Archive For: Philips
April 15, 2016
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In our ‘Evolution of LED Backlights’ article, we take a look at some of the progress that has been made in the field on monitor backlighting technology. Some recent designs such as ‘GB-LED’ and RB-LED’ backlights, for example, yield greatly enhanced colour gamuts compared to standard WLED solutions. They also add considerable cost to the ... Read MoreSeptember 19, 2015
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LG and Samsung have now released a number of models which use AH-IPS or PLS panels and a GB-LED backlight design to achieve extended colour gamuts. Rival panel manufacturer AUO have their own equivalent backlight design called RG-LED which they are implementing on some of their own IPS-type (AHVA) panels. The Philips 272P4APJKHB (known as ... Read MoreThe UHD resolution of 3840 x 2160 can bring incredible levels of detail and high pixel densities to relatively small displays. Unfortunately a lot of applications don’t scale nicely, if at all, and therefore some content can be very difficult to read whereas others looks stretched if windows scaling is applied. We found scaling a ... Read More November 13, 2014
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There has understandably been a lot of excitement in the PC gaming community about Nvidia G-SYNC, a technology which allows a monitor to adapt its refresh rate to match the frame rate of the game. The Philips 272G5DYEB, which was announced at CES 2014, is a 27” 144Hz addition to their ‘Brilliance’ line-up with G-SYNC ... Read MoreIn the sea of new IPS monitors being released left, right and centre it is always quite refreshing to see a new VA monitor crop up. For those that like strong contrast and minimal backlight bleed this is generally the LCD panel type to go for. As we’ve seen with the BenQ EW2740L responsiveness isn’t ... Read More 
