€2700 off a TV! BIGGEST E V E R TV DISCOUNT - 56" LCD

Richersounds.ie: John

Ok,

Those nice people at Philips towers have been sweeping into the corners of the warehouse - cleaning up for Christmas and guess what? They have found a few Philips 56PFL9954's hiding in a corner!

This is a 56" LCD with MPEG4 (so it's ready for the new Irish Digital TV) NET TV (Full internet access) and AMBILIGHT!


IT HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM original RRP £4000/€4000 - to just £1099.95 / €1299.99



Be blown away watching Blu-ray movies or HDTV on the 56" ultra-wide television screen.

The Philips Cinema 21:9 LCD TV offers a true cinematic widescreen viewing experience,perfectly matched to the original 21:9 (2.39:1) film format.

True cinema experience• Cinema 21:9 movie aspect ratio, no black bars bottom / top
• Ambilight Spectra 3 for an immersive viewing experience

Perfect LCD Picture
• Full HD LCD display, with a 2560 x 1080p resolution
• Perfect Pixel HD Engine for unrivalled sharpness and clarity
• Perfect Natural Motion for ultra-smooth Full HD movies
• 200 Hz Clear LCD, 1 ms performance: superb motion sharpness

Connect and enjoy the online world
• Philips Net TV with Wi-Fi for online services on your TV
• Enjoy a rich selection of web videos from YouTube and others
• DLNA PC network link for watching videos from your computer
Ready for digital
• MPEG4 HDTV reception via DVB-T and DVB-Cable tuner*

SEE FULL DETAILS HERE!
http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/5/56pfl9954h_12/56pfl9954h_12_pss_eng.pdf

Would this be enough connections for (any) system?



If booked before the end of December we can offer a Philips 5 Year warranty included in the price!

Very limited stock - post here to book one!

Or call the guys on 01.474.0788

Thanks as ever guys,

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

folks I have this beauty on display if you'd like to lay your eyes one..

Your welcome to call in and have a play with it.

Cheers
Ash

Iron Hide

That 56" LCD was never 4 grand <Snip>

Richersounds.ie: John

Iron Hide wrote: »

That 56" LCD was never 4 grand

Sorry Iron Hide - you are incorrect there - It was always better value in the ROi as it was originally €3999 against £3999 in the UK.

here is a link to the independent What HiFi Website when it was reduced to £2999.95 stating that it was reduced by £1000 - if you also check UK mags from earlier this year you will see that the UK retail was £3999.95.

http://www.whathifi.com/News/HOT-DEALS-Big-screen-bargains-from-Richer-Sounds/

Originally actually the launch price in the UK was £4500 http://www.avforums.com/reviews/Philips-56PFL9954H-21:9-LCD-HDTV-Review.html and again here is a review from AV Forums in August 2009 (the premier AV site in the UK) to support this.

In Ireland as above, the unit launched at €3999.99 and I will happily show you copies of or our records showing Customers who purchased these at €3999 - however as I am sure you are aware for Customer confidentiality purposes we cannot disclose specific Customer details.

ATB,

John Mc & Crew

Richersounds.ie: John

Ryanno,

thanks for the call - All I can say is you have a V E R Y understanding other half....:eek::eek:

ATB,

John Mc & Crew

Ryanno

Richersounds.ie: John wrote: »

Ryanno,

thanks for the call - All I can say is you have a V E R Y understanding other half....:eek::eek:

ATB,

John Mc & Crew

SSSShhhhhhhhhhhhhh John, she might be reading these posts......... and she has spies everywhere.

She doesn't know yet!!:D

Maybe ordering another one more in the morn for a good friend of mine............

Richersounds.ie: John

Ryanno wrote: »

SSSShhhhhhhhhhhhhh John, she might be reading these posts......... and she has spies everywhere.

She doesn't know yet!!:D

Maybe ordering another one more in the morn for a good friend of mine............

What a lovely Christmas morning surprise she will have :D

You are soooooo thoughtful...



ATB,

John Mc & Crew

Ryanno

Richersounds.ie: John wrote: »

What a lovely Christmas morning surprise she will have :D

You are soooooo thoughtful...



ATB,

John Mc & Crew

Hey John and Ash/Nicola,

As promised I have my friend dropping in tomorrow evening to take a look at the TV. So can you put my name on 2 of these babies :eek: and they will mention my name when they get into the philips shop tomorrow. Ash one of the guys will call you tomorrow and pay by CC if possible. He is away until the 28th December in the UK and was hoping to collect afterwards to avoid leaving this beast home alone. Is this OK??

I'll PM you there details so you will know who they are..

