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Amazon (UK) used to be great for exchanging TVs if there was a legitimate problem with them - I bought a Sony Bravia EX503 from them years ago, and returned 3 of them before getting one without banding. They replaced each one without complaint. The delivery driver thought it was all rather amusing, but was happy to get the work. I ran into him about eight years later, and he reminded me of the situation with the TVs, and then said I was lucky, as not long after that, Amazon had changed some of its policies unconditional free return of large items.

What does that tell us? Not much, but looks like "deeper pockets/shorter arms" syndrome is affecting everywhere.

Back on topis now - aside from my Panny OLED, I also have a Philips PUS6703. which I picked up a few months after launch in 2018. I paid under £400, and aside from a little judder on fast pans, it's a lovely-looking TV. Not a dead pixel in sight - my brother has the same one, and no problems there, either. It looks as though you just got very unlucky with your Philips.