Key Features
Introduction
collapse a soft announcement in the first place in 2023 , the Philips OLED+908 now has the runway in sight , swooping in to land in on-line and brick & trench mortar shops in the rill - up to Christmas .
And at Philips TV and Audio event in Barcelona I was given a more detailed overview and insight into what Philips is bringing to the market . The most notable feature film is its smartness , but it ’s not of necessity how bright you could get but what you do with that brightness that counts .
Design
I ’ll waste just a few words on the figure as the OLED+908 is more a elaboration of the five - star ratedOLED+907than a major move in a Modern direction . As you ’d look from a insurance premium Philips TV , it ’s design is reflective of high quality craftmanship , from the minimal edge bezel intention to the integrated audio system from Bowers & Wilkins that ’s embellish in acoustically treat Kvadrat cloth .
labialise the bottom of there ’s the three - sidedAmbilightring that surrounds the section that houses the connections and the integrate subwoofer . That standstill it comes with occupies a small footprint in front of the TV ( slightly crowing from behind ) but it should allow for the OLED+908 to be park o a relatively small plot of AV article of furniture , depending on the size , of row . And the OLED+908 comes in 55- , 65- and 77 - inch sizes , matching theLG G3 OLED .
Features
Features were n’t the main focus of the manifestation I meet , but I do know that the OLED+908 is steer to mart withGoogle tv set . After speaking to Sharp at IFA 23 , it sounds as if advancement has been made in the impasse between Freeview and Google overFreeview Playintegration .
It ’s also place up to be a play ball of fire too , with 4K/120Hz , VRR ( HDMI VRR , AMD FreeSync , Nvidia G - Sync ) , ALLM , andDolby Vision Game modeincluded . No word of honor on the input retardation but based on premature model expect it to be around the 15 - 20ms area .
Philips has ( finally ) reduced the footprint of its menu projection screen with a less overbearing mien . Rather than lodge in the whole filmdom , it ’ll take up one-half of it with the main menu overlays , and when you require to edit a setting , it ’ll pop up as a strip in the bottom half . Much more sensible .
The remote has been redesigned to be both easier to employ and environmentally well-disposed . It ’s rechargeable via USB - century and if computer storage serves it guide three months for the assault and battery to race down . It ’s added a backlight to highlight sure buttons that are activated by motion . And despite the redesign of the navigation blockage , it ’s keep back the number pad that appears as if by thaumaturgy with the press of a release . Unfortunately , I did n’t take a picture of the actual remote , but here ’s a photo of it on a presentation .
Picture Quality
There ’s a caveat to this section as the Philips OLED+908 was only presented in its Vivid modality eq ( Crystal Clear ) and exhibit with theSamsung S95Cand LG G3 OLED in their respective Dynamic / Vivid modes .
I understand the reason behind this . ‘ lifelike ’ sees the TV performing at its high capability in terms of peak brightness , but ‘ pictorial ’ modes are n’t inevitably the same for each brand name ( for Samsung it ’s essentially their workshop floor fashion ) . clearly , if you ’re going to have a pictorial mode in someone ’s literal base , it ca n’t just literally be for show . It has to bring the performance , too .
And that ’s what Philips ’ Crystal Clear is tool around for : carrying into action , and it does impress compared to the Samsung and LG . A bank note is that the OLED+908 employ the sameMicro Lens Array panelas the G3 , so the execution roof is the same , it ’s the processing that ’ll add out the difference .
And those difference relate to counterpoint , brightness , and colour balance . Like theSony A95L , Philips has direct a more nuanced approach with its brilliant mode . It ’s not an raiment of gaudy colours as it is on the S95C. Skin tones are more representative of how they should appear and not pumped as they wait on the G3 OLED . The brightness is convincingly acute , highlights from a pyrotechnic show sunburn with a white hot intensity and bite that makes the S95C dimmer ( and duller ) by equivalence .
But the persona is n’t a wash out with blind luminosity – the wrinkle and radiation diagram in a linen cloth is revealed with more detail and definition thanks to the 7thGen P5 AI processor . It ’s an image that ’s very bright but also retains particular , whereas LG ’s bright way conceals the fine detail with its processing .
color are slenderly wider - ranging , primary colour are tender with more nuance and punch ( stronger , brighter blues , punchy Red River ) . Contrast is carry just , the rooftops of a city hit a distinctly blacker tone than either the Samsung or LG can muster up . Motion processing is smoother and slick , with less gross artefacts than the LG ( which looks all at sea ) .
The Vanta Black polarizer integrated into the panel also reduces reflection with its anti - glare dimension . You ’re less likely to see yourself in the sieve in darker fit .
The caveat remain that Crystal Clear ( Vivid ) mood wo n’t be the mode most instantly flex to , so the compare does n’t sense quite as merited . Of course , Filmmaker modemodes turn off processing , so in hypothesis there should n’t be any difference of opinion in their several picture modes ( I was n’t prove this ) .
Sound Quality
I was n’t given a monstrance of the Bowers & Wilkins phone organization , but the crucial facts are it is a 3.1 channel system of rules with a left , centre , right configuration , stick out by a woofer and support human activity of four inactive radiator to provide the low end clump .
arbour has tune up each sound mode ( there are seven : AI , Entertainment , Original , Music , Spatial Music , Dialogue , and Personal ( customs ) ) ; and it has tuned the intelligent system for each screen sizing too .
With a total of 80W of top executive at its disposal and a Dolby Atmos virtualiser , the OLED+908 ’s audio organization sounds forebode , but I have n’t heard how it vocalise yet .
