Philips 60PP9352 60 in. TV
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- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 4:3 Enhanced 14:9
- Weight: 209 lb.
- Screen Size: 60 inch
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Very nice Television
Pros
Incredible picture, great price
Cons
Not really as thin as the picture looks, speakers a bit bass heavy
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Fantastic picture, great price, stylish looks, I didn't know just how good an HDTV broadcast could look. Makes all the other TV's in the house look microscopic and obsolete.
I purchased this television about a month ago thru an employee discount program my company has with Philips. (I do not work for Philips). Since the price was so great (only $1699),I couldnt pass it up and I bought this TV sight unseen. It turned out to be one of the best buying decisions I've ever made. There is/was virtually no information about this TV on the Internet so I thought I might contribute to those in my shoes and review this TV.
The Philips 60PP9352 is a 60 inch HDTV widescreen TV. It has 7 different inputs on the TV.
1) 15pin VGA
2) Component video input (for HDTV or progressive video dvd player)
3) Component video input (can NOT be used for HDTV or progressive dvd player)
4) 3 composite and s-video inputs (one located on the side of the tv)
5) 75ohm coaxial input
I had it delivered via standard shipping (free), and the shipping company called me to setup a date for delivery. The box just fit thru the door (it's exactly 33 inches wide, and my front door was 34 inches).
After I got the TV out of the box, I hooked up the progressive scan dvd player and popped in MAD MAX. Wow, what a picture! I was very very happy with the results. It was still daylight but the pic looked incredible. Very film like and silky smooth. In the evening, I had a buddy come over and we watched Cast Away. Stunning! With the lights off, it was a whole different experience. It was mesmerizing. The colors were fantastic, popping off the screen. We got motion sickeness for a second during the scene in which the plane goes down and Tom Hanks is in his life raft.
For the next week, I previewed almost every one of my DVD's to see how good they looked. With a 60inch screen, you can easily see how picture quality varies with some DVD's. Bad ones look really really bad (like Blade Runner for example).
After a couple days, I connected the cable and got an HD box from the cable system to watch HDTV. One of the 1st things I saw on HDTV was a college ball game on CBS. The wife actually flipped it on and called me downstairs to see it. I could not believe my eyes. I have never, ever, seen a better picture than what was on my screen. My jaw was on the floor for about a minute. Everything was in like a hyperfocus. Razor sharp image, just like you were there. HDTV is so lifelike it makes your dvd's look out of focus in comparison. Also watched the Tonight show with Jay Leno and was blown away by the clarity of the image. You can see everything. I was watching Jay give his monologe and after a while I noticed a very small dot on Jay's jacket. I looked a bit closer and realized it was a straight pin. Someone had used a pin just below his buttons to make his jacket close properly. THAT is how clear the image on this tv is. Incredible.
Regular cable TV looked pretty crappy at this point, but it's not that bad. You have to sit farther back to make it look better.
One thing I was concerned with about this tv was "burn in" and watching 4:3 material on a 16:9 TV. The Philips has a few modes which will fill the 16:9 screen with a 4:3 image. There's 4:3 expand (it blows up the image then crops the top and the sides) Panorama (stretches the image on the sides a bit) Auto, and Widescreen . These modes will not work with HDTV or a progressive scan dvd player.
The TV has a feature called APAC which moves the image on the tv to help prevent "burn in". It moves the image on the tv around from left to right and right to left. It is noticeable and you can see the shifting of the images at times, but it's not that distracting. It does not appear however to move the image from top to bottom in any way so dvd movies that do not fill the screen may be a concern for screen burn for some.
After a few days of enjoyning the TV, I began to explore the different feautres and settings the TV had. There is a user menu for some minor convergence settings. It appears to me that each input on the tv "remembers" the convergence settings you make for it. After converging input #4 for example, I'd switch to input #1, go to the convergence menu and see that it needed adjusting as well. After a few weeks, it seems that the convergence has stopped "drifting" and I didn't need to make any more corrections.
