A 49" 32:9 monitor from Philips? Why not.

[Northstorm]

Did you think LG's new 42" 4k monitor was big, think again!

Phillips is prepearing to release thier new 49-inch 32:9 UltraWide curved monitor, the Philips 492P8.

The monitor is supposidly going to come in at just under $1100, and is repordetly going to be released

in Q2 of 2018.

Some spec highlights are:
49-inch VA display panel
Native resolution of 3840 × 1080 pixels

32:9 aspect ratio

Brightness up to 600cd/m²

Contrast up to 5000:1

Personally, I'm curious to see, if 3840*1080 isn't a tad bit small for a monitor this size, especially the screen-door effect.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11813/philips-readies-curved-ultrawide-492p8-display
http://hexus.net/tech/news/monitors/109976-philips-readies-49-inch-329-ultrawide-curved-va-monitor/

[RotoCoreOne]

basically take a 4k monitor and cut it in half vertically?

[mynameisjuan]

1080....fuck....that....

[Hayabusa1989]

1 minute ago, mynameisjuan said:

1080....fuck....that....

VA Panel, FUCK THAT. 

[GirlFromYonder]

Atleast it isnt flashing with Christmas lights

[Matu20]

I think this looks amazing, don't understand the negativity.

[Hayabusa1989]

1 minute ago, Matu20 said:

I think this looks amazing, don't understand the negativity.

Ohh don't get me wrong for lots of things it will be cool, but after using a VA Panel for 1 week that i paid £500 for ; i realized how flipping rubbish they are when fast paced things are happening even at 160hz. For me VA sucks 

[mynameisjuan]

3 minutes ago, Matu20 said:

I think this looks amazing, don't understand the negativity.

Because its a crap panel and on top of it the resolution is terrible. My dell 34u has a 3440x1440 screen on a 34" and this 49" appears to be the same height and 1080 at that height looks good awful as all I see is pixels. 

 

That is the main problem with this extremely large monitors is resolution and shit panels. 1080 should be gone now in favor of 1440. 

[Drak3]

I can get 2 27" 1440p 144hz G sync IPS monitors with USB hubs for $100 more, and remove the casing to make damn near the same thing.

[mynameisjuan]

3 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

remove the casing to make damn near the same thing.

Try that and then an ultra wide then come back to me and say its the same experience with a straight face.

[Drak3]

1 minute ago, mynameisjuan said:

Try that and then an ultra wide then come back to me and say its the same experience with a straight face.

You say that as if I haven't before. The only challenging concept to it is finding a pair of panels with little to no noticeable bezel, or can handle some modding. That is actually how some monitors are made.

 

Only difference is that I need to use software to make it work as one monitor, OEMs can use hardware and firmware.

[Notional]

35 minutes ago, RotoCoreOne said:

basically take a 4k monitor and cut it in half vertically?

Horizontally.

 

This monitor still doesn't make any sense. It's based on Samsung's panel used in their own C49HG90. These monitors are insanely overpriced, and the aspect ration is impractical. Sure it would replace 2 16:10 monitors just fine, but for gaming it makes little sense. Movies will have vertical black bars and games will have too little vertical space for a proper overview of the game world. This is literally Samsung taking a tv panel and cutting it in two. It makes no sense as a monitor.

[Princess Luna]

Well the monitor failed to me with the 1080p, would get an Acer X34 before that any day.

[mynameisjuan]

7 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

You say that as if I haven't before. The only challenging concept to it is finding a pair of panels with little to no noticeable bezel, or can handle some modding. That is actually how some monitors are made.

 

Only difference is that I need to use software to make it work as one monitor, OEMs can use hardware and firmware.

No matter how small the bezel you cannot play on both screens as the sights will be in the crack. You will never get tight of a gap by doing it your self instead of just buying an ultra wide. 

[Dietrichw]

55 minutes ago, mynameisjuan said:

Because its a crap panel and on top of it the resolution is terrible. My dell 34u has a 3440x1440 screen on a 34" and this 49" appears to be the same height and 1080 at that height looks good awful as all I see is pixels. 

 

That is the main problem with this extremely large monitors is resolution and shit panels. 1080 should be gone now in favor of 1440. 

It is ~1/8" taller than your display and 1.5" taller than a 24" 1080p display. The pixel density does really suck with this display.

As a better comparison it is marginally taller (.0295") than a 27" 1080p display. 

