Philips 23PF5320 23 in. HDTV-Ready TV

This flat panel TV gives you the excellent picture quality and sound you would expect from Philips. It's beautifully designed for HD signals and DVD viewing (and has lots of neat features, but you can read the specs for those), but if you haven't quite made the full leap there are a few quirks.

Setting up the TV was easy enough, but the RCA cable ins are spaced too close together. If you have Monster cables or any of the higher end cables (and you know you will!) the grips near the plug ends are just a tad bit too big to fit in the alignment on the side and under panel. You can get them all in there (I have a cable box, vcr, and two dvd players connected), but it takes some doing.

The set is temperamental to static electricty. The power may need to be reset, which is easily done, but a pain.

Watching non-widescreen programs takes some getting used to. Just like you have in letterbox, you have black stripes on either side of the picture when you are in the 4:3 mode. It just "feels" weird, but you do get used to it.

Analog TV signals don't look as good as they might on your regular TV set, but then you don't buy a TV like this to watch reruns of Good Times (ok, you might, but...).

So, while the set does have some quirks and surely isn't a good fit for everyone's needs, it does provide an amazing widescreen DVD experience for a small room. Snuggle up in your bedroom with lights out and the volume up and you have your own home movie theater at a very reasonable price.