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Summary: Crystal Clear
Review: After using this TV for 4 months, I am more than satisfied. The picture is sharp and clear with beautiful color. The sound is amazing. I have it hooked up to stereo speakers, but they aren't needed. It takes a couple of weeks to get used to the flatter screen and there is no picture distortion. Use a power surge plug in to avoid lightening damage in all electronics! Philips has done a great job with this model.
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Summary: Died the second day
Review: Bought one of these TVs at Target after Best Buy were out of them. Of the 27"s on display, at both stores, this seemed to be the best one on offer.
Used it on the day my cable was installed, and found that it would switch off via the cable control, but not back on again.
Then today I decided to enjoy my new TV properly, sat down, messed with it for a bit and suddenly -nada-. Red light comes on, nothing else.
I guess its probably an internal fuse, but I know I'm going to end up paying thru the nose to get it working again =/.
What little time I spent working with it, it felt a lot tackier and cheaper than the rest of its appearance made seem. I get the distinct impression its designed to look good on a store-shelf, but its downhill from there.
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Summary: Phillips Pull Through with Beautiful 27"
Review: I bought my TV in this past January and I have not been unimpressed. The picture is beautiful for its class, I could go through all the great specs that would prove this, but why waste your time. I would highly recommend this TV but there are a few things I have found out with this TV only with experience. First off, how many people are used to the channel numbers being in green or white in the upper left hand corner the Phillips 27PS55S bucks the trend. It has the channel number in yellow on a light brown backround and some sort of note on if the channel has stereo sound in the right hand corner, also in yellow on brown. It's really only a bad thing for the first few days, but eventually I got used to it and now its a definate "non-issue". One other thing is on pressing the on button, the little red light showing that the TV is on goes on, but the picture and sound only appears after approximatly 6 seconds. Again nothing to not buy this TV over but don't think there's something wrong with your TV if it happens.
Overall the picture is amazing, the sound is phenominal, the remote is set up well, and the value is unbelievable. 5 stars well deserved. I stronly suggest to all of you that you buy this TV. Also note, that shopping around can find you a much better price, just do a little research and you can find it for 15% off.
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Summary: Happy so far!
Review: I bought the Philips 27PS55S...The TV has a great picture and sound. The preset sound and picture controls are nice. The "personal" setting for each is adjustable with the on-screen menu (I adjusted the picture with a color bar generator- looks great). The TV offers many connections. S-video and two sets of composite-in and one set of composite-out. The location of one set of composite-in plugs is one the side (I like that better than in the front) along with a headphone jack. I am connected to cable and find the picture quality varies, depending on the channel as transmitted by Comcast. You can set the TV from the menu manually for the type signal or automatically to detect the type signal. I have mine set for automatic so when the cable goes out the TV automatically switches to receiving broadcast format using the cable line as an antenna. Of course not all local stations are picked up with this method. I should use an A_B switch for a real antenna until the cable comes back on but that is usually 5 minutes. The picture from this method is good for the stations this makeshift antenna provides and OK for 5 minutes. The DVD and VCR pictures are great. The composite sound outputs are nice but are not controlled by the volume control of the set. I have them connected to powered speakers which allows me to control the volume with a knob. Althought the speakers with the TV are just fine by themselves. I also keep the TV well ventilated as hot electronics breakdown quicker. I hope not to have the problems as some of these other people have had. I will revise my review if I do. The reason I didn't give this TV 5 stars is that is the best and nothing is the best. But for the features, the price and the screen size it is mighty close.
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Summary: Good, Bad, Worse, WORST TV!
Review: I bought this Philips 27 inch TV in November of 2001. It is now 10 months later and I'm starting to see some problems.1. Various stations are starting to come in with double images. This is getting progressively worse.
2. I'll turn the TV on and it'll flicker and sometimes show no picture at all. I have to turn it off and on again to fix it.
3. I'll turn the TV on and there will be no sound. Again, I have to turn it off and on again. Besides those recent quality issues, I have generally enjoyed this TV. The picture is good and the picture settings (personal, movies, sports, and multimedia) are fun to play with and actually do enhance the respective program. Another thing, when you change the channel you're probably used to green numbers. Well, this TV has an ugly maroon/brown background with the numbers over that background. It obviously doesn't affect anything, it's just ugly. I'm sad this TV is having problems because I like Philips and overall, I like this TV. But, after 10 months, I have to pay to get it fixed. It's not worth it. Look at another brand.
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Summary: 10 months old and problems...
Review: I bought this Philips 27 inch TV in November of 2001. It is now 10 months later and I'm starting to see some problems. 1. Various stations are starting to come in with double images. This is getting progressively worse.
2. I'll turn the TV on and it'll flicker and sometimes show no picture at all. I have to turn it off and on again to fix it.
