I tested the Philips OLED+950 TV for a month and the picture quality blew me away

Picture quality is what Philips is aiming for, and this is one of the best-looking OLED TVs that you can buy. It has an advantage over Samsung, Sony and LG in that it supports both Dolby Vision and HDR10+ formats for great HDR results, regardless of the source. Philips has put extra effort into making scenes come to life with bright highlights and vibrant colours.

There’s support for Filmmaker Mode, which is comfortably watchable on this TV. This can be too dark on some models and I’ve needed the “Movie” Motion Style to remove judder, but the Philips OLED+950 presents this content as the director intended.

The picture processing can push things to be brighter, sharper and, in some cases, ultra-real, through the HDR Crystal Clear mode, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. Crystal Clear offers a cooler picture with brighter highlights and more contrast. I watched Guardians of the Galaxy in this mode and the action jumped off the screen.

Watching sci-fi series The Expanse, highlights were distractingly bright, with details like a white shirt losing all texture. In short, choose the picture mode with care and be prepared to switch, and take advantage of the settings to control how you want the picture to look.

There’s loads of contrast with great handling of dark scenes. It’s great for daytime viewing, with an effective anti-reflective finish to the screen, just not quite as good as Samsung’s glare-killing matte finish on its top TVs.

Both HDR and SDR (like broadcast TV) look excellent, with skilled upscaling of lower quality content.

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Score: 8/10