Philips’ new Roku TVs come with their own immersive backlights

Philips’ Ambilight TVs are present disposable with Roku TV. | Image: Philips

Philips has announced a new lineup of LCD TVs featuring some built-in immersive backlighting and the Roku TV operating system. The company’s Ambilight technology, which uses a bid of color-changing LEDs connected the backmost of the TV acceptable to task colors onto walls mirroring what’s happening connected screen, has been astir for a fewer decades. These are the archetypal TVs from Philips to brace Ambilight with the Roku TV OS truthful you’ll spot the effect portion utilizing fashionable streaming apps, erstwhile watching implicit 500 unrecorded TV channels, oregon portion sharing photos and videos to the TV from an Apple instrumentality utilizing AirPlay.

The caller Philips Roku TVs are present disposable exclusively done Sam’s Club online and in-store and are launching successful 4 antithetic sizes: 43 inches for $229, 50 inches for $259, 55 inches for $329, and 65 inches for $389. Third-party solutions similar the $350 Philips Hue 8K sync box outgo astir arsenic overmuch arsenic the largest TV successful the caller lineup and don’t travel with lights. There are cheaper alternatives, similar Govee’s TV Backlight 3 Pro and the $100 Nanoleaf 4D V2, but their LEDs necessitate installation and the usage of cameras positioned astir your TV to seizure what’s happening connected screen.

The TVs don’t diagnostic the latest show technologies similar OLED, Mini LED, oregon MicroLED panels, but they’re each 4K capable, enactment HDR10, and tin automatically power to antithetic representation modes depending connected what you’re watching. They tin besides wirelessly link to Roku speakers, soundbars, and subwoofers, and are compatible with the Roku mobile app that adds dependable controls and astute location connectivity, including on-screen notifications. The LED backlighting tin adjacent beryllium utilized portion the TV is disconnected done a enactment of color-changing Roku Backdrops oregon arsenic a visualizer portion streaming music.