Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview

 Brand Philips | Model: 22PFL3207H/12

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Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice, functional TV with good picture but dire sound - buy speakers to go with it!, 1 Mar 2013

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G. Wake "gregwake" (Newcastle, UK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

I've had this set in my bedroom for a few months now and it's really very good. It's easy to put together (click both bits of the stand onto the screen, plug the wires in and switch on) and goes through an easy set up routine so you don't need to spend an age deciphering the manual to get the set to tune itself in and set up the picture to your preferences. Take a few minutes following the on screen instructions and you're ready to go. The picture is sharp, the colours are fabulous, the remote effective and the functions easy to use. Features like the TV guide are not pretty or innovative but are wonderfully clear and easy to read so I can forgive the dull, monochrome design employed. At the very least the blacks are black and the whites white: colours and the contrast between light and dark are what they should be and this makes the Philips set a joy to watch.

It is such a shame it is not also a joy to listen to. I thought my last bedroom set, an elderly Samsung LCD, had poor sound but this manages to be even worse: it's quiet, tinny and quite pathetic. To make matters worse the volume control does not affect the volume on the audio out: it's not a normal headphones socket and pressing mute or volume up/down does nothing to the sound, to adjust the headphones volume you've got to press [home] > setup > TV settings > Sound > Headphones volume. Not only is this utterly pointless, it's also silly and time consuming. The practical upshot of this inefficient design is you really need speakers with their own remote control.

I should make clear I bought this television with quite a substantial sale discount which has affected my view of the product: it is well worth what I paid for it, even with the audio flaws, so I rate it highly.

2.0 out of 5 stars TV is slow to start up and respond to channel changes, sound is too quiet, 17 Feb 2013

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MR I FLEGG "ianflegg2" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

Thought buying a Philips product would ensure a quality product, but this TV is very slow to start up or to change channels, when other TV's do this instantly. Sound is far too quite, only any good if sat right up to the TV.
Image quality is good though.

5.0 out of 5 stars High Definition TV, 15 Feb 2013

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Mathew - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

This is one of the best prices around for a great television set. I have checked a lot of other stores, online and in person, and Amazon has the best deal for this Phillips model. The t.v. has an energy star, very bright picture, and excellent quality. It's also lightweight and the LED screen is amazing.

3.0 out of 5 stars Flat sceen TV., 8 Feb 2013

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peter bacon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

3 star, ave. but so much better than old set with digi-box.Now if i buy speakers it should be great.

2.0 out of 5 stars Phillips 22 inch TV, 30 Jan 2013

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srwebber - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

Sound quality is very disappointing. It is so bad I have had to go out and purchase some speakers which rather took the edge off the keen purchase price of the television.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars No Problems, 8 Jan 2013

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C James (England) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

Bought this TV to use as a computer & PS3 monitor for a gaming-mad teenager. He uses it to play the latest fast-moving HD & online games and so far has absolutely no complaints about it. And, believe me, he would complain if it wasn't up to the job! He would have preferred a few more settings but other than that he is happy with it. Light yet sturdy, a nice glossy black, delivered well packaged and on time. No problems.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it, 4 Jan 2013

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K B James "welshkai" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

Picture is bad with auto fill constantly moving and colour quality changing to. I thought it was my DVD player but no. Spend more money and get a better TV

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent, 3 Jan 2013

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logan_x50 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

Pros
Good connectivity
Simple menu structure
Configurable picture and sound settings
Good bright picture
Good black levels
1080p

Cons
No Freeview HD
No PVR support
Terrible sound from the speakers
Poor EPG

Mixed bag here. The sound is so bad you wonder why they bothered to put speakers in in the first place. However, in my experience this is now the case for nearly all flat panel tvs. The inbuilt speakers face the wrong direction for a start!! Solution is find yourself a speaker system that works for your setup...be it sound bar , plinth, cinema system, iPod dock speakers, PC speakers...whatever works for your room and set-up. as long as you buy these ultra slim panel tvs i think you should go into it knowing the sound will be awful. Much worse than the box based CRTs or the "fatter" LCD/Plasma TVs of a few years ago with outward facing speakers built into the front panel (rather than the back/bottom of the panel as they mostly now are).

My personal opinion on the picture is its decent. Not the last word in HD but there's enough configuration option to find picture setting that suits your taste. I haven't noticed the motion blur or softness that some of the reviewers have but these impressions are likely to change with the individual.

The EPG is strangely poor showing only now and next and using purely white text on a black background. its no show stopper but its overly simple..that's generally the design ethos of the user interface I'd say "simple"...they've just gone a bit too far with that when it comes to the EPG. On the other hand there's a really nice "list" view that brings up all of the channels in boxes in the screen (think wii channels but without the motion of the channel). You get to this view with a single click of the remote. Great. However, no programme detail so if you don't know what you want to watch you have to press home>programmes (2 presses) for the now/next epg. As I said a mixed bag.

I bought this on an Amazon lightning deal £139.99 and overall I'm pleased with the purchase. WAF (wife acceptance factor) good.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Bedroom TV, 1 Jan 2013

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Mrs T (West Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

Bought this TV for my daughter, who is 14, as she needed a new TV for her bedroom. I have only been able to comment now, as I purchased a few weeks ago, as she has had it up and running since Christmas Day and is over the moon with it. To be honest I don't know where some of these poor reviews are coming from, my husband set it up for her, and is pretty good with all our tech. so it will have been done correctly. We have no issues with either the sound or picture.
I paid Black Friday Deal Price, which was the most I was willing to pay for a bedroom TV.
The only annoying thing was we were looking to see if you could wall mount on an arm, to save room on her dressing table, lets just say we were not taking a drill to the back of a new TV !! There are no pre-drilled holes !! It's on the supplies stand on her dressing table. Shame. We have another brand of TV ourselves which came ready to wall mount, and we just bought the arm for the wall, brilliant. I can honestly say the instructions were a bit ambiguous to say the least.
However, other than lack of wall mounting and ambiguous instruction booklet we have no issues with this TV at all. We have 4 diff. brands around the house, so I can draw reasonable comparison. My daughter thinks its the bees knees, and there's plenty of mod cons on it too, read a tech review for that, I'm just the mum that bought it !!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Sound Quality Disappointing, 31 Dec 2012

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Mrs Jane E Perry - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips 22PFL3207H 22-inch 1080p Full HD LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

We found the sound quality disappointing.
We have linked it to external speakers to get a richer sound.
We did get this on a 'black Friday' deal so overall it was good value.

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