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frontpage Posted by NurseHydraulicOwl • Mar 15, 2025

Sam's Club Members: 65" Phillips 974 4K OLED Roku Smart TV + 3-Yr Warranty

+ Free S&H w/ Plus Membership

$899

$1,299

30% off
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Sam's Club has for their Members: 65" Phillips Class 974 Series 4K OLED Roku Smart TV (65OLED974/F7) + 3-Year Warranty on sale for $899. Shipping is free with Plus Membership.

Note: Prices may vary in club and online.

Thanks to Community Member NurseHydraulicOwl for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • Resolution: 3840 x 2160
  • Refresh Rate: 120Hz
  • HDR10, Dolby Vision IQ, Dolby Atmos 2.1
  • Smart TV with Roku OS
  • VESA Mount: 400x300
  • Ports:
    • 4x HDMI
    • 1x USB
    • 1x Ethernet
    • 1x RF Antenna Input
    • 1x Digital Optical Audio Output

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Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this Deal:
  • Warranty:
    • This product includes a 3-year Member Exclusive Manufacturer's Limited Warranty that covers new products if a defect in material or workmanship occurs, and a valid claim is received within the 3-year warranty period. For additional warranty details, please refer to the product manual.
  • About this Store:
    • Don't have a Sam's Club Membership? Join today: Club Membership $50/yr. or Plus Membership $110/yr.

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Sam's Club has for their Members: 65" Phillips Class 974 Series 4K OLED Roku Smart TV (65OLED974/F7) + 3-Year Warranty on sale for $899. Shipping is free with Plus Membership.

Note: Prices may vary in club and online.

Thanks to Community Member NurseHydraulicOwl for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • Resolution: 3840 x 2160
  • Refresh Rate: 120Hz
  • HDR10, Dolby Vision IQ, Dolby Atmos 2.1
  • Smart TV with Roku OS
  • VESA Mount: 400x300
  • Ports:
    • 4x HDMI
    • 1x USB
    • 1x Ethernet
    • 1x RF Antenna Input
    • 1x Digital Optical Audio Output

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this Deal:
  • Warranty:
    • This product includes a 3-year Member Exclusive Manufacturer's Limited Warranty that covers new products if a defect in material or workmanship occurs, and a valid claim is received within the 3-year warranty period. For additional warranty details, please refer to the product manual.
  • About this Store:
    • Don't have a Sam's Club Membership? Join today: Club Membership $50/yr. or Plus Membership $110/yr.

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Mine was just delivered by FedEx today. I got it set up on the floor right now but will be wall mounting it once I get a friend over here to help. If yours has a bow in the screen like mine, you have the option to bend it back if you want to risk it. From the backside of the TV, I placed my knee at the top middle and hands on top corners and pulled back gently and held for a while, then visually inspected and repeated a few times until it was completely straight. Mine had about a 1/2" bow in the top portion before I did that. This is what I did and it worked for me; just because it worked for me doesn't mean it will work for you, so consider your risk tolerance and be careful.

I will be giving the TV a thorough test in about 3 hours once the work day is over. If you want me to test something or take a picture of something or have a question about the TV, please reply and I will try to provide a timely response. So far it looks really nice and sounds great. It has a little woofer on the backside that surprised me, and I believe there are a couple smaller downfiring speakers on the bottom. My other TVs are a 65" LG C1 OLED, 48" LG B4 OLED, and an old 60" Sharp. The 65" LG C1 is in the theater and I can make comparisons against it if you'd like. I've been an OLED TV user for about 3.5 years now and I just can't get myself to buy anything less than an OLED now when buying a TV.

Update: I noticed a vertical band of pixels was dark on the edge that was previously bent the most. I don't know if it was like that before bending it back. I powered the TV completely off and back on and it's working just fine now. I will see what happens over time. If you are using this as a primary TV, you probably want to do a thorough test before bending it back into shape. I'll likely keep the TV even if that edge loses a few pixels since it wasn't distracting, but it's not a primary TV for me.

Update 2: The band I had noticed actually moved to the other side. It may be just be normal behavior with the built-in Roku. I'll have to test an external source later. I have an Apple TV 4K and some current gen game consoles I can test. I'm being really picky here and haven't ever looked this closely at the edges of an OLED 4K screen while playing various content. The image appears to shift gradually in one direction during content playback, widening the section of vertical dark pixels on whichever edge is affected. This is my first Roku TV and I haven't messed with any of the settings yet so maybe there's a 1:1 pixel setting somewhere I need to enable to keep it from doing this. I'm leaving content playing to see how much it shifts over time. Seems to be purely a software issue, so again the external sources will be helpful for testing.

Update 3: Confirmed with Roku apps as well as Apple TV 4K on HDMI 4 that the TV is pixel perfect on power on and then starts shifting one pixel right and one pixel up every few minutes. I was able to verify this with the Apple TV overscan screen. I'm just going to leave it alone now to see how bad it gets as the image continues to shift right and up over time. It was initially gradually shifting left (and probably either up or down) as I mentioned above. Powering off the TV for 15 seconds or so and powering back on resets the image shift. I just realized this may be some sort of heavy-handed OLED burn-in prevention that I'm not used to seeing on my LG OLEDs (and maybe I just haven't been looking closely enough). It will be interesting to see if the image starts shifting another direction over time.

