astonbilla
Active Member
Ok folks, got my new Philips on Friday.
What a nightmare trying to shift that big git.
Any hoo, heres me tuppence worth:
Pixel plus - fantastic, takes some getting used to and the heat haze effect is very, very minimal (maybe they've updated something?)
'Wobbling' on NTSC - yip it does this, but i really can see ho anyone can be too worried about it. At the end of the day you can either turn off pixel plus or just concentrate on the file. It only happens in the far extremeties of the screen.
Geometry - ok, as good as can be expected. I could go into the service menu and mess about, but i really want to avoid that from now on.
General Picture quality (SKY DIG) - on some sources, its not great. However on channels such as BBC1, and SKY one its amazing. Family Guy looked incredible. So clear and crisp. DVD Quality is TO DIE FOR. Anyone out there who has pixel plus, i ask HAVE YOU SEEN GLADIATOR!!!, its amazing on this set. really.
Buzzing - none, my Sony was like a small blender.
Purity - i think i may be getting some in the bottom left corner, i think though it may be my speaker. Hopefully it wont get any worse.
Remote - great, easy to use.
Menus - Loads of em, and a lot of tweaking is available. I am delighted as i thought Philips wouldn't have as many options as Sony for picture control. I was very wrong.
Black - looks lovely, very black and very clean.
All in all, i like it. I'm scared to say that out loud. So, lets just leave it at that. Is it better than my Sony FQ75, DX100, FQ80. Well, both manufacturers have their own problems. I want this TV to be good, and to be fair i reject sets very quickly. So all i can say is, if you are a retentive git like me, you will like this set (maybe quite a lot), if you dont stare all day looking for faults - You will be blown away.
What a nightmare trying to shift that big git.
Any hoo, heres me tuppence worth:
Pixel plus - fantastic, takes some getting used to and the heat haze effect is very, very minimal (maybe they've updated something?)
'Wobbling' on NTSC - yip it does this, but i really can see ho anyone can be too worried about it. At the end of the day you can either turn off pixel plus or just concentrate on the file. It only happens in the far extremeties of the screen.
Geometry - ok, as good as can be expected. I could go into the service menu and mess about, but i really want to avoid that from now on.
General Picture quality (SKY DIG) - on some sources, its not great. However on channels such as BBC1, and SKY one its amazing. Family Guy looked incredible. So clear and crisp. DVD Quality is TO DIE FOR. Anyone out there who has pixel plus, i ask HAVE YOU SEEN GLADIATOR!!!, its amazing on this set. really.
Buzzing - none, my Sony was like a small blender.
Purity - i think i may be getting some in the bottom left corner, i think though it may be my speaker. Hopefully it wont get any worse.
Remote - great, easy to use.
Menus - Loads of em, and a lot of tweaking is available. I am delighted as i thought Philips wouldn't have as many options as Sony for picture control. I was very wrong.
Black - looks lovely, very black and very clean.
All in all, i like it. I'm scared to say that out loud. So, lets just leave it at that. Is it better than my Sony FQ75, DX100, FQ80. Well, both manufacturers have their own problems. I want this TV to be good, and to be fair i reject sets very quickly. So all i can say is, if you are a retentive git like me, you will like this set (maybe quite a lot), if you dont stare all day looking for faults - You will be blown away.