do you need a monitor for your business or personal life and want to save money too well
introducing the super energy-efficient Philips 24-inch LCD monitor with power sensor hey everyone
ricky here from Ricky's tech talk and in In today's video, I'm going to unbox and set up my
monitor and give you the key details also sharing a personal review as well because I've had this
monitor now for a good few weeks and I want to share with you some of the key highlights
and some little negative bits that can be changed or adjusted taking a closer look at the front of
our box here we can see it's from their b line it's 23.8 inches or 60.5 centimetres
this is always measured diagonally across your display it's an LCD monitor with an led backlight
has 1920x1080 full HD resolution and it mentions one of its key selling points
here is the super low power consumption which is good for the price and also very good for the
environment and our world around us shifting to On the right-hand side of the box we've got the ips
wide viewing angle it has a three-sided the frameless design which is always impressive
and it has a power sensor which senses when you are away from your monitor so it has
infrared sensors that detect and it has a smart ergonomic base with height tilt swivel rotate
options available and finally it just mentions that it has HDMI as well as other connections
looking at the top of your box it gives you detailed instructions on how to remove your
monitor safely so you don't damage yourself or damage the monitor this is a new style of design
of unpacking a monitor I haven't seen before so with your monitor laid down flat on the desk it
simply just opens up and everything is here in front of you so let's see what we get in the box
we start with our paperwork our first option is our quick start guide that will give you helpful
information or you can leave a comment below underneath the like button are happy to help
warranty and safety information and then we just have more information in other languages we've got
our energy efficiency which is c grade and then you have a disc with drivers and information on
there too which would include the manual so moving on to included cables we've got a HDMI cable here
and one thing I do like is they've got a new paper twist string on them so again thinking about the
environment our next option is our display cable again with that new paper twist thread option
you will receive a EU plug as well as a UK three pin plug so moving on now we go on to our base
so very ergonomic designs this monitor a lot of options and flexibility so just taking out the
the base here it's a plastic front but with the price the point that's understandable on the back you've got
metal quite solid with little grips as well it's metal on the back and then you've got plastic on
the front and you've got two metal teeth and as you can see it can rotate around and I think it's
about 180 degrees on each side it can rotate which is great then we move on to our columns so our
column and connection panel that will connect into the back of the monitor so again this is just in
some packaging I'm going to remove this and as you can see it's got a metal plate at the top and then
it's metal down the column actually aluminium I'd say softer metal and then some plastic in
some parts but it look really nice actually a nice design to it you've got some cable management
and that's where the two teeth go now everything's been removed from the top section we lift that up
and we get to see our display here again this is in some packaging to protect your monitor during
transport or for me where it's getting sent around too many other YouTubers for review so it's quite a
the small panel compared to what I've seen before but it's nice also to use a smaller panel sometimes
so as you can see most of the body is plastic and there's some sort of connection ports there
that will show in greater detail but also that's where your column stand goes so you've got your
power connection you've got HDMI you've got some USBs you've got your display ports you've got a
headphone jack you've got some USBs as well some upstream options there so that's really good to
see so let's connect our column and stand up so once you've placed your column into your
stand with those two teeth if you turn the base round there's a locking nut as you can see here
just tighten this up you can either use a screwdriver if you want to it's got a twist thread
quite easy to do and with my strength and be okay or you could use a screwdriver as I mentioned and
that will set up your column and stand and then now you need to do is place it on the back of
your monitor so bringing in the column and stand and the monitor at the same time there's two teeth
at the top that you need to put in first so as you see I try and line them up and put them in
clamp it down and you'll hear a clip there is a clip there you can see me lifting with my thumb
that will actually bring it back out that's just underneath the column that's a little bit harder
to show on the video you can clip it nicely back in and then it's time to set up so switching rounds
and you see our monitor set up here I just want to the highlight there's a little sticker reminding you
not to peel the film offers across your display so it might look like there's a film on it needs
to be peeled off don't do it with the monitor now set up it's time to share the key details
and share my personal review I've been really lucky to have this monitor for about a month
and I've enjoyed using it for different purposes such as consistent daily working with social media
with my day job at RNIB which is very document heavy and email use and it's been fantastic so
let me share some of the key details and let you make the right decision that's good for you
also, one side note here is that there is quite a lot of accessibility settings which I'm really
pleased to see so let's start with our display so it's a 23.8 inch or 60.5 centimetre size display
and it's measured diagonally from corner to corner it's an LCD monitor with a resolution of 1920x1080
that gives us a full HD resolution which is really important so let's talk about the power
sensor and the light sensor which is included in this monitor really help with the environment
