SONY W5500 VS PHILIPS 9664

[fruityboy]

hi everyone im torn between these two tvs is the philips worth all the extra money or not? any opinions or comments would be very much welcomed thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

the w5500 is only £699 at richer sounds , the 42pfl9664 is £1500 , whfi said that the sony would have got 5 stars in the review if it wasnt for the clouding on the review set , and , when they reviewed it , it was selling for over a grand ..

if i was in your shoes , id buy the sony with an agreement in place for a refund in the event of clouding , richer sounds will be well aware of sonys potential clouding issues , and will probably agree .

i havnt seen a 9664 , but , as good as it may be , i personally could not justify paying £800 more for one , over a very good sony tv , you could buy a sony bd760 £350 , and speakers ,maybe even an amp for the same money .

i guess it would depend how much you personally value having a marginally better picture ? for me , the choice would be easy , unless i had ALOT more money in my bank account ..

 

[fruityboy]

thanks for your reply maxflinn you bring up some very good points there

 

[j4mm3r]

Fruityboy, if u can afford it get the philips its more than worth it. if u cant id think twice about the sony because of the possible issues you could encounter. have u considered the panasonic v10 can be found for under a £1000.

 

[ear]

sony's 100 hrtz technology beats the philips hands down. the 9803 is much much better than the 9664.money aside id go for the w5500

 

[Anonymous]

I like the v10 (obviously), but I also really like the w5500. If you can get one without clouding, I imagine you'd be very happy with it. I would save the difference and spend it on a good blu ray player and quite a few blu ray films, dvds, boxsets.......

I haven't seen the philips so I can't comment on that, but for £800 more it would have to be so much better, in fact, given that it's more than twice the price, it would have to be twice as good, which is clearly unlikely.

 

[fruityboy]

thankyou to everyone who has replied ive only seen the philips on freeview and it didnt exactly blow me away but it probably wasnt set up correctly what i could do with doing is taking my ps3 in somewhere and checking the philips out with some blu rays i know the sonys are good but the clouding is becoming to much of a lottery at the minute having said that if i can get a trouble free one it'll be a very good set, the philips is very expensive though! what i think i'll do is what was said on here have a look at the sony and if i get one and it has issues then i can bring it back and exchange it for the philips and a few more quid!

 

[j4mm3r]

hmtb, great signature!

fuityboy, ive only had my tv for a couple of months and spent a lot longer shopping for one. i always found the sonys picture looking brillant but in the end i didnt want to take the gamble, if it wasnt for the clouding i would have brought a sony. thats why i suggested an alternative like the v10 which looks a classy design and the hd picture looks great too.

dont know if u can download stuff to to ur ps3, but id have some sd & hd on there if u can, the philips really excels with sd but then again hd looks stunning.

good luck

 

[fruityboy]

thankyou for the reply j4mm3r

 

[Anonymous]

There ae no finer TV than a Sony for games even with no fancy motionflow. I play more games than probably anyone here as I am a young person doing my degree. The Briavia 3 makes the graphics come alive. Ironically, looks 3Dish

 

[Anonymous]

j4mm3r:

hmtb, great signature!

Thanks

 

[Andrew Everard]

FLATSCREEN:I play more games than probably anyone here as I am a young person doing my degree.

Tssk, students today, eh...?

 

[Anonymous]

Andrew Everard:

FLATSCREEN:I play more games than probably anyone here as I am a young person doing my degree.

Tssk, students today, eh...?

I thought Flatscreen was a business consultant or analyst. I seem to recall something along those lines, but maybe my mind is playing tricks on me.

 

[fruityboy]

thanks for your reply flatscreen im goin to be watching more blu rays on this tv and keeping the ps3 downstairs for game playing

 

[RLCCM]

Well I was recently looking at these too. For me, when you put the two next to each other at least in the shop, there is no comparison in quality, the Philips won by far. For me the quality was worth spending a few hundred extra on, though I actually ended up buying the Philips Essence, which has very nearly if not just as good in quality, and was that bit cheaper for me too (not to mention the stunning design).

As for gaming, my parents have an older bravia 40" and I will say now, once again, there is no comnparison in quality via the xbox360. The Essence is hugely impressive, and I am told the 9664 is better still (though I find it hard to believe). One thing though, the Philips takes a lot of fiddling with to get right, and even then it might occasionally need a tweak if you are searching for the best quality on each individual DVD. The quality of the tv is so good, that it really does bring out the quality of the recording. My older DVD's can look relatively poor at times - just because they are being upscaled so much, and require an extra tweak. The newer, higher quality ones look almost blu-ray in quality.

 

[fruityboy]

i took my ps3 into a store today to test both these tvs on blu ray tried the philips first and it looked excellent very clear picture with loads of detail i then tested the sony on exactly the same film scene and wow what a difference the sonys picture looked really soft and didnt have anywhere near the detail of the philips and the blacks were also so much better on the philips as well as the vibrant colours having seen it for myself in the flesh now i can see what all the fuss is about and why its got so many excellent reviews have ordered the philips it should come next week thanks for everyones advice