This is another unique Philips technology that builds LEDs into the rear of the screen, so they can cast out coloured light to either create a mood or immersively track the colour content of the images you’re watching. And its presence is significant, as it highlights the shift in Philips' philosophy over recent years towards catering for a varied array of picture quality tastes and needs. All in all it’s a surprisingly spirited and expansive sound the OLED806 makes - which is just as well, because (as we mentioned) there’s no obvious way to incorporate a soundbar. It turns out that those large, visible drivers facing out from the OLED806's rear aren't just there for show. Philips has long been (in)famous for the thorough-going nature of its picture processing, and here the company has added both Film Detection and Ambient Light aspects to its already impressive AI processing.

This complication is an early indication of how much time you’ll likely spend in the 55OLED806’s labyrinthine menus than you would with most other TVs. To be fair to the Philips, it features a bigger area of OLED super-skinniness than quite a few rivals.

OLED Organic Light Emitting Diode is panel technology that allows each individual pixel to produce light rather than relying on a backlight. Even motion-handling, where in the past Philips has tended to overthink things somewhat, can be finessed until it’s confident, smooth and convincing. The P5 AI Picture Perfect Engine and Picture Quality processor work together to bring realistic colour and smooth motion to your viewing.

Information about the storage capacity, which is used for the operating system and for installing different applications, saving video, music, photos and other data. There’s a mic on the remote for use with Google Assistant, and it proves straightforward and responsive to control the OLED806 this way. For the OLED806, that includes HDR10+ Adaptive and Dolby Vision IQ, along with HLG, HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. Sounds are referred to as “audio objects”, of which there can be up to 128 audio channels, and these ‘objects’ can be accurately positioned within a 3D soundscape. It’s worth pausing for a moment to stress that if I were to detail all of the individual picture adjustment features the 55OLED806 carries, this article would probably have to run to tens of thousands of words.Listen to the film while you make a snack or keep up with the sports commentary while you get everyone drinks. From this angle, the Philips is a clean and understated looker, with minimal and tidily finished bezels surrounding the screen. And in the meantime, the unusual combination of Android TV and Freeview Play makes the OLED806 less of an exercise in frustration than it otherwise would have been. We thought about this being caused by vibrations, but me jumoing in front of the TV does not cause this.

It still looks impressive, despite not fully exploiting all the processing power at the TV's disposal. This uses settings defined by the Ultra HD Alliance to create a picture that gets as close as possible to the standards used by filmmakers in mastering suites. TV tuner The TV tuner is a device, which allows the receiving and visualization of a certain type of television signal.

You should take the card you paid with and proof of name and address details with you when you go to collect (driving license/house bill/bank statement). for a number of years, as both a features editor and a digital editor, before embarking on a career in freelance consultancy, content creation, and journalism for some of the biggest brands and publications in the world. This being an OLED TV, the OLED806's colour and contrast remain pretty much unblemished if you have to watch the screen from even a very wide angle.