Philips 30PW8402/37 30" HD-Ready TV with RealFlat Screen
bad strange horizontal line flickering
I am currently on my 2nd of these sets, and it is going to be returned shortly into the new year.  My first one had strange problems with corner discoloration similar to what occurs when you get a speaker too near a picture tube.  This problem would occur after the set had been on for a little while, but got quite annoying.  Turning off the set and back on again would degauss the screen, and temporarily fix the problem for a short time.  Then the corners would get discolored again.  Seemed to be random about which corner did it, too. <br /> <br />Then watching a few different movies on the set I noticed a strange set of blue, red, and green horizontal lines flickering across the screen.  This was through the s-video input from my computer, but would also occur during regular television.  It seemed to happen consistently on the same scenes in different movies, and was highly annoying overall. <br /> <br />Which is a shame because the set is really nice overall.  The design is great, the remote nice, the features full, and a great picture when there arent distracting lines across the video, and greatly discolored corners... <br /> <br />I usually buy sony for televisions, and thought that I could trust philips to produce good electronics, but I am sorely disappointed here after having 2 of these sets.