this could potentially be the top pick for the the best monitor for productivity and gaming in
2023 let me explain why in my full review of The Philips Evnia 34-inch curved gaming monitor the
the model number for reference is 34 m2c7 600 MV this is from Philips New Evina Era of gaming monitors
and I will make sure to leave a link in the video description let's begin with the design, as you may
have noticed by now it has a large footprint on my desk, and you will need to make sure you have
enough space on your desk for this huge monitor but it's genuinely worth its footprint on my desk
measures a width of 807 by a height of 549 by a depth of 290 millimetres, looking at the back
you'll find a white cabinet casing your monitor components with a textured design, says squared
texture designs going throughout the curvature of your monitor with a subtle white design it fits
in with its sleek and elegant design that Philips are trying to achieve a monitor that is not just designed
to sit in an office or a bedroom but a monitor or a display that could sit anywhere in your
home on the back is where you will find the the immersive ambiglow lighting system from Philips
which surrounds your monitor on all four sides offering the option to choose the colour that
suits your setup or the mood you're in ambiglow is a technology that creates a Halo of light around
your monitor it uses a fast processor to analyze the incoming image content and continuously adapt
the colour and brightness of the emitted light to match the image; this creates a unique and
immersive viewing experience especially suited for watching movies sports, or playing games and
it's really worth checking out, and I've tried to capture that the best I could during my review you
also have the ability to change the options in the menu with one section dedicated to ambiglon where
you can change the colour of the light positions brightness and speed; you can also follow the video
audio colour shift colour wave, and colour breathing options as well as starry night or static mode you
may have also noticed the large Feats that support the column and your monitor are done; these are plastic
covered but in a speckled design that is made up of 35 recycled material, this is great to see
as it helps the environment and it's a preferred option of the typical black or grey design that we
would normally see there is a cable management option to make sure your desk stays clear and
cables are tidied away, a clip is provided which connects to the column where you're able to tidy
your cables away, or you even have the option to feed some of the cables through the middle column
section, the stand is silver in colour and fits in well, with the Sleek design Philips is trying to
achieve this display is designed not to just sit in the bedroom out of the way it's been designed
with an elegant design that fits anywhere in your home the ability to connect multiple different
media sources, please note it is fairly heavy as it does have to support the large 34-inch display the
weight with the stand is 10.35 kilos, and weights without the stand is 8.58 kilos, you do have the
option to use a vest Mount measuring 100 by 100 and there is a clamp that is in the box that you
just need to take off the arm and put this clamp on, and you can connect a vest amount or a desk
arm, you also have the option to lock your monitor down with the Kensington lock, I can't see anyone
just walking away with this thought in their pocket since we have mentioned the display, let's discuss
the most important factor of your monitor and that's its 34 inch or 86.36 centimetres measured
display, and it always measures diagonally; these Phillips screens deliver Crystal Clear Ultra
wide Quad HD with a resolution of 3440 by 1440 and it's able to achieve a 165 Hertz refresh rate
to achieve this refresh rate, you will require a PC graphics card and game that is ably played at this
frame rate with a high-density pixel count of 109 pixels per inch and a wide viewing angle of 178
degrees which is really incredible for this large curvature design it enables extensive productivity
work with more room for side-by-side comparisons and more viewable spreadsheet columns, so in
my day-to-day life I have used many different applications open at the same time being able to
see many different Windows and find multiple different information without moving to a different desktop
or without closing applications and finding where the applications are in the background so this is
made with a VA panel so VA stands for vertical alignment which is common to see in computer and
TV monitors it tends to offer the Best in Class contrast option, which is perfect for gaming in
those dark caves or bright snowy Hills it will look great when using everyday work applications
also or when you just want to play throughout the the night this monitor offers mini LED the small size
of mini LEDs forming the backlight allows for creation of 1152 individual controllable zones
delivering deeper blacks and brighter whites with this monitor also displays HDR 1400 with
the peak brightness of our 1400 nits increasing the contrast ratio and wider colour gamut this
screen brings out the details that you've never experienced until you've tried it, and it is truly
worth trying, and I hope this video brings it out the best it can this fillets my monitor comes with
several HDR modes built-in and optimized straight away for you so you have HDR premium HDR effect
HDR warm HDR basic and VESA display HDR certified level so you can choose which best suits you and
of course, you have the Philips Smart image preset built into your monitor when using HDR, it is very
bright in some games, so this is from my personal experience, I had to change the HDR settings on
the PS5 and also the Xbox One series X but it is really good that it picks up the HDR and looks
great in really bright areas for the sand dunes in the new Star Wars game or even dark spots when
I'm playing on the Xbox or FIFA; the pitch looks so green, everything comes alive the colours just
pop and come alive, and it's great to take a look at the content, so as you notice, this is a curved
display, and it has a 1500 R curvature I prefer a curved display so it pulls me into my content
and it's really enjoyable the curved screen provides a pleasant yet suitable immersive effect
which Focus you on the centre of your content that you want to view this does have an anti-glare 3H
Haze 25 so it will try to offer an anti-glare when using next to bright light as I do as you'll
notice in the video from the left-hand side is there is a window there I try to use it with
curtains closed or blinds closed but I noticed the glare doesn't bother me there is a response
time of 2.5 milliseconds which is grey to grey so this is pretty common for a VA panel, and it tends
to be a bit more improved with an IPS display this is where you'll notice the improvements for
response time, however, that's where you'll notice it dips for contrast, so VA is great for contrast
