Promises a lot but does not deliver. Review on Philips 29 PT8321

I had been looking to upgrade from my normal 21'' tv to a 29'' future ready tv which would have progressive scan option for dvd input and good sound. I bought this tv after a lot of research on the internet & going through brochures of different companies like sony , samsung, sansui, videocon, lg, panasonic etc. Philips 29PT8322 (8321earlier) fulfilled my requirements and was also affordable at 34,990/-(march 05'price). it also had great looks,nice and clean cut without any buttons cluttering the front panel but instead menu, volume and channel buttons were put on top of the cabinet. the first thing I did not like about the tv after I had purchased it was it's remote control with it's buttons not placed in a user friendly design.earlier I was using a samsung plano 21''tv and it's remote was a lot more user friendly. anyhow, the performance of Philips 29PT8322 was ok in the first few months during which I mostly used it to watch cable and vcd's. it was only when I purchased a philips dvd player (dvp 642k) that I found that when I connected the same to the tv via component video input (CVI channel) and put on the progressive scan option the screen flickered on startup, a little bit at first but it steadily deteriorated. later on the flickering spread to normal tv channels as well. at present the tv is lying at the philips service centre who are trying to figure out the problem. to any potential buyers my advice is not to be deterred by my review because this could be a one off case. my earlier experience with electronics has taught me that one has to be lucky with the particular piece of equipment that one has purchased and brand names do not matter all that much. even a sony could turn out to be a dud.

UPDATE-

philps service centre could not solve my problem & ultimately I myself figured the source of the problem in this t.v. it had something to do with the power supply of this particular t.v. .there is no discernible voltage fluctuation in my house & other t.v.'s work fine on the same power supply but on a hunch i connected a voltage stabilizer with this t.v. and tried out various voltage settings and to my surprise I found that if the voltage was set to 200 volts the flickering did not appear. other owners of this t.v. should also try this out. otherwise the t.v. has performed fairly well till date and I believe that with all it's features & sub 30k price now, it's quite a decent buy.