Philips 55" OLED 999 One Day Only

gomara

Won't ship to Ireland buy use PW or another carrier?

Philips 55POS9002/05 55-Inch 4K Ultra HD OLED TV with Android Smart TV, Ambilight 3-sided, HDR Perfect, Freeview HD, 30w Sound (2017 Model) Silver https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0746PRDRJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_oD.uCbT45550E

2smiggy

£999 Sterling BTW

arleitiss

Keep in mind that:

£2000 Price tag was on April 10 - April 13 of 2018.

After April 13, 2018 it fell in price to a stable £1799
Then in May 15, it fell further to £1499
Then after few random sales/drops it stabilized at new price of £1199

So in reality the product page is a bit misleading, it's not £2000 drop to £999

It's £1199 to £999

Seeing the trend of it's pricing - it will probably go back up in price in few days and then soon-ish stabilize at £999.

theteal

Still not bad for a proper branded OLED to be £999, if it normalises around that figure a lot of people will be happy.

I couldn't trust the wife and kids with one though so not for me

D3V!L

My last Philips lasted only 2 years so I wouldn't touch them again. Their TV's are made under licence from some Dutch company.

Riesen_Meal

D3V!L wrote: »

My last Philips lasted only 2 years so I wouldn't touch them again. Their TV's are made under licence from some Dutch company.

My mate had a desperate time of it with a Phillips TV also, technicians, shipping it back and forth, was a disaster...

Ended up getting his money back and getting a Sony

Mantis Toboggan

Would the Phillips Oled be upto scratch with LG Oled?

carltonleon

LG far superior and the leading light (pardon the pun) for this technology

D3V!L

I got the LG 55B8 OLED at christmas. It was reduced to €1600 and well worth the investment.

RoboRat

Old Philips TV's were great, I still have my 32" ambilight working perfectly over 10 years later. I wouldn't trust the new stuff as it's not really Phillips, they disbanded the TV's and AV a few years ago if memory serves me right.

carltonleon

D3V!L wrote: »

I got the LG 55B8 OLED at christmas. It was reduced to €1600 and well worth the investment.

Is that the LG OLED55B8SLC model ?

D3V!L

carltonleon wrote: »

Is that the LG OLED55B8SLC model ?

Nope, I got the LG OLED55B8PLA, same thing but a nicer stand in my opinion. Also hides cables better.

Mickeroo

The panel will still be an LG panel, LG make all OLED panels far as I'm aware.

carltonleon

D3V!L wrote: »

Nope, I got the LG OLED55B8PLA, same thing but a nicer stand in my opinion. Also hides cables better.

Very nice, gets a fantastic review in which.co.uk
I was looking at the 55B8SLC in Harvey’s at €1299, which is why I was asking as thinking of purchasing

Hardtochoose

The amazon reviews on this aren’t great . Seems to be an issue with crashing , and no software updates to fix it. I’d rather spend the extra €400 to buy an LG from richersounds . Comes with a 6 year warranty also

carltonleon

Hardtochoose wrote: »

The amazon reviews on this aren’t great . Seems to be an issue with crashing , and no software updates to fix it. I’d rather spend the extra €400 to buy an LG from richersounds . Comes with a 6 year warranty also

The 6 year warranty is a massive incentive alright

Dazzy

D3V!L wrote: »

Nope, I got the LG OLED55B8PLA, same thing but a nicer stand in my opinion. Also hides cables better.

The PLA also has better speakers and a woofer.

Oat23

carltonleon wrote: »

Very nice, gets a fantastic review in which.co.uk
I was looking at the 55B8SLC in Harvey’s at €1299, which is why I was asking as thinking of purchasing

It might be worth contacting Richer Sounds in their forum on here about a price beat of this offer from Costco in the UK. Their UK branch was instructed to do a price beat of £949 (€1087) on the TV.


HUKD source


Seems RS are using the PLA version to price match (HUKD buyers say so) rather than the SLC model on sale in Costco & Harvey Norman. The PLA is supposed to be better.

The stands are different as above.

Also, according to the LG website:

OLED55B8PLA gets the "True Colour Accuracy Pro" system, whereas
OLED55B8SLC only has "True Colour Accuracy" system.

SLC has a 20W 2 speaker system.
PLA has a 40W 2.2 system. It seems the extra wattage is in the subwoofers.

PLA has wifi direct

SLC sits 24mm higher because of the stand and the stand is much deeper (319mm vs 220mm)

Edit: Forgot to mention, you also get the 6 year year RS warranty rather than the standard 2 year with Harveys. Definitely worth investigating.

I would spend a little extra on a 2018 LG B8 in a B&M store. For newness and ease of returns more than anything.

The 55" B8 is €1300-1350 in a few places, there's scope to haggle below that.

