Customer Reviews
Philips 50PFP5332D 50" DEAD IN 5 MONTHS, 2nd one DEAD IN 33 DAYS! 
2008-08-23
This TV had a beautiful picture, for the first 5 months then died. Mfg. Warranty specifically states Philips has the right to send out a refurbished TV as the replacement, it took 2 months to arrive from Ohio. The replacement lasted 33 days and began to turn itself off. Contact w/Philips Cust. Service, again they stated per policy, they want to send another refurbished model or a LCD TV instead of the plasma unit. Research indicates this mfg. is no longer making plasma TV's for US distribution, parts and repair are almost impossible even on a 5 month old TV, opps, 33 day old TV.
Recent discussion w/ six independent repair services has informed me this model has been, and I quote, "a dog from day one"...
It's football season and my brand new big screen is no longer working!! This TV has been broken more time than it has been operable since I purchased it in Dec. 2007... SAVE YOUR MONEY, BUY ANYTHING ELSE, DONATE IT TO CHARITY, BUT DON'T GIVE YOUR HARD EARNED $ TO PHILIPS!!!
Awesome Picture... Great Plasma TV 
2008-08-07
I was a bit skeptical when I read some bad reviews on this TV but the price was too good to ignore. I have owned it now for a week and I am more than happy.
The picture quality is awesome, even the non HD chabbes are great. The remote is simple to use and light.
I hope my TV lasts longer and based on the picture quality and price, I will give this 5 star!
owner 
2008-06-09
I bought this tv and i could not be more pleased with it, it work's great, & has the best picture i have ever seen, It's connected to fiber optic and the picture looks like it's real, I have one in my coach and it gets bounced around a lot and it plays as good as the one in the house, the way I look at it if high End motorcoaches install it in there units it got to be a great product.Hey they do have lemons out there.
Lasted 16 months - then died 2008-03-15
I wish I had done more research on Philips repairs before we bought our 50" plasma 16 months ago. Just Google "philips repairs" and get ready to read the horror stories. It's amazing a company can stay in business nowadays with such poor customer service and products. They look good, but don't count on them to last.
50PFP5332D board problems 2008-02-05
This tv does in fact have high failure rate I know I purchased one
January 2 2008 and the tv would turn its self off after only minuets
of watching. Little trouble shooting with Philips shows that the unit had power board failure. Also when you would turn the tv off only the screen would sometime go out the power board would remain on with led lights on the board still Glowing. you can view the green led lights on the board by looking through the vent holes from the back.When the is turned off the lights should go off PER Philips. Sometime mine would sometime they would remain on after turning the unit off.
I returned the tv for replacement and the second tv did the same exact thing the TVs were MFG only one month apart. I wounder how many people have this same set that are not even aware of the power board not shouting off? If I had two sets with same problem you know there has to be many out there with same falure.
This tv looks great that is what sold me and the price and the name Philips. I got my refund and purchased a Samsung. after all this and dealing with Philips. When I see the name Philips I turn my head. Never again will I purchas a Philips brand again
Horrible Customer Service 2008-01-30
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Warning - High Defect rate for this TV 2008-01-16
If you are considering buying this TV, know this: It has an exceptionally high defect rate when compared to other, similar Plasmas. Specifically, it has a major problem with board faults (i.e. the circuits that run the TV). This defect causes the TV to turn off on its own shortly after initial use. A bit of internet searching will confirm this fact.
I read a bit about this prior to purchasing, but because of the price, decided to roll the dice and buy it anyway. Now, i am left with a $1500 (at the time) TV that doesnt work, cant be repaired, and if its replaced, will possibly continue to break. Philips just wants to keep sending Tech guys out to fix it. Yet, every one that shows up says there's nothing they can do and that i need to exchange the TV. Problem is that with most big TVs, you can only exchange for the exact same item. It a sadistic loop of replacing one poorly engineered TV with the same thing.
So go ahead and take your chances...just dont say you werent warned
Great tv and super customer service 2007-12-15
I purchased this tv at a local retailer in my area in order to avoid the delivery hassle, and I have to say that I am very satisfied with this purchase. I started using this tv by playing dvds thru my Bose 321 system and the picture looked very good if the dvd quality was high. I had intended to purchase an upconverting dvd player and when I found the Toshiba A2 HD player for $140.00 thru Amazon I bought it because it has HD Dvd playing abilities along with upconverting of regular dvds. I finally got to see what this television was capable of when I viewed my first HD dvd and even the regular dvds look great with this combination of player and tv. The HD dvds are really amazing.
I did have one glitch with this television. This tv had a habit of turning off right about 2 hours after it had been turned on and the sleep timer had not been set. When I contacted Phillips about this problem they could not find a service center that would come to my area to repair my television so they replaced it with a new one. They made arrangement to have the new one delivered to my house and picked up the faulty tv at the same time.
I am very pleased with the televsion and the customer service I received.
Brilliant; stunning; everything one could ask for in a plsama HDTV 2007-10-09
This is a great TV. The Pixel Plus 3 technology definitely makes the grade -- it's a pixel-matching system that recreates natural imagery and reduces pesky image artifacts -- pixilation (which is discoloration), washout, fade, pixel shift, whatever. Super-high brightness and contrast ratio make for really vivod colors and incredibly fine contrast detail. Looks great while watching movies, sports, etc.
This TV really has urround sound power: Dolby Digital, Dolby Virtual Surround Sound and a 30W speaker system with a built-in digital amplifier. This means, in short, cinema-quality audio. The technology actually simulates rear speakers -- cool stuff.
The 160-degree viewing angles are a little lower than an LCD, but you're going to be able to see the screen with better-than-average clarity at up to a 160-degree angle -- so, almost from a perpendicular angle to the way the TV is facing. That's nice for finding the right seat in the house. The Digital Media Reader and USB port are really cool, too -- you can plug in a digital camera to view high-resolution images or slideshows on your TV screen, or plug in an MP3 player to blast your music in surround sound. Lots of TVs have this, but not one with a sound system like this one.
There's plenty of connectivity: component, composite and S-video jacks for hooking up your old DVD player, VCR, video game system, etc., but the real good stuff is the 2 HDMI inputs -- again, pretty standard -- good for hooking up an HD DVD player, Blu-ray disc player, set-top box, Blu-ray video game system (the only one out there right now is PS3), etc. So, you have the connections you need for the components you have now, and the connections you may want for those HD components down the road.
This is not to mention that there are all sorts of little perks to play with: 7 aspect ratio modes to change the picture for various kinds of programming, active light control for auto-adjustment of the picture for varying light conditions, a 3D comb filter built in for detailed color reproduction and an anti-aging circuit to help reduce pixel burn-in and maintain a longer pixel/lamp life.
If you purchase this model, I think you'll enjoy it!
