As a leading brand in the field of monitors, Philips recently launched the 276C8 monitor, which is a brand new product of the vast full-screen C8 series. 276C8 is equipped with a 2K resolution AH-IPS screen, which can provide excellent display effects, and more crucially, its body thickness can be described as thin as a knife blade, which subverts the desktop monitors on the "thin". The definition of "thin" for desktop monitors has been overturned. This is an outstanding product that can fully meet the demanding needs of all types of users.
I. Body Appearance Analysis
As a product that won the 2018 Red Dot Design Award, Philips 276C8 has a lot of highlights in its body design, and adopts an AH-IPS panel edge-to-edge design with a very high screen-to-body ratio, so whether you're using it as a movie viewer or for gaming, you can enjoy a stunning visual impact with the 276C8.
A close-up of the top and right side bezels, which are so narrow that they almost blend in with the screen. Even when the screen displays dark-colored content, the bezel is barely noticeable, making it very convenient for multi-monitor screen expansion.
The center of the lower bezel of the monitor screen has the Philips brand logo in English, which is very recognizable.
The bottom right corner of the base has a power indicator, which is simple and deep.
The lower left bezel of the monitor is labeled with the specific model number - 276C - which is rather hidden.
The Philips 276C8's pivot is also designed to be very simple and stylish, and the tilt angle can be easily adjusted to support quick switching from -5 degrees to 20 degrees, so that every seated position can find a convenient screen viewing angle.
The following two charts are the maximum elevation angle and maximum pitch angle of the Philips 276C8, which are still quite adjustable. And when viewed from the side, we can further feel the visual impact of the Philips 276C8's thinnest body of only 6mm!
The back of the Philips 276C8 is also a very simple design, with the Philips logo icon in the center of the top as the finishing touch.
The power connector, OSD button, audio interface is hidden in the back of the base, convenient for users to manage the line. The video ports support HDMI 1.4, HDMI 2.0 (HDR enabled), and USB-C.
The USB-C port transmits up to 65W of power and can charge compatible laptops, making it easy to have a single cable connection between a laptop and the monitor.
Additionally, the OSD buttons operate very intelligently. Swipe left to bring up the "SmartImage" function menu on the screen, which ****provides seven modes including EasyRead, Document Processing, Picture, Movie, Game, Economy Mode, and LowBlue Filter. LowBlue mode.
An actual shot of the screen display after turning on EasyRead mode.When EasyRead mode is turned on, the Philips 276C8's screen provides a paper-like display effect, reducing visual fatigue caused by users reading text for a long time.
Toggling to the right brings up the main settings menu, which includes LowBlue, Input Mode, Brightness Contrast HDR, Audio Output, Color, and Language, where users can fine-tune the display in detail.
II. Outstanding screen quality and display effect
In order to further understand the Philips 276C8 monitor screen quality, I used the Red Spider 4 software to carry out professional testing.
First of all, the color gamut test, the color gamut refers to a certain device can express the number of colors constitute the scope of the region, that is, a variety of screen display devices, printers or printing equipment can express the color range. The larger the gamut value, the more colors the device can display.
From the results, Philips 276C8 monitor sRGB color gamut coverage of up to 100%, NTSC and AdobeRGB color gamut is also 85%, 87% respectively. Such excellent color gamut performance is not rare in the current $2500 price point monitor market, which can present more vibrant and brilliant colors when watching movies and pictures.
Next is the corresponding test of brightness, usually gamma=2.2 is a standard value in the monitor industry. The closer the measured gamma curve in the test report is to 2.2, the better. the higher the gamma (e.g., 2.2), the higher the image contrast and the better the color saturation, and the more gamma 2.2 provides the viewer with a consistent range of tones from a perceptual point of view.
The test results show that the Philips 276C8's curve is quite close to the "luminosity 2.2" curve, which is a very good performance, and also exceeds my expectations for a product at this price point.
In terms of grayscale, the Philips 276C8 fluctuates with brightness between 6500K and 6900K, with an overall warm tone.
Next is the color uniformity, Philips 276C8's No. 3 area, that is, the upper right corner of the screen is closest to the D65 standard, but the other eight areas of the color deviation is also very well controlled, the maximum difference is only 2.7.
Then we will look at the screen brightness uniformity, after the RedSpider 4 test, we can see that the center of the Philips 276C8 brightness performance The highest, 306.3 cd/m2, while the upper left corner of the brightness is relatively low, the maximum difference value of 14%.
Finally, in the color accuracy test, the average △E of Philips 276C8 is only 0.67, the minimum value is 0.11, and the maximum value is only 1.91, and all the colors are △E<2. It can be said that Philips 276C8's color accuracy is very excellent, and it can be comparable to the professional level monitor.
Through the professional testing of Red Spider 4, we can feel the excellent display performance of Philips 276C8, whether it is the color gamut, color accuracy, grayscale, uniformity and other aspects of its outstanding, and can even be comparable to higher-priced flagship products!
Philips 276C8 with Philips SPT6212PRO wired keyboard and mouse set used together to deal with the word manuscript shot.
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In addition to the traditional wired keyboard and mouse in addition, Philips has also launched a wireless keyboard and mouse set of SPT6602PRO, with a black/white/pink three kinds of color matching
In addition to the traditional wired keyboard and mouse, Philips has also launched the SPT6602PRO wireless keyboard and mouse kit, which comes in three colors: black, white and pink.
The keyboard has chocolate keycaps, which are not only comfortable to hold, but also very quiet when typing.
The mouse wheel is made of metal, with a sun-patterned surface, making it lightweight and responsive.
And in order to meet the all-round needs of gamers, Philips has also recently launched the Fei Mang Teng series gaming mouse SPK9403B and SPK8401B mechanical keyboard. Philips SPK9403B mouse support 16.8 million colors RGB dazzle color lighting, DPI up to 6400, six buttons can be customized programming, whether it is LOL dota2 and other MOBA games, or chicken CSGO and other FPS games, the use of this mouse operation can be a perfect response. Buy Links
SPK9403B gaming mouse all angles of the actual picture, the light effect is still very cool
SPK8401 mechanical keyboard is the use of the green shaft design, support for 104 keys full key punchless, fast rebound, excellent feel, but also the use of backlighting design, can be switched through the shortcut keys. Buy Links
Use CTRL + INS shortcut keys to open the light effect
Use these two products, and then with the Philips 276C8 monitor to play the gaming game dota2, during the period of both the screen display effect, or the operation of the feel is very good, to help the author successfully take five kills storm.
Summary:
2K Ultra HD resolution, AH-IPS panel brings a wide viewing range, ultra-high color gamut coverage, excellent brightness uniformity control, as well as near-perfect color accuracy, in short, the screen quality of Philips 276C8 is very good, and can fully meet the needs of the vast majority of consumers. Of course, the biggest highlight of Philips 276C8 is its appearance design, whether it is the 3-sided ultra-narrow bezel, or the thickness of only 6mm body, are all plus points, so that it becomes the value of both the display effect of the product.
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