Philips USA 42PFL5332D 42" Widescreen HDTV LCD TV

[SandEagle]

http://www.buy.com/retail/prod...adid=17653&dcaid=17653

 

[smithbe40]

I forwarded this to a friend who follows AV stuff pretty religiously, he said:

Good price, but performance characteristics are in the toilet.

Supported Display Resolution

Video formats : 480i, 60Hz, 480p, 60Hz, 720p, 60Hz, 1080i, 60Hz

I wouldn?t touch a 60Hz LCD display. They suffer from ghost ?motion artifacts?, screen-door pixel distortion and poor contrast ratio when compared to the newer 120Hz models that have been hitting the market for the past year-plus.

 

[erwos]

Originally posted by: smithbe40
I forwarded this to a friend who follows AV stuff pretty religiously, he said:

Good price, but performance characteristics are in the toilet.

Supported Display Resolution

Video formats : 480i, 60Hz, 480p, 60Hz, 720p, 60Hz, 1080i, 60Hz

I wouldn?t touch a 60Hz LCD display. They suffer from ghost ?motion artifacts?, screen-door pixel distortion and poor contrast ratio when compared to the newer 120Hz models that have been hitting the market for the past year-plus.

120hz is not going to be a viable option on a < $1k display for at least a year. The real issue is that you can get a 1080p display with similar specs for the same price or not much more.

 

[Odeen]

Originally posted by: smithbe40
I forwarded this to a friend who follows AV stuff pretty religiously, he said:

Good price, but performance characteristics are in the toilet.

Supported Display Resolution

Video formats : 480i, 60Hz, 480p, 60Hz, 720p, 60Hz, 1080i, 60Hz

I wouldn?t touch a 60Hz LCD display. They suffer from ghost ?motion artifacts?, screen-door pixel distortion and poor contrast ratio when compared to the newer 120Hz models that have been hitting the market for the past year-plus.

Actually, 60hz vs. 120hz is a non-issue with regards to blurring if the LCD panel itself has a fast enough response time. The real appeal of a 120hz display is that it can do perfect 3:2 reverse telecine and display 24FPS material (read: every scripted show on TV except for soap operas) at true 24fps using 5:5 pulldown.

Screendoor effect is not a _pixel distortion_. It's an artifact of spacing between pixels. Some panels have thicker control wiring between each individual pixels, and that's what leads to the screen door effect. Again, not a function of whether the panel supports 120hz.

Ditto for contrast ratio - some 60hz panels have better contrast ratios than others. Some 120hz panels have better contrast ratios than others. Some 60hz panels have better contrast ratios than some 120hz panels.

 

[fritzfield]

Originally posted by: rrahman1
http://www.buy.com/retail/prod...adid=17653&dcaid=17653

The ad says LCD, but the listed specs say plasma. Which is it>

 

[Abel007]

Originally posted by: fritzfield

Originally posted by: rrahman1
http://www.buy.com/retail/prod...adid=17653&dcaid=17653

The ad says LCD, but the listed specs say plasma. Which is it>

It is an LCD.

 

[UF Matt]

Keep in mind this isn't 1080p. Still not a bad price for a 42in 720p, but you can occasionally find 42in 1080p sets around this same price.