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Philips 42TA648BX/37 42" 1080p LCD HDTV

Brand: Philips

List Price: ~~$1,998.00~~
Buy Refurbished: $622.15
as of 7/30/2010 12:53 CDT details
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Seller: Tech for Less
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

5 reviews

Display Size: 42

UPC: 609585152366
EAN: 0609585152366

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Full HD LCD display, with a 1920x1080p resolution
•	ATSC & QAM tuner receives over the air and unscrambled cable
•	Invisible speakers with incredible surround / USB for fantastic photo and music playback
•	ATSC & QAM tuner receives over the air and unscrambled cable /25 watt with BBE for powerful sound and great voice clarity
•	4 HDMI inputs for full digital HD connection in one cable / Dolby Digital output for connection to a home theatre system

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Full HD LCD display, with a 1920x1080p resolution The Full HD screen has the widescreen resolution of 1920 x 1080p. This is the highest resolution of HD sources for the best possible picture quality. It is fully future proof as it supports 1080p signals from all sources, including the most recent like Blu-ray and advanced HD game consoles. The signal processing is extensively upgraded to support this much higher signal quality and resolution. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with superb brightness and colors.

Customer Reviews:
5 out of 5 stars

price vs. performance December 30, 2008
N-da-O
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

"I bought this tv a few weeks ago for our kids to use for their viewing. (XBOX 360/ WII, ..etc.) The XBOX 360 graphics when using HDMI are incredible.

Sound is good enough. FWIW, the headphone jack is a nice feature for use w/ wireless headphones. i.e. The kids can put on headphones and "voila!" peace and quiet.

HD channels are very crisp/clear. Standard def is pretty good also. (standard def depends alot on signal strength from your cable provider.)

Overall I gave the tv a 5-star rating b/c of the low price and reasonable performance ratio. This is not a high-end Sharp or Sony so I am not considering that in the review. It is however several hundred dollars less that the high end."

5 out of 5 stars

Best price for great 42" LCD December 23, 2008
Fish On (Annapolis, MD)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

For the price of $750 you will unlikely find a 42" LCD that has as great quality as this Philips! I had a Vizio 32" prior to upgrading and saw a remarkable difference in the picture, sound and overall appearence!!!

5 out of 5 stars

Great Flat Screen March 9, 2010
Juan Fumando (Chico, California)
We've been using this TV since June 2008! No problems - however, we don't really use the TV speakers so I can't really comment too much on them but before I had the theater system hooked up it sounded fine - one thing from the sound that I really miss was the TV's sound processers ability to mediate the volume transitions from programs to commercials concerning broadcast TV.

We have a DVD player, Wii, Roku (Netflix), TV antenna, and a VCR all hooked up via a HiDef Stereo receiver. The TV works great with everything.
We have rearragned our living room such that at times it is desirable to rotate the TV on its base towards the couch and this is done with ease. I'm using a logitech remote but it was easy enough to use the original TV remote.

I saw lots of reviews about this TV with the outcome of a coupon at Costco. I waited until the very last day of the coupon validity to see if anyone had posted any negative reviews and there were none that were valid enough to me.

I highly recommend this product as long as you don't want to mount it on the absolutly flat on wall as the access ports all come straight out the back and therefore you would need to keep the back of the TV at least 2-3 more inches away. You could always cut out the wall there I suppose. Your choice.

5 out of 5 stars

GREAT TV!!! January 5, 2009
M. Singleton (Birmingham, AL United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

So far, so good! We love this TV. It is perfect for our family...the sound & picture are great. It's great for our games and movies too!

4 out of 5 stars

This thing is amazing December 11, 2008
Hiro4Now (Texas)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I purchased this product on Black Friday as an early Christmas gift. It's my first flat panel HD TV. I bought it on the specs, the Philips name and the price.

Set up was a snap. It took longer to get it out of the box than to get it operational. The remote is intuitive. The on screen menus are simple and straightforward.

For me coming from a traditional TV, the picture is outstanding. Colors are rich and lush. The blacks are black. The detail is amazing. You can see the pores on news anchors' skin. The screen is viewable from multiple angles.

Speakers are hidden within the unit's case. Sound quality is excellent.

Setting up other devices (DVD player, game console) was simple. It has more connectors than I expect I'll need (at least for now).

This unit provides a lot of value.