hdtv stand

1. ( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Feb 29 2008

   Save yourself a headache and avoid this product and all Philips Plasma's. If you take your chances and buy a Philips plasma, you might as well buy the extended service contract as you will likely need it. I purchased the Philips 42in Plasma TV a little over a year ago and it started showing a thin red line vertically in the middle of the screen at about month 11. It was still under warranty and called customer service. The repair shop picked it up a few days later. This was in the beginning of December. It is now March and they have replaced several parts without fixing it. Here is the current workflow. 1. Repair shop orders a part from Philips. 2. Philips reviews the order to decide whether or not to give permission to ship the part since it is under Warranty. 3. Philips reviews the order and eventually gives permission to send the part. (this seems to take 3 weeks each time) 4. The part arrives 7-10 days later. Part doesn't fix the TV and it starts all over. Customer service has no way to track the status because it is in a different system. The repair shop has no way of tracking it because philips has to give them an Order number and this doesnt happen until they give permission to ship the part. Anyhow, when you call customer service, their only function is to tap dance around until you get aggravated and bored and get off the phone. They may promise callbacks, but it never happens. I even got one of their supervisors to admit that they provide service, but not good service. I have a friend with the comparable Samsung that he got at about the same time and it works fine. Also I have anotehr friend with the Sony and it works pretty well, but pricier. I have never had a TV break in the less than a year, but this one did and a neighbor purchased one as well and it lasted only 15 months was too costly to fix.Picture actually wasnt bad. just poor quality.

2. ( 0 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Feb 7 2008

   I bought this TV in Brandsmart USA 3 months ago for $799. I own an LG and a Samsung (both HDTV) and the picture of this TV it's very superior to the other two (really natural image). The menus are very easy to understand, and the sound is great. The quality of this TV is equal or even better to other TV's that cost you hundreds more. I really, really recommend this TV.

3. Posted: Dec 15 2007

   I bought this TV on Amazon for $996 with free shipping at the end of November 2007. It arrived in about 8-10 days by freight in perfect shape. Assembly was easy. The menu system is simple. The picture is great. The sound is wonderful. You're not going to find a better 42" plasma TV for under $1,000. The only drawback is a TV this big with an excellent picture like this makes standard TV look fairly crappy. However, the built in tuner recognize 10 HD channels as soon as I hooked up my roof antenna. They look great. I have DirecTV so now am considering I need to upgrade to HD service to get the higher picture quality. DVD's look wonderful on this TV. I heartily recommend this, if you haven't figured it out already.

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1. Posted: Jul 28 2008

   After about four months of use, I like this TV/DVD player and it fits my needs well with the built-in functionality. This is a very flexible device and I use it in my home office (which is also a bedroom), which is my only work location. For a majority of a work day it is used as a 2nd computer monitor, which comes in very handy with the multiple windows I tend to need open. The size of the monitor at 23" eases the stain. After work I use it as a TV or DVD player and find viewing is good from approx. 10 feet or so. My daughter sometimes guests out on weekends and gets a lot of use out of it. I would give it five stars but the remote is sometimes recalcitrant in activating channels or volume changes, detracting from a seamless operation.

2. Posted: Apr 5 2008

   It almost looks like a monitor. The resolution is not what I expected its not bad but it didnt meet my expectation. It did not come with any cables except the power cord. It is easy to operate.

3. Posted: Mar 22 2008

   We purchased this for our boy's playroom. I had to do something to reclaim our family room tv so now they can watch their shows in their room while having all their toys with them too. We haven't had the problems I've read in other reviews of this model so overall we have been extremely satisfied. The dvd feature is a plus as we didn't want to overcrowd the room with components to make this work for their movies. The price was decent although it does keep fluctuating from time to time.

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