Philips 55OLED805 Review, A Deep Dive into OLED and Ambilight Brilliance
by Samuel Kalenga on Sep 15, 2024
A Picture That Speaks for Itself: The Power of OLED
A powerful OLED (organic light-emitting diode) panel, already the basis of a glorious future technologies, is at the centre of Philips 55OLED805. An OLED panel is in a way an opposite of a standard LED TV. While the latter uses a backlight to evenly illuminate the entire screen, every pixel of an OLED panel is able to light itself, making it possible to control the screen with incredible precision. The result: a picture as close to reality as technology can make it. It’s the blacks, perhaps more than anything else, that distinguish OLED.
If its content wants black, the pixel in question stops emitting light entirely: ‘0’ per cent on the television’s scale equates to absolutely zero light coming from that spot. Even the darkest shades on a LCD, in contrast, are tainted to some degree with light. And that makes for a tremendous contrast ratio — the exact measure of how well the television displays objects at absolute black and absolute white. The result is ultra-real, with more vivid, more salient, more accurately rendered colour and detail. It’s a picture that looks exceedingly real.
Equipped with a 4K UHD resolution, provided by 3840 x 2160 pixels, the 55OLED805 is able to offer such an impressive level of detail that you already feel like a person taking part in all the action in front of you. Such incredibly accomplished picture quality ensures that you will feel the movie, sporting event, or nature documentary presented to you as vivid and authentic as never before. Every tiny, minuscule detail, every soft-light and shadow, the texture of any living organism – the 55OLED805 delivers it with such resplendent clarity that will certainly make any viewing session unforgettable.
Ambilight: The Magic of Light and Immersion
Philips’s highly developed Ambilight technology is a signature feature of the 55OLED805 and sets it apart from other OLEDs we’ve seen, as it’s capable of displaying a huge range of vivid colours to a larger area of your room than before. Ambilight is a lighting system that projects light from the back of the TV to the side and rear walls. The colour of the light projected onto your walls is dynamically adjusted to complement the colours being shown on-screen.
It’s like a halo effect that transforms a regular TV into a much bigger screen to draw you in. While Ambilight introduces an element of visual embellishment, it does much more than that. It also shapes the mood and atmosphere of visual immersion. Ambilight is not peripheral to where you’re ‘actually’ looking; it draws you into loosely connected cartography of yourself and what’s onscreen. TV seams disappear. It’s a way of coaxing the TV from the outlandishly hypnotic distant abyss of your living room lounge. Ambilight is everywhere.
Ambilight already speaks for the action. Ambilight makes everything you’re looking at feel instantly personal. Action films become all the more thrilling, dramas feel more heart-pounding, nature documentaries feel at once closer and more affecting. Ambilight makes everything you’re looking at feel like it’s happening to you, and happening all around you.
Powerful Audio: A Cinematic Sound Experience
Aside from producing the most beautiful visuals, the Philips 55OLED805 also boasts a strong and confident audio performance to match the picture. The built-in speakers are capable of producing ample power, depth and realism that’s low in distortion and high in clarity, able to render dialogue cleanly, high frequencies precisely and lows with punch and control.
A rich and expressive presentation brings every soft and quiet whisper, lustrous explosion and every subtle musical nuance to life with genuine authenticity. For sheer surround-audio-crazy, another option is the 55OLED805’s Dolby Atmos, which defies the trappings of multichannel stereo systems. Instead, it essentially envelops you in sound, giving you the sense of being in the space with the action itself. In this case, Dolby have gone the way of LucasFilm and used directional metadata for their surround sound tech, throwing your audio up and over your head (with Dolby Atmos-optimised narrative soundtracks).
It’s not just your eyes; your ears will have the sense that they are pinched back in the middle of the scene. With the sound altering on a scene-by-scene basis, plunging into dialogue and blasting out music and explosions, your experience will be one of pure immersion. You could swear the action is happening right there in your living room with you rather than on the TV alone.
Smart Features: A Gateway to Endless Entertainment
The Philips 55OLED805 isn’t just a visual and audio feast: it promises to give us a new way to access it by being the gateway to an entertainment universe with its Android TV operating system, which offers access to a wide range of apps and content, and TV streaming services. On the plus side, like 55OLED4, the 55OLED805 supports Google assistant and Amazon Alexa, which means you can control your TV using your voice. Simply speak, and your 55OLED805 responds. That means you can have your TV search for your favourite content, change the settings, and do almost anything else, using nothing more than the command of your voice. And this certainly adds a dimension of convenience to 55OLED805.Unveiling the Essence: Key Features of the Philips 55OLED805
- 55-inch 4K UHD OLED panel for unparalleled picture quality and perfect black levels
- Philips Ambilight technology for an immersive viewing experience that extends beyond the screen
- Powerful sound system with Dolby Atmos, the technology that delivers cinema-like sound effects that seem to circle your head.
- Android TV operating system for access to a vast library of content and apps
- Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa compatibility for effortless voice control
- HDR support for enhanced contrast and detail, revealing the full potential of HDR content
- Sleek and modern design that seamlessly integrates into any home environment
Design and Aesthetics: A Fusion of Performance and Style
Not only is the Philips 55OLED805 a powerful piece of home equipment, it is also good home design. The brushed aluminium body is sleek and modern; it looks good in any room. A minimalist chassis and thinish screen takes your living space from workmanlike to aesthetically pleasing in an instant. This is an entertainment console that simultaneously amplifies your TV to create a whiz-bang home theatre, and enlivens your living space by removing the stark, boxy nature of obsolescent flatscreens, augmenting it with style.Conclusion: A Pinnacle of Technological Advancement
The Philips 55OLED805 is the result of decades of technological innovation in home entertainment. For anyone who wants the very best in home cinema, the crown has just been passed. Through its amazing picture quality, incredibly powerful sound and innovative features, this TV will provide a relaxing, immersive experience, brinister that will bring your living room to life.
The 55OLED805’s immense power ensures that you and your family can enjoy amazing viewing every time. Traditional 2D movies, attention-grabbing blockbusters or the game that showcases the true greatness of a champion, the 55OLED805 provides the maximum experience and leaves no room for compromise.
Its powerful processing and enormous speaker output will deliver intense noise, explosion and gritty realism so good, you will feel truly absorbed into the magic of entertainment, grasping each moment as if you were really there. 55ØLED805 will take your breath away, making it the leading entertainer in the room.
