Philips 42PFL5603D/27 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

Philips 42PFL5603D/27 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

This TV displays gorgeous pictures on channels broadcasting HD and very good pictures from digital channels, but the images in standard broadcast mode leave a lot to be desired. And, the slowness of changing from one channel to another is very annoying. The channel information stays on the screen much to long for my taste. The remote control is too small and its number keys are too sensitive. If you do not depress them fast enough you get a string of numbers. Its ability to play jpeg images from a usb flash drive is very disappointing. I labeled 41 images as 001.jpg to 041.jpg and it scrambles those numbers and its slideshow only plays a few of them.

This is my first LCD HDTV. My recommendation before buying any brand is to go to a local store and see if they will let you operate the units they have on display. If I had done this maybe I would have found a brand that operates faster than this Philips 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV.

When I ordered this TV I was reluctant because of the reviews of the shipping company. However, the TV is great. I researched HDTV's for 6 months. I bought my dad the Philips 32"HDTV from WalMart and paid the tax...saved the tax on Amazon for mine(42"Philips HDTV). The shipping company was very helpful and did what they said they would do. Get this TV and don't worry about the shipping. Have a little faith.

I have had this tv for about a month now and I love it. It has an amazing picture.
Pro's: very high connectivity and great looking pixels. Movies in HD are great, even when upconverted from a DVD. The PixelPlus effects are nice, and it is ovbious when it improves the picture.

Cons: No VGA input--had to buy a vga to hdmi convertor which looks
great still (though my box only supports full screen output the tv in widescreen fills the screen nicely) I've noticed that the Pixelplus business attempts to shade the picture which makes it look colored very wrong at times, but only when using a computer input of 800x600(very low) higher resolutions do not do this, and never on any other input.

I absolutely love this tv. The cons outragously outweigh the amazing picture qaulity i get from this tv. Sports look great, video games look great. much better than my friends sony bravia (tho his is 720P this mine is 1080P) I was suprised how hard it was to find it in a store, and reviews are few and far between currently. final note: be prepared for a tv to ship very slowly...

The first surprise was that the delivery driver helped bring the set into the house and helped set it all up. We knew there were no problems before he left. The second was the ease of operation. The third was how terrific all the features are. I love watching our digital photos on the 42" screen! This is a great value.

I purchased this TV as a replacement/upgrade for an older Philips HDTV. I have to say that I absolutely love this TV. Highly recommended!