Pretty good price on these if you've been toying with the idea of Ambilight. There are 3rd party systems that can be hooked up to other models, but to be honest, I've not seen a huge amount of positive things said about them. Would more than likely help with vanishing into a game and ignoring the rest of the world for a while.
For these sorts of specs with an Ambilight system, I feel this is a fair price really. Been waiting for a drop on the 49" Model for a while, it's been hanging around the £500 mark for a good few months, so good to see it drop.
Model numbers for your ref are:
Philips 49PUS6401
Philips 55PUS6401
Ambilight
Both TVs have a built in lighting system that will light up around the TV and correspond with what is on screen. You should check some videos out if you're interested. I use a light behind my PC screen and find it helps with eye strain too, although not sure if it will have that effect with ambilight system, on a TV, but it does help on a monitor for sure.
The Idea is that it makes the whole movie watching experience more immersive. So lights out, pizza on the lap and zone out.
HDR
From what i can see it's HDR+ via HDMI/USB only. Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong though. Seems to be good value at this price at the moment.
Stand Footprint on both sets
One of the most important things when buying a TV with they type of stand is the footprint. With the legs being set apart, you'll want to make sure your stand will be wide enough. The Footprint on these is 83cm
Below Specifications apply to both sets
LED TV Screen.
Screen size: 55 inches.
Motion rate 1000.
Viewing angle 176/176 degrees.
Resolution 3840 x 2160 pixels.
Connectivity
1 SCART socket, 3 USB ports and 4 HDMI sockets.
Smart TV.
1 DVI socket.
Component video socket.
Optical connection.
Headphone socket.
Wi-Fi enabled.
Ethernet connection.
DLNA compatibility.
Open browser.
Suitable for wall mounting 400 x 200 bracket.
More specs on deal links
Top comments
The_Hypnotoad
20 Oct 1611#75
I think people on here are failing to see the deal with this and just want to be a snob about 10bit
Is £439 for a 49 inch 4k TV with HDR capability, Ambilight and Andriod TV a very good dead? - Yes
Is it going to compare to a 10bit TV thats going to cost you at the very least 3 times the price - No
Also the people saying "its getting bad reviews on AV forums" or "its not a great 4k TV" I do wonder if thats just what you've been told and you haven't actually looked at it with your own eyes. The reviews and people you are listening to are just snobs and experts, I guarantee 99.9% of you out there wont be able to tell the difference between this and a high end 4k tv.
Deanhg
19 Oct 169#2
I had this set and I had to return it due to backlighting issues and poor black levels. Pity really as it's a great looking set and Ambilight is amazing.This is a HDR set but it's only rated at 350 nits.My search for an affordable 4k HDR set will continue and I will stick with my 51" Samsung plasma for now.
gamblor
19 Oct 168#5
I would also like to sign up to your "search for an affordable 4K HDR set" newsletter. :man:
pavel76
19 Oct 166#3
This is just another example of rebranded product made to be sold on constant "promotion" at one place(Argos)...£20 up or down but always around this price. Lots of returns to Argos due to image retention and backlight issue just shows what it's really worth...
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ST3123
19 Oct 162#1
Heated, really impressive price for a quality branded set with Ambilight and HDR. I'm sure a lot of people are going to debate whether Philips is actually a quality brand but after a bad few years I think they have improved a lot over recent years and have put out some very good televisions and monitors...
Deanhg
19 Oct 169#2
I had this set and I had to return it due to backlighting issues and poor black levels. Pity really as it's a great looking set and Ambilight is amazing.This is a HDR set but it's only rated at 350 nits.My search for an affordable 4k HDR set will continue and I will stick with my 51" Samsung plasma for now.
Bizness to Deanhg
19 Oct 161#4
In exactly the same boat with a 51" Sammy plasma. If you find anything that does the job let me know.
crazylegs to Deanhg
20 Oct 16#38
You should have waited they done a hardware update and its now 550 Nits
pavel76
19 Oct 166#3
This is just another example of rebranded product made to be sold on constant "promotion" at one place(Argos)...£20 up or down but always around this price. Lots of returns to Argos due to image retention and backlight issue just shows what it's really worth...
