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    Customer Reviews - Philips PUS8309 55" 4K Ultra HD Smart Ambilight TV [2024] - 55PUS8309/05

    Customer Reviews - Philips PUS8309 55" 4K Ultra HD Smart Ambilight TV [2024] - 55PUS8309/05

    Philips PUS8309 55" 4K Ultra HD Smart Ambilight TV [2024] - 55PUS8309/05
    £419
    • 4K Ultra HD — Incredibly sharp, crystal-clear pictures
    • 3 sided Ambilight — LEDs project colours behind the TV
    • HDR10+ — Enhanced colours with deep, vibrant contrast
    • TITAN OS — Customisable home page for easy searching
    • Works with Google Assistant — Control with your voice
    4.7 / 5
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    An Illuminating Upgrade

    5/5
    Bought this unit as an upgrade to our previous 43" Ambilight TV - the Ambilight feature really adds to the immersion of TV, films and games, and works even better on this newer model with its slimmer bezels. However, weirdly, the screen doesn't seem to go all the way to the bezels, leaving an extra, small black band - it's nothing major, but I've no idea why it is designed like that - it is just a little triggering, if nothing else. The colour calibration out of the box is terrible - overly bright, very washed out - I'd recommend going into the settings and giving it some fine tuning, as it can look great. I can't comment on the TV software much, as we use it as a 'dumb TV' with a home theatre/streaming/gaming PC and A/V system, however the software doesn't seem intrusive (or randomly boot loop/crash like our previous model). It's also with checking for updates as soon as you get it set up, and then making adjustments afterwards. I can't comment on the inbuilt speakers, but e-arc works fine with our amplifier. Overall, very pleased!
    Joseph

    Excellent value

    4/5
    Good quality for the price
    Tony

    Great, but a bit slow.

    4/5
    For the money, it's a great product. Only it's very slow when navigating around the TVs UI. But I think this is common with cheaper TVs
    Ryan

    Philips 55” TV

    5/5
    Very pleased with my purchase. Picture is crystal clear and the ambient lighting is a great feature.
    Andrew

    Ambilight is great

    4/5
    As far as smart TVs go it's great for the ambient light settings and easy to use. The picture quality is good too with a bit to be desired on darker scenes but for the price it's good value.
    Andy

    Perfect

    5/5
    Excellent value from money, especially from a well known brand and excellent delivery service too
    Luca

    Great Ambilight TV

    5/5
    Really pleased with this TV. We had an Ambilight TV a few years ago and missed it so we were excited to have another. This has not disappointed with a good picture and that added immersive feature of Ambilight. The only downsides are standard definition broadcasts are not great and the sound needs a boost, not a problem for us as we watch HD and UHD material and have it connected to an AV amp.
    Richard Trott

    Great tv

    5/5
    Great tv, nice remote, easy to use
    Hannah