6000 series Google Cast Ultra HDTV

Great picture, easy to use, I had this Tv for over 3 weeks now and so far can't said anything negative about it. Love the Google cast feature.

I took a chance on the 49PFL6921/F7 sight unseen with little to no reviews. It had everything I was looking for in a display 4k,HDR and highly customizable settings. This is reference level as far as how much this TV can be dialed in to your liking. The 49" Model ships with an IPS panel,Full array local dimming backlight,10 bit wide color gamut panel and the BrightPro panel which promises twice the brightness of competing displays for outstanding HDR performance. Let's start with the IPS the selling point for the display tech is better viewing angles less wash out at off angle viewing. It isn't as good as I have seen on some IPS panels,but I sit directly in front of the display therefore washout isn't an issue. Let's move on to the Full array local dimming backlight (FALD). Early reports had this pegged at around 128 zone for the 49"-55",but from my experience the 49" is likely around 64-72 zones. Having a FALD helps with one of the biggest issues with an IPS panel lower than average contrast ratio. Employing this dimming tech puts it on par with my wife's VA panel Samsung from 2014 w/o FALD. There is a little stray light from the neighboring zone known as blooming,but is quite minimal and worth the trade off for improved contrast ratio. The new buzzword recently in display tech is HDR. While the tech is old hat in photography circle it is in its infancy for television. The 6921/F7 uses the open source version HDR10 which is the most commonly used currently. Any UHD blu-ray player,PS4 Pro or Xbox one S will work perfectly with the display. Using this with console refreshes like the PS4 pro has breathed new life into the aging consoles. What you get is more realsitic colors,deeper blacks and brighter brights without loss of finer shadow detail and color saturation. As a gamer this thing is a dream,but not owning a Leo Bodner for measuring input lag I can only give you personal experience. I have run the gamut from adventure games like Uncharted 4,FPS games like Destiny and twitch shooters like Doom and have no perceptible lag. It offers a dedicated HDR setting in game mode to help taking advantage of this huge selling point without sacrificing performance. Let's get to the only thing that is a bit of a downer,The smart features. It doesn't have a built in Smart hub for apps such as Netflix,Hulu and Amazon for streaming. Instead it opts for the newer casting method which uses a paired smart device like a tablet or cell phone to stream from the device to the display over Wifi. While a cool idea in theory in practice I have found it cumbersome and have since switched to using my console for streaming. While when it worked it was acceptable it never was stable or fast enough to compete with using a built in hub or attached box. This isn't a deal breaker for me per se,but is worth noting to those expecting a full smart hub built in. I can't express how blown away I have been with the picture quality on this gem. From gaming and cinema fan I couldn't be happier with the Philips. Just note a few of the niggles that may be cons for some.

The 49PFL6921 will not be winning any awards for design,but that is not what we're here for. A thin black textures bezel frames this beautiful IPS panel. The black levels are excellent for an IPS panel and the are made better by the Full array local dimming backlight called Micro Dimming. Early reports stated it would have up to 128 dimming zones,but from my experience it seems to fall closer to about 20 zone (4 rows vertical and 5 rows across). Blooming is noticeable when active over a small area. The adjoining zones will illuminate slightly causing halos around object. This is not present during normal use,but if you have a small loading icon on a mostly black screen it can be noticeable (not a deal breaker). I owned the 49PFL7900 earlier in the year and was disappointed in the gaming performance both in image quality and input lag. Philips has hit it out of the park with the 49PFL6921 a dedicated HDR game mode offers stellar performance visually as well as very low input lag. I have run the gamut from twitch based shooter (Doom) to slower paced adventure games (Infamous:Second son) and came away thoroughly impressed. The monster lined halls of the Mars bases of Doom moved at a blistering pace with no sign of input lag. The nighttime rain soaked streets of Infamous's Seattle were equally impressive. The Neon reflection from shop signs to the fine detail and Neon glow of your super powers trailing behind you as you raced around the city. Now with that said I have one slight knock against the display,but not from the visuals on hand. The recent trend with TV's has been casting and the Philips employs Google cast. Essentially the smart features aren't built into the TV,but are streamed from your smart device (IPhone,Galaxy,etc..) to the set itself via Wifi. I so far have not had a successful casting session due to intermittent connection error or failure altogether. I will continue to test this feature as well UHD/HDR movies and will submit another review with further testing.

