Philips 42PF5521 Reviews: 42" Screen Plasma HD Ready TV

+ Very Cheap

- Bad picture quality but screen was faulty

+ easy to set up, decent tv for money, connectivity very good

- trying to get a decent picture using using brightness contrast and colour difficult

+ Very easy to use and generally good performance

- Colour quality is not as good as some and tends to have a slight brownish tint on some material with some contouring as well.

+ This unit is very easy to set up, picture looks stunning when hooked up to my PS3 and Sky HD box. Has 2 HDMI port and looks very stylish.

- Slight background nose when bright pictures are being shown.

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Screen doesn't shift every so often (as some other plasma tvs do) so maybe more prone to screen burn.

+ Value for money at time of purchase and ease of set up was simple.HD picture is amazing and all it should be.No problems with residue burn in even after hours and hours of PS3 game play

- SD picture does have it's moments but not that often..

+ VERY GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY.

- SOUND QUALITY IS GOOD, BUT COULD BE BETTER.

+ easy to use and setup, excellent picture quality through, h.d colour and sound of a high standard

- when cable breaks up a bit the picture quality is ruined this appears to be more noticeable as its a much larger t.v than before this does appear to be from incoming transmission though!

+ value for money

- not enough scart sockets

+ Great picture on both sports & other programs

- No bad points

+ Nice looking set and stand, lots of connectivity, built in digital receiver.

- None found yet although the remote is a little complex to use

+ style - quality product - trusted brand name - competitive price

- Reviewer left no comment

+ all good all rounder

- wall fixing

+ Stunning picture quality using an HD satellite receiver.
Satellite tv excellent.
Freeview tv excellent and comparable with the new Samsung.
Sound quality excellent.Choice of sound quality on HD BBC.
I bought this in April and the picture quality could be getting better.

- Freeview sometimes very slow to respond(could be my tv?)
The picture quality on terestial is average, say 7 out of ten.

+ A nice looking set with simple to use menus and features. Pretty good sound quality.

- Shadows and dark images sometimes appear pixelated.

+ great television, great price and easy to set uo and use

- quality of picture for nightime faces could be better

+ Great value for money. Picture quality is excellent and the casing is very sleek and stylish.Setting up with cable and wii was fairly straight forward. At first the size of the screen seems rather too big but you would be amazed at how quickly you get used to it. Also bought a glass and chrome stand to set it on which was a sensible buy (although it did come with its own wall mount)

- Can't think of any!

+ Digital tuner is very easy. Though where I live I regularly lose Channel 4 England and all ITV networks when signal strength is 3 or below. The sound quality is particulary good when listening via a set of headphones.

- The fact that 2 adults were needed to attach the mounting plinth to the actual plasma screen. Not only because of the weight involved but the fact the the plasma screen had to be laid down flat onto which the plinth was fitted. Excesssive levels of heat are generated from the unit when on for long periods however keeping a nearby window open solves this!

+ Price and availablility

- Picture quality is sometimes suspect

+ Overall very good design, and good quality

- Its the picture quality that lets it down, with a supposed 6mili second response time I was told that this would be great for football. However as I purchased mid season, I never really got to view the full quality till now.
Lets be honest IT IS ABSOLUTELY RUBBISH FOR FOOTBALL. Lets watch 22 pixels run round a green haze called a pitch.
DO NOT BUY.

+ Goopd features and ease of set up

- No ral bad points to sp[eak of.

+ This television was extremely well priced. It has a good picture quality and it looks fantastic when playing computer games and watching DVDs.

- The remote can be very slow to pick up which is frustrating at timkes. It does not always happen but it is annoying.

+ Excellent screen quality and sound. Excellent all round product

- Heavy

+ Set up was very easy in terms of both channel finding and external component fix

- Sound quality in itself is OK but there is an excessive background electrical component hum which alters according to the brightness of the picture and is audible in all but the loudest action scenes, thereby making the whole viewing experience unenjoyable. The TV has been back for repair 3 times (installation engineers agreeing that noise not acceptable) but no joy - currently awaiting further comment from Philips but this now over the 4 business day response promise.

+ Picture quality, Sound, design all are good

- I dont think there are any bad points for the TV as i havent found any yet.

+ all the different connections

- sound quality is a bit poor

+ None

- Picture lost after 2 days!!

+ Very easy to use and easily installed

- Poor reception on Digital TV - probably more to do with my location than the TV.

+ This is a great TV and excellent value for money

- No bad points

+ Great size, excellent look and design from a company that has been around for years. Doesn't produce 1080p but there isn't much 1080p on the market at the moment anyway therefore 1080i is as good as anything just now.

- Honestly can't really think of any bad points other than sound could have been a wee bit better.

+ asthetic value for money,

- unfortunateley just being so heavy when placing on the wall otherwise no bad points yet,

+ Price. Picture quality (though can be a bit of pain to get the right balance) - needs to be seen with an HD source, ie PS3, to fully appreciate. Design and 2 * HDMI connectors.

- Generates a lot of heat. TV schedule for inbuilt freeview is a bit naff.

+ This Plasma TV Is good value for money and the overall quality is very good.

- The TV is very heavy with no rear handles to lift.

+ Sleek design, Excellent Quality picture, extremely cost effective

- extremely heavy,difficult to set up