written by Phoenix. on 23/04/2002
Good Points
Sound
Natural Motion
DD5.1
Bad Points
Natural Motion
Just one Splitscreen Mode
General Comments
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 the other hand, a lot of people just can't get used to that picture. It looks too damn "real", like life and in some cases it gets a weird 3D effect.
Another bad point is that you can' t switch the digital input to another external than the first one and that one does not support SVHS. You just get a black&white screen when you use a Hosiden (I think it was called that way) SCART adapter on the first one but with Dolby Digital. On the second one you get an awesome color pic with just analog sound. Pretty garbage. Maybe there is some way to switch this with the hidden features but I could not get any information on this yet. Might be cool, if someone could tell me if it is possible.