Fantastic Picture After reading previous reviews I have to say I Did Not buy this set for it's wireless capabilities. I bought it as both a TV and a computer monitor. My computer having a 4gb video card and a fantastic HD sound card. This television rocks having it running through my computer via the digital optical connection. I also have it hardwired using Ethernet connection. All of the apps work perfectly although I utilize my Netflix and my Amazon Prime movies running through my computer for pure digital sound.Although this is Amazon I bought my tv through Sams club because it was only $545. I had to write a review simply because so many people were bad mouthing this set and it is a beautiful HD television with a beautiful full 1080P picture. The remote covers everything necessary and getting the updates through Philips online were a snap. After shopping for a 40 HD set with 1080P and 120Hz for over two months I feel lucky to accidentally fall into this great deal.
This TV ROCKS! I purchased this tv at Costco for the amazing price of $599.99. It was bought as a replacement for my Hitachi Plasma that was stolen in a house burglary. I was a bit skeptical at first but Costco has such an amazing return policy 90 days I went for it . My kids and I cannot believe how crisp and clear the picture is. We hooked up the laptop last night and watched Netflix and we were very impressed with the picture quality. Although it may not have all the bells and whistles that Sony or others may possess this tv gives you more bang for the buck! I also own an Aquos 37 lcd and the pictures don't even begin to compare and I paid over twice the amount I paid for the Phillips.
3 stars for TV zero for wifi 3 stars if you are looking for an okay TV at a low price but zero stars if looking for a WIFI capable TV as this one claims to be. I bought it at Walmart a month ago for $600. they no longer carry it and I think I know why but if you can find one at that price and just want a TV I say go for it.However if you want to use any WIFI Internet features that are plastered all over the box I would suggest you forget it. I just brought mine back to Walmart for a refund after going back and forth with Philips customer service since day one. It turns out that this model needs a software update and a media connect kit with a WIFI dongle to connect to the Internet. I noticed that all the positive Internet comments on this model where hard wired and not WIFI and that is something I just did not want to do. Philips will send the dongle out to you free of charge but it is always on back order. I finally got mine this week and after many calls and three hours on the phone with Philips useless customer service I gave up. I'm not new to installing TV's and I did everything that they said to do. Including having to use my zip drive to upgrade the software something that all the other TV's I have owned did on their own. Then closely following the directions with the dongle and still ending up with no WIFI connection.
Hmm Works for me Received as a Christmas Present. Sams Club has these as one time buys at $578. Seems like a killer deal considering the price listed here and even at Best Buy was $1000.TV was easy for me to setup. It's thin it's lightweight 40lbs and looks fairly attractive for a TV no weird angle pieces of plastic hanging off it. Menu's do look very cheesy but are easy to navigate. I have not yet done a full customization of settings on the TV but the OE configurations seems fairly well for color. None of the people it's displayed so far look like pink lobstersSound was on the quiet side as seems normal with a lot of TVs so I turned the true volume or whatever on and sound is a lot louder now without having to turn it up to the moon.Date of manufacture on mine was June 2011. I'll have to check for any firmware updates.Mine came with the wireless usb dongle and I had no issues connecting it to my wireless network.
Awesome HDTV technology at any price ! I've had this TV for 3 weeks and it is an awesome HDTV at any price. The firmware download from Philips' website is a Very Necessary thing to do but it's a breeze! Just download the upgrade file onto a flash drive and stick the flashdrive into the TV's USB port .
Terrible. now have 2nd replacement and still no Wifi My Husband bought this tv for me as a surprise after major surgery as I would be bedridden for months. During lucid moments I have tried in vain to get the net tv to work. I finally hooked up my Netgear powerline adapters and could then get on Netflix intermittently. After two weeks I could no longer get anywhere with the NetTv. Then I ran a wire from the adapter to the router and still nothing. Support said it was because I did not have a dongle. I tried to tell her it was the network card. She said there is no network card in the tv. I just need the dongle. uhmmm. okaaayy . lol. but whatever.. Dongle came. and tada! NO NetTv! Got a more knowledgeable tech support helper who after over two hours of testing. And me manually putting in my IP DNS etc. came to the conclusion that the tv was no good. So today I got the replacement. and still nothing. Wired wireless. Nothing.. If you want a tv with a nice picture this is fine. but don't pay the extra money for a tv that promises NetTv and then doesn't deliver. They said public relations would be calling me in a couple of days. All those who gave this tv a 5 star rating. I can see that you didn't want it for the wifi Which is what the tv is touted as having. I did.. so I could put my Roku out in the living room so the rest of the family could access movies and thought I would have the pleasure of being able to watch movies while I convalesced right from my New TV! I want a different tv but it appears I am stuck with this one.
Amazing TV with plenty of inputs. I got this TV for Christmas from my brother and I am still in love with it. Not only does this TV offer a splendid picture but it also has room to grow. Our HTPC blurays and Fios HD channels look sharp and crisp on it and video games do not lag whatsoever. It still impresses me everytime I throw something on. If you're on the fence whether to purchase this TV or not just do it.
Nice Tv Great picture and WIFI works !! My Girl friend bought this tv the other day as a replacement for her samsung 40 lcd after a burglery we shopped and looked at several models and it came down to this another samsung for more $ a LG for more.she considered some lesser brands bit for the money this was it .
Great television! We bought this television in November of 2010.It was super simple to set up for regular television viewing DVD/VCR watching watching movies/television through a laptop and playing the Wii.Setting it up for Netflix was a little trickier as I couldn't figure out how to get it on out network.
4 stars for the TV would have been 5 stars if the WiFi worked I bought this TV 40pfl7705dv from Sam's Club for $578 great deal compared to what it is selling for on Amazon because it fit my budget and had Flat Screen TV features I was looking for. We switched from an old traditional TV to this flat screen so we were blown away by the picture quality especially HD. So far we love the TV no complaints other than the WiFi. Our TV is in the living room and the wireless router is in the office around 40 feet apart and 2 walls in between the WiFi did not work called Philips and lady said that for WiFi to work the router has to be in the same room not more than 25 feet away and no walls inbetween I think this is also mentioned in the owners manual. Which I think is ridiculous since my laptop gets excellent signal same spot as TV. Anyway she recommended I buy a power line adapter. So I bought the NETGEAR XETB1001 85Mbps Powerline Network Adapter Kit from buy.com for $70 after that the internet connection worked great and I am able to watch Netflix HD movies without any interruption. So even though the WiFi did not work we are happy with the TV I think the price was slashed probably because they received a lot of complaints of WiFi not working.Also we did not see any lag DirecTV HD DVDs Netflix HD between the picture and sound as had been mentioned in some previous post.Fyi I also bought the Omni Mount OB120FM from Sam's Club but when I tried to attach the wall mount adapters in the Configuration 3 X the lower adapters were too long so had to saw off part of the lower adapters and then it worked perfectly.
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