Here is a TV with such quality sound you can use it as a stereo. It’s just a shame my wife will never let me watch Mad Max: Fury Road on the home telly no matter how awesome the technology
Philips OLED+984 Ambilight
£4,499, philips.co.uk
Watching the opening scenes of Mad Max: Fury Road, the sound swirls as if I actually am in a radioactive desert, and the bit where Max eats a mutated lizard is so crisp it sounds delicious.
The Philips OLED+984 Ambilight is tricked out with toys such as four-sided Ambilight, which spreads coloured light out from behind the set to match the hellish orange of Mad Max’s world. In Ultra HD, it’s genuinely awe-inspiring
It’s also a powerful reminder that my wife will never allow me to watch films like this on our telly, regardless of how high the sound quality.
So I regard the 65in Philips OLED+984 Ambilight with wistful longing. There’s little point in bringing such a majestic device into a home where the biggest workout it’s going to get is early morning Paw Patrol binges.
The idea is that it’s a TV with such good sound you can use it as an actual stereo. Instead of weedy speakers built into the screen, there’s a rigid metal panel mounted beneath it, which contains three 4in mid-bass drivers from British hi-fi overlords Bowers & Wilkins. When you listen to music, the two outer ones work as stereo speakers.
The idea is that it’s a TV with such good sound you can use it as an actual stereo. Instead of weedy speakers built into the screen, there’s a rigid metal panel mounted beneath it, which contains three 4in mid-bass drivers from British hi-fi overlords Bowers & Wilkins
Blasting out Metallica, it’s really not far off a ‘proper’ stereo.
The TV itself is tricked out with toys such as four-sided Ambilight, which spreads coloured light out from behind the set to match the hellish orange of Mad Max’s world. In Ultra HD, it’s genuinely awe-inspiring.
This is a ludicrous, lovely toy for rich people and fortunate souls without children. I’m terribly jealous.