Philips 42PF5521D

...securely in place. The Philips screen comes with a plastic stand. I was quite nervous at first when setting this up, as I use the stand rather than wall mounting, and was worried about the amount of weight and pressure being placed onto a plastic base ( although the holding lets are metal ) im sure though that Philips have had the stand engineered to hold the screen, which it does, but think that they penny pinched on using plastic rather than a ...
...- however on this Philips screen, the speakers are actually really decent. They dont sound 'tinny' like most plasmas do, it really does have some bass that kicks from it. This showed me that they really did think of most things when designing this screen, not everyone has a surround sound set up that they would hook the screen to, so you would need to have decent speakers so that the sound doesnt let it down - which I really dont think it does. ...

projectneon 19.10.2006 · Read full review
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I own a audio visual business and as such have a pretty good idea about technology etc. I have to say that Philips need to be lined up against the wall and shot for what they have done in describing this product (and others)! They state fully compatiable with personal computers as you would expect - WRONG - you can connect via the HDMI port using a DVI input but for those of you like me who have VGA it's a big NO NO. Philips customer services are probably the worst in the world we deal with every other major brand and they are all 10 times better than Philips at least. In a word forget this Plasma better ones are available! ...

Hot_Gossip 28.07.2007
Review of Philips 42PF5521D

I've owned this telly for over a year now and in that time have had no problems at all with it. The picture quality is not the best that i have seen but it is still very good, it can be a bit glitchy at times. The sound quality is very good too. The in built freeview works great but the TV guide is not very good and could be better designed. The connectivity is brilliant, plenty of ports, HDMI, composite, component, two scart sockets are all present. ...

d_dean_d 13.03.2008 · Read full review
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Well after weeks of researching for a new tv, the worry of wether or not LCD or Plasma was a better choice. I decided to ask the advice of my friend whom is a tv engineer. he Told me to go for the plasma although there is nothing wrong with LCD he told me the bigger screens are better with Plasma. He told me for a good value for money TV which has lots of great features and superb picture and sound quality to go for this Phillips model. I cannot ...
...a fantastic choice. The picture is breathtaking compared to my mums 42 phillips with ambilight and pixel plus2 technology. and unlike some plsma/lcd tv's the sound is great. most of these tv's have a very tinny sound. A very good buy for those on a budget. Tv man did say that for a superior tv Panasonic is the way to go. But hey with £700 of a difference to get the same kind of stuff ill buy cheap ...

gd2000 10.06.2008 · Read full review
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Every Philips product I have ever owned has been hassle. Either you can't get spares or lousy service. Even a phone... after three years they no longer made the rechargeable batteries... etc... etc. I have not bought anything by Philips for maybe 5 years now, which has worked out great. Then someone actually gave us a 42" plasma... should have said no thanks 'cos, it was no surprise when plasma just stopped. Has power indicator but just DEAD DEAD ...

NiallHS 20.01.2007 · Read full review
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