AV INFO
PRODUCT: 65in 4K OLED TV with semi-external sound system
POSITION: Philips' flagship OLED model
PEERS: LG OLED65G1; Sony XR-65A90J; Panasonic TX-65JZ2000
Many AV brands like to claim they've got a ‘statement' model at the top of their TV lineups. Few, if any, deliver on this claim as comprehensively as Philips does with its 65OLED+986, a product that's one part premium TV, one part high-end sound system, and one part style icon. It's far removed from the plastic-wrapped budget bigscreens you'll find in the supermarket aisles, and has the price tag to prove it.
The first unusual thing about this £4,000 65-incher (there's no other size available) is that it's a floorstander. An impressively heavy-duty brushed aluminium floor plate provides the base for an equally robust and shiny pole mount, onto which are fixed a huge external speaker enclosure as well as the TV's OLED panel.The speaker enclosure is almost as wide as the glass above it. It looks lovely in its combination of silvery metallic bodywork and Kvadrat fabric, and adopts a vertical ‘stance' to ensure that the full spread of its trio of 4in bass/mid drivers (fitted into independently isolated enclosures with decoupled, baffle-mounted tweeters for the left and right channels) is aimed directly at you.
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