Philips 27PT6441 27" Stereo TV with QuadraSurf Remote and RealFlat Screen
Good TV, until...
I bought this TV in September. No problems with it; great picture and sound, easy to use.     Middle of November (11/13 to be exact), I turned it on and 2 seconds later it turned off. I tried turning it back on with no success. Even before I contacted Philips, I plugged it in to different outlets in the living room, moved it to other rooms to try those outlets, and even let it sit for an hour to see if maybe it was on too longer earlier. Nothing.    I called Philips and got the information for a local repair shop, as the TV is still under the 3 month parts and labor warranty. Repair guy comes out, says he knows what the problem is, but has to take the TV in to the shop as he has to order it. Should take about 2 weeks.    Fine. No problem with that.    2 weeks later, no part. It's been put on back order.    And it stays that way untilearly January, when Philips contacts the shop and tells them that the part is no longer being made. They investigate and find out that Philips listed the part needed to repair the TV under the wrong part number. So, they have to reorder the part, and are promised that it will ship out on 1/13.    It is now 1/28, and the shop still doesn't have the part. It is sitting at a Philips warehouse marked as \\"Released\\"...which apparently means it's waiting to be shipped.    After reading the other three reviews that explained the same problem, I decided I should warn others thinking about buying this TV. Maybe they fixed the problem (supposedly 1000 people were ordering this part), but I wouldn't bet on it. Stay away from it and buy something else. If you are feeling lucky, though, make sure you get a store warranty. After a month of waiting for the TV to be fixed, you'd probably end up being given another TV.    update - 1/11/2006: It has been almost a year since I wrote this review. We got the TV back late in February of 2005. The TV worked fine and has not had a repeat of the fuse issue (knock on wood). The only problem now is that the TV started emitting a buzzing noise. It doesn't do it all the time, and sometimes will go away if I turn it off and back on. Still, it's annoying, and I'm seriously considering just getting a better quality TV and throw this one in the trash, unless someone has a solution to the buzzing noise. The thing that I don't get is that our smaller, 20' version of this TV (again, knock on wood) has had no problems. Maybe it's because we bought the warranty on it when we purchased it (it was purchased before the fuse blew on the 27\\" TV). Who knows.