[PlayStation 2]

Sometimes you just have to ask "why".

And this is one of those cases.

[Doobeedoo]

Nothing special spec wise. Samsung haves better one so. Also, still high price none the less. 

I currently have 2x 16:9 so it's like that. Such can be nice for work and productivity but I wouldn't game on it. Same how I don't see the point in 3 monitors setup for gaming bezelsbor not. 

What's next, 42:9? 

[Maslofski]

this is even a massive size upgrade for a  34" 21:9 owner. the resolution is shit thought, its like two 1080p 27" screens. 5120x1600 would make more sense

 

[Matu20]

2 hours ago, mynameisjuan said:

Because its a crap panel and on top of it the resolution is terrible. My dell 34u has a 3440x1440 screen on a 34" and this 49" appears to be the same height and 1080 at that height looks good awful as all I see is pixels. 

 

That is the main problem with this extremely large monitors is resolution and shit panels. 1080 should be gone now in favor of 1440. 

This should be exactly the same as two 24,5 inch 1080p monitors stuck together. And as I have used 1080p, 1440p and 1440p ultrawide and 4K very extensively, 1080p on a 24 inch screen is not awful, neither is VA rubbish. Maybe you have bad experiences, but VA panels are generally good and pixelation on 24 inch 1080p monitors are not that bad.

 

2 hours ago, Hayabusa1989 said:

Ohh don't get me wrong for lots of things it will be cool, but after using a VA Panel for 1 week that i paid £500 for ; i realized how flipping rubbish they are when fast paced things are happening even at 160hz. For me VA sucks 

I've had VA panels aswell, I didn't have any problems with it at all.

[NumLock21]

Sooner or later we are going to have a doughnut shape monitor and later on a spiral, as it gets longer and longer.

[mynameisjuan]

7 minutes ago, Matu20 said:

This should be exactly the same as two 24,5 inch 1080p monitors stuck together. And as I have used 1080p, 1440p and 1440p ultrawide and 4K very extensively, 1080p on a 24 inch screen is not awful, neither is VA rubbish. Maybe you have bad experiences, but VA panels are generally good and pixelation on 24 inch 1080p monitors are not that bad.

 

I've had VA panels aswell, I didn't have any problems with it at all.

Or maybe I am just used to 1440p and 4k monitors. 1080 just doesnt cut it for me. 

[Phate.exe]

6 minutes ago, Matu20 said:

This should be exactly the same as two 24,5 inch 1080p monitors stuck together. And as I have used 1080p, 1440p and 1440p ultrawide and 4K very extensively, 1080p on a 24 inch screen is not awful, neither is VA rubbish. Maybe you have bad experiences, but VA panels are generally good and pixelation on 24 inch 1080p monitors are not that bad.

 

I've had VA panels aswell, I didn't have any problems with it at all.

It has the same pixel density as 1080p on a 27in panel (81ppi) which in my opinion is not enough for anything that you're gonna be looking closely at.  91-93ppi seems to be the accepted minimum pixel density looking closely at stuff, since most would agree that there's not a damn thing wrong with 1080 on a 24in display.

 

On my 27in 4K panel, I'll run games like PUBG at 1080p because the monitor scales perfectly and that game's optimization is awful.  If you're sitting back a bit, 1080p at 27in is pretty ok, but leaning in close it it's not what I'd want.  At my old job I had a 1080p 27in dell ultrasharp, and unless you tend to type things by leaning way the hell back in your chair, you'll probably get annoyed by the lower resolution.

 

If I had to guess, the point of this monitor is NOT for gamers at all, but for upgrading workstations (especially laptop-based workstations) that previously had dual or triple monitor setups.  A slightly smaller one, something like 43in would match the pixel density and vertical height of a 24in panel, and would be pretty great for cad work while allowing the use of a single displayport cable, rather than an expensive and flaky docking station needed to drive multiple displays.

[lvh1]

So this is like samsung's 32:9 monitor, only double 1080p. If it was 1440 I might've considered it but this is just too low of a resolution for that size.

[goodtofufriday]

Its has a purpose in the work space. But not for gaming with the weird resolution

[bimmerman]

This would be pretty awesome to have at work. Same physical space and resolution as 2 16:9 monitors? Would prefer 2x 16:10s, but not a deal breaker.

 

It's clearly not for gaming. Who cares about how well it can do gaming things when it's for work? I rather like not squinting at 4K when I'm working for 10+ hours in front of a computer...