Philips 15PF5120 15" Flat Panel LCD TV (Review)
Philips 15PF5120 15" Flat Panel LCD TV
| Average Customer Rating: 2.5 | |
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| HDTV is the latest and best television signal available. It produces picture quality more than twice that of traditional analog broadcasts. In order to effectively maximize the HDTV signal, a television must incorporate advanced signal input connectivity Auto Picture button on the remote control enables one-touch selection of various preset optimized image settings to suit different TV program. Do refer to the DFU for the various Smart Picture modes. Auto Sound provides pre-defined sound settings for ultra bass, bass, treble and balance for the optimum entertainment experience. Crystal Clear III combines a whole range of enhancements to provide a better picture. They include a 2D Comb filter, Dynamic contrast, Blue stretch and Green enhancement so that you always get the most natural looking colors. With PC input you can connect your TV to a computer and use the TV as a PC monitor. A DVI-I input connects the non-compressed high-bandwidth digital RGB signal from source to screen. By eliminating the conversion of the digital signals to analog, it delivers an unblemished and noisefree image, that is clear and flickerfree. The DVI input supports HDCP copy protection that allows viewing of copy protected programs from Digital Settop boxes, DVD players and HD recorders. DVI-I is future proof as it can be be connected to all HDMI devices (a converter cable is required). The DVI-I input also supports analog PC-VGA signals. This design style emphasizes a slim, compact look that saves space and fits in anywhere. Incredible Surround is an audio technology from Philips that dramatically magnifies the sound field to immerse you in the audio. Using state-of-the-art electronic phase shifting, Incredible Surround mixes sounds from left and right in such a way that it expands the virtual distance between the two speakers. This wider spread greatly enhances the stereo effect and creates a more natural sound dimension. Incredible Surround allows you to experience total surround with greater depth and width of sound, without the use of additional speakers. The 2D comb filter separates chrominance (color) from luminance (brightness) information in the video signal for independent processing to improve picture resolution and minimize distortion.
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| I bought this tv a year ago, and it works pretty well as a tv, but I cannot get it to work with my computer, which was one of the selling points. I have tried several cables and all possible menu setting combinations; it just won't work. As a tv, the picture and sound are quite good. The remote is not easy to use, and its battery life is especially short, plus it takes expensive little batteries. This in not a great product sepcially the remote control is very flimsy, the battery holder has some free room so that it create loose or no contact, I try to fix it but I am not sure how long it will last. This is the product quality control problem, another thing is viewing angle is very limit.and lastly is the color is flat. I do hope the PHILIPS will look into it! I bought this LCD TV hoping to hookup to my laptop, purchased the cable that was in the instruction manual and it didn't work. Screen resolution was OK, I've seen better now. This is old school LCD TV, so I returned it when the unit could not hookup to my laptop. | |
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