Jesper

So the Phillips works out at about €1,200 delivered.
Anyone know how this TV compares to

LG 55" 4K Ultra HD OLED Smart TV | OLED55B8SLC.

They are down to €1,299 at present (2017 model) and I was also looking at the 2018 model (new processer etc.)

LG 55" 4K UHD HDR OLED Smart TV | OLED55C8PLA (€1,688)

Dazzy

If HN are selling for €1300 then Currys might price match. The only issue might be that HN have the SLC while Currys have the PLA model.
Currys also include a 5 year guarantee which I would be happy to pay extra for.

I have the 65" B8 and I am delighted with it. I got mine from Currys and paid about €70 extra over Power City but I wanted the extra warranty.

Dazzy

Jesper wrote: »

So the Phillips works out at about €1,200 delivered.
Anyone know how this TV compares to

LG 55" 4K Ultra HD OLED Smart TV | OLED55B8SLC.

They are down to €1,299 at present (2017 model) and I was also looking at the 2018 model (new processer etc.)

LG 55" 4K UHD HDR OLED Smart TV | OLED55C8PLA (€1,688)

I did a lot of research before I bought mine and the LG was the best at that price point so I would definitely recommend the LG.

The SLC version is only €100 more in HN so I wouldn't even consider the Philips. If you can get Currys down to €1300 for the PLA then even better.

positron

"This item does not ship to UK - Northern Ireland." according to Amazon.

There's deal on HUKD about LG b8 from Costco for £950, again, won't ship to North or here.

I guess it's a matter of waiting couple of more months, 55" OLED prices have just started dropping below £1000 mark - but unfortunately most UK sellers won't ship 50" or larger to Ireland / North, so it will be a few years before prices come down to reasonable levels here.

Fr_Dougal

Don’t use PW for anything like this. I had an item shipped down before Xmas and it was damaged by PW, they washed their hands of it and said that it wasn’t their problem despite having taped up the box. Ask Richer Sounds to quote you, it will work out cheaper in the long run.

banie01

Mickeroo wrote: »

The panel will still be an LG panel, LG make all OLED panels far as I'm aware.

Was just about to post this.
Currently all OLED panels are LG, the hardware driving the panels is manufacturer specific however.

banie01

Dazzy wrote: »

If HN are selling for €1300 then Currys might price match. The only issue might be that HN have the SLC while Currys have the PLA model.
Currys also include a 5 year guarantee which I would be happy to pay extra for.

I have the 65" B8 and I am delighted with it. I got mine from Currys and paid about €70 extra over Power City but I wanted the extra warranty.

If anyone is selling at a good price, give the lads over on the Richersounds forum a shout.
They will price match and their warranty is 6yrs!
On top of that their knowledge and support is top notch

Dazzy

banie01 wrote: »

If anyone is selling at a good price, give the lads over on the Richersounds forum a shout.
They will price match and their warranty is 6yrs!
On top of that their knowledge and support is top notch

RS have a great reputation. Do they deliver or would you have to collect?

positron

RS doesn't always price match - someone in HUKD quoted RS Belfast wouldn't price match Costco offer stating Costco doesn't deliver to Belfast. They also wouldn't price match if the other seller is offering less than 6 years warranty.

RS Belfast is still a great bunch of guys to deal with, very helpful!

banie01

Dazzy wrote: »

RS have a great reputation. Do they deliver or would you have to collect?

They deliver, and very reasonably too.
Think it was €6.99 on my lat TV from them.

unklerosco

positron wrote: »

RS doesn't always price match - someone in HUKD quoted RS Belfast wouldn't price match Costco offer stating Costco doesn't deliver to Belfast. They also wouldn't price match if the other seller is offering less than 6 years warranty.

6yr warranty is a genius way of getting around the price match... no one else offers 6 years so it's very hard to get a like for like quote. Regardless, they are easily the best to deal with. I've purchased 3 TV's from them (one a LG 65" OLED), surround sound system, hifi and more and they are a pleasure to deal with!

And regarding OLED, it is honestly one of the best investments you can make for entertainment... After 2 years I'm still blown away by the pic quality.

theteal

D3V!L wrote: »

My last Philips lasted only 2 years so I wouldn't touch them again. Their TV's are made under licence from some Dutch company.

Nearly all the Brands lower range models are made by Vestel. Turkish iirc. The higher end will be developed and manufactured in-house. This particular model would be higher-end.

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Would the Phillips Oled be upto scratch with LG Oled?

carltonleon wrote: »

LG far superior and the leading light (pardon the pun) for this technology

LG Display (different section to everyday LG) make all the OLED panels in today's TVs. As for far superior? They're good value for money features wise but that's very much to hide that fact that they're a bit behind Pana and Sony in the colour/picture processing department. I've never been a fan of LG build quality tbh.

