Philips 36PW9308 Review

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Philips 36PW9308
1.7 stars
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Consumer's Review of Philips 36PW9308 Widescreen TV

29th Apr 2004

Overall Rating

0 stars
  • Value for money
    0 stars
  • Image Quality
    0 stars
  • Features
    4.5 stars
  • Time Widescreen TV Owned
    Between 1 - 4 Weeks
  • Sound Quality
    4 stars
Good Points

Very sharp
Reasonable sound
Relatively low heightof stand tv combo


Bad Points

Smearing on screen makes tv a very bad choice


General Comments

Purchased my Philips 36PW9308 widescreen tv through Currys web site on basis that I'd have more redress from a High Street name than from an anonymous etailer given patch review of Philips products. Redress needed.

Save for the problem of a smeary screen, this TV is superb. On animated features, eg Finding Nemo, the picture has a transluscent 3-d quality. There is enough adjustment to make it work very well with other material. Its as good a picture as you could hope for and the range of adjustments allow you to get it spot on. There is some shimmer/pixellation on narrow lines as the picture moves eg white lines on sports pitches, but it's not so irritating as to spoil the view.

You need to sit a fair distance to watch the picture as, up-close, it looks blocky. This is definitely not the TV to buy for a small room.

Sound is perfectly adequate if you don't need a surround set. I'm more than happy with it.

Mine is ruined by what appears to be internal smearing on the screen. On detailed images you simply don't see it; but on bland images eg rugby pitch or even large sky shots in golf where there is slow movement on the picture, eg panning, the effect is that the picture appears to move behind smears on the inside of the screen. To make the matter more comprehensible: think about smearing a thin layer of yoghurt on the front of the screen and watching the picutre move behind it and you will get the idea.

I am currently in the process of trying to persuade Currys to take mine back and replace it. They say that it is working properly. If it is, this TV is not worth buying because of the smear problem. The star ratings are given on the basis that it is not faulty and should perform as it actually does.

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  • Consumer Rank: Staff Sergeant on 20th Sep 2004

    Up date- smearing is normal for this TV and not apparently a fault. Something to do with processing power not working fast enough with rapidly moving images and interpolation from digital compression. I have got used to it and it annoys me less now than it did; but I wouldn't buy another one.

  • dpaleja on 5th Oct 2004

    Do not buy this TV, the picture is absolutely rubbish, I have just purchased one and the philips engineer has already condemned the tube and the transformer, it seems there is a major fault with this model and all should avoid it like the plague. This smeary effect simply cannot be normal.