Philips TV's

PixelTrawler

Hi

I see you have started to sell a handful of Philips TV's again. 
Is there plans to expand the range?

I have a 42" 9664 from 2009 and I'd like a bigger TV but it has to have ambilight...

Richersounds.ie: Kenny

PixelTrawler wrote: »

Hi

I see you have started to sell a handful of Philips TV's again. 
Is there plans to expand the range?

I have a 42" 9664 from 2009 and I'd like a bigger TV but it has to have ambilight...

Hi Pixeltrawler.

Yeah some Philips screens have started to trickle back into us.

Unfortunately I would not know if the range will be expanded as that is decided by our purchasing team in England.
As Philips pulled out of Ireland we not longer are able to deal direct with them as we did in the past.

At the moment it seems to be only the 3 Philips screens that we stock:
http://www.richersounds.com/products/home-cinema/lcd-and-plasma/all-tvs#1

I'll see if I can make an call to purchasing to see if they have any others in the pipeline.

PixelTrawler

Thanks Kenny, they certainly have gotten hard to find the last few years which is a shame.
Their new Ambilux set looks amazing but it looks like it would need the GDP of a small nation to purchase. 

In general I'm looking for a 55" set with 3 bar ambilight. On Philips co.uk theres a handful of 6 series sets and on Philips .de theres a wider ranger of 7 series sets also.

Thanks for trying

NIMAN

Do Philips make all their own TVs?
Or are they like some of the famous brands like Panasonic, Sharp, JVC, Hitachi etc who have some made by Vestel?

PixelTrawler

Philips sold off the TV division a few years back. http://www.tpvision.com/  
They are still listed on the Philips website as if they were making them, I guess thats all part of the deal they did.

NIMAN

That's disappointing. Where are they made?
So Philips, Samsung, Sony & Panasonic all have TVs made by different people? (admittedly the lower end models for the last three).

So who can you buy that make 100% of their own TVs? LG?

The Ritz

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Richersounds.ie: John

PixelTrawler wrote: »

Philips sold off the TV division a few years back. http://www.tpvision.com/  
They are still listed on the Philips website as if they were making them, I guess thats all part of the deal they did.

Pixel,

TPVision have bought pretty much the entire manufacturing platform and business of Philips TV and they have a licencing deal for the next several years to use the Philips brand - slightly differently to some of the other manufacturers they retained most of the people in the Philips TV R & D divisions and many of the production facilities.

Like all brands some of the TV's are made by other manufacturers ( I'm sorry but I'm not up to speed specifically with which units are OEM units - when we were large Philips dealers I knew where every model was produced ) but the 6 series are 'real' Philips designs..

In terms of other models - I'd love to stock more of the range and specifically we have a huge demand still for Ambilight - but discussions with the UK arm of Philips TV / TPVision is ongoing and hopefully we will have some positive news in the new year,

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew

PixelTrawler

Hi John

Much appreciated on the update. Ill keep an eye out for any expansion of the range then.

I've looked into buying from europe but warranties, shipping and support is a lot more difficult.
They still seem pretty big in Germany where Saturn do the full range. 

I'm glad to hear you still see demand for ambilight sets as once you have lived with one for a while theres no going back. Surely Tp vision must see the UK as a viable market...

I had the loan of a 55inch panasonic plasma from a friend while his house was being built the last few months, and I wouldnt swap it for my ambilight set.

Maybe if you get any update, and you think of it, you could report it here on the forum, 

Thanks again...

Richersounds.ie: Kenny

PixelTrawler wrote: »

Hi John

Much appreciated on the update. Ill keep an eye out for any expansion of the range then.

I've looked into buying from europe but warranties, shipping and support is a lot more difficult.
They still seem pretty big in Germany where Saturn do the full range. 

I'm glad to hear you still see demand for ambilight sets as once you have lived with one for a while theres no going back. Surely Tp vision must see the UK as a viable market...

I had the loan of a 55inch panasonic plasma from a friend while his house was being built the last few months, and I wouldnt swap it for my ambilight set.

Maybe if you get any update, and you think of it, you could report it here on the forum, 

Thanks again...

Hey Pixel.

We will keep our eyes and ears out and report back should we hear anything.