THE BEST gaming monitor that's sold out... (Philips Evnia 34M2C8600 QD-OLED review)

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The QD-OLED 34" Ultrawide 3440 x 1440p 21:9 Samsung Panel is STUNNING, featuring a 2H anti-glare coating, that is... full gloss, so you get the benefits of both worlds (explained later), and Philips have implemented this with their Evnia line up to near perfection. The Input lag is virtually zero (tested) and the response times are under 1ms, at 175Hz with freesync support that works from 48-175hz, it is bound to make any gamer have a great time. Though there are some drawbacks which will will discuss in today's review.
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@JoaoGuilhermePan 9 ай бұрын

This is the first video out there of this monitor where you ACTUALLY walked us through the features. We already know the picture quality is great, we don't need all the technical mumbo jumbo to back it up :D thanks!

@BlizzGMX 11 ай бұрын

Nice looking monitor. Great review thanks.

@AbdoZaInsert 11 ай бұрын

Seems like a lovely screen, I've been lately looking up for the Mini led technology in monitors. It's gonna be a mix between the pros of LED & OLED ;)

@MarcoGPUtuber 11 ай бұрын

A Tech YES Video AND a Tech YES Livestream in ONE DAY? I am spoiled! It's better than OLED!

@Hectorscarclub13 11 ай бұрын

I believe it is also an oled panel

@j3m638 11 ай бұрын

Nice & very concise review Brian! Looks very impressive & def worth looking out for. Philips eh , Who'd a thunk :)

@PimHoffmann1988 11 ай бұрын

Been using it for a few weeks now. Absolutely love it. Never had an QD OLED before. Colors are insane, love all the features and low input latency

@kapitanuran 7 ай бұрын

Hey! And how it's performing now? Whats your experience with the ambilight option? Is there any noticeable delay in the follow video mode?

@mhm35 6 ай бұрын

What panel did you come from going to this? I use 21:9 1080p, 220 hz. Worried I’ll be disappointed with drop in refresh rate.

@PimHoffmann1988 6 ай бұрын

@@kapitanuran still performing great. The ambilight has the slightest of delays. Only noticeable when I pay attention to it. Adds a great vibe when playing Starfield

@PimHoffmann1988 6 ай бұрын

@@mhm35 I used a 21:9 3440x1440 @100Hz IPS VA panel. I prefer 1440p to 1080p for ultrawides. My GF used a 21:9 2560x1080 @175Hz nanoIPS panel which was beatiful in its own right. Very few games I play will be able to push above 175 fps anyway. I'm afraid I can't offer any insight in the drop from 220Hz to 175Hz. You might be better of saving for an even higher refresh rate QD-OLED monitor if you are playing just competitive shooters

@mhm35 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! I have had only familiarity with competitive panels on competitive shooters, but I have no delusions of being competitive myself LOL. I may play almost exclusively Halo Infinite, but I seldom play Ranked. I've actually been raising the resolution beyond my 1080p 21:9 native resolution to see how my GPU handles 1440p 21:9 resolution. It's been pretty positive. Def a big drop in frames, but still def playable. To my knowledge, the only OLEDs with higher refresh rate are Odyssey G9, I just don't have space for a 49". Appreciate your comments!@@PimHoffmann1988

@Willbme4EVA 11 ай бұрын

That is one hell of a yummy display. Thanks for all the content, so motivational and enthusiastic, !!Snappy!!

@imsim6064 11 ай бұрын

Respect to Phillips for actually stepping up and not just chucking there badge on a random display. Looks great!

@AmigaWolf 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, but do not forget that Philips do not sell or make monitors anymore, a Chinese company (TP Vision) bought the rights and name of Philips years ago (2012). So yeah it has nothing to do with Philips, but the name Philips still sells good, still because of its name. And yeah, the Philips (TP Vision) Evnia 34M2C8600 White looks great, i had to buy a new monitor, because my cat destroyed my other good monitor, that was less then 2 years old, i wish a new LG UltraGear 38GN950-B, 38" 3840x1600 (4k) 160Hz Nano IPS was a lot cheaper, because i still would have bought that one, even when the colors and blacks look better on this Philips (TP Vision) Evnia 34M2C8600 monitor, he is a lot smaller, but there is no 38" 3840x1600 OLED monitor.

@heresyV6 Ай бұрын

Nice Review. Got the Monitor today. Bought it for 750€

@rickgoosens8793 3 күн бұрын

Nice one I just bought it today for 730€ in Denmark so that’s insanely cheap. How are you feeling about the screen a month later ?

@SilverJoystix 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video. If it still $800 on Amazon at the time I go to purchase, this will be my next monitor.

@Targetlockon 11 ай бұрын

Those OSD features wow 👌

@xxzmk 11 ай бұрын

Having an Oled for gaming or anything else is just absolute GOLD

@Adamchevy 11 ай бұрын

Looks like a great monitor. I’ll upgrade from my asus pg32uqx someday, but so far none of the tech I’ve seen justifies it. Thanks for the review.

