The Dutch brand Phillips has perhaps one of the most clear divisions of all produced TVs into classes and series. At the bottom of the hierarchical ladder are the old-school HD TVs from the fifth line, followed by more balanced smart TVs with an index of 6 or 7, and high-end and large-sized TVs with diagonals from 55 to 75 inches from the ninth series close the chain. And in terms of coolness, the latter are second only to the more expensive OLED TVs of the Philips brand.


Most representatives of the ninth line boast high-quality 4K screens with 120 Hz scanning and an advanced version of the P5 Perfect Picture post-processing chip. They are also equipped with the proprietary Ambilight adaptive lighting system and powerful sound bars, the production of which was, among other things, carried out by British craftsmen from Bowers & Wilkins. In the latter case, we are talking about really high-quality and powerful acoustics (approx: 50 W and above), so Phillip limited itself to installing it only in the most expensive and high-status TVs of the ninth series. The brains are traditional Android TV with integrated voice assistants from Google and Amazon.

As for the difference between TVs of the ninth series, the simpler models use traditional LED backlighting, while in more advanced TVs the company's engineers experimented with the more interesting Mini LED backlighting, thanks to which the image looks brighter and more contrasty, and the backlight itself is distributed more evenly. Regardless of the backlight, all “nines” boast natural color reproduction with realistic blacks (in some cases there is CalMAN certification), can display content in the HDR10+/Dolby Vision format and skillfully cope with artificial resolution increases (thanks to the P5 processor). Support for AMD FreeSync technology, an overclocked refresh rate of up to 120 Hz and the presence of modern HDMI 2.1 ports should appeal to modern gamers who do not plan to compromise on quality.