Customer Reviews for Philips - E-Line 271E1S 27" IPS LED FHD FreeSync Monitor (HDMI, VGA) - Black
Customer Rating
4
Much better with calibration
on December 29, 2020
Posted by: jarlub
Gender:Male
I wrote in another review that the image quality was poor and that the monitor perhaps needed calibration. Two computers and two calibrations later (i1Display), one with intel iris graphics become so so, and another with Radeon X540 turned out excellent, but first I had to reduce the green channel considerably (as suggested by the calibration tool).
Everything is great. Only downside is the color profiles. Can't make custom user profiles. This makes changing the brightness take 10-15 seconds by doing manually in settings rather than just quickly switching the user profile. The other profiles are changeable but they are pre set like fps profile, with different color profiles. Wish I could copy paste the default user profile onto a new one.
Its a nice gaming monitor for a nice price, easy configuration menu plus compatibility with FreeSync. Easy way to set it up and access for connections.
The good: Bang for buck, this monitor is great- QHD resolution is fine and won't overtax your PC, solid build quality and, monitor stand is solid even though no height adjust, sound output works nicely, gaming features are good at this price point, warranty and support are excellent.
The bad: The only real problem is that 250 nits of brightness means you don't want this is a brightly lit space. My nit pick is that the sleep behavior is annoying- it first goes black, then displays a message saying no video input, then says it's entering sleep, then actually goes to sleep. This is maybe no big deal to some people, but my old monitor would just shut down right away and that worked well with all my auto-power-down equipment in the office. The behavior on this monitor means everything in the office keeps flashing on and off for a minute while it does its little going-to-sleep routine.
I bought this to replace a 2010 1080p 60hz tv i was using as a monitor. The curve on the monitor is very easy on the eyes. The latency and refresh rate is good for gaming i notice a big difference coming from 30+ ms and 60hz. The color is perfect. Very easy to use the menu from the buttons on the monitor and even easier to set it up using the downloadable software. The only reason i give it 4 stars is when using a vesa mount on a wall the location and shape of the power plug hits the wall with a standard vesa mount. It pushes the monitor to angle to the right. A 90 degree power plug would fix it or as i did space the monitor out about a half inch.
I wanted low cost / good quality 4K big (32'') curved monitor, so I choose this one. Black is not black, but some kind of grey. Speakers should be a bonus, but low quality makes them unusable: max volume is very quiet and there are no BASS at all. OSD is not very comfortable and some settings are contraproductive, like SmartContrast: it is malfunction or function exactly opposite as it should. Despite the cons - monitor is quite good.
The contrast and black level on this monitor is exceptional. It is much better than another manufacturer that I tried. The price is also better than the competition by a long shot. It has built in speakers and a plug in for external pc speakers. Having HDMI connections (2) the user can play audio through a home stero system as I did. I definately would recommend this monitor.