IPS is a little bit better for input lag with this monitor it's offering over a billion colours your
images will come alive, editing photos and videos have been amazing so using Final Cut Pro Logic pro
And also then using photo editing software such as Canva and Adobe Suite. I've also found when you're
watching a film, you're actually seeing the colours the director wanted you to see it in the film as well
when having this many colours that are really important to see the screen frequency as I
mentioned is from 48 to 165 Hertz, and this depends on what your setup uses so you play intense
In competitive Gaming, you demand a display lag Free Ultra smooth images the Philips display redraws
the screen image is up to 165 times per second very fast and much needed for gaming High spec games
that we see on the PS5 and also on the Xbox but especially when you come to PC gaming and using
your graphics card and syncing it up together AMD free sync premium Pro so gaming shouldn't be
a choice between choppy gameplay or broken frames so it does have AMD free sync technology on here
and again, this is where the HDR experience comes through and you can enjoy your games the way
they're meant to be enjoyed, so as we've mentioned with this monitor, you have over 1 billion colors
but the colour gamut is srgb 140 and Adobe RGB is 92.9 nine per cent with this monitor you can
choose to connect to multiple different devices so you have the option of picture-in-picture picture
by picture or a KVM, switch the control and switch between two devices through a single keyboard so
that's your KVM switch, or you can choose to use two different connected devices as I do and show
you with the Xbox and the PlayStation using the HDMI ports I can switch between those and have
picture-in-picture or picture-by-picture making it is really fun and really easy to use multiple
different devices I could also have a source with my Mac and doing some work and then watching a
gaming video or vice versa. I could be gaming while trying to read a document so it's up to you what
you choose as you know I am visually impaired and I like to highlight the accessibility options and
features products have to offer, this monitor has a few starting with the large display; for me it's
always great to have a large display when I work with my daily job I have many projects open many
different Windows opening and it's really easier for me to know where everything is and I can see
it all in one place without trying to find other applications so this monitor also offers flicker
free Technologies for those that will experience a horizontal line when using their monitor, which is
due to certain eyesight conditions and general use by having this option, it removes the horizontal
lines allow you to enjoy your content no matter what it is movies, games document news or photo
editing so it removes the horizontal lines that some people may see in most monitors now you will
see a low blue mode; this removes the harmful blue light that electric devices emit allows you
to use your monitor for longer periods of the day and night means that you won't feel fatigued or
strain in your eyes and then finally there is one another option is the easy-read mode which allows you
to read extensive documents or data sheets without strain or fatigue, you'll notice it removes all of
the color and just becomes different Shades of Gray making it easy to read documents and carry
out your work, however, when you want colour back in your life, you have so many different options
to choose from, thanks to the Philips Smart image preset that is built into your display allows you to
choose the best one for you so if you're gaming you can choose between RTS FTS or the gaming
preset option if you're watching movies select movies and find the best option that suits you
so when it comes to sound, there is DTS sound built in with two times five-watt speakers, so 10 watts
total output DTS sound is an audio processing solution designed to optimize the playback of music
movies streaming games or PC regardless of form factor, so DTS sound is great, and for me, it's been
enjoyable, and I've used it if not most of the the time I just use my headphones, and one thing you
will notice on the back of the column is a handy headphone rest so you can put your headphones on
there when turned up to full volume, the monitor does sound great and is easy and enjoyable to
sit back and watch the latest movies or enjoy your gaming, so when it comes to menu controls
moving through the menu and through your different options are really easy, thanks to the joystick control
option that you'll find on the bottom right hand corner so just reaching around you'll find that
there is tactile design as well so really easy to find and you can navigate through the different
menu options so when it comes to movement so it is a large Monitor and it can be moved
quite a lot so you have a height adjustment of 150 millimeters you have a tilt option of
-5 to plus 20 and then finally you have a swivel option of 20 degrees either side so you can turn
it left or right looking at connectivity now connections is where you are able to connect so
many different devices and it can handle all of your devices So currently I've had it connected
to my Mac Mini MacBook Pro work laptop PS5 Xbox One Plus still USB ports are available to connect
over other peripherals but not needed for every devices as it does have the KVM switch as I've
mentioned you notice your power connection first when switched on it uses 64.9 watts and in standby
it'll use 0.5 watts and it has a G Energy rating you've got a USB hub with you USB 3.2 gen 1 at 5
gigahertz of speed then you have a USB B Upstream one of those a USB downstream times four with
two fast charging which is really handy to have to charge up your devices you have HDMI 2.1 times
2 DisplayPort 1.4 times 1 a USBC times one which is power delivery and power delivery is up to 90
Watts which means it will charge my MacBook Pro as well as the Huawei matebook that I have here
as well so coming on to my personal thoughts I've had the pleasure to use this monitor now for the
previous couple of months both for my everyday job as well as creating content for Ricky's Tech
talk and all of my social media platforms so if you haven't followed me on all of those make sure
to go and check me out all the links will be in the video description and of course many hours of
gaming, and this is why I said it is potentially going to be the best monitor for gaming and
productivity I truly believe it's an all-rounder for a larger display and is perfect due to my
poor vision having a curved display makes you feel more drawn into your content paired with
extensive gaming features as I've mentioned during this review and the immersive ambigo
lighting experience it makes it so enjoyable to use day or night where I truly believe it shines
and this is why I've said it is potentially one of the best options to choose in 2023 but what do
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