Philips 15PF9936 15" HDTV-Ready Flat Panel TV

by Philips

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.6 x 12.1 x 18.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0000AAAFJ
• Item model number: 15PF9936
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,702 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon Product Description

Amazon Product Description Offering strong video performance with a depth of less than 3 inches, Philips'high-definition-ready, active-matrix TFT LCD 15PF9936 is stylish enough and small enough for prominent placement in any room--or any wall--of your house. The 15-inch TV offers high brightness (450 cd/m2) and high contrast (400:1), as well as an integrated TV tuner for cable or broadcast reception of all your favorite programs. Its lightning-quick 16 ms response time guarantees seamless viewing even with rapid-screen-change video games. Hook it up to an optional DTV receiver or progressive-scan DVD player and you'll enjoy vivid, detailed images from 1080i, 720p, and 480p sources, which render at up to 720p resolution on the set's native 1,024 x 768 screen.

Philips' Dynamic Contrast technology optimizes the contrast of the picture by stretching the white, gray, and black levels.

LCD technology allows screens to be thinner and televisions to be lighter and more energy-efficient than ever before. The result is television that not only fits on a wall, but fits in places conventional televisions cannot. The 15PF9936's comes outfitted with Digital Crystal Clear III technology, a suite of picture innovations including Dynamic Contrast and advanced, 10-bit processing. Further, the DCDi chip by Faroudja enhances resolution by eliminating the stair-step jagged edges often seen on progressive-scan displays. The 15PF9936's three-line digital comb filter further enhances resolution by removing blurred edges between colors and reducing dot crawl (tiny, moving dots of color along a sharp color separation in a vertical line, as in a depiction of a character's striped T-shirt).

A feature called Active Control continually adjusts picture settings at over 60 times per second for all inputs, correcting both sharpness and noise reduction. AutoChron automatically sets the right time of day and maintains it with digital precision through brownouts, power failures, and even daylight savings time adjustments. AutoPicture lets you change--at the touch of a button--the picture settings (color, tint, contrast, etc.) for various types of programming, including sports, movies, multimedia (games), or weak signals. AutoSound allows you to select from three factory-set controls and a personal control that you set according to your preferences. The three factory-set controls (Voice, Music, and Theatre) let you enhance the particular program you are watching. Incredible Surround simulates enveloping surround sound from any two speakers, while the audio volume leveler (AVL) keeps the TV sound at an even level for a more consistent, comfortable sound.

Auto Color, one of the features of Active Control, measures the color content of the incoming signal and adjusts it according to predefined ideal values.

Inputs include two component-video (one HD and one standard-definition), one S-video, one RF coaxial audio/video, and two composite-video connections, as well as a VGA computer input with internal scaling, which accepts signals up to SXGA (1,280 x 1,024, from 56 to 85 Hz). A stereo analog audio output facilitates hookup with a surround receiver or integrated amplifier.

The supplied infrared remote control works your TV and other remote-controlled devices such as VCRs, DVD players, cable converters, and satellite receivers.

What's in the Box
TV, stand, remote control, remote batteries, and a user's manual.

Product Description

15" LCD tV, HDTV capable, NTSC tuner, 1024x768, 400:1 contrast, FM radio, HD and VGA inputs

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Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor Quality Control, February 27, 2004

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R. Glover (Portland, Maine United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips 15PF9936 15" HDTV-Ready Flat Panel TV (Electronics)

I bought and returned two samples of this set due to a failed screen. This occured in both sets after only two weeks of use. They are made in China and quality control is nonexistent. I bought the set because of the great features and it did have a good picture (while it worked) especially with Progressive DVD. This was my first purchase of a Philips TV and will be my last. After the second return, I purchased a Panasonic 14" and have had no trouble. The Panasonic has much higher quality of construction (made in Japan) and is very reliable.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing TV, November 6, 2004

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Bassel Said (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips 15PF9936 15" HDTV-Ready Flat Panel TV (Electronics)

I bought this TV from Amazon, and have had a great experience so far. It can accept just about any input(excluding DVI), and has a very fast refresh rate if you plan to hook it to your computer for playing games and watching dvd's. This is perfect as a TV for a dorm room or for the kitchen... Color rendition is excellent, and viewing angles are also very good. As a bonus(and a very important one) it is HDTV-ready. Great TV. buy it.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Screen Failure, May 15, 2004

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This review is from: Philips 15PF9936 15" HDTV-Ready Flat Panel TV (Electronics)

My Philips 15PF9936 15" LCD TV is a dud. The screen worked for a brief time before dying on me. It's electric board was replaced and it worked beautifully for a whole twelve hours before blacking out and dying once more - I had good enough sound but no picture. Perhaps someone should inform Philips that Tvs are for viewing as well as listening. I am seeking a refund. I will not buy a Philips set again.