PHILIPS 65OLED807/12 65inch 4K UHD OLED SMART TV WiFi Dolby Atmos Ambilight

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This unique behind-the-screen lighting system has been a revelation for most users and is designed first and foremost as a static bias light to ease eye strain. The best preset is Filmmaker Mode (FMM) which switches off all unwanted processing with accurate colour and white balance retained. The OLED EX panel's peak brightness is not as high as the brightest OLED TVs on the market or our reference TV but high enough to ensure an excellent HDR viewing experience in combination with OLED's other picture characteristics. Europe's busiest forums, with independent news and expert reviews, for TVs, Home Cinema, Hi-Fi, Movies, Gaming, Tech and more.

Philips’ innovative Ambilight technology creates an ever-changing colour show around the television to match whatever content you’re watching. Philips TV Remote app and related functionalities vary per TV model, operator and country, as well as smart device model and OS. Conversely, a brightly lit and colourful film such as Ambulance, which uses Dolby Vision, makes the most of the increased overall brightness and expert motion handling to perfectly render car chases through sunny LA. These LEDs light up the wall behind the TV, and change colour based on analysis of the image on the screen. Of course, the biggest draw of Ambilight is the extra immersion it can offer with the ‘Follow Video’ options in the menus.

Philips refers to it as MT9970B but it is more or less the same SoC found in Sony's Android TVs / Google TVs with similar HDMI 2.

It can, at times, look a little over-processed and digitally sharp when using some of the out-of-the-box presets (although not Filmmaker Mode), with edges looking a little too processed with some light ringing and fine detail missing.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. OLED807 no longer has the same limitation for peak brightness in Game mode that we found on OLED805 in 2020 so all things considered OLED807 is a better choice for console gaming in HDR.

QD-OLED has taken the crown in 2022 but if you are looking for a value-for-money OLED TV Philips OLED807 should definitely be on your shortlist. The older iteration is still good, and thanks to the inclusion of a quad-core processor, the 807 has sufficient power to run the platform in a smooth, stable and responsive manner.The approach taken is to have a bias light that is set to D65 always on and the colour-changing lighting effects are added on top of the bias light. The T-shaped stand is a little harder to install but once it is up it lets you swivel the TV manually from left to right. If you are worried about the energy bill, we can add that Ambilight adds only 5W to the TV's power consumption when activated.

The full screen 100% brightness figure is also important for overall image brightness, added to a relaxed ABL for HDR images with larger areas of brightness. The Philips 807 might use an EX OLED panel, but the claims of a 30% increase in brightness depend on what’s being tested.The sound quality is spot on, you get completely lost in what you're watching as the sound just surrounds you. It manages to measure approximately 625 nits at 5% and 650 nits at 2% window sizes, which is more in line with smaller highlight areas within an HDR image. There’s also Panasonic’s Master OLED screen and HCX Pro AI processor, plus the brand’s My Home Screen 7. Information about the available connectivity ports, slots and interfaces such as USB, infrared port, SD card slot, audio/video and network interfaces, etc. The subwoofer is a type of loudspeaker used for the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies (20-300 Hz).