Philips 30PW8402/37 30" HD-Ready TV with RealFlat Screen
Horizontal line flickering, color patches all true
I bought this TV (not on amazon, though -- I don't buy things that cost over $100 on the Internet), used it for two weeks, and have just returned it (and that is why). All the problems that P. Davis has written below is true. First, the horizontal line flickering. To me it was not too disturbing, unless I was looking at a blank screen. Okay. But the color patches that appear against a bright background after a minute or two of watching was unbearable.  I was watching my favorite movie and at one scene where 40% of the screen was bright white, that part was becoming yellower and yellower until I began thinking about the money I had spent, and it really hurt. I tried unplugging the TV for 20 minutes to degauss it (with ALL the appliances put away from it) FIVE times as they suggested at the support website, but it was only temporary and they would reappear right away. <br /> <br />Now comes the second part. I called the phoner number on the manual to ask for a repair. The representatives were nice, and really tried to be helpful. However, the local service store here in Ann Arbor they told me of said they don't do in-home repairs (for Philips TV's). I called Philips again and got some more contact numbers (now 25mi away), and they said they were supposed to perform in-home repairs. When I called them, the service centers were complaining that they had told Philips repeatedly in the past that they wouldn't do services in Ann Arbor, and refused to help me unless I brought it there. Called Philips again, but I knew an in-home service was never going to happen. At this point I decided this was going back. I will look for some other good product and maybe buy some service plans. Just like modern cars, TV's have so many features that I guess they break down more often than simple tube TV's. A bargain is a bargain with a reason.