TechTvsPhilips 55PUS8807 review: is this 4K TV truly ‘The One’?A great bright-room performer with some impressive gaming featuresWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.(Image credit: Phillips)T3 VerdictPhilips has pulled out all the stops for this latest version of its high-spec 4K mid-range TV, dubbed ‘The One’. The result is a great bright room performer with some impressive gaming features, including VRR and 4K 120 High Frame Rate support. We think it’s great value for money.Reasons to buy+Vibrant picture performance+4K 120HZ support+Value for moneyReasons to avoid-Average sound-Only two HDMIs support 120fpsWhy you can trust T3Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test.
TechTvsPhilips 55PUS8807 review: is this 4K TV truly ‘The One’?A great bright-room performer with some impressive gaming featuresWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.(Image credit: Phillips)T3 VerdictPhilips has pulled out all the stops for this latest version of its high-spec 4K mid-range TV, dubbed ‘The One’. The result is a great bright room performer with some impressive gaming features, including VRR and 4K 120 High Frame Rate support. We think it’s great value for money.Reasons to buy+Vibrant picture performance+4K 120HZ support+Value for moneyReasons to avoid-Average sound-Only two HDMIs support 120fpsWhy you can trust T3Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test.
A great bright-room performer with some impressive gaming features
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(Image credit: Phillips)T3 VerdictPhilips has pulled out all the stops for this latest version of its high-spec 4K mid-range TV, dubbed ‘The One’. The result is a great bright room performer with some impressive gaming features, including VRR and 4K 120 High Frame Rate support. We think it’s great value for money.Reasons to buy+Vibrant picture performance+4K 120HZ support+Value for moneyReasons to avoid-Average sound-Only two HDMIs support 120fps
(Image credit: Phillips)
(Image credit: Phillips)
T3 VerdictPhilips has pulled out all the stops for this latest version of its high-spec 4K mid-range TV, dubbed ‘The One’. The result is a great bright room performer with some impressive gaming features, including VRR and 4K 120 High Frame Rate support. We think it’s great value for money.Reasons to buy+Vibrant picture performance+4K 120HZ support+Value for moneyReasons to avoid-Average sound-Only two HDMIs support 120fps
T3 VerdictPhilips has pulled out all the stops for this latest version of its high-spec 4K mid-range TV, dubbed ‘The One’. The result is a great bright room performer with some impressive gaming features, including VRR and 4K 120 High Frame Rate support. We think it’s great value for money.
T3 Verdict
Philips has pulled out all the stops for this latest version of its high-spec 4K mid-range TV, dubbed ‘The One’. The result is a great bright room performer with some impressive gaming features, including VRR and 4K 120 High Frame Rate support. We think it’s great value for money.
Reasons to buy+Vibrant picture performance+4K 120HZ support+Value for moneyReasons to avoid-Average sound-Only two HDMIs support 120fps
Reasons to buy+Vibrant picture performance+4K 120HZ support+Value for money
Vibrant picture performance
4K 120HZ support
Value for money
Reasons to avoid-Average sound-Only two HDMIs support 120fps
Average sound
Only two HDMIs support 120fps
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Philips has scored something of a marketing bullseye with The One, its premium mid-range LED LCD TV offering. Now in its fourth generation, the 8807 combines a dynamic UHD picture performance, ideal for bright room viewing conditions, universal high dynamic range (HDR) compliance, and a host of new gaming features.
That includes a dedicated Games Bar to keep you in the loop when it comes to settings, plus 4K 120fps support. It’s smart too, built on the solid bedrock ofAndroid11 with voice assistance baked in.
So is there really any need to spend more on your nextbest TV? Our Philips PUS8807 TV review gets into all the details you need know about…
Philips 8807 review: Price and availability
Philips has made sure there’s One for everyone (see what we did there?). This 8 Series set is available in 43-, 50-, 55-, 75-, and 86-inch screen sizes. It’s the 55-incher on review here, known as the 55PUS8807/12 in the UK.
Prices are competitive. You’ll be able to see the latest pricing for the 55-inch model in the shopping widget embedded below, but at the time of writing it’s£699 at Currys.
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Philips 55PUS8807 review: Features & what’s new
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There’s no shortage of niceties on the feature roster. Ambilight, Philips' celebrated mood lighting system, is present in three-sided form. It features the usual Follow Video, Follow Audio and flat colour wash modes to dynamically spill light beyond the screen onto surrounding walls.
New this season is Aurora, an ambient viewing option. Aurora comes with a number of gratis animations, including jellyfish, clocks, hearts and suchlike.
Console owners will be more interested in a new Game Bar interface, accessible via an awkward long press on the menu button. As we’ve seen on rival game-centric control systems, this dedicated interface bar flags up frame rate, input lag level, HDR and colour space info.
To further appeal, the 8807 isAMD Freesync Premiumand Nvidia G-Sync certified. Two of its fourHDMI inputs are 120fps capable. Latency is good enough: we measured 16.6ms input lag in Game Mode (at 1080/60).
Philips PUS8807 review: Images and sound
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(Image credit: Phillips)
The 8807 is a great bright-room TV. Images have high average brightness, high impact colour and punchy contrast. The processing engine responsible is Philips' fifth-gen P5 picture engine.
The set does a surprisingly good job with near-black detail, not usually a strong point for LED TVs; it’s also pleasing cinematic, provided you watch using the set’s Movie motion style setting.
Its actual HDR performance is about average for this calibre of screen; we measured peak brightness at 520 nits. This effectively means that the set has the range to punch out fine specular details, like fireworks, headlights in the dark and so on, bringing depth to its images. But it’s not as bright as the top-end sets elsewhere on the market.
Picture modes comprise Personal, Vivid, Natural, Eco, Movie, and Expert 1 and 2; there’s also a Calman calibration option. With HDR content, you get HDR variations.
On the 8807, Eco mode looks overly dull, far better is the default Natural. Contrary to popular opinion, the Vivid setting is also a likely crowd pleaser, although there’s no question that it oversaturates.
You can also use the TV’s speakers as a centre in a multi-speaker home cinema setup, if that appeals. And the 8807 is DTS Play-Fi enabled, which means it will work as part of a whole home audio system with other DTS Play-Fi kit, grouping with compatible Play-Fi speakers.
Philips 55PUS8807 review: Design & usability
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(Image credit: Phillips)
When it comes to cosmetics, this One looks a lot like the last, um, One – but that’s no bad thing. The set has an ultra-slim silver grey bezel, and comes with a matching central pedestal stand. All very neat.
The supplied remote control is similarly slim and silvery, with dedicated buttons for Prime Video,Netflix, Rakuten TV, and the Google Play app store.
Connectivity comprises four HDMI inputs, two of which are 4K 120fps capable. All HDMI ports support ARC, withone eARC enabled. There’s also a digital optical audio output, two USB ports, and Ethernet to support Wi-Fi. The set has two tuners, one for terrestrial Freeview Play, the other satellite.
Philips 8807 review: Verdict
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(Image credit: Phillips)
Philips The One, also known as the PUS8807, is designed for broad appeal – and it certainly fulfils the brief. This model is better value than its predecessor (and many competitors), thanks to the provision of high frame-rate (HFR) compatible HDMI inputs and Philips' handy new Game Bar menu, making it a good option if you own a next-gen console.
Also consider
Fancy switching things up and going with a year-older OLED panel? LG’s C1, in its 48-inch scale, is a little smaller and doesn’t offer Ambilight, but its picture performance is a step above for hardly any more cash. Well worth it if you’re contemplating the OLED option!
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