Is this a Hue TV, or does it just have nice lights?

I've got the PUS6561 the only difference is this has 2 sided ambilight where as the 6561 has three sided - I picked it up from the costco deal for £670 with a 5 year warranty.

After owning an ambilight TV, I don't think I could go back to a TV without it, picture quality is superb, whilst not having full 10 bit HDR it's a great TV for the price until OLED tech comes down anyway.

It can also link up to any other Philips hue stuff you have.

I thought so. The way I saw it was I got the 5 year warranty and the 3 sided ambilight for £150.

Have a look at some youtube videos, it's definitley more immersive than the 2 sided. Every person that comes over always mentions the ambilight on the tv.

I'm guessing these need to be right up against a wall for the ambilight to be an enhancement? my set up would place the TV about 2 feet from the wall... no good?

Mine's about a foot away from the wall and is bright, obviously the closer you have it the more effective, but they're pretty bright and can be adjusted in the settings on the tv.

So according to the heat on the deals, this Phillips is a better deal than this Hisense: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hisense-55-inch-m3300-4k-uhd-smart-led-tv-476-10-with-code-tv10-argos-2625677

Do you guys agree?

Paid £540 for this a few months ago from a deal on here.
Great set for the money, there's been a couple of firmware updates that have improved performance since then too in some areas.

The ambilight is pretty good, mine stays on all the time and not set to react to sound/video, makes the image pop a bit without being imposing, don't even notice it but when not on notice it isn't on so to speak.

Processing isn't top notch, very poor - however it is a step up from unbranded Hisense/Rubbish.

This is the 6401 not the 6501 so it does have various missing and downgraded features compared to the 65 models, such as a worse remote and slower refresh rate, as well as missing the top ambilight that the 6561 adds over the 6501/6551.


It doesn't have any HDR at all as far as I know, the wide gamut TVs start at the 7101 and the local dimming starts with the 7601.