Philips 32PF9630A 32-Inch Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HDTV
Great Connectivity... Not So Great Picture
For me, the title of this piece sums my review up nicely. Philips did alot of things right with this television set. The aestethics are great and were very pleasing to my eyes. The connectivity of this set compared to anything else in the market today is unbelievable. Being my first flat tv, I was excited about regaining the extra space of not having a large traditional crt tv. However, in this case, smaller did not turn out to be better. Out of the box, I felt the NTSC (Cable Television) picture was horrible. The background was pixelated and faces were muddy and unnatural. The set does have great color, but with the bad imaging it greatly spoiled my excitment. After fiddling with the settings I was able to obtain a decent picture. The ATSC (High-Definition) picture was a little better. While the picture was clear, it did not have the same realism as other HDTV (Sony and Panasonic). I also was not thrilled with the remote. It really can't be operated with one hand. The length of the remote makes this difficult. One final comment, I could not get a univeral remote to control the set. It seems, and this is just my experience, Philips is using a private coding. Overall, for the price, it was a hard deal to pass up.