PHILIPS 55OLED856/12 55inch 4K UHD OLED SMART TV WiFi Dolby Atmos Ambilight

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Lower resolution content isn’t dismissed by the OLED806 either. 1080p footage looks almost as good as native 4K content, with only a slight coarsening of fine detail to give the game away – and a little less positivity where edge definition is concerned. Even bog-standard TV broadcasts remain watchable, though they’re a bit soft and noisy by comparison. That’s all the information we have about the Philips TV line-up for 2021. Read on for details of their 2020 TVs that are still on sale.

Philips has for a long time used the Android TV platform for its TVs, so it's little surprise that its 2021 models get the most recent 10 version. What is a little surprising, is that there's so far been no mention of Google TV integration. This new UI launched with the latest version of the Google Chromecast and is already confirmed to be coming to Sony's 2021 TVs, so we had expected Philips to announce the same. Last year’s OLED804 was highly regarded in terms of sound, but that hasn’t put Philips off making adjustments for this 2020 model. The midrange drivers and tweeters positioned on the bottom of the set are of new designs and are housed in a larger enclosure, and while the rear-firing woofer looks the same, it features two extra passive radiators for improved bass response. Also missing are Now TV and BT Sport, which is a shame but not the end of the world. On the music front, you get Spotify, Tidal and Deezer, but we wouldn’t recommend using your TV as a music source. The 8506 series is Philips’ affordable range of TVs aimed at the mainstream buyer. They’re available in many sizes and carry some of the premium features seen in the TVs above. Information about the brightness of the screen. It is measured in candela per square metre (cd/m²).

Philips 55OLED856/12 - Technical Overview

So with Ambilight out of the way, the 55OLED807 becomes a slightly more straightforward, like-for-like rival to all the price-comparable alternatives around. Mind you, its compatibility with every worthwhile HDR standard, including Dolby Vision and HDR10+, marks it out as the product of a company who puts the consumer, rather than industry politics, first. The ratio between the horizontal and the vertical side of the display. Some of the standard and widely used aspect ratios are 4:3, 5:4, 16:9 and 16:10. Otherwise, OLED continues as the flagship experience, with the OLED+935 crossing over into 2021 to be replaced later in the year. Arriving in the summer are new OLEDs in smaller and bigger sizes, as well two ‘unannounced’ models in the OLED706/705 that look to be the most affordable OLED in Philips’ range. You’re going to need to tweak this Philips TV to get the best from it, and those settings menus go on… and on… There are no upward-firing drivers for the Dolby Atmos audio but this is still very much positioned as the best AV solution and involves the top B&W TV sound on the market. The soundbar is built more like three individual speakers. The enclosures are isolated and feature decoupled tweeters (in the case of the right and left drivers) or the trademark 'tweeter-on-top' set up for the middle.

In layman’s terms, strips of LED lights match the onscreen video and illuminate the wall behind the TV in a kaleidoscope of colour – or not, if you prefer. There’s plenty of customisation on offer, so owners can set the Ambilight to change colours to match the TV’s video or audio output, or just gently light the rear wall with a static warm white. For everyday viewing, the latter is definitely our preference. The new Fast Motion Clarity feature has only been announced for the OLED 800 series, but it serves to avoid the motion blurring effect for a gradual transition from one image to the next. Anti burn-in solution on more OLEDsPhilips' 800 Series OLED TV adds top-drawer gaming to excellent picture quality, discovers John Archer For the time being, the OLED+935 continues through to 2021 with its successor likely coming in the second half of the year. The OLED+935 has the 4th Gen P5 AI processor with its dedicated AI Machine Learn Sharpness function, and improved versions of the AI Smart Bit Enhancement system and Perfect Natural Reality (PNR) function for upscaling sub-4K images and handling motion. some of these web prices are cheaper than in-store, so please mention that you've seen these offers online) Gaming wise the input lag was measured in the Game mode at 33ms, which is not quite as fast as its OLED peers and, while most casual gamers will probably never notice that level of lag, if you are the more competitive type you may well notice it. It is certainly an area Philips can improve for future TVs.