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What is interesting TV Philips 65OLED854
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Modern TVs are quite complexdevices that are gradually becoming Internet-connected multimedia centers throughout the home. In fact, they have long been full-fledged computers that solve the main problem - everything that is in one way or another connected with displaying music and video on the screen. These include TV channels, movies and series, and computer games (for which you no longer need a separate console, but will need gamepads or joysticks), and simply music from the sources we are used to (if you want, playback from a flash drive or any other connected drive, or if you want, from using your favorite streaming service). The issue for the near future is the control of smart home devices (lighting, climate control, running vacuum cleaners, and so on), but today they have voice search capabilities and output, for example, a weather forecast or any information from a Google search.
There is no point in describing in detail all thesecapabilities of this TV, so we will focus on the main ones. Firstly, this is an OLED TV with all its inherent advantages in the form of a very thin panel of a few millimeters (all the electronics of the TV add extra centimeters of thickness), an unusually bright picture, noticeably superior to any traditional LCD TV and a depth of black color that does not differ from the screen being turned off (pixels can physically turn off when playing black, which is analyzed by a powerful 4-core processor and smart image processing algorithms, representing the manufacturer’s know-how). Secondly, this TV runs the original Android TV system, the latest (currently version 9) and is guaranteed to be among the first to receive its updates. Android TV is a version of Android adapted specifically for large high-resolution screens and provides access to simple controls, Google voice search and a huge, unparalleled supermarket of games and applications, some of which can be used both on a smartphone/tablet and TV, saving all user settings and game progress.
What's new in the Philips 65OLED854 TV and how it differs from the 803 series models
The main differences are the updated versionAndroid TV (the TV immediately comes out with version 9, while the 803 series TVs had version 7 at the beginning of the year) and a redesigned stand, which is a real engineering miracle that allows you to not only carry the weight of almost 28 kilograms, but also rotate the panel around a vertical axis. The manufacturer also abandoned a second, simplified remote control, apparently considering it redundant (in fact, looking for two remote controls in the house is more difficult than one). And he returned the ability to connect Bluetooth headphones and external acoustics. With the new version of Android, several additional features have appeared, which we already discussed in the review of the Philips 50PUS7334: new Ambilight modes, advanced image settings and, for example, an alarm mode.
Appearance of the Philips 65OLED854 TV
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Externally, all OLED TVs look like “thina panel with a connector module somehow attached to it and a stand.” In this case, everything is both one way and another. This TV looks great on the wall - the gap with the wall is only a few centimeters. But the design of this model has been awarded two of the most prestigious design awards - Red Dot 2019 and If Design 2019. There is a strong suspicion that all this is thanks to the stand.
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This weighty one (2.6 kilograms of cast metal) the stand consists of two parts and is attached to the TV with two bolts. Three more bolts hold its two parts together. It not only reliably holds the weight of a rather large TV, but also contains a rotation mechanism that allows (this is in the video) to unfold it. In general, I would have given a design award only for this stand alone, which made it possible to combine one long leg and a swivel mechanism in such an incredibly compact form, but it seems that the international jury of designers did it without me. And this is another reason to love this TV.
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Philips TV Connectors 65OLED854
For connections of everything, just two modules were made onback panel. They are also designed wisely. The bottom part contains connections that are done on an ongoing basis “once and for all”: Ethernet, a television antenna, connectors for two satellite tuners, component audio output, digital audio output and one (main) HDMI connector. The second module is located on the side - where it is easier to get close to it (for example, if the TV is hanging on the wall, this is not such an easy task due to the small gap between the panel and the wall). And here everything that can be easily connected and disconnected and connected for a while is connected to it: 2 USB ports (including “blue”, with USB 3.0 support), an audio output for headphones, a service connector used for diagnostics in service centers, 3 HDMI connector (each of them, by the way, supports HDCP 2.2, which allows you to watch licensed 4K content) and a connector for the cable provider’s CI card.
