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Philips - Brilliance 48.8 LCD Curved Monitor (DisplayPort USB, HDMI) - Textured Black
Average customer rating
3.6
(17 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 17 reviews
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71%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Philips - Brilliance 48.8 LCD Curved Monitor (DisplayPort USB, HDMI) - Textured Black
Customer Rating
2
Worked Okay for 6 months.
on July 1, 2021
Posted by: Standard01
Gender:Male
Bought in Jan of 2021. Worked good until July 2021. Trying to get warranty support. No phone. Just email so far. Came with 4 year warranty.
Written by a customer while visiting philips.com
Posted by: arliss
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I use a KVM with multiple systems. I wanted the screen area of two monitors without the hassle of dealing with two monitors. After a lot of research I settled on this monitor. I run it at 5120x1440 with DisplayPort. It is excellent! The only challenge is when sharing the screen during meetings: I have to share individual windows versus the entire screen because collapsing the entire screen down makes everything too small for an audience to see. It's less convenient to share a window, stop sharing and share another window during meetings, but the overall convenience of having a giant display outweighs it!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting philips.com
Customer Rating
2
Philips has some work to
on April 17, 2019
Posted by: breissim
Gender:Male
Unlike other reviewers I do get full resolution from my 2018 15" MacBook Pro, so no complaints there. Also, there is no glare on this monitor. It's phenomenal in that respect - though I replaced a glossy monitor with this one, so it couldn't really get any worse.
However, the KVM functionality is, simply put, awful. In order to switch between two computers, once must first navigate the on screen menus to change the KVM setting from one USB port to another. Then one must change the video input to the matching input. There is no connection between the USB uplink and the video in. That's just silly. It takes multiple presses (5-10) of the hardware buttons on the bottom right of the monitor to fully switch between attached computers. Every other KVM I have owned can do it with a single button press.
Next, the web cam. While the camera is recognized by my Mac (usually - it is not consistent), any attempt to use it by an application results in a single frozen frame being transferred, then nothing but black. The microphone does work, but without the video, it's not useful. When I connect my Windows 10 desktop, it does not recognize the web cam as a Windows Hello capable device, although it supposedly is. So another strike there.
Finally, my monitor was delivered with a defect in the screen. It was not dead pixels as one would expect. Instead, it is a grey smudge that appears to be on the underside of the glass in the shape of a large reverse comma. That should easily have been caught by quality control at the time of manufacture.
I cannot recommend this monitor to anyone given the poor quality of the build and the premium price.
Pros: high resolution, no glare
Cons: awful kvm, camera does not work as advertised, poor quality control
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting philips.com
Customer Rating
5
My favorite
on November 5, 2020
Posted by: SAR0065
I love this monitor. The size of the screen and the ease of the connections on the monitor. Having all connections and the camera in one place makes the work day easy and seamless.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting philips.com
Customer Rating
5
Awesome Screen, solvable Macbook issues, sucky menu system
on April 19, 2019
Posted by: RinzaiWolf
This thing is amazing. Best screen i've ever owned by far. I'm blown away at the size, resolution and hub features.
I have a 2018 MacBook Pro 2.6ghz, radeon 560, etc.. I used the "ScreenResX" app to adjust the MacOS deficiency in supporting this screen. Works perfectly. This is a MacOS issue, not a Philips issue.
I also gained keyboard control of brightness using "brightness slider" app and also sound via "soundflower" and "soundflower bed" found in GitHub.. you can google and get a walk through from macrumors. While you're at it download "Magnet" and thank me later.
I have a 2018 MacBook Pro 2.6ghz, radeon 560, etc.. I used the "ScreenResX" app to adjust the MacOS deficiency in supporting this screen. Works perfectly. This is a MacOS issue, not a Philips issue.
I also gained keyboard control of brightness using "brightness slider" app and also sound via "soundflower" and "soundflower bed" found in GitHub.. you can google and get a walk through from macrumors. While you're at it download "Magnet" and thank me later.
The onboard menu system is antiquated though. Next time y'all should do a joystick. It's unnecessary difficult to fumble through the menus. Dedicated or quick sound and brightness buttons would be a major plus as this is what most people go for most often. The "ease of use" 2 stars are only bc of the hub feature. It would be zero on the menu system, feels 20 years old. But, I barely use it and hacked a work around using MacOS apps.
Pop up webcam and Speakers are substandard quality. They work and are super nice to have. Speakers I can live with but the webcam I cannot, it's been replaced already.
Also, add some more USB 3.0 ports and up the USB C charge to 87W!
Net: I love this screen. It took a couple days to get used to and now I'll never be able to go back to a normal size. Might even stack a second one! You won't regret it.
Pros: size omg omg omg, resolution is perfect, color is great but i'm only a casual gamer
Cons: antiquated menu system using buttons, bezel could be smaller with metal trim, pop up webcam is substandard quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting philips.com
Customer Rating
4
Excellent bang for the buck
on February 13, 2020
Posted by: errodrigues
Gender:Male
I was looking for a while to find an ultrawide monitor with an actually usable resolution.
I compared this to other equivalents at the time and found this one to be the best choice for my use case, which is non-UI-related software development. To me, real estate is most important. One detail that to me was relevant is the curvature of this monitor, which is more accentuated than equivalent models from other branda. This means that, based on my usual seating position, I don't need to turn my head as much, which I do like very much.
I compared this to other equivalents at the time and found this one to be the best choice for my use case, which is non-UI-related software development. To me, real estate is most important. One detail that to me was relevant is the curvature of this monitor, which is more accentuated than equivalent models from other branda. This means that, based on my usual seating position, I don't need to turn my head as much, which I do like very much.
On top of that, the KVM feature that is supported both via USB-3 or USB-C and included Gigabit ethernet, as well as the built-in webcam are really nice extras that allow me to connect a MacBook Pro using just 1 cable.
The only thing I wish was better is the USB-C power being limited to 60KW, which is not ideal for charging up the MacBook. Other than that, I don't really use the built-in speakers since I don't like the fact that I cannot control the volume from MacOS.
Overall, for my needs, I simply love this monitor!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting philips.com
Customer Rating
5
Amazing display
on January 21, 2021
Posted by: Broseph Stalin
Gender:Male
This is an absolutely wonderful monitor. Colors are gorgeous and in sRGB mode it's just the perfect brightness for long hours of work. Install Microsoft PowerToys and set up some snap zones... it's all the productivity of having three monitors but without the clutter and distraction.
But please, don't expect to run this on a decades old budget laptop. You need a dedicated graphics card/chipset capable of running at least 4K.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting philips.com
Customer Rating
3
Nice display, mediocre extras
on April 27, 2020
Posted by: mokus0
USB-C won’t charge my laptop at all (not a high-power laptop, it runs just fine from other 60w supplies - the display USB-C won’t even switch from 5V with that computer, which is frustrating because the display works fine at 20V with other computers and that computer works fine with other USB-C power supplies).
KVM was one of the main features that made me select this model over other competitors in the same size, but the UI is almost unusable because of the menu system requiring too many button presses. Even worse, it actually *is* unusable in many cases because it won’t transfer USB to a computer that has gone to sleep because it doesn’t detect a video signal. How am I supposed to wake the computer if my KVM won’t even connect the keyboard and mouse to the computer because it’s asleep?
Webcam quality is mediocre, but at least it does work with Mac and Linux.
Speakers sound fine but volume controls are a pain because for some insane reason macOS won’t let me control them from the OS - and the on-screen menu system is a pain. A physical volume knob would be nice.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting philips.com