I was lucky enough to win a Philips 28" widescreen (model 28pw6505c) recently, as it retails for around £600 is would normally have been out of my price range. When I received it I was very impressed, the setup menus are easy to use and with the auto-tune facility it basically does all the hard work for you. The picture quality is very good, obviously it isn't as good as the Sony wega TVs but then again you are paying nowhere near the same price. Having said that the difference in the image is not that great, the Philips is still crystal clear with very little distortion from the screen itself. There is the option to manually switch between the different picture formats to ensure that whatever you are watching is optimised for your enjoyment.
The stereo sound quality is also good, you even get the option to configure the sound to your own personal taste if the 4 or 5 inbuilt options are not to your liking.
The stand is also more than adequate, it has a base and one glass shelf so you can put your sky digibox and your video out of the way and feed the cables out of sight through the cable route built into it.
The set also comes with fast text and you have the option of looking at two pages of text at the same time, why anyone would want to do this I have no idea but if this is something you might find useful then this is the TV for you.
All in all this is a TV that seems well worth the money and so far seems without any noticable faults.
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Feb 23rd, 2001
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