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Philips 65OLED854 TV picture control
There is already so much about the picture of OLED TVsIt is said that there is absolutely nothing to add. It is amazing and is the cutting edge technology standard today. But Philips engineers went even further and gave the user what we love - the opportunity to tinker with the settings of their own algorithms - those very software “improvements”, each of which is a secret behind the seven seals of every TV manufacturer. We have already looked at all these settings in the review of the Philips 50PUS7334 Performance series, so I’ll just give screenshots of the TV menu, allowing you to appreciate all the power and variety for those who want to dig deeper, for which special thanks to the creators of the TV. The heart of the system is the P5 Perfect Picture processor, which we also already talked about, this manufacturer's promotional video shows how it works:
On the Internet you can find an interesting opinion,that OLED TVs are not suitable for games, they say the matrix response time is too high. It looks like it was taken straight from an encyclopedia of misconceptions, published in ancient times, at the dawn of OLED panels. As I already said, this Philips TV has all HDMI inputs supporting 4K resolution, and games on the console look as good as possible! All fans of gaming on the console will be able to appreciate the high response speed of the matrix, the bottomless black and incredibly rich colors, and the smooth, clear picture. For complete happiness, you can even turn on the appropriate sound and image processing modes. Nowadays, large electronics stores have demonstration areas with game consoles, and if you wish, you can always see and evaluate the process with your own eyes (why take someone’s word for it?).
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What does the sound system of a Philips 65OLED854 TV sound like?
Like the Philips 55OLED803,TV Philips 65OLED854 two speakers with a power of 10 watts each and a subwoofer with a power of 30 watts. There is every reason to believe that Bowers & Wilkins (they are very similar, and both series stand next to each other in the manufacturer’s line), whose acoustics are found in the older Philips TVs, the 900 series. Batthey complain a lot, but if you turn the TV towardsitself with the rear panel, you can see how its diffusers vibrate (this is also in the video). I stopped being surprised by the sound of modern TVs many years ago and have long considered their power to be excessive (watching TV at full volume is not a pleasure for the faint of heart, you can actually go deaf). The difference is rather whether there is a subwoofer, in this case it is there and copes with its task. And those who are not satisfied with the sound of the built-in speakers are probably already using their own speaker system, selected to their own taste, to connect to the TV.
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But as for the opportunities to influencesound settings (read: processing algorithms) - here Philips TV also compares favorably with competitors' products. The algorithms take into account the placement of the TV: on a stand or on the wall. The enabled Dolby Atmos mode allows you to virtualize surround sound. I first encountered this possibility in the Sony VAIO F laptop, and 9 years ago it seemed like pure science fiction: the sound from the laptop was so loud that I could hear it somewhere behind me. Today it doesn’t look like rocket science, but the feeling of some kind of technomagic still remains. And the Philips 65OLED854 TV allows you to change the sound using a 6-band equalizer. Not every TV, you see, can boast of such an opportunity. Let it be a Smart TV at least three times. Special thanks for the ability to connect Bluetooth headphones. The function is not unique, and other manufacturers also have it (for example, Sony), but it’s nice.
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Philips TV remote control 65OLED854
The TV remote control is standard, its design is nothas been changing for several years now. All you need to know about it is that it is reversible, with a QWERTY keyboard on the back. It has a built-in microphone for voice commands and separate buttons for controlling Ambilight and launching Netflix. The keyboard is only in Latin, it is more useful for entering passwords in various services (although Android itself and the same Megogo have long had authorization that does not require smart passwords - just go to the site and enter a few letters of the code that appear on the TV screen). With voice input, such a keyboard is rarely useful, but it is possible, and that’s good. It is more convenient to use and 2-3 times faster than entering from an on-screen keyboard.
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Features Ambilight TV Philips 65OLED854
Although the Ambilighthas been around for many years, it never ceases to please. According to customer surveys, 4 out of 5 Philips TV owners can no longer imagine a TV without it. The backlight looks especially impressive when placed on the wall (by the way, do you remember that backlighting has long taken into account the color of the wall, which can be adjusted in the menu?) and at night. Optically, the image of the already not small 65-inch panel is increased even more. Take a look at the photo below:
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Among the innovations, it is worth noting the backlight modes,adapting to the sound of music or video, advanced control of brightness and saturation. You can turn on the backlight in only one of the RGB colors: in this case, it will only work with red, blue or green saturation. You can also turn on the country flag mode (for example, when watching sporting events with friends). Sometimes you wonder how something as simple as color lighting can be so diverse. And someone there in the development of televisions specially comes up with all this.
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TV alarm clock
We have seen more than once in science fiction filmshow a person of the future wakes up to the greeting of artificial intelligence, which not only gently wakes up the character, but also gives a weather report and all sorts of information for the beginning of the day. This TV is already a reality - the alarm function allows you to wake up in the morning to the selected melody with a given sound volume and to a smoothly appearing backlit image. There are 10 themes to choose from, each of which will contain new photographs in the chosen style: nature, architecture, street photography, space, sports. Finally, a weather report is also shown. Everything is like in the movies! That is, such a TV will be useful not only in the living room, but also in the bedroom.
