Philips 32PF5320 32-Inch Widescreen LCD HD-Ready TV

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Philips 32PF5320 32-Inch Widescreen LCD HD-Ready TV
 
Manufacturer: Philips
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List Price: $1,499.99
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Product Description

Save space and enjoy a wonderfully vivid picture with the stylish, 32-inch Philips 32PF5320 widescreen LCD TV, a great choice for small- to medium-sized living rooms. It has a built-in 181-channel NTSC tuner for standard television broadcasts and is capable of displaying crisp high definition video with an optional HD receiver. This set can also double as a PC monitor, and with its Picture-in-Graphics small window in the main picture, you can simultaneously view your PC's desktop as you watch television programming. This set includes a tabletop stand, but it's also wall-mountable with optional kit (VESA compatible--200mm x 100mm).

The 32PF5320 has a 1366 x 768-pixel resolution, 176-degree viewing angle, very fast 18 ms (millisecond) response time (great for sports), a 500 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating, and an 600:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) Other features include Philips Digital Crystal Clear video processing chip (for optimal color, contrast, and sharpness levels), an anti-reflection coated screen, auto volume leveler, adjustable color temperature and sharpness, sleep timer, and V-Chip parental controls.

The 3D comb filter separates brightness and color signals better in 3D domain to eliminate cross-color, cross-luminance and dot-crawl distortion. It performs field-by-field comparisons of the television image to accurately separate the color from the black-and-white information and remove both horizontally and vertically hanging dots, as well as dot crawl, resulting in a razor sharp image. This set also performs 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal, too--a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. To adapt 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video, frames in the original movie must be duplicated; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this duplication by removing the redundant information to display a frame-accurate picture.

The Active Control function uniquely and intelligently optimizes picture quality by measuring and analyzing the incoming signal to automatically adjust picture quality settings. Active Control with Light Sensor uses a sensor to adjust the picture brightness depending on the room light conditions.

This TV has two built-in stereo speakers that produce 15 watts per channel (for 30 watts of total power), and can produce Dolby Digital virtual surround sound, emulating a 5.1-channel sound field from just two speakers. It also offers the following connections:

  • Composite AV (RCA) In: 2 (1 side)
  • S-Video In: 2 (1 side)
  • Component Video In (Y PB PR): 1
  • HDMI In: 2
  • RF In: 1
  • PC Audio In: 1
  • PC VGA In: 1
  • Headphone: 1

Tech Talk
HDMI -- HDMI makes an uncompressed digital RGB connection from the source to the screen. By eliminating conversion to an analog signal, it delivers an unblemished image. The non-degraded signal reduces flicker and leads to a clearer picture. HDMI intelligently communicates the highest output resolution with the source device. The HDMI input is fully backward compatible with DVI sources but includes digital audio. HDMI uses HDCP copy protection.

What's in the Box
LCD TV, remote control (with batteries), tabletop stand, power cord, printed operating instructions

Product Details

  • 32-inch LCD TV with CableCard slot for digital cable; measures 36.7 x 21.65 x 8.75 inches (WxHxD) with tabletop stand
  • 1366 x 768-pixel resolution, 18 ms response time, 500 cd/m2 brightness rating, and 600:1 contrast ratio
  • 3D comb filter eliminates cross-color, cross-luminance and dot-crawl distortion; Digital Crystal Clear video processing
  • Inputs: 2 composite, 2 S-Video, 1 component, 1 HDMI, 1 RF, 1 PC VGA
  • Two stereo speakers, 15 watts apiece (30 watts total)

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Customer Reviews

amazing tv for the price
 
Review Date: January 12, 2006
Reviewer: John Deere, Cincinnati, OH
phillips made a great product. i bought it at sams club when they had it side by side with the sony 32in playing the incredibles and the phillips was brighter and cleaner. at first i connected my dvd player to the tv and the image seemed really crappy like it was a bootleg version of the dvd but i connected to the composite ports and it looked beautiful. i later found out that it was my dvd player because my ps2 only plugs into the rca ports and if i play the same dvd is looks almost as good. if your going to buy this i suggest buying a 1080p dvd player so you can really use the full potential of this tv.
Excellent TV
 
Review Date: February 2, 2006
Reviewer: Joseph S. Tiseo, Hoboken
I just got this TV two days ago and I must say that it is an awesome LCD for the price. In the store, it was next to a comparable Sony 32" LCD (which was nearly double the price) and I could not tell the difference!

The only problem I ran into was with cablevision. My box was not allowing me to change the resolution. So it always had grey bars on the sides of the picture for non-HD channels. After I gave them a call, they helped me fix it, and now it works great. HD picture is crystal clear. I also have it hooked up to an Xbox which also looks amazing. I highly recommend this TV especially if you are new to the HDTV market and want the best bang for your buck. I would definitely buy it again.
Excellent value
 
Review Date: February 9, 2006
Reviewer: Scott Sheetz, Asheville, NC
I took advantage of the same deal as the previous reviewer and am sure glad I did! The picture on this set is amazing (seems clearer than my 42" Sony HDTV). The set is very stylish and lightweight. I have used it for almost two weeks now just looking for something to go wrong with it and haven't found a single flaw (You know how sometimes you feel like a deal is too good to be true). I do wish it had a cable card slot but for under $1000.00 (and a free Tivo) I can't complain. If you find a similar deal on this set don't pass it up.
Best LCD in it's price range.
 
Review Date: March 6, 2006
Reviewer: jce3, Eau Claire, WI United States
We bought this HDTV at Sam's Club. It had been previously purchased and returned sating it had bad sound. A local TV repair shop tested it out and nothing was found to be wrong. Sam's knocked $300.00 off thier price since it had been opened. I have tested this TV using every connection and found it to be an outstanding unit. I hooked up our Motorola cable top box to the HDMI input on the TV. The cable box (Charter Cable), has a DVI-D output, so I am using a DVI-D to HDMI converter cable. (Bought the cable at Wal-Mart for $43.00) It is a totally digital connection this way. The picture is fantastic even on non-HDTV signals.
I hooked up our DVD player using the Component video inputs and keep the DVD player on progressive scan, again a great picture.
I have not found any negatives except the remote which is small and hard to handle. I think they made it small/thin to go with the LCD thin TV design. My only complaint, which isn't really an issue for most, is that using composite or the HDMI input for the DVD doesn't allow selecting image formats. Some older DVDs use a native 16:9 display and are not widescreen enhanced, hence you get bars all the way around the image, much like a picture frame. However, most DVDs are widescreen enhanced so they fill the entire screen, or most of it. Also, when expanding an image, you would get less detail because it is "stretching" the video to fit the screen. BTW: Most HDTVs are not capable of changing formats when using anything but the RCA/SVHS hook-ups anyway.
I think most everyone would be happy with this HDTV!
Now that's what I'm talking about !!!
 
Review Date: September 26, 2006
Reviewer: Turd Ferguson, usa
I bought this last week at Sam's, and am AMAZED at the picture, esp. the HD. After taking back a Vizio piece of crap, this is more like it. I installed it in my basement family room, and it doubles as the computer monitor. My ONLY regret is that they didnt have another one for our bedroom !!!
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