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Philips 52PFL7422D/37 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

Enjoy the ultimate viewing experience of this Philips Flat TV with Perfect Pixel HD Engine and Full HD 1080p display. Enjoy your multimedia content with the built in USB.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Good TV - Minor Problem on DVDs
Loved the TV at first, looks great. Found problem watching DVDs, picture format will Jump from Widescreen to standard and back, rather annoying. I tried to lock the TV into standard only so the picutre fills the entire screen, option not available. should have stuck with SAMSUNG.

5 Stars Nice Value
i bought this television about a month ago. i bought a refurbished from the manufacturer for a greatly reduced cost ($1,400) but that’s beside the point. the television is great for the cost even if you buy it new from Amazon — a nice price as well. the first thing i’d do is go to AVS forums and search for this television to get the various setting codes for the picture. that’ll save you a lot of time. next, get a surround sound system as the speakers on this television are barely adequate (i went with Onkyo and am happy). a universal remote is a must (Logitech Harmony is the way to go — again, i bought a 659 refurbished here on Amazon for about $40 — great remote).

i sit about 11 - 12 feet away and we play the Wii from about 8 feet. both seem just right. i watched the NCAA tourney in HD last week and the Master’s Golf tourney this week. i notice that the standard definition channels don’t look very good. in fact, i think my old television upstairs looks much better on standard definition. so i am only watching HD programming on this LCD. if i had to watch a lot of standard definition programming then i probably wouldn’t have bought this television and i might have given it 3 or 4 stars instead. on the other hand, the deal was too good to pass up and HD looks just terrific.

5 Stars Right TV choice
From the start we looked at only LCD TV’s.

Then came the decision of brand, we really only considered the higher end brands, Sony, Samsong, and Philips. After checking and rechecking pitcher qaulity and specifications, and the price comparisions of these three, we felt the Philips would be our choice.

We started with the 40″ size units, then the 46″, and settled on the 52″,

We would again make the same choices, very happy from the start of the deal to the present.

1 Stars Defective Display Panel(s)
I bought this in 5/08.

In 2/09 the right 1/3 of my screen went black. The repair shop replaced the display panel. When the repairman brought it back and turned it on, the screen had a washboard effect. He took it back and confirmed that the new display panel was defective too. It has now been in the repair shop for over a month. The display panel is on backorder and they cannot tell me when it will be shipped. If anyone from Philips is reading this see ref# 7JW76.

I can’t help but think that some other defective component is damaging the display panel.

5 Stars Great TV
I did research for over fours month before I bought this TV. I saw this pop up in an ad for 1200 and after reading reviews, scoped it right up. I’ve had it for just about two months now and have not had one problem with the tv at all. On to the details. . .

I’m a techie type of guy, I like TV’s, surround sound systems / computers etc. However I am a techie guy on a budget. I read a lot about this model and was concerned about it first being introduced around July 07. I know that they are probably not making more of these so in theory you are getting a dated model - one year in the TV world is a long time. I went to see the TV in the store and was not impressed with the picture very much at all - I took a leap of faith and bought it hoping that the store was messing with image. I can say after a few months of use I am VERY satisfied with this TV so far. For under 1350.00 how else can you get a 52″ 1080 LCD hdtv? The price is right. Keep in mind it is an older model and the only issues I have with the picture is it doesn’t look fantastic when viewed up close ( with-in three feet), then again only the $2,500 samsungs do. If you are viewing this TV from a distance (which you should be), you will be happy with the picture. I have a small apartment and watch it from only 8 feet away. Everyone that comes over talks about how freaking cool this tv looks (picture wise).

The TV has three hdmi inputs in the back and does seem to literally be a dust magnet, but I wouldn’t give her up for the world - I love this TV,

It has a few “settings’ that you can tinker with, but I’m no idiot. All the setting seem to really do is make the image look bad when you turn them off. Why would a TV company do that? To make you think they have cool options that inprove the picture. I think these are designed to trick people into thinking “why look how much better those extra settings make the TV look”.

I look past that trickery when I enjoy this TV.

If you are looking for a huge HDTV screen on a budget (and dont want to settle with the lame 720 plasmas) - this is your tv!

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