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    Why does my Philips HDTV take time to turn on?

    Published on 2016-12-13

    There are a couple of reasons why modern HDTVs take time to turn on and show a picture (compared to old CRT & LCD TVs):

    • Modern HDTVs are more like computers than simple electrical / electronic devices. They have processors, random access memory and reprogrammable flash memory which holds a small embedded operating system (firmware / software). Turning on a HDTV is just like booting up the operating system (e.g. Windows) on your computer.
    • Newer [Energy Star] guidelines require Consumer Electronics manufacturers to maintain extremely low power consumption when a device is in stand-by mode to save electricity to reduce our carbon footprint. This forces HDTVs to do a complete boot up when turned on from stand-by.

    The information on this page applies to the following models: 55PFL5601/F7 , 55PFL5901/F7 , 43PFL6621/F7 , 65PFL6621/F7 , 75PFL6601/F7 , 65PFL6601/F7 , 49PFL6921/F7 , 55PFL6921/F7 , 65PFL8900/F7 , 49PFL7900/F7 , 65PFL7900/F7 , 55PFL7900/F7 , 55PFL6900/F7 , 43PFL4609/F7 , 43PFL4909/F7 , 65PFL4909/F7 , 55PFL4609/F7 , 23PFL4509/F7 , 32PFL4609/F7 , 28PFL4909/F7 , 50PFL4909/F7 , 40PFL4709/F7 , 58PFL4909/F7 , 58PFL4609/F7 , 49PFL4909/F7 , 55PFL4909/F7 , 32PFL3509/F7 , 40PFL4609/F7 , 49PFL4609/F7 , 40PFL4909/F7 , 32PFL4909/F7 , 47PFL5708/F7 , 32PFL3508/F7 , 40PFL5708/F7 , 39PFL5708/F7 , 32PFL5708/F7 , 40PFL4908/F7 , 40PFL4708/F7 , 46PFL3908/F7 , 46PFL3708/F7 , 46PFL3608/F7 , 39PFL2708/F7 , 50PFL3908/F7 , 39PFL2908/F7 , 39PFL2608/F7 , 50PFL3708/F7 , 29PFL4908/F7 , 32PFL4908/F7 , 24PFL4508/F7 , 32PFL4508/F7 , 29PFL4508/F7 , 50PFL5907/F7 , 42PFL5907/F7 , 55PFL5907/F7 , 46PFL5907/F7 , 40PFL4907/F7 , 55PFL3907/F7 , 22PFL4907/F7 , 50PFL3707/F7 , 26PFL4907/F7 , 50PFL3807/F7 , 22PFL4507/F7 , 40PFL4707/F7 , 26PFL4507/F7 , 32PFL4907/F7 , 32PFL4507/F7 , 46PFL3706/F7 , 55PFL5706/F7 , 46PFL5706/F7 , 55PFL4706/F7 , 46PFL4706/F7 , 40PFL3706/F7 , 32PFL3506/F7 , 40PFL5706/F7 , 40PFL4706/F7 , 46PFL3505D/F7 , 40PFL5705DV/F7 , 55PFL7705DV/F7 , 55PFL5705DV/F7 , 46PFL7705DV/F7 , 46PFL5705DV/F7 , 40PFL7705DV/F7 , 32PFL4505D/F7 , 40PFL3505D/F7 , 55PFL7505D/F7 , 55PFL7705D/F7 , 46PFL7705D/F7 , 55PFL5705D/F7 , 46PFL5705D/F7 , 22PFL4505D/F7 , 40PFL5705D/F7 , 55PFL5505D/F7 , 19PFL4505D/F7 , 46PFL7505D/F7 , 40PFL7705D/F7 , 46PFL3705D/F7 , 40PFL3705D/F7 , 46PFL5505D/F7 , 40PFL5505D/F7 , 40PFL7505D/F7 , 22PFL3505D/F7 , 19PFL3505D/F7 , 52PFL7704D/F7 , 47PFL7704D/F7 , 42PFL7704D/F7 , 47PFL6704D/F7 , 42PFL6704D/F7 , 22PFL3504D/F7 , 19PFL3504D/F7 , 42PFL3704D/F7 , 32PFL3504D/F7 , 32PFL3514D/F7 , 32PFL6704D/F7 , 47PFL3704D/F7 , 52PFL5704D/F7 , 52PFL3704D/F7 , 47PFL5704D/F7 , 42PFL5704D/F7 , 47PFL3603D/F7 , 32PFL5403D/F7 , 52PFL7403D/F7 , 52PFL5603D/F7 , 52PFL3603D/F7 , 47PFL7403D/F7 , 47PFL5603D/F7 , 42PFL7403D/F7 , 42PFL5603D/F7 , 42PFL3603D/F7 , 19PFL3403D/F7 , 32PFL3403D/F7 . Click here to show more product numbers Click here to show less product numbers

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