With the growing demand for video production, high-resolution, high-gamut,overlay display products that are now a primary consideration for content creators when purchasing displays. So how to choose a display that meets your needs among many display products? The Philips 279C9 monitor we are going to test today is one of the better performers.
Four-sided zero boundary full screen, rich interface connected at will
Reference price: 2999 yuan
It is undeniable that the appearance value often has a very important position in the player's choice decision, and the Philips 279C9 monitor has won the 2020 Red Dot Award and the IF Design Award, and the appearance performance does not need to worry. From the sensory point of view, it is more "slimming" than the ordinary 27-inch display, this is because it adopts a new full-screen construction technology, hides the bezel under the panel, and creates a four-sided zero-boundary full screen, bringing players a visually wider picture, with a stronger sense of immersion, and at the same time, the gap is smaller and the experience is better when multi-screen stitching.
The back of the display has a streamlined curved design, which is combined with the drawing process to create a delicate texture. The monitor's bracket is more exquisitely designed, the seemingly slender bracket makes the whole machine appear more elegant, of course, players do not have to worry about the overall stability, the weight of the support rod is still very sufficient, and the workmanship is also very solid. A small cable management snap is designed on the bracket to facilitate players to better store the wire. The seemingly regular square base is cleverly designed with a circular skeleton in it, which creates a full sense of layering through the combination of frosted and brushed textures, while also attaching certain storage attributes for greater practicality.
The stand supports a variety of angle adjustments
The bracket of Philips 279C9 also adopts ergonomic adjustment, which can achieve 90 ° vertical rotation, 0 ~ 130mm high and low lift, ± 175 ° left and right rotation and -5 ° ~ 20 ° tilt angle adjustment, players can better adjust to their own suitable position. The monitor also comes with a 100mm× 100mm vesa hole, and the player can freely choose the VESA hanger or desktop stand that suits them.
The back connections are very informative
In terms of interfaces, Philips 279C9 has 2 HDMI2.0 interfaces, 1 DP interface, 1 Type-C interface, 4 USB ports (two of which the yellow USB interface supports charging) and 1 3.5mm audio interface, which is convenient for players to connect multiple input sources. Among them, the Type-C interface is a full-featured Type-C interface, in addition to supporting video and data transmission, it also supports 65W PD charging, and can also provide upstream data transmission functions for 4 USB interfaces, so as to achieve KVM switching between notebooks and mobile devices, and better solve the problem of insufficient notebook expansion capabilities.
High color gamut LGD original 4K panel, Type-C function is very convenient
For content creators, the importance of display panels is self-evident, and while higher resolutions are required, high color gamut coverage and high color accuracy must also be guaranteed. The Philips 279C9 uses LGD's original 4K IPS technology panel to achieve higher pixel density performance while achieving high light transmission, resulting in a more detailed look and feel. Specifically, the display is equipped with LGD LM270WR7-S1A3 original 27-inch panel, resolution of 3840×2160, support 10bit (8bit + FCR) color depth, with better color transition performance, can effectively reduce the color fault problems that often occur in scenes such as sky in photography and color grading applications.
The display has a viewing angle of 178°/178°, the nominal color gamut volume is 109% sRGB, supports HDR400 and has passed displayHDR 400 certification, which can better restore the dark and bright details, while improving the grayscale and contrast of the display, bringing more realistic color performance. At the same time, the monitor factory has also pre-calibrated the color, so that ΔE<2 (sRGB color gamut), can provide players with accurate color performance.
We tested the actual color performance of the Philips 279C9, warming up the display for an hour before starting the test, and then testing it with the SpyderX Elite color calibrator.
In terms of gamut coverage testing, the display is capable of achieving 99% sRGB gamut coverage and 83279c DCI P3 gamut coverage. In the red spider 48 color accuracy test, its ΔE maximum is 5.99, the minimum value is 0.33, the average value is 1.06, the overall performance is relatively good, reaching the expected goal of ΔE<2. Having 100% sRGB gamut coverage and ΔE<2 levels means that it is not too much of a problem to meet the needs of content creators in terms of color aspects such as video editing and color grading.
Users who face the display for a long time will encounter problems such as dry eye fatigue, Philips 279C9 is equipped with blue light filter non-flash screen eye protection technology, blue light filter technology can effectively filter harmful short-wave blue light, better protection of vision. In terms of non-splashing screen technology, the display adopts DC non-flickering screen dimming, which can intelligently adjust the brightness, reduce flicker, effectively reduce visual fatigue, relieve eye pressure during long-term viewing, and better protect the user's vision.
In addition, the display is also very intimate for office users to provide an EasyRead electric paper book reading mode, after the OSD menu to open the function, the display will present a similar paper-like black and white display mode, can effectively reduce the stimulation of long-term viewing color on the eyes, bring a more comfortable text reading experience, more relaxed when operating documents.
Although the Philips 279C9 is not a monitor positioned for games, it still provides a variety of game modes, players can switch between FPS shooter games, competitive games and real-time strategy game modes in one click, quickly optimize the display performance and targeted color performance, and it also supports Adaptiv Sync synchronization technology, which can turn on FreeSync to bring a smoother display and provide a better gaming experience.
In terms of function, since the Type-C interface of the display is a full-featured Type-C interface and supports 65W PD charging, most of the notebooks on the market that support PD charging only need to use the included Type-C cable to connect the display to charge the display when connecting to the monitor, reducing the cable and making the desktop more tidy. In addition, mobile phones that support video output (such as Huawei P series/Mate series, Samsung S series, Xiaomi MIX series, etc.) can also directly output video to the display through the Type-C video cable, which is very convenient. Measured in the use of Huawei Mate40 Pro connected to the display, you can also smoothly open the phone's computer mode, at this time in the monitor USB interface plugged in the keyboard and mouse, you can use the keyboard and mouse on the phone operation, for users with this demand is very friendly.
Summary: High value is more accurate, and the design office is good
Overall, Philips 279C9 is first of all a very "beautiful" display, the four-sided micro-bezel to create a four-sided zero-boundary full screen with a delicate bracket, so that the monitor in the simplicity of the full sense of design, and winning the Red Dot Award and IF Design Award at the same time is the best proof. Secondly, the comprehensive quality of the display is also very good, equipped with LGD original 4K panel brings a more detailed picture display effect and more excellent color performance, the measured color gamut performance is also very good, suitable for content creation needs of prospective professionals to buy. In addition, as a product that focuses on office and design, it is equipped with a full-featured Type-C interface and a rich USB interface that supports 65W PD fast charging, which can realize the "one-line communication" of notebooks and mobile phones, and the operation is more convenient. Double Eleven is approaching, and players who plan to purchase high-resolution high-color gamut monitors may wish to pay more attention to the Philips 279C9.
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