My Philips PFL8404H/12 lots of pictures and details!!

a1x · 10-07-2009, 1:36 AM

42 PFL8404H

What you can play through USB and Network server
Does not play - MKV,MP4,MOV

Can play DIVX-XVID AVI (Some was laggy),
Can play MPG (Even 1080P, without any lag!)
Can play VOB (Checked only 720P)
WMV can only play some of them. didn't play official microsoft WMV HD, but played some of WMV 720P h264 files that i had on my pc .

I also must say that through USB Kingston datatraveler i had some lags in MPG 1080P, while through WI FI router network server that was connected to LCD and to my PC it was perfect streaming.

Pics

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HD Consoles - Some games have tearing, you can fix it by disabling HD Natural Motion (disables also 100hz)

XBOX 360 - Connected with HDMI

PS3 - Connected with HDMI

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SD Satellite TV - Connected with SCART TO SCART

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PC - Connected with DVI TO HDMI

Tv series and movies in DIVX-XVID AVI

"Friends" Original DVD

Movie- MKV 720P

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Blu-ray -Through PS3

Dark Knight (looks amazing!)

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Streaming - Connected with cable to LCD and to WI FI router, that streaming content from PC that has WIFI USB

720P MPG

1080P MPG

DIVX-XVID AVI

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PHILIPS NET TV

Youtube

a1x · 10-07-2009, 1:38 AM

More Net TV

Games

Radio

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nathan19 · 10-07-2009, 5:10 AM

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Originally Posted by a1x

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nice looks man

a1x · 10-07-2009, 3:34 PM

More pics from HD consoles

XBOX 360

PS3

cube66 · 10-07-2009, 9:25 PM

How is the input lag when you play fast games like Gears of War?

Philips has a bad Gaming reputation in the past you know.

I really like the design of this Philips TV, it is Philips PFL8404 46" or Sony KDL-Z4500 46" for me.

Really hope the Philips will perform exellent with everything you feed it with.

The Z4500 is one of the fastest there is when Gaming and a good performer with film to.

Sadly it is not so good at displaying SD materials.

How good is the Philips with SD?

Please I need your opinion about my questions.

Thanks man!

markiedee · 10-07-2009, 9:29 PM

hi there thanks for posting all those pictures they look amazing hope your enjoying your new purchase what do think of the picture quality the 100hz hd natural with movies? some people have a problem with it i absolutely love it iam the type of person who loves smooth motion when it comes to watching movies with gaming i think the obvious thing to do would be to turn off hdnm as i think that it would have a negative effect would love to hear what you think of the picture quality in your opinion thanks again for the pics.

a1x · 11-07-2009, 1:40 AM

cube66 - i played Gears of War 2 and it runs and looks amazing! don't know what you talking about. no lag, nothing.

SD looks good and SD movies with 100hz looks realy good!

markiedee - this is my first 100hz LCD and i love it! looks amazing

markiedee · 12-07-2009, 8:07 PM

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Originally Posted by a1x

cube66 - i played Gears of War 2 and it runs and looks amazing! don't know what you talking about. no lag, nothing.

SD looks good and SD movies with 100hz looks realy good!

markiedee - this is my first 100hz LCD and i love it! looks amazing

a1x thanks for your reply iam in the process of getting my 47 inch philips 7404 tv this week and i can't wait to see movies on the bigger screen thanks again for pictures and your reply enjoy your tv.

YellowSphere · 12-07-2009, 8:13 PM

Looks like it stretches videos to fill the screen? Tropic Thunder and Watchmen should both have letterboxes.

a1x · 14-07-2009, 1:28 AM

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Originally Posted by YellowSphere

Looks like it stretches videos to fill the screen? Tropic Thunder and Watchmen should both have letterboxes.

don't know. i always watch movies like that with BSPLAYER

more pics

markiedee · 14-07-2009, 4:51 PM

photos are sick loving it loving it loving it the pictures of gears of war look incredible i can't wait to get mine thanks again.

Suave · 14-07-2009, 6:23 PM

Hi,

Thanks for the pics - they certainly are very sharp but in all honesty it looks like the picture is set to dynamic/shop mode or colours set very high - the faces for example look deeply sun burnt and other scenes look very saturated. I think once you calibrate and/or apply less aggressive settings, it should look much more natural. Would be interested to see what some movies with dark scenes look like in a darkened room as well as regular SD TV broadcasts if possible! Feel free to increase the file size!

Suave!

Dempsy · 15-07-2009, 1:48 AM

This model does not support PIP (Picture-In-Picture)? Is this true?

This is a very important feature for me.

Also it seems that this model consumes much more power than the competition (~220W vs. Sony's 150W, for example). Switching off ambilight probably reduces power consumption a little, but how much, that is a mystery...

someuser08 · 15-07-2009, 8:56 AM

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Originally Posted by YellowSphere

Looks like it stretches videos to fill the screen? Tropic Thunder and Watchmen should both have letterboxes.

