Philips tv design line

http://www.philips.fr/c/televiseurs/designline-140-cm-55-pouce-3d-max-dvb-t-t2-c-s-s2-55pdl8908s_12/prd/

We talk already about this New Philips TV. Nice design. Hoping B&O and David Lewis designers will do an innovative design in their TV a near future.

What about this beast?

I notice Selfridges had it listed un gifts for fathers day!  I got a box of Celebrations, which the wife and kids then ate.

 

http://www.selfridges.com/en/Features-Gifts/Categories/Gifts-For-Occasions/Fathers-day/85%22-Series-9-Ultra-High-Definition-LED-TV_761-10044-SAMUE85S9STXXU

 

The thing that caught my eye at Selfridges, is that Loewe televisions seem to be around the same price as Samsung/Panasonic? Is that normal for the uk?

 

In Australia Loewe would be triple the price of the mentioned brands.

Well the Philips looks so-so IMHO.

 

It's allright looking but I don't like it going from transparent to solid.

I think it looks good.

Imagine, that only a few years ago Philips used to make some of the ugliest flatscreens...Those thick plastic frames with rounded corners...
-and now...No frames...

But - if tv design ends up in something that only looks like a sheet of glass - then it would certainly be difficult for the designers to make something that stands out from the crowd...

I wonder how it will be the sound. And where the cables are.