 Amazing HDTV for the price. |
| Review Date: January 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Mir T. Ali, Texas, USA |
I was able to find this HDTV, under a 1000 buck, and for the price this is truly a bang for your buck. It have 4 HDMI slots which is quite adequate, plus it got the standard audio and video slots. The Picture quality is quite amazing. The 120 Hz of video processing gives a very sharp and clear picture, and personally, its hard to discern the difference between the 240Hz HDTVs and this one, so its a smart buy. It was quite easy to install, and make sure you got an adequate stand for this, cause the Tv is huge. The speakers are pretty good, but don't expect surround sound from it.
The Remote control is alright, not really a great fan of it, but it gets the job done. Otherwise this TV is a great purchase.
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Excellent HDTV
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| Review Date: December 30, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Tony Crosby, Lakeland, GA USA |
| We received this television for Christmas. We haven't even purchased an upconverting DVD player yet and we are blown away by the picture quality from a component connection. Playing Wii games and now with our newly installed HD satellite, we couldn't be more pleased with this television. Contrast and response time seem great. |
Very Nice, Really
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| Review Date: February 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: W. R. Ogden, NE USA |
We got this at a club store for under $1k.
Also got a blu-ray player and the latest Star Trek Blu-ray.
It's really incredible how awesome the picture quality is on this. It takes a little getting used to the individual whiskers/pores showing on actor's faces. There is a very distinct awareness of depth. It's not 3d, but just a simple awareness of depth.
I also tried my old Firefly DVDs. And again I was blown away by the detail and clarity.
My last TV was a 42" LG plasma. So it shouldn't be that much difference, but it is.
Then I turned on regular programming. Pixelation all over the place...Took me until the end of the first quarter of the big game to find the OUTPUT RESOLUTION setting on the HD cable box. Once I had that set to 1080i, the quality of picture was near perfect. Cable doesn't come in 1080p around here.
The blacks are as black as the TV's case. I've noticed an occasional digital blur, but for the most part the movement is not blurred at all.
I'm not a sound guru, but the TV sounds good to me. |
Great LCD for the price! Sleek looking even when off. LOVE IT!!!
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| Review Date: February 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Bree, San Diego, CA |
| My husband & I have been in the market for a larger TV for about 6 months, reading reviews, comparing picture quality, etc. This TV was displayed next to a Samsung of the same caliber; the picture quality was undoubtedly better, AND the Philips was $500 cheaper. We obviously went for the Philips and it was a breeze to set up (I did it myself). I have never been too satisfied with the sound quality of previous LCD sets, and have usually used them with home theater systems, but the sound on this TV is actually quite good! We are amazed at the picture quality & the visual preference guide when you are doing the set-up really helps to get everything just as you like it (side by side options, like at the optometrist). The 4 HDMI inputs, and countless other inputs make setting up any sound/dvd/blu-ray/gaming systems a breeze. I was also able to easily program our universal remote to control the tv (a necessity for me). We watched Lord of the Rings last night, and the visuals are stunning. I recommend this TV 110% and am actually talking my parents into replacing their 47" with this one. Excellent purchase for the price. |
Great Value
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| Review Date: February 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: TanMan, NJ |
I also bought this at my local wholesale club (you know, the one next to the largest big box store in the world) for less than a grand. I have 3 inputs connected to it - the cable box, an upconverting DVD player, and the PS3 - all using HDMI. And there's still one free HDMI port on the side. The audio output (S/PDIF only, so I needed a coax/optical adapter) is connected to my 5.1 surround sound system.
The video looks amazing. This replaced an older 50" Toshiba LCD (1080i max, 1 DVI input, about $2,500 and it was a deal!), and the difference is astounding. It's mounted on a stand we got for it, in the middle of a custom wall unit, so it's a bit recessed.
The initial setup uses a wizard to guide you through your preferred settings - you see two pictures next to each other, and pick the one that looks better to you. So you don't need any special calibration software, just follow the wizard.
Using HDMI cables made a big difference. I originally connected it to the PS3 using component cables because the HDMI cables I had ordered hadn't arrived yet. When they came, I switched cables, and the difference was huge.
The remote is only for the TV - it's not an all-in-one. But what would you expect? The remote is perfectly adequate for controlling the TV.
The only thing I can complain about is the sound. The speakers are in the back of the TV, so the sound projects at the back wall, and as a result, it sounds muffled. I have no idea what they were thinking with this design. However, it doesn't matter if you hook this up to your surround sound system - we just always use the surround sound now.
We liked this TV so much we bought a second one for the game/exercise room. That one is mounted over the fireplace and is open on the sides, and the sound on that one is fine.
Great TV. Amazing value. |
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