So, about commission. Is it monthly or weekly;)............

I know you'll look after me in the future.........:D:D

Padraig Mor

Great price. It's €1900 in a certain Oz shop in Cork for the display model......

Richersounds.ie: John

Ryanno wrote: »

Hey John and Ash/Nicola,


So, about commission. Is it monthly or weekly;)............

I know you'll look after me in the future.........:D:D

Ryanno,

as the guys in store will tell you - commission is paid weakly......



J

ButtersSuki

Hi John,

2 quick ?'s on this:

1. Do you have the pedestals/table mount stands for these too? If so, what price? I think I saw them on the richersounds email a few weeks ago for £99, but I may be wrong on that.

2. What guarantee is being given with these? Edit: whoops, ignore, just saw the 5 year if ordered pre end of Dec.!

Thanks!

P.S. I will lose a testicle if I buy this.

Richersounds.ie: John

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Hi John,

2 quick ?'s on this:

1. Do you have the pedestals/table mount stands for these too? If so, what price? I think I saw them on the richersounds email a few weeks ago for £99, but I may be wrong on that.

2. What guarantee is being given with these? Edit: whoops, ignore, just saw the 5 year if ordered pre end of Dec.!

Thanks!

P.S. I will lose a testicle if I buy this.

Butter,

Prepare for life with a single one then!

Yep the 56PFL9954 comes with a full 5 year Philips warranty and we have the pedestals available at just £99/€99.

Keep us posted

John mc

Bonidel

Hi John,
Been on the lookout for a large screen and was going to wait until the January sales but looks like one may have started already!

A few questions - Can you deliver this size screen and if so how much would delivery to Cork be?

Does the boardie 10% discount apply to this offer?

And finally, what is the price for a wall mounting bracket for this?

Thanks,

dolihalix

Hi John, very tempting offer!

Here is a rather unusual question, do you ship outside Ireland?
If so, any idea what would be the cost of shipping, say, to Slovakia? I think my parents would start believing in Santa if I could pull this off. If not, I might be interested in getting it for myself..

Thanks,

Jozef

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

Hi Bonidel

I'll have to come back to you on delivery on this TV - I dont see that being a problem just need to check a few things out as its a bloody big box!

Wall mount comes with TV (table stand is €99.99 option)

What!! more discount when your saving €2700!!!.....'fraid not:)

atb
Ash

Soarer

2 months after I buy my 9705!

Gutted!:(

ButtersSuki

Hi John,

PM sent, can you reply to it privately?

Thanks!

jesus_thats_gre

Stress!!

Do you guys do finance? I want this but I want to lay off of the credit card

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

Hi Soarer

The PFL9705, as you know, is pretty a fantastic TV...sure put it in the bedroom and pop the Cinema 21:9 in the livingroom

@ jesus_thats_gre

We dont offer finance, just great prices....besides there's no saving the credit cards this time of year:(

ButtersSuki

John's out of the office today but no doubt will get back to you once he gets back to the office

atb guys
Ash

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

Hi folks

A few of these have sold already so if your trying to make your mind up......

atb
Ash

eddiem74

Seem to be down now to £999.95 in Richersounds Boxing Day Sale :eek:, according to their VIP newsletter.

positron

What are the chances of getting one of these at this price I wonder? Are RS open today?

The Ritz

Mod Comment:

Hi,

Please see the notice at the top of the forum about delays - here's a link:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056126555.

If you want to get a speedy reply you should phone the RS shop in Belfast at the number given in the link above.

Cheers,

Ritz

Richersounds.ie: John

positron wrote: »

What are the chances of getting one of these at this price I wonder? Are RS open today?

Positron,

Apologies for the delay getting back to you:

Here are the opening hours for the next few days:

Monday 27th December: 10-6PM
Tuesday 28th December: 10-6PM
Wednesday 29th December: 10-7PM
Thursday 30th December: 10-7PM
Friday 31st December: 10-4PM
Saturday 1st January: 12-4PM
Sunday 2nd January: 1-5PM

Keep me posted if we can assist,

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew

56lcd

I can not get Irish Digital teletext (Saorview text) on the the Philips 56PFL9954H LCD TV that I bought yesterday.
This television does not seem to have MHEG 5 that is needed for Irish digital teletext.
How can Philips resolve this issue for me?
The picture on the TV is stunning but I am gutted by the fact that I cant get RTE's Digital teletext.
Can somebody from Philips please resolve this problem for me, I cant send a pm because I don't have 25 posts yet

56lcd

I can not get Irish Digital Teletext on the 56PFL9954 that I bought yesterday, It does not seem to have MHEG 5 to allow it to display Irish digital teletext.
I need Philips to solve this problem.

