ADVICE & TIPS: So I see this TV as been reduced again and for the money its fantastic however I have purchased the 43" model and here is some KEY TIPS that every buyer must be made aware of:

1. The picture quality out of the box on this TV is sorry to say absolutely terrible, there is ONLY one setting that is decent and that is the PHOTO setting weirdly enough, all other settings are way over-saturated, to bright or to dim, even with the LATEST firmware updates which add various tweaks, a updated android, a new colour natural setting, but even after the firmware is updated the colours are still wishy-washy and still the PHOTO setting is the only setting that offers a decent, well-calibrated, balanced quality picture.

2. In relation to on-demand apps, only BBC iPlayer is installed and no you cannot install ITV, 4OD on any other on-demand app via google or Philips app store.

3. Android is FANTASTIC and this TV as recently had a NEW firmware update about 1 week ago. However even with the NEW firmware updates your choice on google play is still LIMITED, you must remember TVs are NOT phones and only a limited number of apps work with Android TVs, HOWEVER there is a way around the limited google play apps by manually downloading Android .APK files and installing them manually, you will be surprised what apps do work with Android TVs and you can really install a lot of apps by manually downloading the .APK files, to do this, you 1st need to install ES File Manager, download the desired .APK files from a site such as APKPURE found here: https://apkpure.com/ and install the APKs from with ES File Manager. You MUST however change some security settings which allows the installation from "Unknown Sources", this is found within the Android Settings Menu, you may find the screen rotation problem is evident with some apps, in this case uninstall, for example: If you are a Amazon Prime Member you can manually install the APK file of Amazon Underground & Amazon Music App which work perfectly well and allow you to install games from Amazon Underground, so far I have installed 5 games and they work perfectly well, you can use Amazon Music to but will NEED to use a USB mouse to navigate the app correctly. Speaking of USB Mice, you can use any USB mice with any app and even to navigate the TV, you can even use a Microsoft Xbox Windows Controller which I use to play games... Some apps and games require a mouse and a Xbox Controller, yet I assume any USB game controller will work fine also.

4. The TV Guide on this TV is terrible, and you will notice a majority of icons are missing for channels, sadly this cannot be resolved.

5. Do not bother with the Philips App Store, majority of the app versions or old and I have noticed some do not even work even after all the firmware updates, such as the Radio Apps.

6. HDR, yes this TV does have HDR but you need to change the settings which is found in advanced settings to 4:2:2 & 4:4:4 this is a IMPORTANT SETTING to enable HDR and is NOT activated out-of-the-box, so if you want 4K & HDR you need to find this setting and change it as I have specified. the setting you must ACTIVATE is 4:2:2 & 4:4:4

7. This ONLY as 8GB of storage but is actually 5GB, once the firmware update is complete, even though the TV highlights it as 8GB, 3GB of that data is used by the TV OS and CANNOT be deleted and you CANNOT ROOT this TV believe me I have tried, some Android TVs are easy to root, this is NOT, in-fact after reading numerous forums, due to a core setting Philips have put it place, it makes this TV impossible to ROOT.

8. Constant Freezing & Juddering of the TV PICTURE? this is a strange problem I encountered, You may notice this issue once you have activated the HDR Setting, the picture suddenly freezes and juders, many users must obviously think this is due to the HDR setting which is highlighted once you activate it... I ASSURE all TV watchers however this is NOT the case, this problem is weirdly associated with the TV Guide, if you encounter this problem, the way to solve it is to leave your TV on standby over night, the TV Guide is updated at 6am daily... if you experience this issue its because the TV Channel Guide as NOT been updated, leaving this TV on standby for a few days solves this problem & the problem will never return unless you format. Yes I know strange but true, I have noticed its nothing to do with the HDR Setting at all.

9. Just coming back to apps again, just to let you know you can uninstall ALL apps that are pre-loaded without issues, I would recommend doing so as most of them are European related apps.

10. And FINALLY if you want to get the BEST PICTURE from this TV, check out a guy called DARKO on youtube, search "DARKO TV CALIBRATION" there is a video for this TV which goes in-depth with some settings.. if you cannot be bothered like I say the PHOTO SETTING is the BEST PICTURE SETTING to have, also make sure you go to the setting which reads PICTURE FORMAT and choose ORIGINAL.

Overall, this TV is great, yes it as some flaws, still Android is Great to and for £399 its a great deal, but it does NEED TWEAKING and to get the BEST out of it follow my instructions.

PHILIPS AMBILIGHT & HUE: If any of you are using Philips HUE bulbs as I am, you can sync this TV to your main hue bulbs, which means when you are watching a TV with Amblight on, every other bulb matches the lighting from the TV which is really impressive, you can fill your entire room with dancing ambilight when you watch a great movie and NOT just from the TV.

About 6 inches.

Great Price , but just a word of warning about Argos Be very careful about Argos when you receive the item double check all the packaging, to see if it has been opened before they sent me 3 used Tv's in a row took no responsibility at all , didnt deny it , blamed it on the ware house and the manufacturer even though it was double opened and re-taped , there missing stuff inside populated data on smart features , and Argos seem to be the only ones selling this at the moment since tis is a special deal acreful when you get it if you double check you should be fine, oh by the way all the Tv's have 4+star ratings possibly because they filter out negative reviews my 2 reviews were never published the only Tv I received with packaging intact turned faulty within 2 weeks dead pixels out of the blue , but i must stress it wasn't this Phillips TV , if current owners are happy and purchased from Argos as they do here its a good deal

depends how close you are sitting with a magnifying glass.....

I have the 55".

Does anybody know how to install the ITV Player and All4 apps? They don't appear in the Google play store. Just iPlayer does, and you need a TV licence for that.

looks to be a good price
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built in chromecast and other smart tv apps like netflix too!
I'd buy if I wasn't set on my projector... now if only 4k projectors would come down in price

How effective is the ambilight? I wasnt sure if it was just a gimmick. Does it add much to the experience?

Haven't really seen Philips TV nowadays. How do they compare to Samsung or LG? I've heard LG haven't been too highly rated lately due to their use of RGBW which means less effective pixels?

Just for info for people....the 4k straming doesn't allow HDR. It is HDR only through HDMI.

tempted... but for gaming I think a monitor suits me best. i have a 46" 1080p samsung tv and my eyesight is bad and find sitting next to a 23" monitor better for this strategy game battlefield academy to read all the stats and labels.

ambilight is awesome.

code TVS10 should take another 10% off :wink: