THE BEST Philips

Philips continues to expand their Hue smartbulb line with a series of bulbs that look like vintage Edison-style filament lights. There are numerous LED bulbs with this look these days, but only these ones can be remotely controlled via the Hue app. Available in A19, ST19, and G25 styles.

Philips Hue lights can now be synchronized with the content displayed on your television for the ultimate in immersion. The box connects up to four HDMI devices, and works in concert with your Hue bridge and up to 10 Hue lights to color-coordinate lighting with the images on your TV.

Philips reasonably-priced, open back cans provide an immersive soundfield, and their 50 mm high definition neodymium drivers offer frequency response from 5 – 40,000 Hz with minimal distortion, so you won’t miss the slightest nuance. Plus their velour-covered memory foam cushions mean comfortable listening for hours.

Philips’ Hue Play is an RGB LED accent light that can be used in a variety of ways. You can mount it behind a monitor and use it to enhance what’s on screen. You can also let it stand vertically or horizontally. Drops 10/2018 for $70 for a single bar, or $130 for a 2-pack.

The Philips Momentum 436M6VBPAB was designed for gaming. It has a 43″ screen with 4K resolution and HDR1000, ensuring bright whites and deep blacks. It’s also extremely responsive with a 4ms response time and has built-in ambient lighting.

This streamlined home theater sound system uses 18 speakers to provide truly immersive sound, including upward-firing drivers and Dolby Atmos compatibility for 3-dimensional sound effects that bounce off your ceiling. The 400W system includes a 220W wireless sub.

Philips improves its Ambilight technology with AmbiLux HDTVs. Starting with a 65″ model, these AmbiLux sets each have nine tiny projectors at the back that extend not just the color but also the general motion and shapes of objects on-screen.

A portable version of Philips color-changing LED lights, the Hue Go has a built-in rechargeable battery pack, and works seamlessly with existing Hue networks and apps, as well as Ambilight TVs. Out this month in Europe, 5/15 in North America.

The Philips Fidelio NC1L are the world’s first active noise-canceling headphones that don’t require batteries. They plug into iOS devices with a Lightning connector and draw a trickle of power from the device. Drops 4/15 for $299.

Philips shows how long it took for incandescent and fluorescent bulbs to be rendered obsolete by multicolored and programmable LED bulbs such as its Hue series, with the help of what can only be a family of vampires.

We’ve seen snowboarding in an LED suit, and it looked amazing, and this ski footage with a colorful LED suits is equally awesome. Created by Sweetgrass Productions and Ahlstrand & Wållgren to promote Philips Ambilight tech.

While LED bulbs are nothing new, Philips upcoming bulb has a clear shell and light diffuser which lets you see the warm 2700K light source, just like an incandescent filament. Coming July 2014 for about $12(USD) per bulb.

The Philips DesignLine TV looks like it’s made of a single piece of glass, thanks to its seamless and frameless glass front. The LED-backlit 3D HDTV also uses Philips’ Ambilight technology.

The Lumiblade is a modular diffuse light source that uses OLED panels. It’s bright but very thin and does not get uncomfortably warm, making it easy to integrate into various surfaces. More at Dezeen.

Mmmm. Donut. Sorry, you can’t eat these compact speakers from Philips, but you can wirelessly stream audio to them from your AirPlay-enabled iOS device. In AC or battery-powered models.

Philips speakers’ bulbous shape is designed to enhance dimensionality of sound. With AirPlay, they connect to iOS devices and iTunes libraries over WiFi. Hope they sound as good as they look.

Combining good looks with good sound, Philips’ speaker has a minimal docking stand that can even handle iPods and iPhones in cases. 2X50W power and deep bass round out this stylish package.

Philips’ Xenium X830 is like a marathon runner, with an incredible 1.5 month standby time; it also features a 3″ touchscreen and 5 MP camera, but sacrifices 3G for battery life.

Philips’ Haptics Jacket gets you touchy-feely about a movie, literally; outfitted with 64 actuators, it creates “emotional immersion” with touches on your arm and shivers up your spine.

Philip’s Xenium X530 may be light on features, but it’s swank: the entry level flip phone features a 1″ external OLED, 2.2″ internal display, GSM/EDGE, 2MP camera and music player.

Clean and unpretentious, Philips’ Russian market X710 Xenium is a simple phone, but two features stand out for business travelers: a generous 1900 mA/h battery and dual SIM slots.

Philips’ Xenium X620 seems to be Asia only, but we dig this candybar phone’s sleek, monoblock design; along with music and video playback, it can run an amazing 50 days on standby.

Philip’s Essence LCD TV is only 38mm deep and flat on the back for easy wall-mounting. It’s made possible by housing all the tuner and processing hardware in a separate hub.

It may not be an iPod or Zune, but Philips’ GoGear packs in decent features for the cost: a cool, Zune-reminiscent interface, 2.8″ screen, Rhapsody integration, FM radio and Bluetooth.