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

Hi There 56lcd

What I'll do, when we get a chance, is check ours out.
It lists MHEG in the tuner specs but I suspect you'll need to set the country location as UK and not Ireland.

Once done I'll get back to you.

Cheers
Ash

56lcd

Richersounds.ie: Ashley wrote: »

Hi There 56lcd

What I'll do, when we get a chance, is check ours out.
It lists MHEG in the tuner specs but I suspect you'll need to set the country location as UK and not Ireland.

Once done I'll get back to you.

Cheers
Ash

Thanks Ash for the prompt reply,
In my entire life I have never set my country location as the UK so I most certainly did not set it as the UK on my Philips TV but from reading your reply it seems like you are suggesting that Irish teletext will work if I set my country location as the UK.
I am fully aware that they use MPEG 2 in the UK as opposed to MPEG 4 we use in Ireland.
Is it possible that Philips have set Ireland as using the same digital TV system as the UK on this TV model?
Can you suggest a solution so that will enable me to see Irish digital teletext?
What if I set set my location to another European country on the television do you think that would enable me to get Irish digital teletext ..... if so can you suggest what country I should set as my location on the TV.
Thank you,
very frustrated customer of Philips

The Ritz

Mod Comment:

@56lcd,

I've moved your post from the Philips Shop thread to here - in order to avoid the potential for confusion we request that people don't post the same query in two threads at the same time. As a new user to Boards and the RS forum, please take a moment to read the Charter here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055564744 .

Cheers,


Ritz.

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

Hi once more 56lcd

OK just tuned our shop unit in to check it out and MHEG Digital Text present and correct:)

I'd say you'd need to do the following -

Retune your TV from scratch and select UK from the list of countries it offers up. If you select IRELAND it wont work correctly yet, but I'd say that will be address in a future Firmware update..

This will take a few minutes for the TV to complete.

Once done just bring up the list of channels available, select a digital one - I selected RET NEWS NOW and select TEXT.

Up it pops! with the TV channel your watching reduced to a box in the top right corner and your digital text options arrayed around that.

Not knowing where you are located it is possible that the full service is not operational in your area at this time.

Hope that helps and relieves your tuner fears!

Have a great New Year
atb
Ash

56lcd

Richersounds.ie: Ashley wrote: »

Hi once more 56lcd

OK just tuned our shop unit in to check it out and MHEG Digital Text present and correct:)

I'd say you'd need to do the following -

Retune your TV from scratch and select UK from the list of countries it offers up. If you select IRELAND it wont work correctly yet, but I'd say that will be address in a future Firmware update..

This will take a few minutes for the TV to complete.

Once done just bring up the list of channels available, select a digital one - I selected RET NEWS NOW and select TEXT.

Up it pops! with the TV channel your watching reduced to a box in the top right corner and your digital text options arrayed around that.

Not knowing where you are located it is possible that the full service is not operational in your area at this time.

Hope that helps and relieves your tuner fears!

Have a great New Year
atb
Ash

Thanks again Ash,
It's good customer service to follow up on resolving problems for those of us that have purchased Philips products.
So it looks like Philips is forcing a redblooded Irish man to state that his country location is the UK:mad:, well I will do so under protest if it means that I will be able to get Irish digital teletext:).
I have had Saorview digital on my my Sony Bravia and Samsung TVs for over a year now so the full digital service is available in my area.
I am not at home now but I will change my country location to the UK on the TV when I get home.
Perhaps you could inform all sales people that sell this TV in Ireland that Irish digital teletext will not work if they select Ireland as their country location.
The 56PFL9954H has an awesome picture quality on BlueRay and on RTE 2 HD, the other channels on Irish digital look great also, on free-sat some of the channels have black bars down the side as they are not able to stretch the length of the screen.
I am very impressed with the Net TV while using WiFi.
When I get Irish digital teletext working I will rate this TV 10/10 and recommend it to all my friends
Thanks for the reply and I look forward to viewing this stunning TV later on.

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

Please let me know how you get on with it but I saw it working instore so have no doubt it should work for you as well.

We have brought this issue up with Philips tech folks so hopefully there will be a firmware update at some stage in the New Year.

then we can all set our TV's to IRELAND!

Have a good one

Ash

higster

I've been resisting this baby since original post. Even had the mrs convinced.

My worry is sky sd picture. How do they look stretched to 21:9 and is there much cropping at top/bottom of picture?

Suppose If I leave at 16:9 are the black bars at the sides going to drive me nuts?

Anyone have used/thoughts (had similar post on home entertainment but no replies).

John.