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Neighbors on the Philips 65OLED854 TV line
Together with a 65-inch Philips TV65OLED854, priced at 79,999 hryvnia, there is also a model with a diagonal of 55 inches - Philips 55OLED854 with a price tag of 55,999 hryvnia. There is a model Philips 65OLED804, which differs in the design of the stand (it uses a regular, double stand without the ability to rotate the screen). The Philips 65OLED754 model is slightly inferior to it, differing from the 804 series in a different acoustic system (2 speakers of 8 W and a subwoofer of 24 W). One step lower are the 7334 series TVs with diagonals of 43, 55, 65 and 70 inches, more about which you can read in our review.
Competitors of the Philips 65OLED854 TV
If we consider the OLED + Android TV combination asmost preferred when choosing a TV, Philips can only compete with Sony, but prices there start from 74,999 hryvnia for a 55-inch model, which does not look attractive, taking into account Philips’s great customization capabilities and Ambilight. Among OLED TVs, LG models look advantageous, but they have their own WebOS operating system - very decent, by the way, but its technical capabilities are inferior to Android TV, just look at the application store, which, in comparison with the Google ecosystem, looks frankly meager - You won’t find any truly spectacular games there, only casual ones. Plus, Android has the main trump card for our latitudes - the ability to install applications from an apk file, which instantly puts all competitors on the blades, including Samsung with their, of course, excellent QLED TVs, which have all the same “disadvantages” (a proprietary operating system without the ability to install applications outside of its own market, and not such a variety of applications as Android).
Video review of the Philips 65OLED854 TV
Review of this TV in one video:
In the dry residue
Philips 65OLED854 4K TV for todayday represents the best OLED TV buy of late 2019. Firstly, a TV is not bought for 1-2 years, so it always makes sense to invest in a slightly larger diagonal (today 55 inches looks still interesting, in a couple of years it will already seem small - practice shows that there is no such thing as a too large diagonal for TVs) . Secondly, it runs Android TV - the most advanced operating system for TVs, offering users maximum capabilities that TVs of other brands cannot boast of (the number of available applications and the ability to install any others are still the main trump card of the system). Thirdly, these are the technological capabilities of Philips: proprietary Ambiligth lighting (by God, the mention of it has already set the teeth on edge, but you can’t erase the words from the song) and settings for sound and image processing algorithms, which can be appreciated by those who like to tinker with adapting technology to their taste. If all this is not enough, there is also, fourthly: this TV has the best price offer on the market, putting competitors' equipment with similar technical capabilities to shame. All this allows us with a clear conscience to give out our highest award for an OLED TV for the second year in a row - "Editorial choice" for a Philips TV.
5 reasons to buy a Philips 65OLED854 TV:
- the best OLED TV offer for Android TV on the market;
- branded three-way Ambilight with new features;
- remote control with QWERTY-keyboard and voice search;
- the ability to connect bluetooth headphones and speakers
- advanced sound and picture settings that competitors do not have.
2 reasons not to buy a Philips 65OLED854 TV:
- the budget is only enough for the 55th model;
- a bunch of Android consoles and OLED / QLED models can be cheaper.
Basic technical characteristics of the TVPhilips65OLED854
Screen
65″ (164 cm), OLED, 3840x2160
Dimensions (without stand)
1449x830x52 mm
Dimensions (with stand)
1449x8357x243 mm
Weight
27.9 kg / 30.5 kg with stand
HDR
HDR10+, Dolby Vision, HLG
Android version
9.0 Pie
CPU
P5 Pro Perfect Picture Engine
Memory
16 GB
Communications
dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.2, Chromecast
Connectors
HDMIx4, USBx2, Ethernet, YPbPr, 3.5 mm headphone
Sound
2x10 W, subwoofer 30 W, Dolby Atmos
Remote control
with QWERTY keyboard and microphone for voice commands
Energy consumption
189 W, 276 kWh per year, energy efficiency: class B
Price
79,999 UAH
TV Philips 65OLED854
Best OLED TV 2019
With remarkable technical capabilitiesThis OLED TV outperforms competitors not only with its features (Android TV with all its advantages), Ambilight branded backlighting, the ability to connect Bluetooth headphones and advanced settings for controlling sound and image processing algorithms, but also at a better price.
Editor's Choice
