Technical Specifications
In the world of 4K displays, Philips offers up the most color accurate panel but also the one with the most latency.
Since the introduction of the first low cost 4K TVs in the form of the SEIKI SE50UY04, and then into the wild world of MST 4K monitors from ASUS and others, and finally with the release of single stream low cost 4K panels, PC Perspective has been covering the monitor resolution revolution heavily. Just look at these reviews:
- SEIKI SE50UY04 50-in 4K 3840×2160 TV Unboxing and Preview
- SEIKI SE39UY04 39-in 4K 3840×2160 TV Unboxing and Overview
- ASUS PQ321Q 31.5-in 4K 60 Hz Tiled Monitor Review
- Samsung U28D590D 28-in 4K Single Stream 60 Hz Monitor
- ASUS PB287Q 4K UHD 28-in Monitor Review
- Acer XB280HK 28-in 4K G-Sync Monitor Review
Today we bring in another vendor's 4K consumer monitor and put it to the test, pitting against the formidable options from ASUS, Samsung, Acer and others. The Philips 288P6LJEB 4K 60 Hz monitor closely mirrors many of the specifications and qualities of other low-cost 4K panels, but with a couple of twits that help it stand out.
The Philips display is a 28-in class TN panel, has a 60 Hz refresh rate when utilizing the DisplayPort 1.2 connection option but adds connection capability that most other 4K panels in this price range leave off. Here are the specs from Philips:
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This should mostly look familiar to anyone that has read up on the Acer or Samsung 4K 60 Hz SST panels currently for sale on the market. The size, resolution, response times, viewing angles – they are all basically the same and it seems pretty likely that all of these monitors are in fact using the exact same panel in their builds. Where the Philips 288P6LJEB differs in the connectivity section of the above tables.
The ASUS PB287Q has USB hub support but only the Philips monitor allows you to connect older connection types like VGA and DVI should you happen to want to run the monitor on a system not capable of 4K on DisplayPort. That's a welcome change from the DP + HDMI only configurations available on other monitors but it might also be the reason for a significant latency issue we found during our testing. (More on that on the third page).
Another area where the Philips 288P6LJEB excels is in the out of box color accuracy. Each and every monitor will ship with a Color Uniformity Data Sheet showing the measurement conditions and results. Of course that doesn't guarantee that the color will be completely accurate, but it shows Philips is willing to put the time into an additional step like this to improve the experience for users that might not have the ability to do accurate color calibration on their own.
Our Spyder4Elite calibration step didn't find anything to change about the 288P6LJEB we tested and it maintained a solid 96% sRGB color space. For professional users that would like to have accurate color reproduction out of the box without the need for external hardware like the Spyder, the Philips Brilliance 4K panel is the best we have seen.
Viewing angles on the Philips 288P6LJEB are, once again, very impressive for a TN monitor. Straight on view is solid with great color (as mentioned above) and movements to the left and right result in very little color shift so you shouldn't worry about quality differences as you slide around your work area (or bounce around while gaming).
The view from the top is slightly washed out but that occurs only at pretty extreme angles.
From the left and right of the panel you'll see some slight color inversion at the extremes, but overall it's an impressive result for a TN panel. Just as I said with the ASUS PB287Q, the Samsung U28D590D and the Acer XB280HK, the Philips 288P6LJEB has changed our view of the potential quality of TN panels.
Thanks for the review, but
Thanks for the review, but the monitor world hasn’t really been exciting in a long time. 4k is nice but not with all this 16:9 TN rubbish, and potentially interesting technologies like Gsync are made irrelevant by severe vendor lock in. Plasma is dead, SED/FED are dead, and OLED is stuck. I’m on a 14 year old Sony FW900 and it looks like I will be for the foreseeable future; after all these years, there still hasn’t been a monitor to surpass it.
I feel you bro…
I just gave
I feel you bro…
I just gave it all up and will do without gaming till variable refresh OLED`s…
im done trying to “enjoy” games on fixed refreshes and LCD`s.
I envy you. After over a
I envy you. After over a decade of loyal service, my FW900 exploded (literally). It’s not all bad, though. I’ve got an Asus VG24BQE now and after I calibrated it, it’s actually very, very attractive. 144Hz is nice, but I miss playing 2560×1600 on the olde CRT.
Nice review. One note. the
Nice review. One note. the IEC 60320-C5 power adapter is very much a standard. Just like the IEC 60320-C13 (normally found on monitors, PCs and printers. You can find them on Amazon, MonoPrice etc.
Why is everyone so reluctant
Why is everyone so reluctant to build a 30″ monitor now that we’re finally getting enough pixels to really justify them?
… and wtf with all the TN panels?
If u want a 4k ISP monitor,
If u want a 4k ISP monitor, then you could just get the Dell UP2414Q 4K IPS monitor. But of course it’ll cost you around $1000. An I’m sure they’ll just go up in price with other OEMs.
5K + IPS + 27/28″ + 144Hz +
5K + IPS + 27/28″ + 144Hz + FreeSync = Awesomeness.
One day…
if that’s what you want the
if that’s what you want the Apple (top end config) iMac will do most of the trick
4k is basically in its
4k is basically in its preschool phase. Give it a couple of years.
I once had a Dell UltraSharp
I once had a Dell UltraSharp 2408 that had similar input lag, and while it didn’t bother me most of the time, it made fast paced RTSs like StarCraft incredibly difficult to play.
Philips coming late in the
Philips coming late in the game with the Innolux displays – and with a crappy high latency implementation of the TN panel.
Seriously, Philips, sell your TV/monitor division, its becoming pathetic.
Those who want a 30″ 4K
Those who want a 30″ 4K monitor should simply step up to a 32″ 4K. Problem solved. In fact, any new 32″ 4K model will likely have SST support so that is a plus. The only real issue should be the price. Most people don’t want or care about 16:10.
Those who want something cheaper simply have to deal with the TN options at 28″ or wait for the 27″ IPS options that were supposedly coming.
The Asus PB279Q which was supposed to be released at under ~$1000 USD might fit the bill for some whenever that comes out,…..
As for G-Sync, I’ve never seen a G-Sync monitor with multiple inputs. If I were buying an expensive 4K monitor or 5K monitor I sure as hell would want more then just a single DisplayPort option.
Ditto.
Ditto.
I think thin mini-ITX boards
I think thin mini-ITX boards do support GPUs (of course with a bandwidth cap of only x4 instead of x16) but their slot doesn’t provide 75w of power (only 25w instead), which means that an aux PCIe power is required fo the card. Granted, all this kind of defeats the purpose of sff, but I’m just saying… Play GTA Vice City Online
Play GTA San Andreas Online
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Tekken 6 PC
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