56lcd

Richersounds.ie: Ashley wrote: »

Please let me know how you get on with it but I saw it working instore so have no doubt it should work for you as well.

We have brought this issue up with Philips tech folks so hopefully there will be a firmware update at some stage in the New Year.

then we can all set our TV's to IRELAND!

Have a good one

Ash

I tuned in the channels setting my country location as the UK and the Irish Digital teletext works fine.

1. RTE 2 High Def
2. RTE 1
3. TV 3
4. TG 4
5. RTE NEWS CHANNEL
6. 3e
7. Temporary RTE 2 Analogue

The picture on RTE 2 HD is stunning and as good as Blu-Ray, the other digital channels on Saorview are quite impressive also.

I have lost all the digital radio channels on Saorview since I entered the UK as my location country.
When do you think Philips will correct the software to allow this TV to broadcast the full Saorview service?
I am happy for now because I have superb picture quality and Irish digital teletext.

higster wrote: »

I've been resisting this baby since original post. Even had the mrs convinced.

My worry is sky sd picture. How do they look stretched to 21:9 and is there much cropping at top/bottom of picture?

Suppose If I leave at 16:9 are the black bars at the sides going to drive me nuts?

Anyone have used/thoughts (had similar post on home entertainment but no replies).

John.

On standard definition Freeview/Sky and analogue there are black bars down the side unless you use the zoom function.
Perhaps a freeview HD box connected with a HDMI lead would solve that issue
The analogue + the standard definition pictures are ok at full zoom but it is nothing close to the superb picture that you get on free Saorview.
This is a HD television and it does not make sense to buy it to broadcast SD.

<Snip>

Santa Claus

Any of these left and if so do I still get the 5 year guarantee ?

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

Hi Higster

You have a couple of options when viewing 16:9 material on this TV.
You can leave it as is and have the image "pillar boxed" with black bars down the side or use one of the widcreen modes to expand the image to fill the screen - the later option isnt as drastic as it sounds and I can demo it instore for you no worries.

Hi Santa Claus

I believe I can still get my hands on one or two more above the TV's allocated to me - they are due in soon I've been told.

The warranty offer has expired on Dec 31st i'm afraid:( (those who placed their orders before this date qualify even though the TV's arrived after the closing date - no fear for you there!)

Cheers
folks
Ash

56lcd

I am typing this message on the Net tv on this superb tv ... go buy one

SaKuRa

Hi,could I get one of these with a tv stand?

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

Hi SaKuRa

Sure I'll put one plus stand up on our system for you as a customer order.

I should warn that we have already presold our allocation of the 56PFL9954 at the moment - i'm waiting for clarification as to if/when I'll see more - fingers crossed

could you pm me your Name and phone number and I'll get back to with an eta once I have that info.

Thanks for the order

Happy New Year

Ash

gman2k

I have my 21:9 up and running since Sept, and it is a stunning TV (I do feel rather sick now at the price it is selling at)
Thanks for the digital Teletext update info, as I was going to ring you guys (in Philips Store) re same.
For anyone else out there thinking of getting this TV - it's a bargain!

Richersounds.ie: John

gman2k wrote: »

I have my 21:9 up and running since Sept, and it is a stunning TV (I do feel rather sick now at the price it is selling at)
Thanks for the digital Teletext update info, as I was going to ring you guys (in Philips Store) re same.
For anyone else out there thinking of getting this TV - it's a bargain!

Thanks Gman and apologies for the massive price drop - honestly we did not think that this would happen - it's a completely mad offer!

Thanks again and hope you have many happy years with your toy!

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew

freeze4real

Why wasn't this on bargain alerts. ????

The Ritz

Mod Comment:

@freeze4real,

There are frequent special "Boardie only" deals as well as general sales, clear-outs etc on a fairly regular basis on this forum - well worth checking in here from time to time. These are not cross-posted on Bargain Alerts, that only happens of a Boardie thinks it worthwhile to post a link. Given that RS' has their own forum here, cross posting every offer or deal on Bargain Alerts might be regarded as OTT.


Thanks,


Ritz.

gary29428

Just a question about the TV itself. What is it like watching TV, is there not two black lines running down the side of the screen when watching ordinary TV. What is SKY HD like on the set, I watch a lot of films but also a lot of TV, what is the balance like.

Any advise would be much appreciated.

56lcd

Do not buy this TV as it is not Saorview compatible and Philips are not willing to resolve the issue.

I bought this TV on january 3rd 2011 and the only way you can get Saorview teletext is by setting your country location to the UK and when you do this you lose all the Irish digital radio channels.
I have had several frustrating telephone calls with the condescending Philips technical support staff and the best they can do is tell me that this TV is a 2009 model and they wont fix the problem .... they told me that I could take the TV back.

