in such a way that it expands the
virtual distance between the two speakers.
lips that dramatically magnifies the
This wider spread greatly enhances the stereo
effect and creates a more natural sound
dimension. Incredible Surround allows you to
experience total surround with greater depth
and width of sound, without the use of
additional speakers.
2x10W RMS audio power
2x10W RMS audio power
2 HDMI inputs with EasyLink
EasyLink uses the HDMI CEC industry
standard proto
between connected devices and the TV. With
Easylink only one remote control is needed to
operate main functionalities on your TV and
connected devices. HDMI makes an
uncompressed digital RGB connection from
the source to the screen for the ultimate
picture quality. HDMI uses HDCP copy
protection. With 1 HDMI input on the back
and 1 HDMI on the side of the TV you can
connect multiple HD sources, for instance an
HD settop box, a Blu-ray player, and Game
Console or Digital Camcorder.
PC input (HDMI)
With PC input you can use your TV as a PC
m
onitor via a HDMI-DVI cable/converter.
col to share functionality

LCD TV with Digital Crystal Clear
42" Full HD 1080p
Specifications
42PFL3704/12
Picture/Display
• Aspect ratio: Widescreen
• Brightness: 500 cd/m²
• Dynamic screen contrast: 30,000:1
• Response time (typical): 5 ms
• Viewing angle: 178º (H) / 178º (V)
• Diagonal screen size: 42 inch / 107 cm
• Display screen type: LCD WXGA+ Active Matrix
T
TF
• Panel resolution: 1920x1080p
• Picture enhancement: 3/2 - 2/2 motion pull down,
mbfilter, 3D MA deinterlacing, Active
3D Co
Control, Color Enhancement, Color Transient
Improvement, Digital Crystal Clear, Digital Noise
Reduction, Dynamic contrast enhancement,
Progressive Scan, Sharpness Adjustment,
Automatic skin tone correction, 1080p 24/25/
30Hz processing, 1080p 50/60Hz processing
• Screen enhancement: Semi-glare
Supported Display Resolution
• Computer formats
Resolution Refresh rate
640 x 480 60Hz
800 x 600 60Hz
1024 x 768 60Hz
1280 x 720 60Hz
1280 x 768 60Hz
1280 x 1024 60Hz
1360 x 768 60Hz
1440 x 900 60 Hz
1680 x 1050 50Hz, 60Hz
Via HDMI/DVI
t
inpu
deo formats
• Vi
Resolution Refresh rate
480i 60Hz
480p 60Hz
576i 50Hz
576p 50Hz
720p 50, 60Hz
1080i 50, 60Hz
1080p 24, 50, 60Hz
1080p 24, 25, 30, 50, 60Hz
Sound
• Output power (RMS): 2 x 10W
• Sound Enhancement: Auto Volume Leveller,
credible Surround, Smart Sound
In
• Sound System: Nicam Stereo
Convenience
• Child Protection: Child Lock+Parental Control
• Clock: Sleep Timer, Wake up Clock, Wake Up
mer
Ti
• Connection Enhancement: Easy link
• Ease of Installation: Auto Program Naming,
matic Channel Install(ACI), Automatic Tuning
Auto
System (ATS), Autostore, Fine Tuning, PLL Digital
Tuning, Plug & Play
• Ease of Use: Auto Volume Leveller (AVL),
phical User Interface, On Screen Display,
Gra
Program List, Side Control
• Remote Control: TV
• Remote control type: RCPF01EO9B
• Screen Format Adjustments: 4:3, Auto Format,
vie expand 14:9, Movie expand 16:9, Subtitle
Mo
Zoom, Super Zoom, Widescreen
• Teletext: 1000 page Hypertext
• Teletext enhancements: Fast text, Program
rmation Line
info
• Smart mode: Game, Movie, Personal, Energy
aving, Standard, Vivid
s
Tuner/Reception/Transmission
• Aerial Input: 75 ohm coaxial (IEC75)
• TV system: PAL I, PAL B/G, SECAM B/G, SECAM
L'
L/
• Video Playback: NTSC, SECAM, PAL
• Tuner bands: Hyperband, S-Channel, UHF, VHF
Connectivity
• Ext 1 Scart: Audio L/R, RGB
• Ext 2 Scart: Audio L/R
•Number of Scarts: 2
• Ext 3: YPbPr, Audio L/R in
•Front / Side connections: HDMI
Audio L/R in
• Audio Output - Digital: Coaxial (cinch)
• Other connections: S/PDIF out (coaxial)
•HDMI 1: HDMI v1.3
• EasyLink (HDMI-CEC): One touch play, EasyLink,
stem standby
Sy
v1.3, CVBS in,
Power
• Ambient temperature: 5 °C to 40 °C
• Mains power: 220-240V, 50Hz
• Power consumption (typical): 125 W
• Power consumption: 195 W
• Standby power consumption: 0.30 W
Dimensions
•Set dimensions (W x H x D):
1026 x 667.4 x 82.4 mm
• Set dimensions with stand (W x H x D):
727.4 x 261.5 mm
26 x
10
• Product weight: 17.38 kg
• Product weight (+stand): 19.5 kg
•Box dimensions (W x H x D):
70 x 787 x 260 mm
11
• Color cabinet: High gloss b
cabinet
• VESA wall mount compatible: 200 x 200 mm
lack deco front black
Accessories
• Included Accessories: Table top stand, Power
cord, Quick start guide, User Manual, Warranty
certificate, Remote Control, 2 x AAA Batteries
•
SERV.C
Issue date 2009-08-12
Version: 6.0.2
12 NC: 8670 000 54248
EAN: 87 12581 49157 4
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All Rights reserved.
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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Electronics N.V. or their respective owners.
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