One of the opening in the marketplace to manufacture plasma TVs, the term “Flatscreen” can be traced back to the days of the super cool Philips ad, the one in which the couple attaches the TV to their ceiling. Philips makes almost everything in the electronics domain, and their TVs are one of the more colorful feathers in their crowded cap. The current TV in the spotlight is an LCD TV, the new champion of the display world. (I’m talking about the technology, can’t pin the title on the TV just yet.) Model name 42TA2800, this little one has come up in a market situation filled with disorder; a situation abuzz with resistance in the middle of a range of brands—most of which turn out unimportant when it actually comes down to it. But can Philips actually stand out? Read on to find out…

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Lastly we get to the meat of the sandwich, the time to check whether looks can be misleading or Philips indeed delivers a full package. I slipped in a test disc to calibrate the TV, and on the whole dissect the claims, only to realize that I would be fidgeting with the remote for a while. This is because each setting, from contrast to brightness to sharpness, needed to be jolted here and there to get a satisfactory image. At the end of it all it was decent, though not stunning. Color levels had a little bleed associated with it, at the same time as the difference displayed nice black level happy though not as deep as I’ve see elsewhere. The feature in the picture was better, limits seemed brittle and motion scene was also considerable. Of course, Jaggie lines were visible, I’ve yet to see a TV that ignores them, but overall unevenness in the images was not bad.

We changed to a film DVD, namely ‘The Incredibles’, for further testing. In the film domain I found the image still hovering around the ‘OK’ mark, though this time, since it was an animated flick, the colours seemed a little better. Next in was ‘Matrix Revolution’ DVD. We were watching the DVD in 720p, widescreen mode, and this proved to be the best statement the TV could belt out successfully. This movie has some really heavy black happy, with slight difference in the dim hues, due to its somber green filter. Our Philips did a decent job of depict the same, but greedy as we all are, I want more!

Along with the TV we received a single speaker panel, that needs to be attached to bottom edge, and plugged in via the speaker ins at the connection rack at the back. This is capable of stereo and virtual surround mode, all switchable easily through the remote. Speaking of sound excellence, we can conclude that the sound is way better than the pathetic television speakers attached usually, the ones with 5 watts power. Our panel belted out nice, apparent and loud character, but lacked in bass. Bass is significant.

Design and features

Sleek and ritzy, this model has a nice sober black frame, one whose external finish is not glossy (Thank God), rather it has a nice plus smooth surface. The bottom is angled at home, while the edges can be termed as rounded, though with a tiny radius. The frame is suspended on a slick metallic gray plinth, therefore giving the TV’s look that extra dose of ‘ogle steroid’. The Black and silver combination is one match made in heaven, it never goes wrong. Fixing the stand took us a while: 2 screws needed to be attached, though it provides a perfect fit. A tiny ‘on’ switch is flush increase on the lower left corner; it’s made ubiquitous by a slim sliver border etched around it. No tricks and gimmicks here, this TV shout just one thing: adult class.

The connections at the back are in a configuration that I personally do not like, they face vertically downwards from a wedge at the back. I prefer them facing sideward, its just easier to connect stuff, that’s all. Nevertheless, ignoring the tantrum, the included relations are adequate to simultaneously connect your gaming console, DVD player, PC, spaceship, whatever you own. For the sake of enumeration we have an S-video and a compound input resting on the side (ahem!) even as an HDMI, S-video and 2 component in the back rack. Also adorn the rack are speaker inputs (for the included external surround lecturer) and a D-SUB for PC input.

Short and light, the remote control is a simple one, appearance wise it is not as good as the TV, though the buttons are well designed, well placed and most importantly, not the least bit tacky looking.

In finish one can safely bet that this TV will dwell in perfectly due to its brilliant aesthetics. The picture superiority is good, but not the best. The detail and sharpness is the better factor of the TVs offerings, probably the saving grace I would say. At Rs.1,29,990, it can’t exist termed as cheap, but big screen LCDs aren’t anyways.

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