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Average Ratings for Philips 32PW9616

  • Image Quality4.3 stars
  • Sound Quality4.8 stars
  • Features4.5 stars
  • Value for Money2.6 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings2.4 stars
  • Overall Rating2.2 stars

13 Reviews For Philips 32PW9616

  • Duncan 13th Jul 2004

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Good Points: Very Good while it worked


    Bad Points: The tube has blown already! Under the circumstances I'll never consider another Philips again.


    General comments: I've never had a problem with a tv before, so expected this Philips 32PW9616 top of the range Widescreen TV to last 10 years plus. Having spent £1,200 about 3 years ago I now get a blue screen with horizontal lines and have been quoted £700 for a new tube! It's a shame I bought matching video, DVD etc. Anyone think it's worth going back to Philips?

  • benhester Rank: Corporal 22nd Feb 2004

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Had my Philips 32PW9616 Widescreen TV 2 years now. Think its great. I normally upgrade every year, but am struggling to find one worth the money without going to a plasma.

    Disagree with blackbeards review. Nothing wrong with the picture!. You need to set it up right. Just turn down the sky boxes brightness in the picture setup menu! Switch off the tv's acitve control so that it doesn't increase the brightness in light rooms. Reduce tv contrast and brightness. Then switch between Personal and ...

  • max1505 17th Dec 2003

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    I had to get a service agent in to make focus adjustments to the picture of the Philips 32PW9616 Widescreen tv immediately after installation. Just over a year after purchase, the set wouldn't react to the remote control when on stand-by, but only during operation. Then the rear speakers began to play ghost music in the middle of the night when the set was off. Recently - the set is now 2 years old - the picture height has reduced to about 80%. It starts at the top of the screen, but a thick bla ...

  • Maylynda. 26th Dec 2002

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    We bought a Philips 32PW9616C last September with our wedding money and it has been in the workshop 3 times so far and is due to go back for the fourth time. Very soon after we bought it, it started cutting out to a black screen with the red standby light flashing. The repairer kept saying it's the relays but these were replaced and it done the same thing again, this time they replaced the cathode ray tube but it's came back with a different fault. We paid £1236 from QED uk.com and we are ...

  • yogee. 9th Dec 2002

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    I bought a 32PW9616 in May 2001. Sometimes I thought the picture was very good, at other times I didn't. A few things bothered me, one was a horizontal ghosting around all images, even from an RGB source and another was the image judder with fast moving things like horizontal text. In December 2001 the TV developed an annoying "ping" sound from the tube. I put up with it for a while but as it only got worse I sent it for repair under warranty. The repair has been a shambles. Although the tub ...

  • Jim. 2nd Jul 2002

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I have now had this Philips 32pw9616 widescreen TV for about 2 months and I can honestly say it is life enhancing. The picture is terrific and the dolby digital sound is better than you ever thought possible for inbuilt speakers- fantastic separation and clarity of sound. I have found that the best settings are active control to medium and sharpness to low. I leave the natural motion turned off. It is really a gimmick and makes everything look like it was shot on videotape. The real reasons to b ...

  • aha. 20th Jun 2002

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    I bought my Philips 32pw9616 widescreen TV in January this year and the problems started the first day. Now it has been at the workshop for 2 months and I do not get any answer.

  • blackbeard. 2nd May 2002

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    I thought the Philips Widescreen 32pw9616 was a good tv but know i'm beginning to wonder.

  • Phoenix. 23rd Apr 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I bought this Philips 32pw9616 Widescreen Television half a year ago and I'm really impressed with it.
    A few bad points there are: When in Split Screen Mode you can see that the Picture blurrs a little on the outer edges but that seems to be a splitting problem because you don't see any blurrs in Single Screen Mode or Teletext. Why I put Natural Motion in both (bad and good) points is obvious: I admire that picture. That's awesome, what philips gets out of a DVD when seen in that mode, but on t ...

  • Erik. 26th Feb 2002

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    My occupation is to repair televisions of Philips. The widescreen 32PW9616, which I myself own, is a very good one. It's true that horizontal lines are difficult to change. Vertical lines are easy to change in the service menu. Only a technician is allowed to go in there because you can make many problems in there. His cheaper brother the 9525 is also a good one but the 9616 is better. We also repair JVC, panasonic, sony and so on. JVC also use the flat picture tubes of philips.

  • Nick. 18th Jan 2002

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    I've owned this widescreen 32pw9616 TV from Philips for 3 weeks. The picture geometry of this TV isn't particularly good - the top right of the screen bends in fairly significantly and straight lines running across the screen horizontally are bowed. An engineer has said it's within tolerance and has made some adjustments, but it's still not great. Turning down the contrast helps a little.
    I've since been told that it's a little bit of pot luck whether you end up with a 'good' or 'bad' set in ...

  • John Martindale. 2nd Dec 2001

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    We are delighted with this purchase.

  • kathlucas. Rank: Lance Corporal 2nd Jun 2001

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    THIS PHILIPS WIDESCREEN TV HAS ZOOM FEATURE, DUAL SCREEN TEXT, WIDE CHOICE OF PICTURE SHAPES ACCESSED VIA THE REMOTE. THE SOUND THAT IS BUILT INTO THIS TV SET HAS TO BE HEARD TO BE BELIEVED AND WHEN CONNECTED TO A DVD PLAYER GIVES FULL CINEMA SOUND, A JOY TO THE EARS! ON THE WHOLE THIS TV SET IN MY OPINION IS ONE OF THE BEST DOLBY DIGITAL TELEVISION SETS EVER PRODUCED.