Philips 27PT543S 27 inch TV
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- Screen Size: 27 inch
- Built-in Tuner: NTSC
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 16:9 Enhanced
- Digital TV Standard: Analog TV
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looks good but has a lot of problems
Pros
Good looks, relatively light for its size, good colors, hidden side inputs
Cons
Poor geometry, problem with the component input
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
buy a flat screen, most curved tube tvs have geometry problems. If you have money get a front projector.
Looks great and if you just want it for decor it will do a perfect job.
The problems. Before I start I want to tell you that I was very enthused about this tv and wanted to keep it so bad that I went through the trouble of trying 3 units before I finally gave up and also called Philips and had the 3d one serviced hoping to get the problems fixed. I am telling you all this because I don't think I had a defective unit but rather it's a defect with the model (also the similar model 55s has the same problems but less features).
1. Geometry problems. Now this is very common with standard curved tube tvs but it is so apparent on this one that I couldn't handle it. This is actually the biggest reason why I didn't keep it. Now if noone ever told you and all you did was watch regular 4:3 tv you'll probably never pay attention, but I am a big movie and tennis fan and good geometry makes a lot of difference to me. The problem is that the lines at the bottom of the screen are not straight. Look sometimes especially before you buy ask to see a wide screen material with black bars on top and bottom. The top is perfectly straight, but the bottom line is arched it is squeezed in the middle and especially in the left corner all lines are like pulled down. This is really annoying when you watch widescreen movies. Even with 4:3 material it could be a problem. As I said I am big tennis fan so when I watched tennis on it the lines of the court in the lower left angle were pulled down and the court didn't look like it was made with straight lines.
2. The other big problem is the component input. This is one the tv's biggest selling claims that it's DVD ready right? Well when I hooked up my dvd player to it with component cables (on all 3 sets i tried) the picture was absolutely unacceptable. Everything looked green. Really green. Colors were washed out, image was soft and fuzzy and the green bias was impossible to be eliminated with the picture controls. While this is unfortunate it was not enough to make me not keep the tv because the picture with the S video input was good enough not to worry about it.
The good things about the tv. Pretty nice colors. Picks up well weak signals and the comb filter eliminates a lost of of the noise and snow in poor quality signals. BTW to all folks out there who are very impressed by the comb filter feature - note it only works on tv signals and composite input. When using the S video or component inputs the comb filter in this and any other tv set is bypassed completely.
The problems. Before I start I want to tell you that I was very enthused about this tv and wanted to keep it so bad that I went through the trouble of trying 3 units before I finally gave up and also called Philips and had the 3d one serviced hoping to get the problems fixed. I am telling you all this because I don't think I had a defective unit but rather it's a defect with the model (also the similar model 55s has the same problems but less features).
1. Geometry problems. Now this is very common with standard curved tube tvs but it is so apparent on this one that I couldn't handle it. This is actually the biggest reason why I didn't keep it. Now if noone ever told you and all you did was watch regular 4:3 tv you'll probably never pay attention, but I am a big movie and tennis fan and good geometry makes a lot of difference to me. The problem is that the lines at the bottom of the screen are not straight. Look sometimes especially before you buy ask to see a wide screen material with black bars on top and bottom. The top is perfectly straight, but the bottom line is arched it is squeezed in the middle and especially in the left corner all lines are like pulled down. This is really annoying when you watch widescreen movies. Even with 4:3 material it could be a problem. As I said I am big tennis fan so when I watched tennis on it the lines of the court in the lower left angle were pulled down and the court didn't look like it was made with straight lines.
2. The other big problem is the component input. This is one the tv's biggest selling claims that it's DVD ready right? Well when I hooked up my dvd player to it with component cables (on all 3 sets i tried) the picture was absolutely unacceptable. Everything looked green. Really green. Colors were washed out, image was soft and fuzzy and the green bias was impossible to be eliminated with the picture controls. While this is unfortunate it was not enough to make me not keep the tv because the picture with the S video input was good enough not to worry about it.
The good things about the tv. Pretty nice colors. Picks up well weak signals and the comb filter eliminates a lost of of the noise and snow in poor quality signals. BTW to all folks out there who are very impressed by the comb filter feature - note it only works on tv signals and composite input. When using the S video or component inputs the comb filter in this and any other tv set is bypassed completely.
