Technical feedback for FW 150.82 - for 6/7/8/9000 Series - 2012

[Philips - Benedickte]

Hi all.

The new FW is now live. This thread is for technical feedback only. For other discussions please post in the discussion thread.

Note: All posts need to be approved in this thread, meaning it will not be visable before this is done. No need to repost if not come live.



IMPORTANT: After upgrading your TV, it is necessary to perform a "cold start". This means that, after the TV is running again (after the update), shut down the TV, wait 1 minute (till all components are shut down), and unplug the TV from the mains (pull power cord) for 2 minutes before starting again.

Changelog:

QF1EU-0.150.82.0 (Date published: 2012-12-19)·Improvement about the Headweb app for the Nordics ONLY.

QF1EU-0.150.81.0 (Date published: 2012-12-13)
· Improvement about some USB sticks that are not recognized.
· Improvement on UI speed/HBBTV and TXT.
· Improvement on opening animation in setup menu.
· Improvement on clocklevel for different countries.
· Improvement for YouTube not playing smoothly.
· Improvement for easy link.
· Adaptation in ambilight for the Lounge Light mode.
· Solution for "New device found..." issue ,popup screen will not appear multiple times in the dialog box.
· Crash in web browser on “Bild.de”.
· Solution for Ambilight starts by itself in the morning.
· Improvement for quick start-up automatic mode not working well.
· Improvement for set totally blocked after receiving RC5 command (with “ZON” RC’s).
· Improvement for set stuck in standby.(HDMI devices)
· Improvement for set starts by itself randomly.
· Improvement for cracking noise/ Sound drops.( HDMI devices)


Please use the following template in this thread.
Off topic posts regarding the firmware will be moved to the discussion thread (linked over).
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TV Model:
Previous Firmware:

Positive:
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Negative:
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Best regards,
Benedickte

[mrb1972]

TV Model:55 PFL6007
Previous Firmware:133.5

Negative:
- Dynamic Backlight Flicker (Standard Setting, Power & Best even worse)
Same settings and playback of same scenes on firmware 133.5 dont show the flicker, its just since 150.x versions

[acidduck]

TV Model: 47PFL6907T
Previous Firmware: 150.48

Negative:
- Dynamic Backlight Flicker (also present in previous firmware).
- Channel switching seems slower.
- Menu is still way to sluggish for a 2012 television set. Embarrassing.

[leukocyt]

TV Model: 42PFL6007k
Previous Firmware: 150.48

Positive:
+ Startup seems faster
+
+

Negative:
- Dolby Digital noise issue still present
- Backlight flicker issue still present
- Menu seem more sluggish than before
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[mccrimmon]

TV Model: 47PFL6907T
Previous Firmware: 150.48

Negative:
- Dynamic Backlight Flicker (also present in previous firmware).
- HDNM (does not seem to work. picture distorts - was same in previous firmware)
- Menu seems very slow (was the same in previous firware)
- USB 3.0 Flash Memory Stick not working (same problem in previous firmware) (tv says USB detected - reading files, however, this message does not go away. When you go into USB source, it says no USB device detected.

I only received my TV yesterday and am considering sending it back. The picture quality is fantastic, however, the backlight flicker and HDNM issues are concerning.

[pepescratch]

TV Model: 42PFL 6057/12
Previous Firmware: 150.81

Positive:
+ Faster menu navigation (now the navigation is perfect)
+ I can change the language on my .mkv files

Negative:
- Natural motion flicker (also present in all firmware)
- Dynamic Backlight Flicker

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[Htep]

Hello,

Update done, here are my feedbacks

TV Model: 47PFL6907
Previous Firmware: 133.X dowgrade with philips support because of noise when chanel change

Positive:
+ No sound when change channel
+ Faster navigation in the menu
+ No probleme with Dynamic Backlight flicker


Negative:
- HDNM issue always persists (please focus on this bug for next update) If it's an hardware issue, Philips have to fix it
- Social TV doesn't work on smart Tv
- Menu are very very old-fashioned, please look at Samsung UI

[Shaegen]

TV Model: 47PFL6907T/12
Previous Firmware: 150.48

Negative:
- Dynamic Backlight Flicker (disappears with the setting off)
- ~5 pixels image shift to the right with Game-/Computer-mode
- Slow menus (I'd prefer snappy flat menus over slow animations)

[pizzacats]

TV Model: 46PFL8007K
Previous Firmware: 150.48.13

Positive:
+ No sound when change channel
+ Multi audio channel supported on Mkv

Negative:
- again and same issue as previous FW, while looking at a mkv 3D side by side picture when selecting 2D I have 2 pictures side by side whereas with FW 133.xxx the Movie was played with only one picture full screen. Already reported and no feedback.

[techinspector]

TV Model: 47PFL6007K/12
Previous Firmware: 0.133.3.0 + 0.150.48.14
Positive:
+ improved speed
Negative:
- cracking noise with HDMI-source (IPTV-receiver Full-HD) still exists with fw0.150.81.0_bld8a
(cracking noise randomly / not repeatable, until ~1/2 sec. after switching channel)

Addition 12-26-2012+ff.:
Firmware on German product-page now has been updated to 0.150.81, on German support-page to version 0.150.82;

Cracking noise via HDMI-source also with fw. 0.150.82 still exists (randomly at the moment of switching the channel via IPTV-receiver;
experiences of other users also see: TV software 2012 mod.,
"HDMI sound problem after upgrading firmware") !
** This problem did not occur with my previus TV (other brand),
but now already with exchanged 2nd Phil. 47PFL6007K/12 ! **

[christsys]

TV Model: 42PFL6907H/12
Previous Firmware: 0.133.5.0 + 0.150.48.13 + 0.150.48.14
Positive:
+ improved stability
Negative:
- cracking noise when I switch from SD Channel to HD Channel in my sat receiver (same issue in previous firmware: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRsX2D0uIX0)
- dynamic backlight flicker
- high quality settings of HDNM cause slow playing picture

[mccrimmon]

TV Model: 47PFL6907T
Previous Firmware: 150.81

Negative:
- Dynamic Backlight Flicker (also present in previous firmware).
- HDNM (does not seem to work. picture distorts - was same in previous firmware)
- USB 3.0 64gb pen formatted as ExFat not being recognised (USB 2.0 4gb pen formatted FAT32 works)

[SlimmeTV]

TV Model: 40PFL8007K/12
Previous Firmware: 0.150.048.14
Positive:
+ Found new device popup seems gone (by the way, seems that after downgrading back to 150.048.14 its gone there to..not tested thorough!)
Negative:
- Very annoying crackling noise introduced (was not there with former FW revision; I downgraded to be sure) Tested with flac and mkv. Crackling occurs when starting or when skipping chapters. In some cases cracking does even not stop anymore.

[JeroenSt]

TV Model:55 PFL6007
Previous Firmware:133.5

Negative:
- Dynamic Backlight Flicker (Standard Setting, Power & Best even worse)
Same settings and playback of same scenes on firmware 133.5 dont show the flicker, its just since 150.x versions

I can confirm this on a 42pfl6007h/12, software version QF1EU-0.150.48.13

[aise]

TV Model: 55PFL8007k
Previous Firmware: 150.48

Negative:
- Remote still acts up, now the led is blinking when i press buttons but nothing happens
- Graphical glitch in options (icons not aligned)
- TV is doing something at nights, it switches on several times every night (WTF?!?). HDD's spin up, last night it switched on 6am for 5min and then again 6:13am for 2min. This is ABSURD! What kind of a feature is this?