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Philips 42PFP5332D 42-Inch Plasma HDTV

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Product Details

Binding: Electronics
Brand: Philips
EAN: 0609585123373
Label: Philips
Dimension: 0.3 x 4.4 x 0.3 inches
Manufacturer: Philips
Model: 42PFP5332D/37
Publisher: Philips
Release Date: May 01, 2007
Studio: Philips

Features and Descriptions

42" Plasma with ATSC/Qam integrated tuner
Pixel Plus 3 HD to vivid high resolution picture performance
1024 x 768p resolultion
Dual HDMI input and also CVIand S-Video inputs
USB connect to play music files or digital pictures

Philips 42" Plasma, Widscreen HDTV, Pixel Plus 3 HD for vivid HD resolution, Built in ATSC/Qam tuner, 1024 x 768p resolution, Virtual Dobly Surround Sound for theater like sound experience, USB connect for easy multi-media playing, 2xHDMI, CVI and S-Video inputs.

Ratings & Comments(Average: 3.0

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- Excellent Television
I recently purchased this TV from Sam's Club for $994.00 and am very pleased with my purchase. The resolution is great and the colors are very true to life. The black quality is excellent and the controls are extremely easy to use with the menu system being a breeze to navigate through. The setup was simple and the included stand was rock solid. I haven't viewed any HD broadcasts yet as I don't have HD cable but Digital cable, DVD's and VHS's look crystal clear. I would recommend this TV to anyone.

- Philips has terrible customer service
All may be fine if you don't have to follow-up with them for any issues. Ordered the 42" Plasma via their refurbished outlet online. The product arrived after 5-7 day shipping time and would not stay on for more than 10-15 minutes at a time. There is a overheat sensor that was tripping. Contacted their technical support team who begrudingly opened a ticket to initiate a product return. It took another 2 calls in to get them to figure out why the shipping service hadn't come back out to pick up the TV - the pickup finally occurred 9 calendar days later. It is now 30 calendar days since I originally received the TV and the credit has still not been made to my credit card. The packing slip does not have a valid, trackable bill of lading. Also, their return policy is such that you must wait for the product to be officially checked back in before they will either credit you or provide a new product. Needless to say, we went and bought a Hitachi immediately after opening the ticket due to their policy of no advance exchanges. They also have not responded to my email inquiries through their web order site on where the return funds are. I will now have to call again. I will never buy a Philips or Magnavox product again due to the risk of having to deal with them directly.
Update: After 37 days total I finally received the credit to my credit card and only after I called and inquired on status and was told my credit would be "expedited" (expedited took another 3 business days).
They have never followed up with me regarding my emails, complaints or otherwise. They missed an opportunity to recover a customer.

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