Your experiences with FW v0.140.34.0 for 8000 and 9000 series (2010 models)

[Toengel]

Hi,

please share your experiences with this new SW version here in this topic. Channeling your input will make it easier for users to search and find relevant info.

Discuss here all your experiences when upgraded to the new version: new, old, positive, negative.... (e.g. the "black screens during zapping" problem is solved!).

Toengel@Alex

[DaveR]

Where did you find this file? Can you please give a link? I only find version 32 on the Philips site.

Hope this one finally solves the sound drop problem...

EDIT: found it. I went to the product webpages but those still show the 32 version. I'll share my experiences here!

[Sam-ourai]

Not online for all models and not announced, you can't wait ? lol

[petasis]

It is online, at least in the Greek pages. What is it supposed to fix?

There is no change log...

[Toengel]

Hi,

available for 6000, 8000 and 9000 series...

Toengel@Alex

[Nettle]

Regarding the sound drop issue?

News? Does it solve the issue?

regards

[petasis]

The first impression: the app "dayly motion" stopped working. It says that requires features not available in my 9705 tv...
Well, we had 5-6 services, now we have one less...

[Nettle]

The first impression: the app "dayly motion" stopped working.

Dailymotion has never worked well since December.

Regards

[hippie67]

The first impression: the app "dayly motion" stopped working. It says that requires features not available in my 9705 tv... Well, we had 5-6 services, now we have one less...

Hey Petatsis, when I look in the Apps overview, Greece has 15 Services (and now 14), where do you get the "5-6" number? DailyMotion service was probably not good enough, so Philips decided to stop until they get their stuff right. Seems to me a wise decision...

1. Dailymotion
2. eBay by Jaast
3. Funspot - English
4. iConcerts EN
5. MeteoGroup - International
6. MyAlbum - English
7. Philips TV Tutorials
8. Picasa EN
9. QuickGuide
10. RadioTime
11. Screen Dreams EN
12. Tunin.FM Radio
13. Twitter
14. Volkswagen
15. YouTube

[johngialips]

Hey Petatsis, when I look in the Apps overview, Greece has 15 Services (and now 14), where do you get the "5-6" number? DailyMotion service was probably not good enough, so Philips decided to stop until they get their stuff right. Seems to me a wise decision...

1. Dailymotion
2. eBay by Jaast
3. Funspot - English
4. iConcerts EN
5. MeteoGroup - International
6. MyAlbum - English
7. Philips TV Tutorials
8. Picasa EN
9. QuickGuide
10. RadioTime
11. Screen Dreams EN
12. Tunin.FM Radio
13. Twitter
14. Volkswagen
15. YouTube

sorry to ask but tell me a serious reason to use all these features with my tv and don't go one (two, three) meter away and use my pc .
That the tv have to do here in Greece is the EPG guide and it can't.

[petasis]

sorry to ask but tell me a serious reason to use all these features with my tv and don't go one (two, three) meter away and use my pc .
That the tv have to do here in Greece is the EPG guide and it can't.

Thats true. EPG support is badly missing from this TV. In fact, its my number 1 complain.
There is no workarround for the missing EPG. For the sound drop, there is: I connected my HTPC to the amplifier directly, and I got DTS as a bonus. But for EPG I can do nothing...

[rami69]

Thats true. EPG support is badly missing from this TV. In fact, its my number 1 complain.
There is no workarround for the missing EPG. For the sound drop, there is: I connected my HTPC to the amplifier directly, and I got DTS as a bonus. But for EPG I can do nothing...

i do not have amplifier, the TV in my cabinet on the wall. (clean wall and TV in the middle). so what i can do with sound drop?

[petasis]

Hey Petatsis, when I look in the Apps overview, Greece has 15 Services (and now 14), where do you get the "5-6" number? DailyMotion service was probably not good enough, so Philips decided to stop until they get their stuff right. Seems to me a wise decision...

1. Dailymotion
2. eBay by Jaast
3. Funspot - English
4. iConcerts EN
5. MeteoGroup - International
6. MyAlbum - English
7. Philips TV Tutorials
8. Picasa EN
9. QuickGuide
10. RadioTime
11. Screen Dreams EN
12. Tunin.FM Radio
13. Twitter
14. Volkswagen
15. YouTube

Yes, the services you mention are there, but:

1) Some of them, do not have content relative to the country. What is the use of the meteo service, since all data is for 5 countries?

2) Some of them, are malfunctioning. For example, you cannot search youtube with Greek characters, which means that it is impossible to access a large amount of interesting (to Greeks) videos.

3) Some of these apps, are not real apps. Is Philips TV tutorial & quick guides an app? Isn't Volkswagen app an advertisement?

The app that has country related content is only one: tunein.radio.
Then, I can add funspot, picasa, twitter, ebay, screendreams, and myalbum, as they don't depend on country.

These are 7 services (including the unknown in Greece myalbum.com).

The rest 4 remaining services (meteo, icconcerts, tunin.fm & youtube) work, but are of limited interest, because they don't have or you cannot access relative content.

[Toengel]

Hi,

@Nettle
why are you not trying the new firmware by yourself?

Toengel@Alex

[Nettle]

Hi,

@Nettle
why are you not trying the new firmware by yourself?

Toengel@Alex

I'm downloading it.

Honestly, after 2 previous useless firmware release, I'm confident that I could wasting my time even in this occasion.

regards