3. I'll turn the TV on and there will be no sound. Again, I have to turn it off and on again. Besides those recent quality issues, I have generally enjoyed this TV. The picture is good and the picture settings (personal, movies, sports, and multimedia) are fun to play with and actually do enhance the respective program. Another thing, when you change the channel you're probably used to green numbers. Well, this TV has an ugly maroon/brown background with the numbers over that background. It obviously doesn't affect anything, it's just ugly. I'm sad this TV is having problems because I like Philips and overall, I like this TV. But, after 10 months, I have to pay to get it fixed. It's not worth it. Look at another brand.
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Summary: distortion problems mar an otherwise good picture/TV
Review: I bought this set recently and noticed that when graphics, like the horizontal bars used for ESPN scoreboards & CNN, CNBC news-tickers appear, they are slightly off the horizontal on both the left top and bottom corners of the screen-kinda bowing away from the center of the tube.I returned the set to Best Buy & they took another one out of the box and it displayed the same distortion. The display model did too, as well as the tube was mounted crookedly in the cabinet! Not too impressed by Philips quality! The customer service folks at Best Buy were very helpful but I asked for a refund and will continue to look for a similiarly-featured/priced 27" TV.
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Summary: Outstanding value for the price/performance
Review: I first saw this TV at BestBuy but it was out of stock in all places like BestBuy, CircuitCity & Costco except floor display model. Finally I located this model here at Amazon which was shipped free to my door during special promotion period. 27PS55S is in a silver cabinet with 3 sets of video input, there's 1 video input locate at side panel with headphone jack which is less distracting than other model's front input. In addition to S-Video, it also provides Component Video input which can only be found in higer priced models. It's not as heavy or deep as other models as well. The Philips TV screen is more flat than my old sony 27" trinitron & other none pure flat models in store, what brings my attention to this TV at the store is its picture quality & sound, it sounds much better than sony 27FS13 wega & picture quality is as good as (if not better) than those pure flat model when watching DVD in store. At home I set it up with component input for DVD, RF input for antenna & RCA input for Dish Satellite, since my local TV reception signal is weak, the TV looks more 'grainy' compare with my old Sony, but when watching DVD or Satellite TV, this TV really out shines all models with similar price range I've watched. It takes a little tweaking of video setting to reach the optimum effect. DVD movies looks stunningly good on this set with either Component or S-Video connection. Remote control can be programmed for up to 3 devices, instead of input preset code, I used it to program my generic satellite receiver command without any problem, buttons are small but adequate enough to provide basic operations. For mere $299, this model offers outstanding performance/price ratio than any other TV in the market. For more revews or product pic/specification you may try Circuity City's web site.
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Summary: Outstanding value for the price/performance
Review: I first saw this TV at BestBuy but it was out of stock in all places like BestBuy, CircuitCity & Costco except floor display model. Finally I located this model here at Amazon which was shipped free to my door during special promotion period. 27PS55S is in a silver cabinet with 3 sets of video input, there's 1 video input locate at side panel with headphone jack which is less distracting than other model's front input. In addition to S-Video, it also provides Component Video input which can only be found in higer priced models. It's not as heavy or deep as other models as well. The Philips TV screen is more flat than my old sony 27" trinitron & other none pure flat models in store, what brings my attention to this TV at the store is its picture quality & sound, it sounds much better than sony 27FS13 wega & picture quality is as good as (if not better) than those pure flat model when watching DVD in store. At home I set it up with component input for DVD, RF input for antenna & RCA input for Dish Satellite, since my local TV reception signal is weak, the TV looks more 'grainy' compare with my old Sony, but when watching DVD or Satellite TV, this TV really out shines all models with similar price range I've watched. It takes a little tweaking of video setting to reach the optimum effect. DVD movies looks stunningly good on this set with either Component or S-Video connection. Remote control can be programmed for up to 3 devices, instead of input preset code, I used it to program my generic satellite receiver command without any problem, buttons are small but adequate enough to provide basic operations. For mere $299, this model offers outstanding performance/price ratio than any other TV in the market. For more revews or product pic/specification you may try Circuity City's web site.
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Summary: Great picture and lots of inputs
Review: I got this TV at [local store] for [money]. What a great deal! Here are the things I like about it. 1) Fantastic picture - very sharp - espcially with DVDs and the component video input. I was surprised to see that it has up to 800 lines of resolution. Many of the other TVs in this price range have much less resolution. Some have as few as 300 - do your homework and see for yourself. 2) The sound is pretty good since there are speakers built into each side - you don't need separate amplifier for most needs 3) Remote is easy to use and you can program 4 buttons with your favorite channels! 4) Sleek appearance and it looks almost like a flat screen. The guy at Target said they sell a lot of these. I can see why.
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