14" Panasonic TV with Philips VCR. January-August 2003.	Philips 25" TV, Philips 727K DVD Player, Philips VCR. August 2003-September 2004	Same as previous picture.
Same as previous picture.	Philips 25" TV, Philips LX3900SA/75 DVD Home Theatre System, Philips VCR. 3-8 September 2004.	Philips 25" TV, Sony HT-DDW760 5.1 System, Philips 727K DVD Player. 19 September 2004-March 2005
Panasonic 29" TV, Sony HT-DDW760 5.1 System, Philips 727K DVD Player. March 2005-Present	Same as previous picture.

The Philips LX3900SA/75 did not even last a week. In The Matrix Reloaded, the subwoofer sounded incredible, especially in the street chase scene and the party scene in Zion. However in Star Trek: The Next Generation, the ambient noise of the Enterprise had so much bass it became very annoying. This was not the only problem. The tiny fan on the back of the system made an annoying ticking noise. But that wasn't the worst part. All the speakers made a very audible hissing noise. When watching a movie and there was a quiet conversation with no music, the hissing was unbearable. When listening to the radio, the default output was 5.1 mode. When I listen to a stereo source, I want to listen to it in stereo. Not 5.1. With the hissing noise added to this design flaw and the ticking fan, I tried to take the system back. I bought it from Harvey Norman, and they wouldn't let me take it back because they thought nothing was wrong with it. So I sold it on an online auction site, for about 75% of what I paid for it.

The Philips LX3900SA/75 was replaced with the Sony HT-DDW760 5.1 Home Theatre System. This Sony system was far superior to the Philips. It looked the part, sounded better and did not default to 5.1 mode for the radio. The subwoofer also did not destroy Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Sony HT-DDW760 5.1 Home Theatre System continues to be in use today, and I haven't looked back once.

The Panasonic 29" TV is far better than the Philips 25". Mainly because I run it at 75Hz/833i mode. Meaning that it looks far better than the Philips running at 50Hz. There is no noticeable flickering, and there are none of those annoying horizontal black lines that I could see on the Philips 25". I put the Philips 25" and the Panasonic 29" side by side and watched the Starship Troopers DVD. There was no comparison. The Panasonic 29" had an infinitely superior picture to the Philips 25".