Television in beta

Television in beta

Philips 32PFL5507K / 12 81 cm (32 inches) 3D LED-backlit TV (Full HD, 400Hz PMR, DVB-C / T / S, CI +, Smart TV Plus, WiFi, USB Recording) silver black brushed (Electronics)

Customer Review

I own the device for 3 weeks now and would like to highlight a few aspects that might be of interest for potential buyers.

Scope of supply:

There are at an adapter for SCART and Component (YPbPr) - however, the associated cable missing. Although 4 HDMI ports are present, no HDMI cable included. Here you should also order that the purchase so equal.

Picture:

The Full HD screen is in my opinion very good, but also no real challenge for modern television, since the image is not interpolated here but just one pixel to be displayed. Interestingly, therefore, are resolutions that are below 1920x1080, because here the intelligence of the electronics is required. I receive the normal TV picture via DVB-T, which is the worst possible source. The picture must therefore be extrapolated. And here the Philips suggests quite well. In poorer models, the screen looks often extremely "washed out" and out of focus, the Philips manages However, it can act fairly sharply, especially from 2.50m distance. On closer inspection, of course you can see the lack of quality, but this is not surprising. Negative strikes me that in case of sudden changes in illumination (bright scene, then a very dark) a kind of flicker at the time the change occurs or the dark scene is too late show the correct "darkness" Felt 0.1 second.

3D:

Unfortunately, these are the untold active shutter technology that has been mainly pushed by Samsung and many more disadvantages than advantages over Polarizer. I have therefore abstained from me to buy 4 glasses for 300 euros and use the TV instead only 2D. Who needs real 3D, should wait for the Philips 6007k; this has finally polarizing filter is, but probably also be more expensive than the 5507k. Otherwise, just a LG buy, here are all the polarizing filter. Songs was the time of purchase of LM660S of LG with its ingenious Magic Remote is not there, otherwise I would have slammed here.

General operation:

This is the biggest drawback at Philips. The software is obviously still in beta, the end user will therefore - whether he likes it or not - for software testers. Overall the reaction time is anywhere significantly slow. The TV hangs with certain functions always on, especially when using the Smart TV applications. It lasts forever anyway sometimes until ever opens the Smart TV menu. Ever loading affects plenty unprofessional programmed because the image for a few seconds disappears, but the sound is still heard, then the picture suddenly appears again etc ... An update of the firmware to the latest version of the Philips-site did not improvement.
Reproducible for example, the following behavior (those who already have the 5507k, so could you please check times with him): Call SmartTV, then Internet, then enter "tagesschau.de" and right the video "Tagesschau in 100 seconds" click - result : SmartTV crashes, the page is now always displayed and you can not call any other apps more. This went on all flat screens that I've seen so far, no problems (Samsung, Sony).
The operation in the Smart Apps (including web browsers and Youtube) is screwed anyway, because the inputs are very awkward with the remote control. Remedy partly the external keyboard:

Keyboard:

The ability to connect a keyboard funct is important as surfing, etc .. with the remote control is a nightmare for almost all TVs. First it was quite positive that my model (KeySonic KSK-3201 RF) was immediately recognized. Unfortunately, the keyboard is not supported in all apps such. B. Youtube. The beta status of the firmware you realize so well here.

Switch from CRT TVs:

Most striking is the better image (positive) and the slower operation (negative). As described above, all menus are displayed with delay, which they were not accustomed to the old tube from the 90s. This is certainly due to the growing range of functions, but also on the sloppy programming. If weak processors are installed, as is the case with television sets, the software must be precisely tailored perfectly, otherwise the operation will be a nuisance. That is, proves with its iPod, iPhone etc ..., which also have weak processors, can be but use liquid for years Apple.

Sound:

Is OK. Unfortunately, even this TV does not have analog RCA output more for connection to the stereo, but here now save all manufacturers. That leaves only the headphone output can be regulated separately, after all.

Recording:

The disk is formatted and encoded and stored the recordings useless for the computer. After working time shift. By each time shift is deleted but everything back that was better with my old DVB-T receiver. Nor is it possible to stop the television and during which, for example, to watch a DVD on the HDMI input, as we did it just the other day -. Everything was cleared. Overall, the recording function is implemented fairly carelessly and also does not work reliably.

Teletext:

Pages are called up quickly thanks to 1000 pages memory, but I have not yet figured out how to "shall", ie making clear at the same time to see the movie the text on the image.

Overall, Philips must rectify this strong.

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I have the TV now returned and brought me the Samsung 32ES6300. A difference like night and day when operating. Everything goes much more quickly, and there is also no longer afraid that the television crashes when you press the remote control. Now that I have a direct comparison, here are my results:

When Philips better:
- Sound, especially the fact that the headphone output can be regulated separately from the speakers, and therefore can be used as analog output is
- 2D image of poor sources (the Freeview picture he has prepared very sharp, can the Samsung not so good)
- 4 HDMI inputs, the Samsung has only 3

This can Samsung better:
- Use much better and more fluid, no hanging, much better response to the remote control
- The external wireless keyboard is even better support
- SMART TV finally available (. Eg was so slow at Philips, the browser that you de facto could not surf)
- When turning on the TV, it goes faster, until an image appears. Also channel change makes the Samsung slightly faster.
- Teletext has some more features

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