I highly recommend everyone passes on Philips if you are going to hook up a PC. Too many issues involving the sound-over-HDMI and the likelihood that your video card is a nVidia. Otherwise, get this TV - the clarity and colors are amazing. Even still, if you’re ready to put in a few hours and a lot of effort getting your video driver set up to work around the Philips-nVidia issue.
You see this specific model for $100 more brand new on Amazon? I can’t find it… I searched this model# and the cheapest I found was $977 plus $99 shipping. Even the cheapest refurb I could find on Amazon was $925 after shipping. If you’ve got a link, please share.
I own this model TV as well and it’s been great to watch. Bought it over a year ago from tigerdirect for $1000 refurbished and thought it was a good deal then. One issue I have noticed is a really annoying static sound if I turn an HDMI device off and leave the TV on that input. It may be the way I have it connected to my surround system, I don’t remember if it has that issue with the built-in speakers. Overall, a great value.
something tells me that there is some biasm going on in these discussions in favor of this deal…can woot workers join this discussion?..$100.00 cheaper but it is a refurb…yeah no! Not a good deal.
Do all refurbished come w/o owners manual? I see no mention of one. -Power consumption is 280W, which seems high. Does this fall under the energy conservation( energy star rating?) situation. --Also, as a guy noted above, if this is at Walmart fort $749, it’ll probably be down to $699 new somewhere soon, seems to me.