t2ffn Wrote:Thanks for the helpful advice and pictures.
I showed the girlfriend the pictures of this tv vs a 42" http://www.techau.tv/blog/wp-content/upl...mage27.png and got a big My kinda chick
So, I will look forward to your pics/vid, to help me decide between 50" plsma or this.
Ona side note, some other q's / concerns you may be able to comment on from your 1st hand experience:
Black smearing - seen some complaints that showed it was pretty bad for smearing blacks in dark scenes.
24p judder - the set doesn't support 24p - this doesn't mean much to me though? You see much motion judder?
Gaming - do you use an Xbox 360 on this? Do you lose much screen on Smart Fit?
Picture quality - how do you rate it with good quality source (720/1080p)?
Sound quality - some say brilliant, some say weak?
Set noise - complaints on the net about high pitched noises the set makes? Like an old CRT? That does annoy me, got one in the bedroom! I swear that noise irritates me 90% of the time I watch the TV in there!
Sorry for all the questions, but this could be the replacement for my current plasma, which is more than due for a change! (Its not even 1080p!! )
Thanks
Hi t2ffn,
Today I tried to record it on on my SD cam and tbh it's crap as hell, I don't even want to upload it cause it will do no justice to the actualy TV at all. My Panasonic SD camera is "OK-ish" outside with enough sunlight, but indoors it's crap. Also the imense light the TV produces is overwelming for the camera lens to film it directly in front.
So I'll try and answer your questions and make footage with screenshots in XBMC (as far as that is possible to prove anything)
Black smearing - TBH I have never noticed any black smearing. Correction ... I have seen it once or twice but that was because of the bad quality of the video not cause the TV could not properly handle the black. So I would answer this as "NOT AN ISSUE"
24p judder - I don't know what 24p means, I have read about it here and there but don't know what it actually does. To answer motion judder, again I have never noticed this, even if it would be there, I have never seen it, I watch all NFL games on ESPN every sunday and monday and when the QB throws a Hail Mary from one side to the other, I see no judder when the camera moves really fast, same with high speed movies like fast and the furious where you see cars flashing by so fast, I see no problems there.
Gaming - I have an XBOX 360 connected and I must admit you will loose parts of your screen when you use the smartfit (other option is the 16:9 with black bars left and right) Unlike XBMC, there is no option in XBOX360 games to change resolution, so I acknoledge this as an ISSUE, but tbh, I play madden, guitar hero and rockband on it and you can fit the screen just right on the smartfit tbh. (keep in mind, while smartfit is active you can steer up, down, right, left with the remote control to adjust the smartfit so it see more of the top or bottom or left or right with adjustments on the oposite side ofc where you then will see less :p if that makes sence)
Picture quality - you mean actual photo's ? or stills ? or movies ?
Anyways in general 720p is ok but uses smartfit also so you'll loose some if you don't want the black bars. 1080p hands down there is no better TV in the world except the new version of the 21:9 cinema that came out !
Everyone who visits me and they watch a 1080p movie is just shocked how awesome that is, keep in mind I bought this one last year for 4000 euro's (yeah I know I should have waited one more year for the newer 3D version :p)
Sound quality - Sound quality is good enough imho. Obviously its not the same as the high end home cinema speaker sets from the big brands and also it does not do Dolby Digital and DDS but it can do virtual surround and plain old stereo and for me that is good enough, you can crank it up really load without any problems or sound quality loss, it's got 2 tweeters and 2 subwoofers and it sounds amazing for me atleast.
Set noise - Again never noticed this. Granted this TV sits in my study where it is connected to my PC which DOES make some fan and high pitch noice I never noticed the TV giving me noise like that, but again I cannot tell you for sure since my PC is like on 24/7 :p
I hope my answers will been helpfull to you
Check the specs on the tv here :
http://download.p4c.philips.com/files/5/...ss_eng.pdf