Richersounds.ie: John

56lcd wrote: »

Do not buy this TV as it is not Saorview compatible and Philips are not willing to resolve the issue.

I bought this TV on january 3rd 2011 and the only way you can get Saorview teletext is by setting your country location to the UK and when you do this you lose all the Irish digital radio channels.
I have had several frustrating telephone calls with the condescending Philips technical support staff and the best they can do is tell me that this TV is a 2009 model and they wont fix the problem .... they told me that I could take the TV back.

..and yes you can take the TV back no problem.

As I am sure most of you are aware RTE NL have recently made some small changes to the way that they broadcast their MPEG4 signal and this is where the issue has come from.

The TV works fine - will tune in MPEG4 stations and MHEG5 text if you use the UK as a location - if you use the UK as a Location as you correctly point out it will not tune in the Irish Radio stations

We have already been in touch with the Technical Service Manager and the General Manager at Philips Ireland ( I actually spoke to the Technical Service Manager as late as last Friday the 14th on this particular issue).

Philips have told me that they have contacted their technical department and that they are working on the issue - however unfortunately the actual fix for this is outside my control and I cannot provide you with a timeline as to when this issue will be resolved.

Thanks for your input and as ever please feel free to contact me if I can assist.

ATB,

John Mc & Crew

Richersounds.ie: Ashley

Hi Gary29428

Thanks for the question!

Very simple answer to this - Yes and No!

When watching 16:9 material from Sky/UPC, DVD or BluRay you have a couple of options.
You can leave it in its native 16:9 ratio with black bars to the left and right sides of the image (called Pillar Boxing)

Or select one of the widescreen modes that will crop a little height from the top and bottom of the image and expand the sides of the image to fill the screen - this isnt as drastic as it may sound!

I can easily demo these options to you no problem

Call in if you'd like to see it in action.

Thanks for contacting us

atb
Ash

positron

Ashley, do you have more of these sets in stock? Also, is there really no chance of getting the 5yr warranty? (can ask my nephew & niece to come and give you the puppydog eyes). And what is the current best offer on these now, with/without warranty? Thanks a million!

PS: Still undecided on getting this or a 47"/50" 3d

Soarer

Richersounds.ie: John wrote: »

The TV works fine - will tune in MPEG4 stations and MHEG5 text if you use the UK as a location - if you use the UK as a Location as you correctly point out it will not tune in the Irish Radio stations

Not to question your knowledge John, but I'm gonna do it anyway!:D

You sure the above is correct?
I know when I set my tv to UK, the digital radio stations move up to channel 800+.

That's what they did the last time I did it anyway. Maybe the changes you talk about have happened in the interim? Or maybe I'm remembering wrong!

56lcd

Richersounds.ie: John wrote: »

..and yes you can take the TV back no problem.

As I am sure most of you are aware RTE NL have recently made some small changes to the way that they broadcast their MPEG4 signal and this is where the issue has come from.




ATB,

John Mc & Crew

It is very disingenuous to suggest that RTE NL are somehow at fault for the fact that this TV does not conform to Saorview standard and Philips stating that they will not resolve the problem .... not good enough at all

Richersounds.ie: John

56lcd wrote: »

It is very disingenuous to suggest that RTE NL are somehow at fault for the fact that this TV does not conform to Saorview standard and Philips stating that they will not resolve the problem .... not good enough at all

56,

Apologies for the delay coming back to you - I have also replied to your PM.

I think most Boardies who are familiar with this Forum will acknowledge that when we are at fault I will own up sharpish - in this instance I honestly don't feel that we have done anything incorrect.

We have never said that this TV is Saorview certified, (indeed when this TV was launched I doubt if the Saorview certification procedure was established and to date the only Saorview certified TV's are Walker branded TV's).

The 56" does however receive all the Irish MPEG4 TV stations and MHEG5 text no problem.

We have also not said that RTE NL are at fault for the 56" not being Saorview certified - I acknowledge that the TV is not Saorview certified.

As per my earlier posts I have personally spoken to the General Manager and the technical service Manager of Philips Ireland and neither of these people has said that Philips will not resolve the problem - however it is an issue that I personally cannot resolve as it requires a firmware upgrade - unfortunately as you may understand to engineer, test and release a firmware upgrade can take some time and this issue has only arisen in the relative recent past (ie the Radio stations disappearing!).

I do understand that you are upset - however as I say in my signature 'if you have a technical or sales query ...we will do our best to assist' today I cannot do any more than to offer you a refund.

Best regards,

John McDonald