Hi guys,
I was hoping someone could enlighten me here. I've been reading on another forum that according to a review here: and owners of the Philips 37/42/47PFL9632/9732 sets, they are not proper 1080i panels. Supposedly, when a 1080p source is playing the TV converts this to 1080i to process it and then back to 1080p to display it. This results in artifacts being displayed and completely unnecessary video processing, which is causing extreme lag, particularly while gaming. I cannot confim this myself because I don't own the set (yet) but I would be very interested to find out the real truth before I decide to buy it.
The lag problem seems to be apparent when gaming on PS3 via 1080p HDMI or component. Folk are complaining that they aren't killing as well as they do in online gaming or their moves aren't being performed in time when playing a football game. It is believed that the average lag time is around 120ms which is certainly way too much.
I know the solution would be to output in 1080i mode, but if this is true, why are Philips selling it as a 1080p set? Lots of people have contacted Philips looking for answers but so far they have said nothing. I was wondering if someone here could tell us the real truth, or find out from Philips. I really want one of these sets put this contraversy is putting me off.
Thanks all
I was hoping someone could enlighten me here. I've been reading on another forum that according to a review here: and owners of the Philips 37/42/47PFL9632/9732 sets, they are not proper 1080i panels. Supposedly, when a 1080p source is playing the TV converts this to 1080i to process it and then back to 1080p to display it. This results in artifacts being displayed and completely unnecessary video processing, which is causing extreme lag, particularly while gaming. I cannot confim this myself because I don't own the set (yet) but I would be very interested to find out the real truth before I decide to buy it.
The lag problem seems to be apparent when gaming on PS3 via 1080p HDMI or component. Folk are complaining that they aren't killing as well as they do in online gaming or their moves aren't being performed in time when playing a football game. It is believed that the average lag time is around 120ms which is certainly way too much.
I know the solution would be to output in 1080i mode, but if this is true, why are Philips selling it as a 1080p set? Lots of people have contacted Philips looking for answers but so far they have said nothing. I was wondering if someone here could tell us the real truth, or find out from Philips. I really want one of these sets put this contraversy is putting me off.
Thanks all