Philips 32PW6506c Review

Overall Rating

excellent picture, ranging from very black to brilliant white in same picture , great colours , stands out in tv shop displays, good sound nicam

major fault: picture disturbed by scene/dark going
to scene light.

Bought this Philips 32PW6506c nicam 50Hz tv one week ago after viewing the competition and decided we had picked right one.
No such luck, after the first days enthusiasm wore off we found that when watching an interview and one person wore dark clothes and camera shifted to second(wearing say, white shirt) there was a sudden overly flash on screen. Contrast+ switchable feature of the set) didnt affect the outcome. This happens dozens of times in say half an hour or longer depending on program content.
I went and found similar complaints on google groups ; model no. etc
Had an engineer out and quoted that was a new fault to him.
Decided to replace tv with different make, can't have £698.97 worth of complex electronics delved into by repairman, however good. Mentioned in passing at store and after picking new set was told that wasn't first set with that fault. Avoid!

Members' Comments onmaz.'s Review

• sucker to be. on 12th Jun 2003

  Thanks , I was looking at it and now will avoid

• DaG56 on 23rd Oct 2003

  I was about to place an order for this tv, it's down to 529 pounds at one online store, but wont bother now. Thanks.

• 001maz on 9th Nov 2003

  Have not looked at this site since leaving comments in February, am now 001maz due to re-registering. Thanks for your comments, I feel great to have helped others to not go through the
  anxiety of "buying a lemon", which they could ill afford. I have realized that these days, when buying new electronic goods the quality inspection has hit new lows, the chief aim of these shoddy low moral producers of inferior low (build) goods is to produce a superfically
  modern shiny product and get your hard-earned cash. Years ago, pop into local co-op, see tv, buy and enjoy-for a good number of trouble free years, sometimes as much as 10 or more, now, trouble out of the box, more often then not, and that is most makes! I suggest buying from somewhere Like ASDA because of the money-back option in the guarantee if possible and use a credit card as well so your bank can fight for you if it all goes pear-shaped. Sorry about the rant, thanks Maz.
  p.s. I bought the JVC av-28r25eks @ £588.99 which
  have had since Feb 03 to date and will review.

• mosh on 4th Jan 2004

  Hey Maz, wise words all! Philips pics are usually v good, but a seismic fault like that means it looks like this model is one to avoid.
  
  The JVC AV28T25EKS you've bought is one on my own list. Recent Argos reductions have brought it within my price range. Are you ready to post your review of it yet?

• DaG56 on 7th Jan 2004

  I bought a Jvc av32r25ek just before xmas & I can't fault it.
  It has a built in sub & centre speaker which gives great sound with the rear speakers (not supplied) & it only cost £499.99 plus vat from Makro.
  This is my 4th Jvc tv in 20 years & I've never had any problems with them, they just got old & were replaced.

• Knarutz on 14th May 2004

  Wonder if this black/white flash-problem really is specific to this Philips-model? Have recently returned a Panasonic TX-32PS1, partly because of an effect like this. The flashing - especially with white picture content - became more tolerable when I switched off the AI (Artificial Intelligence) feature, probably doing the same thing as Contrast+. What remained was an irritating tendency to make the darker parts of a scenery totally dark when the same scenery also had white parts. You had to turn up the brightness to a degree that made black a sort of grey! The set was made in Czech Republic. Perhaps (almost certainly) the tube inside was a Philips (older model)? Could this explain why so many people write about "black crushing" , also in connection with Panasonic CRT's?
  The problem was easy to spot with the Digital Video Essentials PLUGE w/grayscale-testpattern. Through the AV1(RGB)-scart-connection you simply could not make the so-called "below black"-bar visible, not even then turning brightness up and up! When using the PLUGE w/White-testpattern, the bar just above black disappeared! This "hard clipping" of black was worse with RGB than video.