Also, as this is Philips I assume it's Android TV. It may be an idea to play with one in the flesh to see how you like it. Android TV can get laggy, Sony's have the same trouble.

slave1

Re warranty, does not make a difference if its a year, two years, three years etc.
You have your statutory rights, but if you feel more comfortable with 5/6year/whatever shop warranty then shop there but remember your statutory rights are massive in Ireland

Shred

slave1 wrote: »

Re warranty, does not make a difference if its a year, two years, three years etc.
You have your statutory rights, but if you feel more comfortable with 5/6year/whatever shop warranty then shop there but remember your statutory rights are massive in Ireland

Spot on!

Oh and FWIW, I have the LG 2017 B7 OLED and it's an amazing set, it still impresses me to this day.

ohnonotgmail

RoboRat wrote: »

Old Philips TV's were great, I still have my 32" ambilight working perfectly over 10 years later. I wouldn't trust the new stuff as it's not really Phillips, they disbanded the TV's and AV a few years ago if memory serves me right.

they sold the Philips name in 2011.

byte

theteal wrote: »

Nearly all the Brands lower range models are made by Vestel. Turkish iirc. The higher end will be developed and manufactured in-house. This particular model would be higher-end.

Philips TV's are licenced/owned/made by TPVision, who are based in Hong Kong. Of course, you could be right in that maybe they sublicence Vestel to make their lower end stuff.

Snake Plisken

Interesting if Brexit goes ahead how RS would honor the 6 year warranty south of the border and also say if your tv develops a fault now do you have to courier or drive it back to Belfast? Not such a big issue with an amp or speakers but a big delicate TV that might work out expensive!

Richersounds.ie: John

positron wrote: »

RS doesn't always price match - someone in HUKD quoted RS Belfast wouldn't price match Costco offer stating Costco doesn't deliver to Belfast. They also wouldn't price match if the other seller is offering less than 6 years warranty.

RS Belfast is still a great bunch of guys to deal with, very helpful!

Hi Guys,

I rarely post outside our own forum but I just spotted this whilst lurking around Boards ( Yep, I am that sad!)

Thanks Positron in the first instance - Flattery gets you everywhere - but just a couple of things - we didn't match that specific costco deal locally as Costco don't deliver to any part of Ireland and their warranty is specifically only for the UK mainland.

On the warranty / price-beat issue that someone else raised, when we initially moved from our 5 Year warranty to the 6 year on occasion we did not price beat competitor's 5 year warranties - however now our policy is that the offer has to be broadly the same and specifically we now include 5 year warranties - but of course again the offer has to be available for delivery to Ireland!

Thanks again guys,

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew

Richersounds.ie: John

unklerosco wrote: »

6yr warranty is a genius way of getting around the price match... no one else offers 6 years so it's very hard to get a like for like quote. Regardless, they are easily the best to deal with. I've purchased 3 TV's from them (one a LG 65" OLED), surround sound system, hifi and more and they are a pleasure to deal with!

And regarding OLED, it is honestly one of the best investments you can make for entertainment... After 2 years I'm still blown away by the pic quality.

Unkle,

long time

Thanks for the kind words as well - really appreciated and as per my previous post, yep initially we did not price beat some 5 year warranties, but we now specifically match competitors 5 Years against our 6 year

..and yep - OLED is M E G A..

Thanks again,

John Mc & Crew

Richersounds.ie: John

slave1 wrote: »

Re warranty, does not make a difference if its a year, two years, three years etc.
You have your statutory rights, but if you feel more comfortable with 5/6year/whatever shop warranty then shop there but remember your statutory rights are massive in Ireland

Hi Slave,

agreed but once you have a specific extended warranty ( to be fair not necessarily ours) the burden on the Customer of proving that any issue which arises after 6 months post purchase is a manufacturing issue is eased and the store warranty should kick in to save the Customer any liability to prove that the fault is a manufacturing issue..

..anyway, if it's free, grab it

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew

Richersounds.ie: John

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Interesting if Brexit goes ahead how RS would honor the 6 year warranty south of the border and also say if your tv develops a fault now do you have to courier or drive it back to Belfast? Not such a big issue with an amp or speakers but a big delicate TV that might work out expensive!

And last post for now..

Our 6 Year TV Guarantee for TV's of 39" and over includes an 'At Home' service across all Ireland - meaning that we will either try to repair the TV in your home or nowadays more commonly we will arrange collection of your TV by an authorised service agent, and have it repaired and returned to you free of charge.

On Brexit - what a disaster! but again we have already made arrangements to ensure our cover remains unchanged whatever the outcome - our main service agent covers the whole of Ireland on all our brands - the only exception is Hisense - Hisense only look after the first 12 months of warranty in the ROI for us and thereafter we do not have an agent that covers Hisense in the ROI.

