Philips Brilliance 298P4QJEB 29-Inch Screen LCD Monitor

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Product Feature

• Brilliant performance
• Designed for people
• Sustainable Eco-design
• Panoramic 21:9 AHIPS screen
• Ultra Narrow Bezel

Product Description

This Philips Ultra Wide 29" display is set to impress you with its Crystal-clear 2560x1080 images and brilliant colors. Its superb 21:9 AHIPS screen with Ultra Narrow Bezel gives you a panoramic view of the world.

Philips Brilliance 298P4QJEB 29-Inch Screen LCD Monitor Review

I acquired this monitor to replace a 17" HP display that has been quite serviceable. The difference between this one and that one is quite enormous however. Besides the obvious qualitative difference in pixel depth and picture quality (as well as screen real estate), this display has an enormous amount of flexibility. I worked with it using several different input methods and OS versions.

The first thing I did was connect the display to my husband's year-old Acer laptop using HDMI using a cable that I purchased from Amazon prior to receiving the display (there are several cables, but no HDMI). This allowed the sound to travel along with the picture to the display, which is quite handy. However, even with the volume turned up to the highest level, it was too low for some of our video files. I'm sure this was an issue with the files, but it is worth noting in case other users are counting on a high-powered speaker within the monitor to overcome any volume short-comings. Also, the laptop when connected via HDMI could not take advantage of the full screen. The image was centered in a square in the middle.

Next, I connected a Blueray Player directly to the display and popped in a disk. This worked very well and quite smoothly, though the image was stretched. I'm sure that I could have fixed this by changing the settings using the buttons on the front of the display, but the truth was that I found them annoying and byzantine as well as very hard to see. The labels for the buttons are tiny, low contrast, and located on the underside of the right side of the display. It's not the most intuitive way to navigate setting options and I found it odious enough that I decided simply to skip it while testing out the direct Blueray connection. It doesn't help that the manual is very sparse in an attempt to offer as little printed matter without any sort of actual instructions (to make it multi-lingual by not using any language). For such an expensive high-end monitor, I think the documentation could have been much better and more thorough. There is more documentation on the included CD (which has an interface that you can install on PCs running Windows, but not on Macs), but I didn't find it especially enlightening. So, between my 48-year-old eyes and the hard to see labels as well as the type of documentation, I just found changing settings very cumbersome and was inclined to leave things be. I am not unaccustomed to using buttons on displays to change settings, so the problem wasn't a lack of experience. The problem is that using the buttons to go up, down, sideways and confirm using this particular configuration felt unnatural and troublesome to me. Others may feel differently.

Finally, I connected the screen to my Mac using DVI. This was by far the smoothest experience. The screen was pretty "stretched" looking and I had to fuss with the controls a bit to get it looking good, but the display is crisp, bright, and provides plenty of real estate for doing things like Photoshop or tiling multiple apps on screen. I booted the Mac into Windows XP and it worked fine on that OS as well. The first thing I had to do was turn down the brightness to about 50% as it was a bit painful at the 100% setting.

Beyond this pretty basic test of hardware, the screen has a lot of bells and whistles like inset pictures, tiling, multi-view etc. This allows you to connect multiple devices and split the enormous screen to see what each of them is offering. I used to run both a PC and a Mac on a single monitor and use a manual switcher box to toggle between the two devices. If I still had such a set-up (and I may again in the future), I could use this screen to avoid having to go back and forth and just watch both at the same time. If you run multiple machines, this feature will save you desktop real estate by allowing you to abandon a second display (or, if you use manual switching, which seems to cause some strange things over the long run with a display, it'll prevent this problem from occurring).

In terms of set-up, the display was very easy to assemble. It also has a very smooth adjustment for height and angle which glides easily up and down (without the need to press buttons to release it). The screen also rotates 90 degrees, so, if you're looking to do very long-document work and want an enormous portrait display, it'll serve you well. When you're dealing with something like InDesign (professional publishing), this can be quite a boon and cut down on repetitive scrolling. It is slightly troublesome trying to push various cables up and into the back connections, especially if the display is on a desk which is crowded. I recommend inserting all of the cables in an open space and then transferring the display with the cables dangling out the back to your desk and then connecting your devices. Also, the power cable seems a bit on the short side, so if your supply is far from your desk (as many are to keep things tidy), you'll need an extension cord. Also, there is a built-in 4-port USB hub (with fast-charging capability), but you will need to provide your own cable to connect the hub to your PC if you'd like to use it. Before buying the display, it might be helpful to check out the online manual (http://download.p4c.philips.com/files/2/298p4qjeb_00/298p4qjeb_00_dfu_aen.pdf) to see the specs and if there are features that you'd like to take advantage of for which you'll need to buy extra cables. For the USB hub, I believe you'll need to purchase a type A to type B cable.

This is an incredibly flexible monitor which I think would be a great option for professionals, especially those doing video work that requires multiple views within the same display or the ability to connect multiple devices. For average users, the features may be more than they require. It is a beautiful and large display, but the real value comes from the flexibility to change the viewing options and the plethora of input possibilities.

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