For content creators with retouching, video editing and other needs, a high-quality display with accurate color and wide color gamut can meet their high requirements for picture quality, but the professional monitors on the market are generally not cheap. And today's evaluation experience of this Philips 256P1FR, at a price of 2000 yuan with 2K resolution, high color gamut AH-IPS panel and support for 65W reverse charging Type-C port, is a people-friendly quasi-professional display, let's take a look at its performance.
Specifications
Screen size: 25 inches
Panel type: AH-IPS
Maximum resolution: 2560 ×1440@75Hz
Screen brightness: 400 cd/m2
Contrast ratio: 1000:1
HDR：Display HDR 400
Response time: 4ms
Nominal Gamut: NTSC 110%, sRGB 130%, Adobe RGB 109%
Display interface: HDMI 2.0×1, DP 1.4×1, USB-C 3.2 Gen2×1
Reference price: 2399 yuan
Four sides of the slightly narrow border, the design is simple without losing detail
Philips 256P1FR design biased towards the business office style, the whole machine uses pure black color, four sides of the micro narrow border design, than the traditional three-sided narrow bezel display field of view is broader, the user will pay more attention to the content displayed on the screen, help to increase the immersion of work. At the same time, the lower bezel of the monitor is not set logo, and the front visual appearance is very simple and low-key. Of course, in addition to the improvement of the appearance value, as a professional productivity tool, the four-sided micro-narrow bezel design can effectively avoid the interference brought by the wide bezel to the screen when using multiple monitors for splicing.
The back of the display is made of two different materials spliced together, the center shell uses a matte material, and the four sides of the shell uses a metal brushed material, and the two different materials bring about changes in the level, so that the display looks less monotonous and more textured. In terms of body volume, the Philips 256P1FR is 50% thinner than the previous generation of P-Series displays, and the space utilization is higher. It is commendable that although this display is relatively thin and light, it still adopts a built-in power supply design and has an independent power switch button, which greatly improves the ease of disassembly and installation.
The fuselage buttons are concentrated in the lower left corner, the button position and the key icon of the OSD menu interface are corresponding, and after a little familiarity, you can easily carry out blind exercises, and the use efficiency and experience are not worse than the joystick. Above the left and right cooling grilles, the Philips 256P1FR each has a 3W speaker built-in, which is not very powerful, but it is more than enough to preview the editing video.
In addition, there is a Power Sensor human sensor behind the screen, this sensor can detect whether the user is located in front of the display by receiving infrared signals, when the user leaves the office, the screen can automatically enter sleep mode, playing a role in energy saving and protecting personal privacy. In addition, the light sensor uses a smart sensor, which can adjust the brightness of the picture according to the lighting conditions in the room, and obtain excellent picture quality with small power consumption. If you do not use or need to stitch the screen in portrait orientation, you can fold behind the screen, and from these small details, you can also see that the design of this monitor is more user-friendly.
Rich interfaces, desktop office is more efficient
Philips 256P1FR is equipped with a new generation of SmartErgoBase ergonomic base, in the back bracket installation of the four screws removed, you can become a wall mounting hole, support 100mm× 100mm VESA mounting bracket, installation, adjustment are very convenient. Like the back of the display, the square base is also designed with two materials of splicing, the outer ring is made of frosted material, the inner ring is made of metal wire drawing, and the large size of the base makes the display more stable when placed.
The display not only supports -5 ° ~ 35 ° tilt angle adjustment, 150mm height lifting, but also supports left and right 180 ° and 90 ° rotation adjustment, especially the left and right 180 ° rotation adjustment is relatively rare in the same type of display, a larger rotation angle for others to show the picture to provide convenience, more easy to switch to the vertical screen display. For users, high degrees of freedom of adjustment can allow themselves to be in the most comfortable posture at any time to work and create. The monitor stand also features a skeleton design for easy wiring.
Philips 256P1FR has a wide range of interfaces, including DisplayPort 1.4 input interface, HDMI2.0 input interface, DisplayPort output interface, RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port, 3.5mm audio interface, USB Type-C 3.2 Gen2 interface (supporting PD 65W reverse charging) and 4 USB 3.2 x 4 interfaces (yellow interface supports 15W fast charging). The display's powerful scalability transforms it into a desktop hub for managing cables and creating a clean, professional desktop workspace.
Using the included Type-C cable to connect to the display, not only supports video transmission, but also supports reverse charging function of up to 65W, only need to connect a TypeC data cable when connecting notebooks, mobile phones, tablets to the screen projection, no need to additionally power the device. At the same time, the rich interface can also connect keyboard and mouse, mobile hard disk, network cable and other cables that are usually inserted into the chassis, a line can get everything done, very friendly to notebook mobile office users. The DP out interface also supports daisy chain multi-screen series expansion function, which connects multiple displays in series through DP cable to achieve screen expansion and replication, which is convenient for professional users to work more efficiently.
The charging power when the iPad is connected can reach 31W
2K resolution AH-IPS panel with excellent color performance
The Philips 256P1FR is equipped with a 25-inch LGD genuine AH-IPS screen with a resolution of 2560×1440, and each monitor comes with a factory inspection report. For professional displays, the most important thing is the color gamut and color accuracy performance, in order to further understand the performance of the display panel, we used the SpyderX ELITE color calibrator to test. The instrument measured that the display's sRGB color gamut is 100%, 75% Adobe RGB and 74% P3 color gamut coverage, meeting the requirements of professional retouching displays, after all, the color gamut of mainstream JPG photos is sRGB. In the 48 color accuracy test, we can see that the minimum color accuracy of the Philips 256P1FR is only 0.04, and the average delta E value is only 0.41, which is a very good color performance.
In addition, this screen has also passed the VESA DisplayHDR 400 display certification, which is enough to provide higher screen brightness, contrast and richer colors, and when editing HDR material or processing photos with high tolerance, there will be no "overexposure" and "underexposure" of the SDR screen, and it has a good display dynamic range. In order to test its brightness, we used The DisplayHDRTest with the DisplayCAL color calibration software to detect that the maximum peak brightness of this display in HDR display mode can reach 466.92 cd/m2, which is fully in line with the DisplayHDR 400 standard.
In actual use, Xiaobian uses this monitor for photo post-processing experience is very good, the dark details of the photo are restored excellently, the 25-inch + 2K resolution ensures the delicate display effect of the monitor, and the display color gamut is adjusted to sRGB mode after processing The exported photos are not color difference on the phone. With smartImage technical support, choosing the appropriate display mode for different scenarios can get a better look and feel, such as easyRead mode can be turned on when reading, and the display will change to a black-and-white mode similar to "electric paper book", bringing a paper-like reading experience. If you need to face the screen for a long time, the Philips 256P1FR is also equipped with TUV Rheinland's authoritative certification of flicker-free low-blue light technology, which can use LowBlue mode to effectively reduce the damage of blue light and flicker to the user's eyes, ensuring that the user has a comfortable visual experience.
Summary: Affordable quasi-professional display
As a professional display, Philips 256P1FR is relatively balanced in all aspects, the appearance of the use of excellent visual effects of the four sides of the micro-narrow border design, high degree of freedom adjustable SmartErgoBase ergonomic base to adapt to different sitting postures and vertical screen use needs, with ultra-narrow border can easily achieve a variety of multi-screen splicing mode. From the perspective of productivity, this 2K display has an excellent and delicate display effect, color accuracy and color gamut performance have reached the professional level, in addition to a wealth of interfaces, foldable Power Sensor, built-in power supply and other practical designs, greatly improving the convenience of daily use, is the professional requirements of the creators of the cost-effective choice.
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