Philips Evnia 42M2N8900 138Hz OLED with HDMI 2.1
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A 41.5″ LG Display WRGB OLED panel is adopted with 3840 x 2160 (‘4K’ UHD) resolution and matte anti-glare screen surface. A 138Hz refresh rate is supported (120Hz + mild factory overclock), alongside Adaptive-Sync. This allows VRR technologies such as Nvidia ‘G-SYNC Compatible’ and AMD FreeSync to be used, with 48 – 138Hz VRR range plus LFC. Other aspects of note include a 15m:1 static contrast ratio, 178°/178° viewing angles and 10-bit colour support. The monitor is ‘flicker-free’ with 135 cd/m² (450 cd/m² peak) luminance and 98.5% DCI-P3 (93.6% Adobe RGB, 131.3% sRGB) colour gamut specified. Low Blue Light (LBL) settings are included to provide a more relaxing viewing experience, whilst an sRGB emulation setting with specified DeltaE <2 also features. The monitor responds to HDR10 content with increased brightness pulses, 10-bit colour and the generous DCI-P3 gamut put to good use.
A 0.1ms grey to grey response time is specified alongside ‘Low Input Lag’. We often say you shouldn’t pay too much attention to such figures, but OLED technology is known to offer strong pixel responsiveness. ‘Ambiglow’ RGB LEDs are included at the rear along the top and side edges, customisable in the OSD. This feature is usually powerful enough to create a distinct ‘halo’ of light around the monitor, lighting up the wall for added ambience. The stand offers tilt, swivel and height (120mm or 4.72 inches) adjustment with 100 x 100mm VESA mounting supported as an alternative. The ports face downwards and include; AC power input (internal power converter), 2 HDMI 2.1 ports, DP 1.4, USB-C (90W PD, DP Alt Mode, upstream data), 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (plus Type-B upstream) and a 3.5mm audio output. 2 x 10W down-firing DTS speakers are included for potentially quite rich and powerful sound output. The monitor supports KVM for easy display input switching and USB peripheral sharing between 2 systems, alongside 2-device PiP/PbP support.
Further details can be found on the manufacturer’s website. The monitor is listed for ~$1400 USD (~£1500).
