37PFL8404 PHILIPS LCD TV
Introduction
This flat-panel LCD is more than just a TV: The 37 PFL 8404 H also has Philips' "Ambilight" system, the high-tech equivalent of the TV lamp, as well as various other features that put it ahead of its competitors. Belonging to the upper mid-range, this model offers a great all-round feature set - read here what it can do and what its competitors offer in response.
Picture Technology
Philips traditionally uses LCD screens in TVs of this size (37 inches / 94 centimeters). The display in the 37 PFL 8404 H uses conventional "cold-cathode" tubes as a backlight, and runs at 100 Hertz. This, combined with the motion-prediction technology "HD Natural Motion", should mean objects in the picture remain clear during motion.
As well as accurate edges, the TV also aims to provide a high level of detail in its picture. The system responsible for this ("Pixel Precise HD") will, the Dutch manufacturer promises, tease more detail from a TV or DVD picture. Experts will know that this isn't possible: You cannot reconstruct information that isn't present in the original signal. But we also know that it's easy to trick the human eye.
Televisions.com always recommends a pragmatic approach to these technologies: Purists switch them off - at least if the TV is already displaying HDTV pictures from its tuner (see also the Tuner section) or from a Blu-ray disc, HD camcorder, or digital camera. For the masses of conventional TV pictures (those still broadcast in the usual PAL quality) and DVD movies, however, Pixel Precise HD can bridge the gap between standard resolution and HD.
The display already has to scale the pictures up for its high-definition panel - if there's an opportunity to make the image look crisper at the same time, it can't be a bad thing. But the user should make their decision when sitting on the couch: If, from there, the picture doesn't look too aggressive, leave the technology switched on. If you dislike the results, however, simply deactivate Pixel Precise HD in the menu.
The 37 PFL 8404 comes with a full HD screen - the TV can therefore display all 1,920 x 1,080 pixels that high-definition TV signals can deliver. The TV's screen diagonal will mean the viewer actually won't be able to see the extra detail while sitting at the usual couch distance. But, at the same time, the extra resolution will also do no harm - and those using the TV for video editing or as a large PC monitor will profit from the better fine-detail reproduction. You can find details on the ideal viewing distance and optimal screen size in our
"Ambilight" TV Lamp:
For the mid-range and above, Philips fits many of its TVs with the high-tech "Ambilight" TV lamp - in the 37 PFL 8404 H this is known as "Spectra 2". The wall behind the TV glows in colors similar to those in the picture - in a travel show, for example, the sea seems to extend beyond the edges of the screen.
Ambilight isn't just some gimmick designed to sell more TVs - based on our experiences with the system, it genuinely makes TV-viewing more fun and relaxing. Of course, Ambilight is powerless to improve the TV's objective picture quality. If the 37 PFL 8404 H isn't against a wall, or the room is bright, or the user just wants to save power, Ambilight can be deactivated in the menu.
Additional Features
With this series, Philips also hopes to appeal to multimedia fans - the 37 PFL 8404 H can access home networks and the World Wide Web, from which it can play back various multimedia files.
First, let's look at the WWW: If you connect the TV to the Internet via a router and broadband connection, it can access content from Philips' online portal. Offers include YouTube videos and clips from local news-broadcasters.
The offers are supposed to be tailored to the nationality of the user, but the user can also choose which country's portal the TV should display - those that want to can view the Spanish start page from their home in Finland. The user can also add to and edit the preset favorites list - if tabloid headlines aren't to your taste, simply remove the offending source from the list.
The only prerequisite for web sites to display on the Philips: The pages must be designed in CE-HTML. This is a variant of the HTML language normally used for the WWW, but optimized for consumer-electronics devices. Various manufacturers use the CE-HTML standard - Panasonic, for example, also uses the language in some of its new TVs. For companies supplying the pages, the effort required is also limited.
