Philips Evnia 49M2C8900L 144Hz QD-OLED Ultrawide
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OLED technology provides a rich gaming experience with strong contrast, colours and responsiveness. The Philips Evnia 49M2C8900L offers this, with a heavy dose of immersion from its large ultrawide (or ‘SuperWide’) panel. The monitor includes signature Evnia styling, with a marble-effect white and light grey stand base and silver-coloured plastic bottom bezel. Dual-stage bezels are used with slim panel border flush with the rest of the screen plus thin hard plastic outer part. As usual for QD-OLED models there’s an overprovisioning of pixels (‘active area’) between the image and panel border, used for the ‘pixel orbiting’ image retention mitigation measure. The OSD (On Screen Display) is controlled by a joystick at the rear of the screen, towards the right side as viewed from the front.
A 48.9″ ‘Gen 2’ Samsung QD-OLED (Quantum Dot OLED) panel is used, with 1800R (moderate) curve and 5120 x 1440 resolution (32:9 ultrawide). As a ‘Gen 2’ panel the subpixel structure has been adjusted (squarer appearance) to reduce fringing. With the size and resolution, it’s similar to having 2 x 27″ 16:9 QHD monitors side by side without bezels in the middle. The screen surface is glossy with an anti-reflective finish, as typical for QD-OLEDs. A 144Hz refresh rate is supported, alongside Adaptive-Sync – allowing technologies such as Nvidia ‘G-SYNC Compatible’ and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro to be used, with 48 – 144Hz VRR range plus LFC. A 1m:1 static contrast ratio is specified alongside 178°/178° viewing angles and true 10-bit colour support. The monitor is ‘flicker-free’ with 250 cd/m² (1000 cd/m² HDR peak) typical maximum luminance and 99% DCI-P3 (125.2% Adobe RGB, 153.1% sRGB) colour gamut specified. A factory calibrated sRGB setting is included with specified DeltaE <2. The monitor is VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 certified, but includes HDR modes with stronger brightness peaks as well.
A 0.03ms grey to grey response time is specified – don’t take the exact figure too seriously, though the technology is known to be exceptionally responsive. ‘Low Input Lag’ is also specified. The rear of the screen includes ‘Ambiglow’ LEDs towards the top and side edges, with an additional vertical strip down the middle. This is a relatively powerful RGB LED lighting solution, which can be used as a bias light and can react to what’s being displayed on the screen or sound being played. The stand attaches centrally and can be removed and replaced by an alternative 100 x 100mm VESA compatible solution (adaptor included) if preferred. The included stand offers tilt, swivel and 120mm (4.72 inches) height adjustment. The ports face downwards and include; AC power input (internal power converter), 2 HDMI 2.0 ports, DP 1.4 (with DSC), USB-C (90W PD, DP Alt Mode, upstream data), a 3.5mm audio output and 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports (plus Type-B upstream). KVM is supported for easy peripheral sharing and display switching between 2 systems and the monitor includes quite a powerful sound system – 2 x 7.5W speakers plus 2 x 7.5W woofers.
Further details can be found on the manufacturer’s website. The monitor has an MSRP ~£870 with availability from May 2024.
