 | Philips 19PFL5422D 19-Inch LCD HDTV
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Product Description
Philips 19" LCD, Widscreen HDTV, Built in ATSC/Qam tuner, 1440 x 990p resolution, Digital Crystal Clear provides vivid images, Incredible Surround Sound for theater like sound experience, HDMI, CVI and S-Video inputs.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #39873 in Consumer Electronics
- Color: Silver and Black
- Brand: Philips
- Model: 19PFL5422D/27
- Released on: 2007-06-01
- Dimensions: 7.30" h x 21.30" w x 18.70" l, 1.00 pounds
- Display size: 19
Features
- 19" HDTV Widescreen LCD
- 1440 x 990p resolution
- Integrated ATSC/Qam digital tuner
- Digital Crystal Clear LCD
- HDMI, CVI and S-Video inputs
Customer Reviews
Definately a quality television
*Edit*
Two years in, the television is working as well as it did out of
box.
*Edit*
The Philips 19PFL5422D HDTV is a great buy. The 1440x900 pixel
resolution is superb. The picture quality is sharp; it displays analog
480i NTSC signals pretty well, and HD signals are even better. The
casing is slim and elegantly designed.
The QAM tuner picks up digital signals from your cable line very
well. NTSC is flawless. I don't have a pair of ditial rabbit ears, so I
haven't checked out the ATSC tuner.
Televisions below 32" are mostly found in 8ms response times, and
this is no different. While that may be fast, and certainly acceptable,
on interlaced signals the line doubling can cause a slight blur. It's
honestly barely noticeable (I'm the only one who seems to notice it),
but that's normal.
When hooked to the PLAYSTATION 3 via HDMI, it'll support 1080p, and
the games looks great. Even the Wii's 480p looks good. and even though
the television has a greater horizontal pixel resolution, the scaling
from 16:9 to 16:10 is near perfect.
The 800:1 contrast ratio may not sound great, especially with most
23" and above sporting >1000:1, but again, that's pretty normal for
19". Most of the televesions I compared at this size were either the
same ratio or less. 300cd/m2 brightness rating is also low, and in a
brightly lit room, it does look a little washed out.
There is some slight backlight leakage along the top and bottom, but
this is minor. Mine arrived without any dead pixels. The set supports
VGA pc connection, but does not supply its own cable. I recommend using
the HDMI connection and buy a HDMI>DVI adapter.
The sound is better than I was expecting. The speakers are small and
located below the television @ 5 watts apiece. The speakers can get
pretty loud without degrading and with decent bass for such a low
profile set up. But you'll probably want to set up external speakers for
the full theatre quality sound experience.
The base is made of glass. Yes, glass. I don't know who thought of
that, but it would seem that a metal base would fare better. It is
pretty stable and can withstand a decend amount of force. It also screws
into the television's stem. It just makes the television that much more
stylish.
All in all, this is a great television. I gave it 4/5 because of the
blur only I can see, slight backlight leak, and lack of second
component input. But If I could use half stars, I'd give it 4.5/5 as
these are minor and mostly unnoticed.
High quality at a decent price
I picked this TV up at Best Buy a few days back. It was the only one
that didn't have a box with damage. Paid $450 plus taxes. I spent a
good hour or two fiddling with all the TVs in the same shelf that were
from 19" to 26" HD sets. There were 26" of unknown brand that were the
same price, slightly more or less, but all had either terrible sound or
video, and the majority were of a lesser resolution than this TV.
It does have slight leakage from the backlights but only videophiles
like myself will notice, and honestly its hardly noticeable.
I really like the automatic picture sizing feature, it does a great
job resizing the screen with different video sources automatically and
stretching them in ways that don't make the picture look bad or way
off-scale. Some of the time I still resort to setting the mode manually
but for the most part I live it alone.
The ATSC tuner works really good, switching between channels doesn't
take very long compared to other sets. This thing really shines with
true HD channels, even with the lousy cable system I have available to
me, I was watching some mindblowing video about the birth of the solar
system and it was absolutely amazing.
The TV is stylish and looks great. I used to have a 32" flat CRT TV
which blew up after a voltage spike, and with the difference in picture
quality and availability of digital stations I don't miss that big
heavy bulky piece of furniture at all.
If you're looking for a TV thats great to watch and doesn't dominate
your living area, or a TV for a bedroom/kitchen, this is a great
choice.
Above Avarage
Rather Then bogging you down with conversational points I'll
try and list the facts of this HDTV.
Video: The Video is excellent, Although with a 8ms you can see a
slight blur while gaming. I noticed this while playing on a low def PS2
game. The only other complaint is the slight white hue around the
screen. It's a bit distracting but nothing too serious.
Audio: The speakers with the set are generally good, for the size
they're a bit above average. I hooked up some external speakers and
that problem was easily solved.
Design: The TV looks great, hands down. But i did have some trouble
with the Connection Ports facing downward, it can be a hassle to plug in
your DVD player for the first time. But this is nothing too terrible.
Overall:
In retrospect I'm very happy with this purchase, It's worth the
price. And overall an amazing HDTV.
Pros: Great video,Decent Sound,Good Design,Easy Install.
Cons: White backlight Hue, Awkward placement of connections, Slight
Blur.
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