Update 4: Yep, it maxed out the upward shift and is now centered again and moving further downward. I expect it to start shifting back left soon (and it did). There is a lot of pixel shift going on here, probably about 1/4" before it starts moving the other way each time. I don't notice it while content is playing but if your lighting allows you to see the bezel thickness, you may notice it being thicker on one or two sides as this happens. It won't bother me now that I know it is normal behavior for this TV, and it's so aggressive that it should really help minimize burn-in over time. I'm not sure I'd be as excited if it was my primary TV that I view a lot closer but it's perfect for me for a lightly used over the fireplace TV.

Update 5: Reflection handling is superb on this screen. I have it directly facing windows (with a covered patio, so not super bright) and don't see the reflection while viewing most content. Once it's mounted on the wall above the fireplace, I don't think I'll be able to see reflections even with it off. It's at least as good as my LG C1 OLED and the old Sharp that has a slightly more matte screen. Facing the windows, I have it on the lowest brightness, Dolby Vision dark, and on movie mode and I may leave it on that setting because it's about the right brightness for me. I wouldn't be concerned about brightness of this screen unless you like your house lit up like a warehouse club or you just have a really challenging bright room where the sun is able to directly hit the TV.

Update 6: I won't be gaming on this TV, but I tested the ports since a few people had asked about that. Here are the results from an Xbox Series X. You will want to connect your game consoles directly to the TV (inputs 3 and 4), but you should be doing that anyway in my opinion (and I do that with my LG C1).

Input 1 (eARC): 4K 60Hz, 1440p 120Hz
Input 2: 4K 60Hz, 1440p 120Hz
Input 3: 4K 120Hz (yes, I double checked)
Input 4: 4K 120Hz

In the input settings, the Roku OS describes ports 1 and 2 as "HDMI 2.0". It describes ports 3 and 4 as "HDMI 2.1". All 4 ports have ALLM and FreeSync VRR options to enable.

CEC also works as expected, giving you the options to switch inputs automatically and power off connected equipment. It auto detected the HDMI cable moves and gave a countdown before switching inputs each time. It powered off the Xbox and the Xbox powered on the TV.
Photos of visuals, some pictures taken at night
Rokus have one of the better smart tv OSes.

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bargainbernie
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This is an absolute bargain for a 65-in OLED, but this TV has virtually zero reviews.
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Quote from bargainbernie :
This is an absolute bargain for a 65-in OLED, but this TV has virtually zero reviews.
same! i'm so intrigued by this tv but someone said roku turned off a setting that makes all the shows have the soap opera effect.
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$100 lower than the 3/12 sale now. May have to do it since I have the CC and get 5% CB at sams in store.

Someone in the other thread said motion interpolation (soap opera effect) cant be turned off in some roku tvs, which would be a deal breaker but may be worth the hassle to find out for sure.
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Quote from i4k20c :
same! i'm so intrigued by this tv but someone said roku turned off a setting that makes all the shows have the soap opera effect.

Nope, another member confirmed that you can still turn it off
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I wonder what processor us being used and if the interface is on par or better than TCLR655.
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Quote from sadmaker :
Wow that's a major deal breaker

Why not just pair it with an Onn 4k pro or Apple TV 4K?

Even high end TVs embedded smart functionality is lacking…
Last edited by randomchaos March 15, 2025 at 09:38 AM.
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I mean I would but... Waiting on the test dummies to post their reviews about this specific 974 model.
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Quote from randomchaos :
Why not just pair it with an Onn 4k pro or Apple TV 4K?

Even high end TVs embedded smart functionality is lacking…

Rokus have one of the better smart tv OSes.
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Quote from rjsmith2007 :
Rokus have one of the better smart tv OSes.

100% agree! Roku tv is the best tv os!
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Quote from randomchaos :
Why not just pair it with an Onn 4k pro or Apple TV 4K?

Even high end TVs embedded smart functionality is lacking…

I think he was talking about this TV enabling the soap opera effect automatically and you can't disable it. That would be the deal breaker for me
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mrosen97
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Since when is Philips in the OLED TV arena?
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Quote from JasonN7438 :
100% agree! Roku tv is the best tv os!

https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Roku,_Inc.

I'll just leave this here.
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Quote from JasonN7438 :
100% agree! Roku tv is the best tv os!
Probably, but some updates haven't been improvements or removed features. Recent update broke or removed my instant on live OTA.

Quote from mrosen97 :
Since when is Philips in the OLED TV arena?
TP Vision OAC
https://www.tpvision.com/blog/new...light-tvs/

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Quote from notebookreunion :
Probably, but some updates haven't been improvements or removed features. Recent update broke or removed my instant on live OTA.


TP Vision OAC
https://www.tpvision.com/blog/new...light-tvs/ [tpvision.com]
Dang, so it looks like Funai is no longer selling rebadged Philips TVs here in the US. TP Vision is a lot better. They're still part of the original Philips TV division that made decent TVs. They only sold commercial Philips TVs in the US and were selling consumer Phillips TVs in the Europe. Better quality than the rebadged Funai TVs. We might be seeing another actual competitor in the TV marketplace.
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