There's even more: The TV also has a built-in web browser, which allows you to view conventional Internet sites - that is, sites written in traditional HTML. Televisions.com has already had a chance to experiment with this function: It works well, but the user frequently has to scroll the pages up and down or zoom into a section - despite the full HD resolution, text on conventional web sites is often too small to read at usual viewing distances. Many current web sites use Flash videos, which the TV cannot display - but still, the Philips offers more than other Internet-ready TVs.
Models from other manufacturers simply cannot display conventional web sites - the 37 PFL 8404 H, on the other hand, has no problem accessing your favorite site during an ad break, for example.
Other practical functions:
In the home PC-network, the 37 PFL 8404 H offers heaps of functionality: The TV plays back MP3, PCM, and WMA music files, as well as JPEG digital photos and videos in the MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 formats. This goes for both AVI clips with DivX content and H.264/AVC.
The Philips can also play back Windows Media Videos (WMV 9 / VC 1) or MPEG program streams. The prerequisite is a PC connected to the home network and running a DLNA server. This sounds more complicated than it actually is: You can simply have a computer in the home office running the latest version of Windows Media Player or the "TwonkyMedia Server" software (which costs about 18 GBP).
The PC will need to have the relevant content stored on its hard disk; the TV will need to be connected to the network via a cable. If this is too awkward for you, multimedia also works without a network: The aforementioned file types can play back directly from a USB stick.
Tuner/Video-processing
The Dutch TV's tuner is fully up-to-date: The TV receives analog cable TV and - where still being broadcast - analog terrestrial TV, as well as DVB-T and DVB-C. It also supports HD for the digital standards.
Important for cable customers in some European markets: The 37 PFL 8404 H already supports the forthcoming CI Plus encryption system - as things currently stand, the TV is therefore equipped to receive the majority of European cable networks. If a pay-TV channel exclusively uses its own encryption system that's not based on CI Plus, the TV will need an additional set-top box in the future too.
Those receiving their TV signals via satellite will also still need a separate receiver. If you want this to receive HDTV, you're looking at a few hundred pounds more. The TV accepts PAL, Secam, and NTSC via its analog video inputs.
Connections
The rear and side-mounted connections panels eloquently document the transition from traditional PAL to HDTV - the TV has connections for the video treasures of the past as well as for the latest technology.
Both Scart sockets on the rear of the 37 PFL 8404 H are RGB-capable. RGB Scart allows you to input pictures from DVD players or conventional digital satellite-TV receivers in the best possible quality. Neither of the Scart sockets supports S-Video - if you're still using an S-VHS recorder (Philips itself also used to make these), Scart will not give you the best picture.
Three HDMI inputs on the back of the unit should cater for users that want to hook the TV up to Blu-ray players, HD satellite receivers, and PCs. The 37 PFL 8404 H also has a VGA socket for connecting to older PCs and laptops, while a set of cinch sockets independently caters for YUV component-video signals. The TV has an analog, stereo-cinch audio output and a further cinch connection for digital sound, while PC audio can input via a stereo mini-jack.
The left side of the TV houses another connections panel. Here, you'll find cinch and Mini-DIN sockets for composite or S-Video signals from digital cameras and camcorders, as well as a mini-jack headphone output. A further HDMI input - for HD camcorders, for example - and the aforementioned USB socket are also found here.
Operation
Televisions.com was already able to get a first impression of this TV's menu and remote control, but we've not had an opportunity to carry out thorough testing.
The menu's structure is clear, with attractive text that's easy to read at normal viewing distances. Although menu pages cover a large proportion of the screen, they shrink when the user selects a function in the menu. This makes it easy to check the effect of various picture settings.
The remote controls supplied with previous Philips generations provided a wheel for navigating through the menus. This reacted so sensitively that the user would often select the wrong option, which could be extremely irritating. The PFL 8404 H's remote control reverts to the classic cursor-cross - this should provide more sure-footed operation. The remote control looks handy, and the important buttons for channel changing and volume are a decent size.
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