Only the contents of one ... but the packaging makes the first impression

Only the contents of one ... but the packaging makes the first impression

Philips 40PFL8008S / 12 102 cm (40 inch) TV (Full HD, triple tuners, 3D, Smart TV) (Electronics)

Customer Review

The private household we have TV by Philips in long-term use, and can venture a direct comparison between these TV's and the 40PFL8008.

The packaging makes the first impression: the TV is delivered in its original packaging, and in the event that you want to give away the TV, you should select the gift wrap. Then the voltage at the happy recipient remains a little longer.
Who the TV for his family and ordered itself, should be a little careful after delivery during further transport. While there are on both sides practical handholds, but this one takes to help, then either more or less literally right on the TV, the inside of the box only surrounds a lightweight protective cover. Usually nothing is likely to happen, but it would be annoying if the anticipation only lasted briefly, because the TV still gets a crack virtually at the last minute before the TV rack. The package gets an instant star deduction, but that's about it.

"In the past" (which was so before about five years) were the TV's from Philips in the (almost) comparable size (42 "Ambilight Spectra 3, Pixel Plus, 42PFL9703) still almost twice as expensive as the 40PFL8008, and also the Packaging was "formerly" a little more extensive comparison - packing 40PFL9008:. 115 x 70 x 13 and 42PFL9703: 116 x 82 x 32 (. jew W x H x D) - fit in the packaging of the two quasi 42PFL9703 40PFL8008 ...

One advantage the somewhat mellower packaging, the 8008 in the 40 "version, you can now also well carry alone through the house with packaging, in 9703 one has then done something serious. A share of the slightly smaller packaging also has the slimmer design, appealing to consistently and this Fernsher just right. So the TV fits well thanks to the modern and timeless design of our opinion in any living room, is whatever it designed and equipped.

On the homepage of Philips can be found in the support area already a firmware update (now the fifth update to the version: 000.171.051.000), which was published on 11/07/2013. Our TV we immediately updated, so we only briefly had the television with the software in use at delivery, and understandably so can not draw any Verlgeich between the two software versions.
However, we can say from experience that after about 3 years no more software updates are available, so it was such. As the 42PFL9703 and other TV models from Philips, which we or friends in action or had ,
This suggests that the software then usually was so advanced that she probably had no errors, or that customers have passed hardly more mistakes or suggestions for improvements to the software development from Philips for a long-term use.
The last update for the 42PFL9703 from 18.05.2011 incidentally a size of about 26 MB, the latest firmware update for the 40PFL8008 has a size of about 155 MB ... - smaller package, more "content" - concludes come full circle.

And if we are talking about the downloads and updates: on the Support page of Philips you will also find an 8-page Quick Start Guide. If you want to shorten the time between order and delivery a bit, can be read once before. Although the structure of the TV is then not faster, and is done in a quarter of an hour, but for the 93-page reading of the user manual is required but a few minutes longer than for the construction and subsequent initial commissioning.
Who, for example. An iPhone or iPad, the app also "Philips MyRemote 'from the Apple Store can download. That makes sense but only if the TV has already been put into operation, because the app works only really if a connection can be made for TV - even the "Help" is not really helpful before operating. (And possibly has. The app precaution downloaded before) If you read the Quick Start Guide and the User's Guide, the Fernsher as Amazon has probably come accustomed nice it soon.

Pixel Plus we are already used to, and the Perfect Pixel HD Engine is a clearly foreseeable development. The picture has vibrant colors and is razor sharp (Pixel fault we have not discovered ... there's the all?), And "pull" even fast- moving images (z. B. the ball in tennis or football) no picture afterwards. Had and since we restarted Ambilight (Spectra 3) in operation, we can provide a viewing experience without the subjective image enlargement imagine no more - now with 3-sided Ambilight XL - bigger and better (the Ambilight can be adapted to the wall color turn in the lounge-illumination mode). In the summer we watch less television usually, but since the delivery of the 40PFL8008 but daily and quite the one and other movie from our BluRay and DVD collection, and in the winter we will enjoy the viewing experience really.

Until then, you can indeed take his favorite shows, just a hard drive (available 3 x) connect via USB to the TV, and there you go. Child's play.
The BluRay player goes to another one of the four HDMI terminals, added with us nor the AppleTV and the home theater system, the latter is not absolutely necessary. The output power is 2 x 15 W, and can be heard.

Network capable of 8008 thanks to WLAN (WiFi and WiFi 11n certified Miracast> similar to AirPlay from Apple - but an open standard, for example, in use for Android smartphones or future with Windows 8.1 by Microsoft.) Is. And thanks to the built-in camera can be made using Skype video calls run through the TV - it worked with us right away. It makes sense, however, is that the already described firmware updates can import not only via USB, but also online via the network, but considerably simplifies things and also goes much faster that. The online connection you can then use social networking or just download movies from the Internet (online video).

Since we've rarely looked at 3D movies in the cinema, the 3D function with the supplied 3D glasses was even vaguely tested so that we here allow us a final judgment of us.

The remote control comes naturally constantly used, and which is self-explanatory - in our opinion, even if you previously had a TV from another brand and thus possibly fundamentally different remote control in use and was used to. And thanks to gyroscopic sensors can also operate the remote control almost like a mouse.

For recycling: the 40PFL8008 is meticulously crafted, the narrow steel frame looks classy and the base is stable (a wall mounting is possible).

The television has energy efficiency class A, the power consumption is in standby less than 0.1W, the annual energy consumption is specified with 94 kWh - which we have not measured it now - the likely depending on the current provider at the current price of electricity about € 2, - be a month. That's almost carbon neutral ...

The 8008 is available in 40 ", in 46" and 55 "- be sure before buying that you buy the TV neither too small nor too large Who the 55." Chooses variant and six feet from the TV "away" seated, no joy on this unit will have. We are sitting at 40 "about 3.5m away - that suits us the 46." Would go on the distance also produces, the large 55 "-Zöller would for our present place of installation in the TV room in the attic studio just a size too big.

We are very satisfied with the quality of Philips 40PFL8008, and would recommend the TV like.

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