This monitor replaces a 27" 1080 unit and after several weeks of use I am very pleased with the purchase. It has absolutely the best stand I have seen on a monitor. It is faultless. I use the monitor for programming and have never tried to play game on it, so I can't provide any feedback for you gamer's. But for business use it is excellent. I could have paid two or three time as much for a monitor, but I don't think there would have been any noticeable difference the way I use it. I would buy one again.
A truly beautiful monitor. The stand is excellent. Color is outstanding - the default actually right for me. A utility is provided that makes avoiding the touch controls a non-issue. Sound is more than adequate for me.
I genuinely pleased with this monitor. I'd researched a number of monitors in this size with similar specifications, but settled on this one as it seemed to have an edge in technology and performance. The picture is just beautiful and the out of box experience was nice and easy. Stand is excellent. Some folks have had some difficulty with the buttons, but for me they have worked great. (If you prefer, there is a basic configuration application you can also use instead.)
Pros: beauty, performance, quality of stand, price
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
3
Great hardware, poor software.
on January 1, 2018
Posted by: HairyM
Gender:Male
From a hardware standpoint, this is a great monitor, especially for the money.
But from a software standpoint, this item needs better support. The drivers are not digitally signed. So, this can cause a problem with certain operating systems. However, for the most part, the default generic PnP display driver will work just fine.
As for the Smart Control software, much work is needed. I installed this on an older Windows 7 machine, and the end result was a lot of system lag. When I checked the resource meter, I saw that my CPU utilization was around 50% for just this one task. Much of what this utility offers can be accessed thru the front panel menu. So, Smart Control is not really a necessity.
Pros: brilliant display and terrific bargain., solid construction., better than average built-in speakers.
Cons: drivers are not digitally signed., smartcontrol software is a resource hog.
I replaced a 27" IPS screen with this one and I couldn't be happier. Although the screen is glossy, I find that it enhances my PC experience since everything seem so much clearer. There is one drawback to this monitor however. There are times when the monitor won't recognize the Video signal. This occurs either when booting up or coming out of Sleep. Other than that, I simply love this monitor!
I just purchased this monitor. It looks great and works out of the box via HDMI to mini-HDMI as that is the only connection my Surface Pro 4 device has the capability for. Unfortunately, I can't get it past the standard HD 1920 x 1080 resolution without changing the 'Monitor' driver in Device Manager.
When downloading the new drivers from Philips, it will not install as it says it is not a recognized 'digitally signed' driver for Windows 10. What is the point of having drivers on the Philips Support site if they don't work?
Pros: looks great and works fine on 1920 x 1080
Cons: i didn't by this 2k monitor to use standard hd.