As a video creator, monitors are our important productivity tool. An excellent monitor can improve our work efficiency. So how should we choose in the face of a wide variety of monitor markets? We have also tested many monitors from LCD, MINILED, and QLED, but we have never experienced OLED monitors. The main reason is that they are expensive, not because they don’t like them. However, not long ago, a friend bought a Philips OLED monitor. The specific model is as follows. I also borrowed it for an evaluation.
In terms of product appearance, the monitor of Philips is still very constrained. The entire solemn and mature image is the base bracket that combines multiple elements of round and square, matte and metal brushed, which is sharp and simple, and is more durable.
The front of this monitor uses a native 10Bit color depth 4K panel from Japan J-OLED, with a refresh rate of 60Hz. In addition, the display has passed the DisplayHDR TRUE BLACK 400 certification, which will theoretically obtain a purer black. The bracket on the back of
has designed a wire harness device to facilitate the organization of the desktop. The
monitor has a rich interface, equipped with HDMI2.0 interfaces, 1 DP1.4 interface, 1 full-function Type-C interface (can provide 80W power supply), 4 USB interfaces (two yellow USB interfaces support fast charging) and 1 3.5mm audio interface, which can meet the daily use needs of most users.
. Such rich interfaces can also switch KVM between notebooks, computers, mobile devices, etc., bringing a more convenient user experience to users of multiple devices. I prefer the key design at the bottom of the monitor. It uses five-axis buttons, which can bring more intuitive touch feedback to users. The settings menu adopts a simple and distinct design style, which makes it simple and clear to operate.
. In such a multi-function menu, it is more eye-catching that it supports multi-color space switching function
This monitor can be switched in NTSC, sRGB, AdobeRGB, DCI-P3, Rec.2020, Rec.709 and D-mode color spaces. This is very important for creators in different fields and can meet the creators' needs for color when creating in different usage scenarios.
So what exactly do these seven color spaces represent? Interested viewers can pause and watch it!
And how does this screen actually perform? We tested it with the Red Spider Colorizer.
In the test of color gamut coverage, Philips 27E1N8900 has achieved 100% sRGB, 100% Adobe RGB, and 99% P3 color gamut, and its performance has reached the first-class echelon level.
sRGB
AdobeRGB
P3 mode
color accuracy, we tested three color modes respectively, and the results were surprising! In the 48-color test, the average ΔE in sRGB mode was 0.51; the average ΔE in AdobeRGB mode was 0.45; and the average ΔE in P3 mode was 0.46. Such performance has reached the color rendering standards in the professional field. In terms of brightness testing, the global SDR white brightness of Philips 27E1N8900 is up to 257.6nit, which is not much different from the official promotion. In terms of color temperature consistency, this monitor has a white point color temperature stable at 6200 at 0-100% brightness, and the color temperature performance is excellent. The advantages of
OLED compared to LCD are very obvious. Because of the technology of self-luminescence of pixels, it has excellent contrast, extremely low response time, excellent color performance, and no backlight partitioning, which is much better than LED backlight screens in image quality. However, OLED also has a major weakness, which is the burn-in problem that everyone hates.
For screen burning problems, OLED mobile phones and monitors are inevitable.The life of OLED pixel points will attenuate brightness over time. When a certain area on the screen displays a fixed picture for a long time, the brightness attenuation of pixel points in this area will decrease faster than other places, resulting in unrecoverable dark spots on the screen. This is what we often call the OLED screen burning phenomenon.
But on this Philips monitor, you don’t have to worry at all. Philips has added some anti-burn functions to the OSD menu, such as pixel displacement function, and the display will automatically reduce brightness without dynamic screen in 2 minutes, etc. After a simple test like
, we also experience it through actual usage scenarios. For example, using PS for post-retrospection, using Da Vinci for video color adjustment, etc., the excellent hardware performance of this monitor will bring a significant improvement in visual effects, especially when watching some high-definition blue-ray short films after work. For example, the dark scene in " Game of Thrones ", the black in the sky will appear more pure. Compared with the common defects of panel light leakage and insufficient contrast in traditional IPS monitors, OLED monitors can be said to be crushing in strength.
And in terms of local brightness, the performance of Philips 27E1N8900 is still good, and the advantages of the OLED panel are also highlighted at this time. The transition of the highlight area is smooth and natural, and there are no problems such as overflow, faults, false colors caused by highlights.
In my actual experience, another thing that impressed me was the excellent color performance of the monitor. Thanks to the self-luminous characteristics of the OLED display, the picture looks very transparent and three-dimensional, which can highlight the key points and details of the picture, especially when watching some high-definition videos of food and animals, this performance is surprising.
Unlike the common e-sports monitors on the market, OLED monitors have been positioned in professional fields for many years, such as Internet content production, image publishing and printing, blue light audio and video viewing, picture refining, video color tuning and wide color gamut HDR video production, etc., which will bring a very good experience.
summary:
has rich interfaces, calm appearance, widely used image mode, excellent color performance, etc. These are the characteristics of the Philips 27E1N8900 monitor. If you are engaged in color adjustment, photo editing, video creation and other professions, then this should be the most affordable OLED monitor you can buy.