My last 2 living room TVs were Philips. They still work (10 plus years) but I just wanted to upgrade to the latest tech. With that said, the 55PFL6921 model is an awesome 4K modern tv with internet connection and google's chromecast built in. The TV is very lightweight at around 35 lbs. It's easy to setup physically. Color balance is fantastic. There are many enhanced video and sound options you can choose from. For me, I like everything standard. TV picture is visible at sharp angles and good with medium window sunlight. These days, most important part is connectivity. This TV has a ethernet port. I plugged it into my router and it worked immediately. The specs say wifi is also an option, but I don't actually see a wifi configuration option anywhere in the manual or on the TV options. Chromecast beats any smart TV operating system hands down! The process to set up chromecast which they call Google Cast here is the same as a standalone chromecast. Only hiccup I ran into is that after setup, I had to update the firmware and restart the TV to get it working. Otherwise, the setup screen didn't refresh but my mobile Google Home app told me it was ready to go. Even if you didn't want to use chromecast, you can plug in your favorite steaming device and it would still work. I also use Roku as it has a easier interface for less tech savvy people in the family. Overall, I'm very pleased with Philips TVs!

Just got the 55" 55PFL6921 for an amazing price at Costco. Really nice features and a big upgrade from the old 32" 720p display I had been using. I plugged it into the router because I wanted a reliable connection. So far it's great casting netflix in 4k. I love how easy to use this TV is.

Yes, my wife and I upgraded to this 4K Philips from our 55" 1080P Philips. We still have the 1080P but, we will now be using it in our basement as a second TV. Mostly the price caught our attention however, with the wonderful operations of our 1080P we thought we'd continue with using a Philips TV. And, unlike the 1080P this upgrade has the ability to use apps that I used online with our tablet and phone plus many others. However, we'll be able stream and to watch 2K and 4K content. A great Bonus... Thanks Philips ...

Like the picture but the Google cast and apps have to be run thru a network. So you have to have internet on the tv and your phone or you can do anything. You have to control the tv with your phone only. So it's a smart tv but you can't just use the tv only. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY AND GET SAMSUNG OR LG. that way you actually get a real smart tv. I have Samsung tv also and with them I can screen mirror my phone and just use my phone internet if needed.

You cannot directly setup access to your own network; instead you have to go through a convoluted & complex process using Google Cast. The "hotspot" on the TV which is part of the setup process is flaky and made our setup take an entire afternoon. The remote that came with the TV has buttons for both Netflix and Vudu but neither work so I have no idea why they are on there. I tried looking in the manual but it shows a completely different remote. Once you are setup, in order to actually watch anything on apps like Netflix, you have to launch your show/movie from your mobile phone or tablet; requiring them to be with you. Overall there are better, truly smart, TVs out there that directly access the network and the apps instead of this weird Google Cast intermediary layer.

DON’T. BUY. THIS. TV! Ours had issues, on and off, from the start and now just a couple years later the thing is basically unusable. Terrible warranty. They sent a guy out to fix it, but the issues restarted shortly thereafter and they refused to come back to fix it. Throwing your money in the toilet is less of a waste than buying this TV because at least you won’t waste your time and energy too!

This is a joke. I had this TV for two years and barley used it. All of the sudden the TV would not stay on for more than 5 minutes. Eventually it came to the point where the TV wont stay on for more than 5 seconds before it shuts off. This TV was never damaged let alone moved. Complete joke.