reduce your energy costs and save the environment which is really important which has a built-in
people sensor that transmits and receives harmless infrared signals to decide if a user is present
it automatically reduces the brightness and saves you up to 70 per cent on energy costs which is helping
prolong the life of your monitor too by turning the display is off so as you see it dims the display
and then it will completely turn the display off that will save 70 on energy costs and also prolong
the life of your monitor which is really good then it has the light sensor which is perfect
brightness with minimal power so it uses a smart sensor to adjust the picture brightness depending
on the light conditions around you giving you the perfect image with minimal power usage so for me
here is really bright light really effective lighting around me will really help with the monitor and
it will choose the best option you will need to turn up both these settings though in the menu
options which will go through so as I mentioned it is an LCD monitor but has an IPS display
which uses advanced technology that gives you extra-wide viewing angles of 178 degrees
making it possible to view the display from almost any angle even in 90-degree pivots
so you have a lot of ergonomic design which we'll talk about it with the ips it gives you a
remarkable crisp images vivid colours and making it ideal not only for photos films and web browsing
but also professional applications that demand colour accuracy and fantastic brightness at all
times and that's so true for me so as i mentioned I've used this for my social media brand
and I've also used it for my daily work my daily work is quite heavily intense
on email usage and word documents so I'm forever typing or reading which is really helpful for me
having a large monitor that is crisp clean and easy to view I can also swivel it around to show
other people if I need to if he was in a very busy office environment multiple people would be able
to see your screen having that ips wide angle option one option that Phillips do include in
their monitors is a smart image preset the smart image preset is an exclusive technology from
Philips that analyzes the content displayed on your screen and optimizes the display performance
this is user-friendly interface that allows you to select various modes like office
photo movie game economy and also off if you want to it's best suited to whatever you're viewing so
if you're watching the movie you set it to movie if you're playing a game as i've played a game
here with my Xbox series x it works perfectly okay you set it to the game and you get the best options
it automatically changes your colour saturation the the sharpness of your image for the ultimate display
The viewing option is really nice here to see when set into the economy mode, it offers you a major power
savings again you're helping the environment and you're prolonging your display so with this
monitor, you do get a few options when it comes to gaming so I did test out the gaming
options with the Xbox series x it doesn't meet the 4k resolution options that we see with the Philips
momentum but that's a dedicated console monitor and I'll leave a link in the video description
if you're looking for that for a general-purpose monitor that you can connect in and away you go
this is effortless it's smooth and it has adaptive sync technology this monitor allows
you to work and play at the same time and you can choose which one you want to do so it won't have
choppy or it won't have broken frames in the gameplay you'll be able to enjoy fluid
performance and remember not to game monster though but if you're looking for that option
check out the Philips momentum monitor that i have also made a review on again the link will be
in the description so as you know being visually impaired is important to have a monitor that has
accessible features and makes it easy for me to use for prolonged periods of time such as my daily
job it's at least seven and a half hours a day if No longer then I move into video content creation
I move into reviews or script writing so I'm on a monitor about 10 hours to 11 hours a day
so it's really important to have something that is suitable for me so with this monitor you've
got TUV RYLAND eye comfort control so to is an eye comfort standard to prevent eye strain
caused by prolonged computer usage with the two TUV Ryland eye comfort certification Philips display
ensures flicker-free technology low blue mode and no disturbing reflections so a wide viewing angle
less reduction on image quality from different angles so you'll be able to see from great angles
as I mentioned with the IPS display you got less eye fatigue with flicker-free technology
due to the way the brightness is controlled on an led backlight some users experience flicker
sensations from the display which cause tiredness fatigue with this option Philips regulates the
brightness and reduces that flicker for more comfortable viewing and prolonged viewing if you
need to you also have the low blue mode for easy eye productivity so thinking about your well-being
it's great to have this option that Philips gives you that mode to reduce the ultraviolet rays
and shortwave length blue light rays the led displays cause so this would cause eye fatigue
eye damage over a long period of time but having this option juices that feeling of fatigue the
tiredness and it removes that harsh blue light especially the late at night when you're maybe looking at
your monitor deep in the night and you haven't got natural light coming in finally one other option
here around accessibility is the easy read mode it's making it easy to read large documents or
complex data sheets so you can change this option in the smart image presets and this will turn your
monitors like a grayscale making it really easy to use for me it's fantastic to see especially
with long emails even when reading my scripts it's very easy and really adjustable to see that these
options are here so for a monitor there are quite a lot of accessible options which I've mentioned
above and it's good to see someone who is visually impaired and uses a monitor for many hours per day
that they have these options here and it's a big tick for me so well done Phillips for that
