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Date: 2004-11-19 Is it just me or is this set not good if it's not HD? I still give it a 4 stars because I see the HD quality which is really good for this price and I'm planning to move to HD soon. But as of now, I'm still on analogy (bcos of those too good to turn down intro price for basic cable). And the clarity is less than desirable. Perhaps it's bcos I've been watching my friend's high quality HDTV for too long. Or perhaps as my friend said it's bcos the resolutions magnify the flaws of analogy signal? Or maybe I don't know how to set my TV correctly to make it produce high quality performance. Anyone has any advice for me? I'm beginning to wonder if I got a defect set. I'm too lazy to return (and this is too heavy to move anyway). Think I'll have to wait 6 mths til my intro special basic cable expire to try it on digital to see if there's a different. I'll still appreciate advices if anyone can offer. Thanks. Date: 2004-10-15 Greens And Reds This set has a great picture, using component cables, and a progressive scan DVD player. THE PROBLEM, and I saw a reviewer, Trent Duke, mention this... When using either component input, and especially when watching a black and white movie enhanced for 16:9 TVs, at least on mine, there is a reddish hue running across the top and bottom of the screen, with a larger green hue running across the middle. In color movies, this mostly just shows up on skin, or other light colors. I've called Phillips, but unlike other reviewers, I spoke to Americans, who were curtious, and tried to be helpful, though the problem is not yet solved. Phillips warranty requires that you have at least 3 different ASC repairmen attempt to fix your TV, before they'll send a replacement. So far, I've been to just one, but he tells me this is more of an assembly line type of thing, that could not be fixed, even if he replaced the tube. The TV works fine on the yellow AV video cord, with no noticeable green or red hues. But for an anal video and audio file like myself, I need to watch movies in the best possible quality. What troubled me, is that the repair, who seemed like knew what he was doing, said that most HDTVs have this kind of problem, and not to be suprised if a replacement TV will have this "missaligned purity problem" even worse. Date: 2004-08-27 Good HDTV I bought this TV to be my first widescreen television. Here is how this TV works: The HDTV comes in fantastic, perfect images. Unfortunately, if you want to watch a normal channel (1-13), the image is blurred somewhat. This TV is great for you if all your going to do is watch HDTV. The settings for the TV are somewhat confusing, and the default picture options need to be adjusted. For the price, this is a good TV, but it is missing some options (PIP,buttons on TV, ) If you have digital Cable like me, then it's worth it. Date: 2004-08-18 Good bargain with correct 75-ohm cables. I also bought the TV in costco last week($699+tax - $100coupon). It take me few steps to understand the HDTV in order to set up correctly. The most important two things are using 75-ohm cables for component video inputs and turn on the progressive scan from the DVD source. Then, the extra $20 spent on 75-ohm video cables (from circuit city) will make the vedio quality difference. Date: 2004-08-17 It's a steal at $599 ..... ! Positives: Bought this HDTV Monitor at Costco last week..for a steal $599 after a $100 coupon. I have been researching lots of HDTV's for some time now, and i havent seen any in this price range .. closest competitor is ranged around $800-$900 range. So i used that extra money to get a Progressive scan DVD+VCR combo from costco ($99.. another steal at that price..after a coupon this week.).. nice component cables (will need those to see best quality video).. And a stand..around $150 .. Surely Need that stand as this TV weighs a ton (125 lbs.).. Dont use wooden tv stands...coz u never know. Works OK out of the box.. hooking up to regular cable.. You can improve video quality by selecting the "weak-signal" video option .. (one of the nice features in new TV's). Digital cable looks much better..and HDTV Digital cable looks fantastic.. just like you see in showrooms. Has option to select 4:3, 14:9 , 16:9 , subtitle Zoom & wide screen ..for video. Audio is nice.. with auto vol. level.. for those loud Ads. in TV. Negatives: Manual is OK.. could be better... Remote says it is universal.. but not true.. only few models of dvd,vcr, cable box work with that remote.. Also keys are not positioned ideally for a Uni remote.. Its a 30" wide screen.. so it looks as big as a 27" regular unit only.. just a bit wider .. for someone who are comparing the units side by side. (So it will look smaller compared to a reg. 30" flat tv) Remember..Its an HDTV monitor..! and not an hdtv tv .which means you will need extra equipment if you plan to use it with outdoor hdtv antenna. Most of the new cable & satellite tv provide HDTV cable boxes.. which dosent need any new equipments.. except some cables..! It does not have any DVI inputs or any HD15 /VGA (Computer) inputs ..like some newer TV's.. but this should not cause problems to regular use. And most od the regular inputs (component, composite & S-Video ) are on the back of the unit , only one at the side.. causing some inconvinence to hook up Gaming units.. I havent heard any Humming or noise in speakers so far.. or any problems with colors (white looking like yellow tint).. Though, the tuning menu for picture & sound blocks the TV view if you are changing it while watching some live games.. Not like other units with the settings on the bottom of the screen, so as not to block the view.. Weighing in all these Pro & Cons ... i feel its a great buy at this time.
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