Next up was the video essentials disc I borrowed from my buddy to calibrate the TV. I had a hell of a time with this because the tv would not exhibit the behavior it was supposed to. During the contrast setting bit, you are instructed to raise the contrast until you see a line bend on the screen. The line never bent. I did the best I could, and when I was done, the perfect settings were virtually identical to the "movies" preset.
The TV has 4 preset video settings, and one Personal setting. There's Movies, Sports, Weak Signal, and Multimedia. The Sports preset has a very high picture/contrast setting so I avoid using that one, but the others work great. The personal setting is remembered for each of the inputs on the tv, which is nice, but I do wish that you could have multiple personal settings for each input. Minor complaint.
The sound of the TV is pretty good, however it's a bit "bassy" and a little dull sounding in my opinion. If i had to live with just the sound of the TV I'd still be happy tho. There are some presets for sound as well... there is a theater mode, stereo, mono, etc... the Theater sound mode is pretty impressive, it gives you a wide sound field and the illusion of noise coming from the rear.
If you plan on connecting a progressive scan dvd player and watch HDTV programming, you will need to order a special vga breakout cable to utilize the vga input on the back of the tv, as the tv has only one component input capable of handeling this kind of signal.
I did connect my computer to the vga input and ran it at 640x480 resolution. There was noticeable overscan at the bottom of the screen. you could not see the toolbar. I threw in a dvd into the computer curious to see the quality... sadly, i was not impressed. My standalone player looked better than what i was seeing. Granted, I did nothing to try and tweak the image, or use any software utilities to manipulate stuff. I will try again as the movies I've seen on HBO at 1080i are better than what I get from DVD. Movies that are available in Hi-Def look stunning. Behind Enemy Lines and Harry Potter looked incredible on HBO.
This is the first big screen i have ever owned, I have nothing to compare it to, but everyone that has come over has been impressed by the image quality. The picture looks best when you are sitting down. If you stand up, it still looks good, but not as bright. Daylight viewing is great, but when it's dark outside, and the lights are off, the tv dissapears and all you see is the screen. It's better than going to the theater. It also has a decent viewing angle, so you don't have to be set dead center to see a good picture. Remote control is intuitive and easy to use.
The biggest decision I had to make in getting this Tv was 55inch or 60 inch? Im glad I got the 60inch. My boss ordered the 55 incher and I went to his house to set it up, and it was noticeably smaller. A fellow co-worker (my buddy) also ordered this TV after seeing mine in action. He had to make a deal with his wife to agree to quit smoking.
That's how good this tv is.
The Philips 60PP9352 is a 60 inch HDTV widescreen TV. It has 7 different inputs on the TV.
1) 15pin VGA
2) Component video input (for HDTV or progressive video dvd player)
3) Component video input (can NOT be used for HDTV or progressive dvd player)
4) 3 composite and s-video inputs (one located on the side of the tv)
5) 75ohm coaxial input
I had it delivered via standard shipping (free), and the shipping company called me to setup a date for delivery. The box just fit thru the door (it's exactly 33 inches wide, and my front door was 34 inches).
After I got the TV out of the box, I hooked up the progressive scan dvd player and popped in MAD MAX. Wow, what a picture! I was very very happy with the results. It was still daylight but the pic looked incredible. Very film like and silky smooth. In the evening, I had a buddy come over and we watched Cast Away. Stunning! With the lights off, it was a whole different experience. It was mesmerizing. The colors were fantastic, popping off the screen. We got motion sickeness for a second during the scene in which the plane goes down and Tom Hanks is in his life raft.
For the next week, I previewed almost every one of my DVD's to see how good they looked. With a 60inch screen, you can easily see how picture quality varies with some DVD's. Bad ones look really really bad (like Blade Runner for example).
After a couple days, I connected the cable and got an HD box from the cable system to watch HDTV. One of the 1st things I saw on HDTV was a college ball game on CBS. The wife actually flipped it on and called me downstairs to see it. I could not believe my eyes. I have never, ever, seen a better picture than what was on my screen. My jaw was on the floor for about a minute. Everything was in like a hyperfocus. Razor sharp image, just like you were there. HDTV is so lifelike it makes your dvd's look out of focus in comparison. Also watched the Tonight show with Jay Leno and was blown away by the clarity of the image. You can see everything. I was watching Jay give his monologe and after a while I noticed a very small dot on Jay's jacket. I looked a bit closer and realized it was a straight pin. Someone had used a pin just below his buttons to make his jacket close properly. THAT is how clear the image on this tv is. Incredible.
