If you are in the market for a plasma HD ready television, you have probably spent countless hours researching and still don’t know which television to buy. I recently had the pleasure of purchasing the Philips 50” widescreen HD Ready Plasma television (50PFP5532D) and have been pleased with its performance from day one. I believe that first impressions are the lasting ones, and the first impression I received from this product was extraordinary.
Dimensions on the TV are 49.2”x 4.2”x 34.5” (W x D x H), and the sleek design was ideal for the space limitations I had. I already had several other devices (DVD, satellite receiver, and a gaming system) to connect and the clearly labelled input/output ports made the connection process seamless.
Once all the correct cables were attached it was time to test the performance. I pressed the power button on the remote control and quickly went through the initial set up. I have experienced in the past lengthy and painful initial sets ups; however this set up was extremely easy and required less than 2 minutes to complete.
The first test for the television was an action movie in high definition on one of the premium movie channels. It passed the test with flying colours; by delivering a wonderful picture and crisp surround sound quality audio. More »
