Hi folks.
So, as per this fine publication's recommendation (and because I really wanted Ambilight) I bought a Philips 9002 55" TV a few months ago.
It's now sat on my wall and the picture does look very nice indeed. There are, however, some issues with it and I'm not sure if it's my TV, or something else.
The main one is the subject line. If I'm watching, say, Daredevil from the included Netflix app I get two distinct types of artefact which can be distracting enough to take both my wife and I out of the story somewhat.
The first is in some dark scenes there's fuzz in the dark areas, a bit like the bad-weather fuzz in ye'oldy analogue days.
The second is more noticeable – in some scenes, from certain camera angles only (persisting after a cut away and back), there’s stuck on pixels. They’re not fully stuck on, as I’ve seen on other displays, but pixels that come and go while remaining statically placed, usually (always?) a single colour channel (not always white)
Does anyone else see this?
I don’t get it on the iPlayer’s 4k footy coverage, but that’s clearly not usually as black, so I may be missing it.
There’s some other issues I’m having with the TV and living with it that make me think What HiFi should consider a rethink of their recommendation – the sound frequently drops when changing channels, starting a new program (either tuner or flicking between shows on Netflix) (using ARC over HDMI and digital out).
I have child-things to do now, but I’ll try to post some screenshots or video somewhere and link later or tomorrow.
Cheers all, R
So, as per this fine publication's recommendation (and because I really wanted Ambilight) I bought a Philips 9002 55" TV a few months ago.
It's now sat on my wall and the picture does look very nice indeed. There are, however, some issues with it and I'm not sure if it's my TV, or something else.
The main one is the subject line. If I'm watching, say, Daredevil from the included Netflix app I get two distinct types of artefact which can be distracting enough to take both my wife and I out of the story somewhat.
The first is in some dark scenes there's fuzz in the dark areas, a bit like the bad-weather fuzz in ye'oldy analogue days.
The second is more noticeable – in some scenes, from certain camera angles only (persisting after a cut away and back), there’s stuck on pixels. They’re not fully stuck on, as I’ve seen on other displays, but pixels that come and go while remaining statically placed, usually (always?) a single colour channel (not always white)
Does anyone else see this?
I don’t get it on the iPlayer’s 4k footy coverage, but that’s clearly not usually as black, so I may be missing it.
There’s some other issues I’m having with the TV and living with it that make me think What HiFi should consider a rethink of their recommendation – the sound frequently drops when changing channels, starting a new program (either tuner or flicking between shows on Netflix) (using ARC over HDMI and digital out).
I have child-things to do now, but I’ll try to post some screenshots or video somewhere and link later or tomorrow.
Cheers all, R