I bet it does. My 9604 has no options to keep the AR intact while watching media files (in fact no settings during media playback are actually available).

Indoko · 18-07-2009, 1:56 PM

Hi!

I'm trying to play HD videos in my 37" philips 8404. You say it can play .mpg at 1080p. Can u tell me video codec and the audio codec of this file? I'm using mkv2vob because it can save the mkv like a .mpg.

Thx!!!

a1x · 20-07-2009, 9:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Indoko

Hi!

I'm trying to play HD videos in my 37" philips 8404. You say it can play .mpg at 1080p. Can u tell me video codec and the audio codec of this file? I'm using mkv2vob because it can save the mkv like a .mpg.

Thx!!!

i don't know man, it's just files that i downloaded from the net.

here is the name of one of them

Katy Perry - Hot N Cold - 06.10.08 (Tonight Show With Jay Leno).mpg

it's 1920 x 1080

some more pics

Ambilight

markiedee · 20-07-2009, 10:05 PM

i always enjoy looking at the pictures you provide a1x keep em coming.

a1x · 02-08-2009, 7:41 AM

Ambilight

band1t1 · 20-09-2009, 2:52 AM

has anyone found a way of getting this tv, to wirelessly stream mkv files, also im getting audio synch problems when streaming, is that to do with connection speed ??

also be intrested in what settings people have there 8404 set to, especially for sky hd

cheers

PuntNL · 05-10-2009, 3:41 AM

Hey, nice set you have! I was wondering which settings you use and if you use the game mode for gaming? And these pictures you made from games in which mode was the tv when you made them?

HidRo · 13-10-2009, 7:02 PM

Really nice setup!
Any config available?

libit · 03-12-2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by YellowSphere

Looks like it stretches videos to fill the screen? Tropic Thunder and Watchmen should both have letterboxes.

You can change aspect ratio. Either choosing one manually or using the automatic one. Automatic can be configured to always fill-up the whole screen (eventually distorting the image), or just zoom as much as possible without distorting the image (in which case you can have black bars on the sides).

libit · 03-12-2009, 10:17 AM

I've noticed that this TV has port 80 open. But when you try to connect, it just closes the connection. Maybe you must connect in some "special" way. Any ideas?

doronh · 25-02-2010, 7:32 AM

hi

i own the same lcd tv (bought it last week) and
was very glad to see that someone managed to use the net tv in order to watch hd movies through the pc without
xtrimer .
i have some mkv 720p files (tv can't play them)and i am looking for a way to
convert them to recognized hd formt .
can you help me please?

thanks
doron

morgans · 05-05-2010, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by doronh

hi

i own the same lcd tv (bought it last week) and
was very glad to see that someone managed to use the net tv in order to watch hd movies through the pc without
xtrimer .
i have some mkv 720p files (tv can't play them)and i am looking for a way to
convert them to recognized hd formt .
can you help me please?

thanks
doron

Try using the latest version of ConvertXtoDVD

Twinklet0os · 19-06-2010, 11:38 PM

Hey there,

I've bought my Philips PFL 8404 like a week ago and i'm still figuring everything out ^^ I downloaded some HD movies and hooked my external hard drive to the TV.

Now the thing is after 4 to 5 minutes the audio and video get out of sync, It helps if i pause the movie, rewind it a sec and play again, but then after 4 to 5 minutes it happens again and this aint a nice way to watch a movie i can tell you

So my question to you guys and girls is, is there a way to fix this problem? I've updated the TV to the latest patch and i've been looking around the internet for solutions but cant find any i'm afraid so i'm turning to you ^^

Thanks in advance, and nice pictures btw i enjoyed them alot hehe. and thanks for letting us know wich types of video it can play etc.

Greetz Mitchell

bazhef · 16-08-2010, 2:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twinklet0os

Hey there,

I've bought my Philips PFL 8404 like a week ago and i'm still figuring everything out ^^ I downloaded some HD movies and hooked my external hard drive to the TV.

Now the thing is after 4 to 5 minutes the audio and video get out of sync, It helps if i pause the movie, rewind it a sec and play again, but then after 4 to 5 minutes it happens again and this aint a nice way to watch a movie i can tell you

So my question to you guys and girls is, is there a way to fix this problem? I've updated the TV to the latest patch and i've been looking around the internet for solutions but cant find any i'm afraid so i'm turning to you ^^

Thanks in advance, and nice pictures btw i enjoyed them alot hehe. and thanks for letting us know wich types of video it can play etc.

Greetz Mitchell

sorry for being dumb but how do you do this?

also, i got my 8404 in December.
have there been any recent updates to NetTV?
I used it a bit when i got it but as it won't show iplayer or enable plugins to be downloaded that would allow viewing of streaming sports from sites such as iraqgoals i lost interest.
also, i cannot get the tv to add to my home network as neither it or the pc recognise each other even though the tv is wired into the wireless router.