The second Roku TV with an OLED display is likely to offer the best picture quality of any Roku TV to date. It is a Philips but it does not have Ambilight.
Roku remains the best-selling TV operating system in the US and the platform has traditionally been associated with affordable media players and TVs with LCD panels.
With its self-emissive OLED panel, this TV delivers superior picture quality in 4K HDR, offering deeper blacks and an expanded range of colors and brightness. It supports 120Hz, Dolby Vision and AMD FreeSync, though its HDMI ports appear to be limited to HDMI 2.0 bandwidth (4K60).
Affordable, but not exactly cheap
The Philips 974-series OLED Roku TV is now available exclusively in a 65-inch size through Sam's Club for $1300, both in-store and online.
While $1300 undercuts most some 65-inch OLED TVs, it is not the cheapest option. LG’s 65-inch B4 costs less. Still, it is good to see OLED technology finally arrive in a Roku TV.
The new Philips OLED Roku TV. Photo: Roku
The TV features a built-in 2.1-channel speaker system, Dolby Atmos support, HDMI eARC, and comes with Roku's voice remote.
Though sold under the Philips brand, it lacks Ambilight and differs from the TP Vision Philips TVs sold in Europe, where Philips offers a broad range of TVs including multiple OLED TVs.