At the moment we are courier collecting Hisense in years 2-6 and courier returning them but it's not an ideal situation and our customer service is not as we would like it in these instances - we are discussing this with Hisense and looking for a solution - but there is an outside possibility (unrelated to Brexit!) that we will not be able to continue to offer a 6 year warranty on Hisense TV - but of course all existing guarantees will be honoured..

thanks again - 2 interesting points and thanks for giving us the opportunity to address them..

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew

Snake Plisken

Richersounds.ie: John wrote: »

And last post for now..

Our 6 Year TV Guarantee for TV's of 39" and over includes an 'At Home' service across all Ireland - meaning that we will either try to repair the TV in your home or nowadays more commonly we will arrange collection of your TV by an authorised service agent, and have it repaired and returned to you free of charge.

On Brexit - what a disaster! but again we have already made arrangements to ensure our cover remains unchanged whatever the outcome - our main service agent covers the whole of Ireland on all our brands - the only exception is Hisense - Hisense only look after the first 12 months of warranty in the ROI for us and thereafter we do not have an agent that covers Hisense in the ROI.

At the moment we are courier collecting Hisense in years 2-6 and courier returning them but it's not an ideal situation and our customer service is not as we would like it in these instances - we are discussing this with Hisense and looking for a solution - but there is an outside possibility (unrelated to Brexit!) that we will not be able to continue to offer a 6 year warranty on Hisense TV - but of course all existing guarantees will be honoured..

thanks again - 2 interesting points and thanks for giving us the opportunity to address them..

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew

Thanks for the indepth answer John, good to see you have planned for Brexit and continued support for your customers, am I right in saying that you use official repair agents of say LG or Panasonic for any warranty work but with Hisense they won't support in ROI but will in NI?

positron

Richersounds.ie: John wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I rarely post outside our own forum but I just spotted this whilst lurking around Boards ( Yep, I am that sad!)

Thanks Positron in the first instance - Flattery gets you everywhere - but just a couple of things - we didn't match that specific costco deal locally as Costco don't deliver to any part of Ireland and their warranty is specifically only for the UK mainland.

On the warranty / price-beat issue that someone else raised, when we initially moved from our 5 Year warranty to the 6 year on occasion we did not price beat competitor's 5 year warranties - however now our policy is that the offer has to be broadly the same and specifically we now include 5 year warranties - but of course again the offer has to be available for delivery to Ireland!

Thanks again guys,

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew

Thanks for clarifying these points - I was only quoting what I read elsewhere,
a bit like playing chinese whispers.

Unfortunately for us in the Republic, there is no mad rush from UK based retailers in proving us a any decent prices and long warranty. You guys are the only one providing that quality of the service in this island, and thank you for that.

Richersounds.ie: John

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Thanks for the indepth answer John, good to see you have planned for Brexit and continued support for your customers, am I right in saying that you use official repair agents of say LG or Panasonic for any warranty work but with Hisense they won't support in ROI but will in NI?

Thanks Snake

We ONLY work with authorised service agents, which to be honest can sometimes be a PITA as there are some excellent independent service agents - but our logic is that it is always best to only use Authorised agents when a unit is under warranty to avoid any potential conflict with the manufacturers.

With regard to Hisense - and I can only speak specifically of our own arrangements and not for any other retailers, Hisense do cover the whole Island for the 1st year - thereafter we have to collect the TV's and deliver them to an ( excellent) NI based agent and then we redeliver them to the Customer when the service is complete - luckily these instances are rare!

Outside warranty we have very few issues but again re what agents there are a couple of Dublin based service companies that we recommend as reliable and relatively inexpensive and they are Plasmacare.ie ( Nangor Road) and Lawless Brothers in Malahide..

Thanks again for the platform and the kind words - really appreciated!

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew

Soarer

So where are all the £999 OLEDs John?!??!

10000maniacs

Dazzy wrote: »

The PLA also has better speakers and a woofer.

Yeah, I got the OLED55B8SLC from PC World for about €1300 in the winter sale.
The built in rear speakers are amazing, high on bass.
The picture quality is amazing on YouTube & Netflix 4K content.
Even HD is dramatically upscaled.
Playing 4K movies via an external HDD tops the lot. Jeez it was absolutely pristine. I watched the movies The Martian and Life last weekend and was totally blown away.

Soarer

10000maniacs wrote: »

Yeah, I got the OLED55B8SLC from PC World for about €1300 in the winter sale.
The built in rear speakers are amazing, high on bass.
The picture quality is amazing on YouTube & Netflix 4K content.
Even HD is dramatically upscaled.
Playing 4K movies via an external HDD tops the lot. Jeez it was absolutely pristine. I watched the movies The Martian and Life last weekend and was totally blown away.

Get a quality rip of Gladiator or 300. It's like watching new movies!