Philips 50PF7320A 50-Inch Widescreen Plasma HDTV

Experience the superior picture quality of this excellent integrated HDTV with the latest PDP technology and Pixel Plus. It's packed into a stunning design that will complement your interior. Share music and photos via the built-in USB.

Save space and enjoy a wonderfully vivid picture with the stylish, 50-inch Philips 50PF7320A widescreen plasma TV, a great choice for your full-featured entertainment center. It has a built-in 181-channel NTSC tuner for standard television broadcasts, and you can receive high-definition TV right out of the box with the optional, removable CableCARD, which picks up HD (ATSC) broadcasts from your digital cable provider (digital cable subscription required). This set includes a tabletop stand, but it's also wall-mountable with optional kit (VESA compatible). This plasma TV includes an anti-ageing circuit to help prevent screen burn-in and an anti-reflective coating on the screen. This set uses Philips' exclusive Pixel Plus video processor to increase the number of lines and the number of pixels. The result is razor sharp pictures with incredible detail and dept, every time from any source. The 50PF7320A has a 1366 x 768-pixel resolution, 160-degree viewing angle, a 1500 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating, and a 10000:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) Other features include picture-in-picture display (via component and HDMI connections), auto volume leveler, adjustable color temperature and sharpness, sleep timer, and V-Chip parental controls. The 3D comb filter separates brightness and color signals better in 3D domain to eliminate cross-color, cross-luminance and dot-crawl distortion. It performs field-by-field comparisons of the television image to accurately separate the color from the black-and-white information and remove both horizontally and vertically hanging dots, as well as dot crawl, resulting in a razor sharp image. This set also performs 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal, too--a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. To adapt 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video, frames in the original movie must be duplicated; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this duplication by removing the redundant information to display a frame-accurate picture. The Active Control function uniquely and intelligently optimizes picture quality by measuring and analyzing the incoming signal to automatically adjust picture quality settings. Active Control with Light Sensor uses a sensor to adjust the picture brightness depending on the room light conditions. This TV has two built-in stereo speakers that produce 15 watts per channel (for 30 watts of total power), and can produce Dolby Digital virtual surround sound, emulating a 5.1-channel sound field from just two speakers. It also offers the following connections: Composite AV (RCA) In: 3 (1 side) S-Video In: 3 (1 side) Component Video In (Y PB PR): 2 HDMI In: 2 RF In: 1 PC Audio In: 1 PC Audio Out: 1 Monitor Out: 1 USB: 1 Headphone: 1 The USB connector allows access to multimedia JPEG, MP3, MP3-PRO, and ALB (photo slideshow) files of most USB memory drives and most digital cameras (USB 1.1 memory-class device). Plug the USB connector into the slot at the side of the TV and access your photos or music files. Tech Talk CableCARD -- The CableCARD system enables the "Plug-and-Play DTV" functionality as agreed between cable operators and consumer electronics manufacturers. It allows the decoding of encrypted or scrambled content delivered from the cable system. CableCARD functionality includes conditional access and copy protection. A CableCARD-enabled television without a CableCARD inserted receives high-definition standard TV broadcasts. When a CableCARD is inserted, the television receives high-value high-definition, cable programming. HDMI -- HDMI makes an uncompressed digital RGB connection from the source to the screen. By eliminating conversion to an analog signal, it delivers an unblemished image. The non-degraded signal reduces flicker and leads to a clearer picture. HDMI intelligently communicates the highest output resolution with the source device. The HDMI input is fully backward compatible with DVI sources but includes digital audio. HDMI uses HDCP copy protection. What's in the Box Plasma TV, remote control (with batteries), tabletop stand, power cord, printed operating instructions

I purchased this plasma for my father to give to him for Christmas 2006. By Christmas 2007 I had to buy him a new one. First - notice how all the positive reviews comment on this plasma after owning it for only a few weeks? Check back with them now and see if they feel the same way! This is a great plasma for the first few months, but after that the problems begin. The sound started going out on the set. No big deal, or so we thought, since we just turned the set off and then back on. Problem solved ... NOT! Shortly after the sound began giving us problems, the picture started flickering. A few months later, we were forced to leave our set off for a few minutes before the screen would reset. About two months later, the red light of death. The screen would no longer turn on! Calling Philips did little to resolve this. Their help was about as useful as the positive reviews written for this product. It seems to me, this plasma offers a decent product until the warranty runs out, after that you're forced to either scrap the system (which I did) or pay the outrageous repair fees. We were quoted at over a thousand dollars to fix this plasma. Considering the price I paid for it originally and the prices now, it would have been foolish to try and salvage this screen. I guess what I'm trying to tell you is: avoid this plasma at all costs!! Consider the amount of money you are about to spend and ask yourself: Do you really want to take a chance? Purchase a more reliable system and you'll be better off!

I purchsed the Philips 50PF7320A 50" Widescreen Plasma HDTV through Amazon and Pavillion Electronics. Pavillion Electronics customer service was awesome and will definitely purchase from them again.

I purchased this Plasma 13 months ago, and while I didn't love it to begin with, it worked fine. Now, ONE MONTH out of warranty, there is "red snow" all over the television, especially in dark spots (shadows, black clothing, etc). In addition, HDMI 1 has died. DIED. BUYER BEWARE.

I bought mine in January 2006. I was quite pleased with the set initially. In September 2007 the set started flickering; then it only the top half of the screen will show and then revert to a full screen after about 30 minutes. Philips customer service cannot/will not help. A $3000 plus TV set ought to last for a little more than 18 months. Please look at other brands and STAY AWAY FROM THIS PRODUCT. And, please Google Philips plasma tv sets and see what others are experiencing with Philips' products.

The product and service is as bad as the ebay seller we purchased from- admarkproducts who sold unit refurbished under fraudulent claim that it was covered by original manufacturer's 1 yr warranty. On delivery and for two months we tried to verify the new registration warranty status. Once we got it plugged in we found the sound board was fried - horrible noise. Philips call center reps continuously followed mindless script affirming our warranty, but their web page never updated. Impossible to get any other Philips contact information. Eventually a rep called us, left message informing unit we purchased is 'unauthorized refurb'. Finally, after some 2 hours on the phone to Philips rep in Manila, explaining situation and faxing the paperwork for the 16th time, another rep called back, apologized for confusion, out of 'courtesy' extended us a gratis 90 day warranty. Then we had to pull teeth to get the local town dealer to service the unit as they had severed ties with Philips. Great, they replaced the sound board. Now as of tonight, mid-movie, the unit shut itself off and nothing will blink but a red led under the screen. Here we go again. Philips website expands on this condition on a number of its units, providing the enlightening: 50PF7320A/37 Power/battery Question My set is dead, has no power, and/or the LED is flashing. Answer Unit likely is in need of repair. Call Philips contact center at 1-888-PHILIPS (1-888-744-5477) for further assistance. Oh boy, can't wait to check how the weather is in Manila again. Or maybe Tierra del Fuego this time... All thanks to admarkproducts, the liar on ebay. Highly recommend paying extra for top notch warranty if you fall for this consumer failure.