gamblor
19 Oct 168#5
I would also like to sign up to your "search for an affordable 4K HDR set" newsletter. :man:
Disco Dave
19 Oct 16#6
Just hope the Android smart side is better than my Sony
cecilmcroberts to Disco Dave
19 Oct 16#11
I've not found any faults with the current Sony Android firmware. Although do agree last year they where terrible and only from I think it was April did the firmware sort out most of the issues. I do take it you are running it on the latest firmware release? This is why everywhere took heavy returns on the 2015 sets and even afterwards as people did not update the firmware. Good news for myself anyhow as got a Amazon Warehouse one for £300 with nothing wrong except the firmware had not been updated.
gap30 to Disco Dave
19 Oct 16#14
Love my sony, never understood the haters
t002236
19 Oct 164#7
Just to add to the 51" plasma.... mine sadly died a couple of weeks ago. Luckily it was from JL who gave me a full refund of the price paid.... after having had it for 4 years.
Next TV I buy will definitely be from JL, even if it is a hisense at least I know it will be covered!
mastercruzer to t002236
20 Oct 16#32
What's JL? Did you have a cover with them to get full refund after 4 years?
Rob_1304 to t002236
20 Oct 16#33
Christ are they really that good? Did you take out extra cover or is that just standard JL service?
Hah, just seen that someone asked the exact same question an hour earlier. That'll teach me to post before reading the whole thread.
kaiser051
19 Oct 162#8
Good price for a 4k false HDR set of this size ,it will accept a hdr signal but will only downscale it to SDR as the panel cant process a true HDR signal but of course you will have to spend a lot more than his if you want a 4k tv that can display true HDR ,it will play ps4 pro in full 4k but without any HDR features
jaydeeuk1
19 Oct 166#9
Agree with above, HDR will make a bigger difference to the experience than going for a vanilla uhd set.
This is a very good and informative link for the very confusing HDR10/Dolbyvision/gamut/UHD/4k spec, worth a read for anyone considering a TV right now.
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Opening post
Pretty good price on these if you've been toying with the idea of Ambilight. There are 3rd party systems that can be hooked up to other models, but to be honest, I've not seen a huge amount of positive things said about them. Would more than likely help with vanishing into a game and ignoring the rest of the world for a while.
For these sorts of specs with an Ambilight system, I feel this is a fair price really. Been waiting for a drop on the 49" Model for a while, it's been hanging around the £500 mark for a good few months, so good to see it drop.
Model numbers for your ref are:
Philips 49PUS6401
Philips 55PUS6401
Ambilight
Both TVs have a built in lighting system that will light up around the TV and correspond with what is on screen. You should check some videos out if you're interested. I use a light behind my PC screen and find it helps with eye strain too, although not sure if it will have that effect with ambilight system, on a TV, but it does help on a monitor for sure.
The Idea is that it makes the whole movie watching experience more immersive. So lights out, pizza on the lap and zone out.
HDR
From what i can see it's HDR+ via HDMI/USB only. Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong though. Seems to be good value at this price at the moment.
Stand Footprint on both sets
One of the most important things when buying a TV with they type of stand is the footprint. With the legs being set apart, you'll want to make sure your stand will be wide enough. The Footprint on these is 83cm
Below Specifications apply to both sets
LED TV Screen.
Screen size: 55 inches.
Motion rate 1000.
Viewing angle 176/176 degrees.
Resolution 3840 x 2160 pixels.
Connectivity
1 SCART socket, 3 USB ports and 4 HDMI sockets.
Smart TV.
1 DVI socket.
Component video socket.
Optical connection.
Headphone socket.
Wi-Fi enabled.
Ethernet connection.
DLNA compatibility.
Open browser.
Suitable for wall mounting 400 x 200 bracket.
More specs on deal links
Top comments
Is £439 for a 49 inch 4k TV with HDR capability, Ambilight and Andriod TV a very good dead? - Yes
Is it going to compare to a 10bit TV thats going to cost you at the very least 3 times the price - No
Also the people saying "its getting bad reviews on AV forums" or "its not a great 4k TV" I do wonder if thats just what you've been told and you haven't actually looked at it with your own eyes. The reviews and people you are listening to are just snobs and experts, I guarantee 99.9% of you out there wont be able to tell the difference between this and a high end 4k tv.
All comments (138)
Next TV I buy will definitely be from JL, even if it is a hisense at least I know it will be covered!
Hah, just seen that someone asked the exact same question an hour earlier. That'll teach me to post before reading the whole thread.
This is a very good and informative link for the very confusing HDR10/Dolbyvision/gamut/UHD/4k spec, worth a read for anyone considering a TV right now.
http://www.acousticfrontiers.com/uhd-101-v2/