Philips 30PF9946 30-Inch WideScreen  HDTV-Ready LCD Flat-Panel TV
Not true 16x9: it's 15x9!!!  Beware black bars
A true widescreen TV has an aspect ratio of 16:9.  For most widescreen LCD TVs, this means a WXGA resolution that is 1366 pixels wide by 768 pixels high.  But this Philips TV is NOT a true widescreen, despite the false claim in Philips specifications; its aspect ratio is 15:9 and its resolution is 1280 pixels wide by 768 pixels high.  So what does this mean in practical terms?  HDTV broadcasts (such as Law and Order on NBC and this year's Superbowl) are in 16:9 ratio; they fill the entire screen in a true widescreen 16:9 TV.  But since the Philips is 15:9, the HDTV broadcast will appear with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen (unless you choose to artificially stretch the picture to fill the screen, making it look distorted, with people  in the picture too tall and too skinny)!  Can you endure black bars at the top and bottom of your screen every time you watch an HDTV broadcast?  Can you accept the fact that the true usable area of the screen when HDTV is employed is less than the claimed 30\\" diagonal--that there will always be wasted area at the top and bottom of your TV?  Do not make the same mistake that I did.  Do not be fooled by the false claim of 16:9 screen ratio.  Buy another TV--even a more recent Philips model--even if it costs you a few hundred dollars more.