Regular cable TV looked pretty crappy at this point, but it's not that bad. You have to sit farther back to make it look better.
One thing I was concerned with about this tv was "burn in" and watching 4:3 material on a 16:9 TV. The Philips has a few modes which will fill the 16:9 screen with a 4:3 image. There's 4:3 expand (it blows up the image then crops the top and the sides) Panorama (stretches the image on the sides a bit) Auto, and Widescreen . These modes will not work with HDTV or a progressive scan dvd player.
The TV has a feature called APAC which moves the image on the tv to help prevent "burn in". It moves the image on the tv around from left to right and right to left. It is noticeable and you can see the shifting of the images at times, but it's not that distracting. It does not appear however to move the image from top to bottom in any way so dvd movies that do not fill the screen may be a concern for screen burn for some.
After a few days of enjoyning the TV, I began to explore the different feautres and settings the TV had. There is a user menu for some minor convergence settings. It appears to me that each input on the tv "remembers" the convergence settings you make for it. After converging input #4 for example, I'd switch to input #1, go to the convergence menu and see that it needed adjusting as well. After a few weeks, it seems that the convergence has stopped "drifting" and I didn't need to make any more corrections.
Next up was the video essentials disc I borrowed from my buddy to calibrate the TV. I had a hell of a time with this because the tv would not exhibit the behavior it was supposed to. During the contrast setting bit, you are instructed to raise the contrast until you see a line bend on the screen. The line never bent. I did the best I could, and when I was done, the perfect settings were virtually identical to the "movies" preset.
The TV has 4 preset video settings, and one Personal setting. There's Movies, Sports, Weak Signal, and Multimedia. The Sports preset has a very high picture/contrast setting so I avoid using that one, but the others work great. The personal setting is remembered for each of the inputs on the tv, which is nice, but I do wish that you could have multiple personal settings for each input. Minor complaint.
The sound of the TV is pretty good, however it's a bit "bassy" and a little dull sounding in my opinion. If i had to live with just the sound of the TV I'd still be happy tho. There are some presets for sound as well... there is a theater mode, stereo, mono, etc... the Theater sound mode is pretty impressive, it gives you a wide sound field and the illusion of noise coming from the rear.
If you plan on connecting a progressive scan dvd player and watch HDTV programming, you will need to order a special vga breakout cable to utilize the vga input on the back of the tv, as the tv has only one component input capable of handeling this kind of signal.
I did connect my computer to the vga input and ran it at 640x480 resolution. There was noticeable overscan at the bottom of the screen. you could not see the toolbar. I threw in a dvd into the computer curious to see the quality... sadly, i was not impressed. My standalone player looked better than what i was seeing. Granted, I did nothing to try and tweak the image, or use any software utilities to manipulate stuff. I will try again as the movies I've seen on HBO at 1080i are better than what I get from DVD. Movies that are available in Hi-Def look stunning. Behind Enemy Lines and Harry Potter looked incredible on HBO.
This is the first big screen i have ever owned, I have nothing to compare it to, but everyone that has come over has been impressed by the image quality. The picture looks best when you are sitting down. If you stand up, it still looks good, but not as bright. Daylight viewing is great, but when it's dark outside, and the lights are off, the tv dissapears and all you see is the screen. It's better than going to the theater. It also has a decent viewing angle, so you don't have to be set dead center to see a good picture. Remote control is intuitive and easy to use.
The biggest decision I had to make in getting this Tv was 55inch or 60 inch? Im glad I got the 60inch. My boss ordered the 55 incher and I went to his house to set it up, and it was noticeably smaller. A fellow co-worker (my buddy) also ordered this TV after seeing mine in action. He had to make a deal with his wife to agree to quit smoking.
That's how good this tv is.
