£399 but you get a £10 voucher so takes it down to £389
Ultra HD HDR TV gives up to 4x the resolution of Full HD. Enjoy movies, shows, and games from Google Play, YouTube and other Apps. Ambilight makes your viewing experience more immersive—by emitting a glow from two-sides of your TV. Comes with a 2 year guarantee
Can't go wrong at this price!
Top comments
BubaMan
25 May 178#11
Great TV but I'll echo some caveats:
1. The colour presets are mostly ****.
2. The speakers are terrible - not a problem for me as I have it going through an amp (which is very well controlled via ARC) but if you don't have an amp, budget for one or get a soundbar.
3. The blacks are only OK - not great.
Otherwise, the set is great - HDR looks amazing and Android really opens it up in terms of usage.
Some tips for best use:
1. Tweak the picture manually. "Photo" or "ISA Day" are the best presets but you'll the perfect balance can only be found manually.
2. Update the firmware immediately - a few features (like Netflilx HDR) and a lot of stability problems have been addressed in the latest firmware.
3. Go into the menus and enable 4:4:4 / 4:2:2 to get HDR from external sources.
4. Use the Internet as the source for your EPG (icon in the top right of the guide)
5. Turn the sharpness down or off for 4K sources (causes intermittent flickering)
6. You'll want to hide the Philips Apps section on the home screen as they're out of date and duplicated below - go into Apps settings, find Leanback Customizer and turn off notifications.
7. You can sideload apps with ES File Manager and launch them with Sideload Launcher .
8. If you run out of storage, you can move apps to a USB stick.
xfield
25 May 176#26
The £10 voucher doesn't bring it down, it just means that you are more inclined to buy something else you probably don't need later.
All comments (64)
Gollywood
25 May 172#1
I'd mention the 'Ambilight' feature in the title...good selling point.
fgarussell
25 May 17#2
Added, cheers!
ullmanio
25 May 171#3
running android os is also a big plus!
fgarussell to ullmanio
25 May 17#6
What's so good about Android os on a TV?
dilahk
25 May 172#4
Ambilight excellent feature just amazing.
pimpMe to dilahk
25 May 17#7
What does it do?
shakerstevens to dilahk
25 May 171#25
Even better if you pair up the TV to Philips Hue lights in the same room :smiley:
bazdotdoc
25 May 17#5
stock!
tehwabbit
25 May 17#8
Bought this recently and honestly, it's a really decent set.
No real noticeable difference playing games and watching HD content between this and similar priced TVs like LG/Hisense/Sony etc. I'd even say that this is better than a friends 600+ Samsung - and the smart TV capabilities are better too. Just make sure you run the system firmware updates!!
The ambilight is a neat feature but you get over it pretty quick.
diehardguy
25 May 171#9
TV 100% wish I hadn't left mine back.
machomansavage to diehardguy
26 May 171#46
Did u take yours back?
lovelybeer
25 May 171#10
Ambient/bias rear lighting, which helps with immersion and eye-strain. Gives perception of blacker blacks, if set to a neutral white colour.
Default setting changes colour depending on what is on the screen at each edge (and how many sides Ambilight you have). Ours is 3-side on the 55", so it's quite impressive. This is two-sided, so not as immersive, but still very nice in my opinion.
We always get positive comments from friends/neighbours on ours - and lots of other people in general implement their own DIY bias lighting solutions on other brands effectively too.
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Opening post
Ultra HD HDR TV gives up to 4x the resolution of Full HD. Enjoy movies, shows, and games from Google Play, YouTube and other Apps. Ambilight makes your viewing experience more immersive—by emitting a glow from two-sides of your TV. Comes with a 2 year guarantee
Can't go wrong at this price!
Top comments
1. The colour presets are mostly ****.
2. The speakers are terrible - not a problem for me as I have it going through an amp (which is very well controlled via ARC) but if you don't have an amp, budget for one or get a soundbar.
3. The blacks are only OK - not great.
Otherwise, the set is great - HDR looks amazing and Android really opens it up in terms of usage.
Some tips for best use:
1. Tweak the picture manually. "Photo" or "ISA Day" are the best presets but you'll the perfect balance can only be found manually.
2. Update the firmware immediately - a few features (like Netflilx HDR) and a lot of stability problems have been addressed in the latest firmware.
3. Go into the menus and enable 4:4:4 / 4:2:2 to get HDR from external sources.
4. Use the Internet as the source for your EPG (icon in the top right of the guide)
5. Turn the sharpness down or off for 4K sources (causes intermittent flickering)
6. You'll want to hide the Philips Apps section on the home screen as they're out of date and duplicated below - go into Apps settings, find Leanback Customizer and turn off notifications.
7. You can sideload apps with ES File Manager and launch them with Sideload Launcher .
8. If you run out of storage, you can move apps to a USB stick.
All comments (64)
No real noticeable difference playing games and watching HD content between this and similar priced TVs like LG/Hisense/Sony etc. I'd even say that this is better than a friends 600+ Samsung - and the smart TV capabilities are better too. Just make sure you run the system firmware updates!!
The ambilight is a neat feature but you get over it pretty quick.
Default setting changes colour depending on what is on the screen at each edge (and how many sides Ambilight you have). Ours is 3-side on the 55", so it's quite impressive. This is two-sided, so not as immersive, but still very nice in my opinion.
We always get positive comments from friends/neighbours on ours - and lots of other people in general implement their own DIY bias lighting solutions on other brands effectively too.