Philips 55OLED856 - 55 inch OLED 4K Ultra HD HDR Smart TV Freeview Play - £799 VIP Members (Possibly £789) @ Richer Sounds

I was told they wouldn't add the extra £10 VIP discount to the order. Anyone else get it added successfully?

I've been to look at this today, also the Sony bravia 55xra80, the LG C2 and the Samsung S95b.

Cannot decide what to do! I initially liked the S95b, but the blacks didn't look as good next to the C2. They didn't have this model, but the other similar Phillips were very impressive.

I would mainly use the TV for streaming services and sport. I don't have a soundbar.

Someone please tell me what to do 🙈

It begins.

Massively tempted for this one but seen some bad stuff about refresh rates on some Philips TVs and they seem to be sorely lacking in reviews:

hdtvtest.co.uk/n/Philips-to-bring-4K120Hz-VRR-update-to-some-2021-OLED-TVs

It says this was expected to be resolved but no word on it.

Also to be clear, it's a 2021 TV. (edited)

Price gone up to £999. Expired

Good deal but it's 2 years guarantee

Tempted too.. wanted to go up to 65" but that looks like it's no longer available and the other Philips 65" OLED on RS (the 807) is over a grand more at £1899.

Anyone had sound sync issues with this TV? I've got a 2019 inch model and the audio is later than the picture when using the native apps. Strangely enough I don't seem to notice it when using my external BT freeview box

Can’t speak for this exact model, but I had the 804 and have just upgraded to the 807 with richer sounds and both TV’s are amazing! Picture quality is A1 and the P5 picture engine is the best on the market! Ambilight makes a lot more difference than you expect with movies too! thumbs up from me!

I bought one of these last year in the BF sale, Paid £1099 for it with the 6 year warranty, Best TV that i have owned by far and i had the Pioneer Kuro 500A , Only thing that i don't like is the 10 minute cleaning process every 6 hours, Apart from that , Connected to a good sound system and its far better than anything else on the market and yes, i did try the high end TV with the B&W sound bar and i sent it back, It was not worth the money

I bought one of these last year in the BF sale, Paid £1099 for it with the 6 year warranty, Best TV that i have owned by far and i had the Pioneer Kuro 500A , Only thing that i don't like is the 10 minute cleaning process every 6 hours, Apart from that , Connected to a good sound system and its far better than anything else on the market and yes, i did try the high end TV with the B&W sound bar and i sent it back, It was not worth the money (edited)

Why is it only a 2 year guarantee?

Is this a better deal than the LG posted earlier?

that is an unbelievable deal!

just to add, this model now has an update allowing 4k HDR VRR at 120hhz (edited)

I have last year's model 55OLED806, this is the latest version, a stonking TV and a stonking deal.
Picture, sound, ambilight....all brilliant. I used to always buy Panasonic tv's but Philips for me from now on.
Nothing to lose here, return after 100 days if not delighted. (edited)

How did you order ? Over phone or at store

Thanks, been waiting for a 4 sided Ambilight as we are hanging the TV on the wall.
TV was on display, picture looked fantastic and ended up picking one up from the local store. TV in the box fitted in a small hatchback. (edited)

Last year model lacks 120VRR and DV at more than 60Hz on HDMI

Bit odd having to order via phone, what year haven’t I been transported to?

You’d think they would let you buy online too without having to phone them.

Always fancied trying an Ambilight. Had a deal lined up on a 55" S95B to pick up today from Currys, but today RS have the 65" at under £1400, the 55" C2 under a grand and now this. I only told them to blow the bleedin doors off

What to do?

I've gone for this, but confused by the earlier comment about the washing process. I can't find anything about this, other than this from the TV manual:

OLED refreshing process
Settings > General settings > Shop setup >OLED refreshing process.
Select Refresh OLED (every 4 hours) to refresh yourOLED TV screen every 4 hours. Select Off to switchoff OLED refreshing process. Switching off thisprocess may result in image retention, which mayvoid your warranty.

What is it, I can only find people talking about cleaning TVs, and not a "washing process" for OLED? I suppose if this is a problem, the 100 day trial will save me.

This or a lg CS for £765?

Will Currys price match this?

Thanks,
Do you know if there's a delivery cost for telesales?
I tried to call the shop but the delivery cost was really high due to the distance from the store