Awesome Philips

The Philips Baristina simplifies the process of making espresso. Just fill it with water and your choice of beans, choose your preferred coffee strength and swipe its filter handle to the right. The machine does the rest with its high-pressure pump. Cleanup is a breeze, thanks to its easy-to-empty portafilter. Available in white or black with six handle color choices.

This compact projector from Philips can project a 100″ diagonal image just 20″ away from your wall. It weighs 1 kg. (appx. 2.2 lb.) and uses triple RGB laser tech to produce vibrant colors and bright Full HD images at up to 550 lumens. In addition to USB, USB-C, and HDMI connections, it has a full suite of built-in streaming apps.

Philips 49M2C8900 is an impressive ultra-widescreen curved display for gamers. It features QD OLED technology for superb high-contrast images, 10-bit color, a 240Hz refresh rate, and a 32:9 ratio screen with 5120 x 1440 native resolution. It’s also got a built-in 30-watt speaker system and Ambiglow backlighting. It drops in Q4 2023 with pricing TBA.

This high-tech espresso machine makes five different kinds of coffee drinks with the push of a button. Choose from regular coffee, espresso, cappuccino, latte, or iced coffee. Simply fill it with water, beans, and milk, and it does all the work. It also offers adjustable settings for strength, milk, and foam levels.

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.