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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31066 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Philips
• Model: 15MF605T
• Dimensions: 14.70" h x 17.80" w x 6.70" l, 14.00 pounds
• Display size: 15

Features

• 15" LCD, NTSC tuner, VGA input, 1024x768, 400:1 contrast ratio, 16ms refresh

Amazon.com Product Description
The 15-inch Magnavox 15MF605T HD-ready flat panel LCD TV is a perfect fit for your home's smaller rooms, such as the kitchen or your bedroom. It features a standard, 181-channel NTSC tuner, but is fully capable of high-definition display when connected to an optional HDTV source. This progressive scan display maximizes the picture quality of progressive-scan DVD players, set-top boxes, and digital video recorders. This ultra-slim set measures less than 6.75 inches deep with its included table stand, and it can also be wall mounted with an optional hardware kit.

The 15MF605T features a 4:3 aspect ratio for viewing standard TV in fullscreen format with selectable 16:9 mode. It has a 1024 x 768-pixel resolution for compatibility with 1080i, 720p, and 480p DTV signals. Other features include a 130-degree horizontal viewing angle, fast 16 ms (millisecond) response time, 450 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating, and 400:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) The 2D comb filter separates chrominance (color) from luminance (brightness) information in the video signal for independent processing to improve picture resolution and minimize distortion. This set also offers the Smart Picture features that automatically adjusts picture settings to optimal levels, 3D motion adaptive de-interlacing, Picture-in-picture and split screen functionality, V-Chip parental controls, and tri-lingual menu displays (English, French, Spanish).

This set has two built-in stereo speakers that produce 3 watts per channel (for 6 watts of total power). It can produce an immersive surround sound field via Dolby virtual surround sound, and the Smart Sound feature keeps volume levels constant while flipping through channels and commercial breaks. It provides the following connections:

• Composite AV (RCA) In: 1
• S-Video In: 1
• Component Video In (Y PB PR): 1
• PC VGA In: 1

What's in the Box
LCD TV, remote control (with batteries), stand, power cord, printed operating instructions

Customer Reviews

Pretty good while it lasts
My experience with this set:

I've had mine for slightly over 6 months. The picture is good for the price, although the prices on LCD sets are continuing to plummet. Lighting is a bit uneven -- there are a couple of obvious bright spots, especially on the upper right of the screen.

Refresh rate is fast enough to keep up nicely with movies and this unit has plenty of jacks for connecting it in various ways to your system at home.

Sound is disappointing -- the set simply doesn't get as loud as a TV should and the sound is subpar in general. If you want to turn it up a bit to overcome some background noise, you may be in for a rude surprise. You certainly won't be enjoying rich sound, that's for sure.

The worst news of all -- my set is almost 7 months old and after running it at about half max volume, the sound has degraded and has become downright distorted, as if the speakers or sound decoding circuitry have been damaged.

BEWARE -- this unit has a truly awful 90 day labor warranty and I know I'll be in for a rude shock when I send it in for repair. This is easily the worst repair performance of any TV set that I've ever bought in my life. (I still have a 16 year old high-end Mitsubishi tube TV that looks and acts as good as the day I bought it).

I bought this on a credit card that doubles the warranty and I'm still out of luck. My suggestion: keep looking for another TV. Evidently Magnavox doesn't build them like they used to.

Quality & a brand name for a reasonable price
There were several reasons why I decided to go with this model:
1. Previous experience with Magnavox televisions & other electronics.
2. Number & type of hookups on unit - 1 coaxial, 1 set of HD hookups, and 1 set of composite audio/video inputs.
3. Size of unit & base.

Positive points:
Overall, I was very happy with the television once I got it set up. It met all of my expectations, and the picture is pretty good. The sound is actually pretty amazing for such a small tv. I had read other reviews that said it sounded a bit tinny - the only time I experienced this was when I hooked my Dish Network satellite system up. This, however, was easily fixed by playing around with the smart sound settings on the television. The smart sound & smart video settings are great. There are several factory presets & then a personal setting for each so that you can personalize the sound & display. Once you plug in all of your cables to the back of your tv (by the way, it comes with a nice little elbow/extension for your coaxial jack to make it easier to plug in, which was a help)there is a nice panel to cover up the plugs & cables, but still leaves a hole for them. It helped make the back of the tv look a little neater without the jumble of cords.

Not really a negative, but not really positive either:
The only thing that is somewhat irritating about the television is that in order to turn the power on using the remote, you must first turn on the power button located on the front of the television. I don't know if this is something that is standard with lcd tv's, but it seems kind of a hassle. I suppose that the idea is to just turn that power button on & leave it, but if you do, a small orange power indicator light stays lit. It's really not that bright, unless you are in an otherwise completely dark room. Not a huge deal if it's in a living room, but this tv is kept near my bed, and I have difficulty sleeping if it's not really dark. I'm sure not everyone has this problem, but that's really the only thing I was not completely thrilled about with this television.

All in all, I am very happy with this purchase, and if I had it to do over again, I would do the same.

Good TV and great computer monitor.
I bought one of these last Summer to watch while running on my treadmill. It's great for casual TV watching. I doubt it's the best LCD TV out there, but I can find nothing offensive about it and I can watch it for hours. Typicially I run the sound through my stereo system and avoid the use of the speakers altogether, which as others have pointed out are weak.

The surprise came when my eight year old computer monitor became unuseable and I was able to use this little TV for a computer monitor on a temporary basis. It is a better computer monitor, in my opinion, than many 15" built for the purpose LCD computer monitors. I was able to use it for telecommuting all day for several days.

So, for a good if not great TV and a rather nice backup computer monitor, this to me is a good deal at the price. But, do yourself a favor and if at all possible buy a multi-year service contract.