so moving on to ports and connectivity now you have a range of different options here as this
the monitor is designed for office use you've got a a lot of office ports so let me explain what you get
so on the back, you've got your power connection and then next to that, you've got a dedicated switch
so you don't just put this into sleep mode you can actually switch it off at the back
again reducing that power and really helping to save the environment which I really do like
next to that, you have the display ports you've got a DVI connection you have an HDMI connection
which I'm using with my mac mini and also my Xbox series x then you have a sub you have an audio in
a headphone jack and a USB upstream so you link this to your pc or your desktop
you've got two USBs at the back and then on the the side you've got further two USBs one of the USBs
on the side is a fast charging option so you can use that to charge up your smartphone or charge
accessories that you may need maybe another HDMI would have been really helpful but that's a nice
option to see you've got loads of different ports to use when using a monitor for a very prolonged
time like myself or daily job where you're sat at a monitor for about six to nine hours a day
you really want an ergonomic design so with this monitor you've got a really smart ergonomic base
with the cable management option, you have a lot of different options of changing moving and flexing
your monitor in different ways so the first option is your tilt option you've got minus 5 to plus
35 you have your height which is 150 centimetres in height adjustment which is really impressive to
see sometimes it doesn't go that high then you have your swivel which is 180 degrees
each way from a centre point so basically you're turning it all the way around which is really
helpful if you need to show a colleague what you're doing or just remind them that they need
to do this by a certain time and then you have the option to rotate or pivot your monitor 90 degrees
which is great for stocks and shares and it could be very useful for social media photo editing
is also done this way so when it comes to the The design of the base it's really nice to see here
the feel of it is plastic underneath is metal the the column is made from metal as well aluminium maybe
and you do have some cable management it is a plastic design but the price point is very low
it is good to make a mixture of having these features compared to the design when the price
goes up you see that the more money is spent in the design and the way it feels this is fantastic
for general use in an office, i feel like it does the job that needs to be done one thing
that doesn't do the job is the typical built-in speakers, again they're not fantastic you've got
two speakers that are two watts each as most of us do we use either gaming headsets or for me I use a
normal work headset if I'm on calls with teams but that's okay that's a typical thing that we
know and use all the time with the design of the the base you can put on a sort of wireless charger if
you needed to feed it through the cable management into one of the USBs even the fast charging one
and then you've got that option there it's a square base plate um plastic on the front plastic
around the design of the frame as well you've got three-sided frameless design which is really nice
it is a plastic design on the bottom frame but it's got this brushed effect that looks nice
you've got your branding from Philips you've got your monitor logo and then you've got clear and
easily visible menu buttons as well which I really do like so that's a nice option as well again that
fits into that accessibility setting so talking about those buttons let me explain what they do
so moving from right to left we have our standby button this will put your monitor on standby
or you could use a dedicated switch underneath to turn your monitor off moving to the left-hand side
you then have your menu button this is your ok button or confirmation button as well the next
two buttons to the left-hand side will go up and down through the menu again you need to go in here
to turn the power sensor and the light sensor on to use those options but quite easy quite simple
you have to go in here also to change the volume or audio depending on which settings you already have
on or off you use the service button on the left to come out of the menu option the next option is
about your power sensor and the timing of it so if Do you want your power sensor on or off and how time
efficient it is so depending on how quickly it reduces that light depending on how quickly you
move away your next option is your inputs so you choose from VGA DVI HDMI or DisplayPort and again
you can scroll through those and then confirm with the menu button and then finally you have
your smart image preset which you have the easy read you have an office you have a photo you have movie
game economy mode low blue light mode so that reduces the harsh blue lights or you can have
off so those are all the settings that you have there with the menu options a very detailed menu
as well so going into the menu you have a lot of different options here and you can change and
adjust the monitor depending on your setup and the the way you want it that's really good to see as I've
mentioned so much about this monitor is designed to meet the environmental standards it has been
designed by Phillips to reduce operating costs for large businesses and it meets the environment
standards which are really important with the power sensor the light sensor with the power options
with the different options, you can change on this monitor it reduces those costs for you up to 70
which is fantastic it then means it prolongs the life of the monitor which is really good as well
and all of these features come at a great price point as well so anywhere from 200 to 239 pounds
here in the UK and I will put a link in the video description to the best price when I've
created this video also there will be a link to Phillips UK so you can go and learn more
if you want to however if you have any questions or queries make sure to leave a comment underneath
that like button as I will be more than happy to help from me ricky thank you so much for
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