[Important] Bugs, which need to be fixed in 2010 firmware (TV550R1)

[Toengel]

Hi Petasis,

do you have a Philips Blu-ray player? Maybe it's a problem of the BDP... Maybe I could check a notebook connected to the TV...

Toengel@Alex

[petasis]

Hi Petasis,

do you have a Philips Blu-ray player? Maybe it's a problem of the BDP... Maybe I could check a notebook connected to the TV...

Toengel@Alex

No, the bluray player is a samsung one. I was thinking to buy the 9600, but I couldn't find it in the stores. Which player are you having? Maybe its reading the EDID of the TV wrongly?
(The samsung one selects automatically the DD track on disks if it exists, else it sends PCM 2.0 by default. So, it is reading what the TV supports and acts accordingly).

[mgkoeln]

Regarding the NetTV crashes:

It's the same with the "tagesschau"-App & Q-Tom. Both apps show several video clips one after the other. Crashes usually occur in between two clips or within the first few seconds after a clip has started. The TV then simply turns black, after a few seconds ambilight switches off and then the TV restarts itself showing the last regular TV channel (before NetTV has been used). At least getting NetTV back up is much faster since the latest firmware update.

The crashes can't be repeated or triggered in any way. Sometimes the "tagesschau"-App runs smoothly through the whole playlist, sometimes it crashes right on the second video clip, sometimes later. (It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the codecs of specific videos as a) all "tagesschau"-videos probably use the same codec and b) videos which have just crashed usually work fine when you try again.) It seems to occur less often since the latest update, but it still happens. The same with Q-Tom - sometimes the app works for quite some time, sometimes it doesn't - you can hardly ever make it past the half hour mark. Sooner or lated it crashes and restarts the TV.

[el911wood]

Hey folks,
another translation error: in the home menu, if u want to sort the hdmi devices, the option menu says "sender sortieren" but means device sort.sub
regards

[Gerhard]

Hi,

first of all, thanks to Philips to give some statements.

...
Clarifications:

1. ...
2. What is the customer supposed to do, if he/she still has sound drop issues? Will this be fixed by software or hardware only?
   Most of the sound drops are solved since SW version 140.34 (and later), Any remaining issues will be tackled in the next SW version.

Okay with that, so I stay tuned and test the next version - any idea when it'll pop up?

...
Features:

1. ...
2. USB HID support
   Due to TV limitations, this will not be supported in 2k10 (or older) sets.

...

To be honest, I can't think of any real TV limitation - except the recompiled Linux kernel plus drivers won't fit
any longer to the flash memory. It should not be a big problem to provide the USB-HID feature including
support for Bluetooth. Sorry, but this "Due to TV limitations..." sentence sounds like a lame excuse.

It would be pretty interesting to start an open source project and provide additional feature to such
TV sets like the 8/9K10 series...

Regards,
Gerhard

[Erikrijnders]

New one:

HBBTV on Nederland 2 HD (Ziggo) doesnot work. How to recieve??? Is this not implemented (yet??)

[Chrissie18]

New one:

HBBTV on Nederland 2 HD (Ziggo) doesnot work. How to recieve??? Is this not implemented (yet??)

Hi Erik,

I've Googled HbbTV and probably I'm misreading it, but it actually looks like a NetTV platform?
It is - probably by marketing - called a 'technology platform that seamlessly combines TV services delivered via broadcast with services delivered via broadband'...

Is it working on other channels.
As my TV is returning from the tech coming Tuesday I cannot try it myself...

Chris.

[Erikrijnders]

Hi Erik,

I've Googled HbbTV and probably I'm misreading it, but it actually looks like a NetTV platform?
It is - probably by marketing - called a 'technology platform that seamlessly combines TV services delivered via broadcast with services delivered via broadband'...

Is it working on other channels.
As my TV is returning from the tech coming Tuesday I cannot try it myself...

Chris.

In Holland this is the first channel with HBBTV..... As the red button should work than.... It doesnot. So Phiips why not and when is Philips making sure the 2010-customers get this??

[Nettle]

To be honest, I can't think of any real TV limitation - except the recompiled Linux kernel plus drivers won't fit
any longer to the flash memory. It should not be a big problem to provide the USB-HID feature including
support for Bluetooth. Sorry, but this "Due to TV limitations..." sentence sounds like a lame excuse.

Regards,
Gerhard

100% agree with you. It's a no sense.

[Adamo]

Hi to all,
I've found an intersting thing about sleep timer position "Feature request #9".

If you watch this Philips video tutorial:
http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/d...&refnr=0081018

You will find that if you press "Option" button, you get a menu with "Sleeptimer" option!
Look at these images:





I don't know if this is already known or it could be a possible solution...

Regards,
Adamo

[petasis]

Hi to all,
I've found an intersting thing about sleep timer position "Feature request #9".

If you watch this Philips video tutorial:
http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/d...&refnr=0081018

You will find that if you press "Option" button, you get a menu with "Sleeptimer" option!
Look at these images:





I don't know if this is already known or it could be a possible solution...

Regards,
Adamo

I cannot reproduce this in my 9705. I get a pop-up, but not with these options.

[Adamo]

Hi Petasis,

it's the same with my TV (32pfl9705h).
In fact, I'm quite surprised to see this option in the Philips's video tutorial and not in my TV...

[petasis]

Hi Petasis,

it's the same with my TV (32pfl9705h).
In fact, I'm quite surprised to see this option in the Philips's video tutorial and not in my TV...

Why? Its Philips...
They produce nice videos where users with keyboards (!) are writing in NetTV, menus with non-existent options, widgets that disappeared in the way...
I cannot see the tutorial anymore on the site. Related to your discovery perhaps?
Let alone "obscure" specification with unfulfilled promises (i.e. EPG for Greece).

At the end, it thrilling to buy a Philips TV. Its like Kinder surprise:


You never know what is inside...

[Adamo]

Well,

I hope that Philips will introduce these and more useful functionalities, in the next firmware release.

About the video tutorial, I think that the "beta" firmware are nicer than production one... I'm joking

If you can't see the video, here the link where the tuorial is:

http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/d...H%2F12&dct=TUT

Just select "Remote Control" and it will start.



Regards,
Adamo

[petasis]

Yes, this way I can see the video. I see the "Widget Library" in there, it must be one of the early firmwares. So, sleep-timer was in there (in the options menu) and got removed?