@ArlanZas83 5 ай бұрын

Please, tell me why you try to go away from more expensive non-burnin mini-led panel? I just looking for R version of it. What's wrong with it?

@cracklingice 11 ай бұрын

Man I hope that Philips makes this but 24" flat 2560x1440 240hz. I like that ambiglow and the rest of it sounds pretty good too. I just cannot stand widescreen or curved monitors and I don't want larger than 24".

@laurenz6760 9 ай бұрын

Would be good if you could bind that sniper mode on a keyboard input to toggle it when needed

@StevoHDA 11 ай бұрын

the anti glare finish while retaining gloss is good, but it doesn't make up for the lack of a polariser so dynamic range is lowered a fair amount with just a light on in the room, blacks become grey is the most noticeable part of this, still looks great relatively in the end but this is where woled gloss panels perform a little better in these scenarios even if its lacking the color intensity of qd. the pixel layout while not standard rgb, is still better than woled when reading text at the same ppi and distance. woled has the benefit of more efficiency for white, whereas white on qd oled heats and degrades things a lot quicker, hence the reports of burn in. I think all this is worth if for the lumination and color volume of qd, i have a lot of experience with how burn in works and this panel had been great for me, i wouldn't say the same for 90% of the other yuppies

@techyescity 11 ай бұрын

Great insights. Thanks will check them out more in depth. I personally think they are in a similar league, the gloss woled and qd oled. Though this one does quite a lot better in a sunlit room.

@StevoHDA 11 ай бұрын

@@techyescity I guess I lean heavy towards gloss due to being able to ignore reflections better than most, I'm one of those people you see with with foggy/dirty glasses/windscreens from time to time because I can let it build up before it gets annoying

@ArminBlackFeather 6 ай бұрын

Well I can NOT wait for the asus glossies to come out bc my sammy just crapped out, 2nd one so ugh im done with them. SO as a person who is absolutely disgusted by the matte finish on OLEDs should I get this one? I thought I hit the jackpot finding this lil covered panel, but Im now confused as it is semi glossy or glossy? I just need something soon and these are now 800$ and the only descent gaming spec GLOSSY, where 4k or 240hz specs, is way that important to my use.

@user-xl6yo5dr6p 6 ай бұрын

Mate can you recommend me a monitor I just bought a pc with rtx4090 and 14900k. I want 4k and something around 32 inches not too big and I do not like ultra wide because games looks stretched.

@Techspin 11 ай бұрын

Loved it! Who knew Phillips was competitive in the gaming monitor market? Great info, keep up the good content!

@sindev3320 11 ай бұрын

hello, some people are saying that due to the lack of polarizer the oled panels looks grayish and even worse to ips panel in a dim room, is that true ?

@danielivanov930 11 ай бұрын

Wish i had that zoom feature actually xD . I played H&G before they closed the game and it had a tank with decent frontal armor but shitty optic xD .That zoom could have been useful back then 😂

@Unknown-ve6vp 11 ай бұрын

Between the RX 5700 XT and RX 6600 XT, which GPU performs better on a PCIe Gen 3 system with an i5-10400F and B560 motherboard without any significant loss of performance?

@Techster_ 11 ай бұрын

Rx 5700xt

@Dencell 11 ай бұрын

Is this model available in Japan?

@Sockpoppet 8 ай бұрын

How's the ghosting effect when panning the camera ingame?

@ligh7foo7 8 ай бұрын

I think from watching Hardware Unboxed review the ambi glow was shown to help with the immersion experience when watching HDR. 8:37 common sense tells me that HDR and smart frame gamma layer may not work well together

@masterbenjamin3348 8 ай бұрын

is the fan that loud again? You can turn it off on this model. does it make a loud whining noise again? Alienware and Samsung have the Same Noise

@JynxedKoma 2 ай бұрын

Tech, would you say this monitor is better than the Samsung Odyssey G8? Thanks!

@npyrhone2 10 ай бұрын

The most important question: How does the text look like (esp. subpixel layout)? Is it suitable also for general use, or only for playing and watching videos?

@marshallb5210 9 ай бұрын

watch the whole video, there's a sharpening filter on by default to compensate for the subpixel ayout

@npyrhone2 9 ай бұрын

@@marshallb5210 Where is a sharpening filter? Is it working? Is it good? How does it affect text? Video does not say that.

@oOZellzimaOo 11 ай бұрын

It's available here in the Netherlands for around 950 Euros. I already spent a ludicrous amount on a 65" LG G2, but I really want an OLED type monitor to replace my ancient LG 32GK650F. I have this on my "To Buy" list. I'm probably going to buy this or the Alienware AW3423DWF. There's also the Samsung Odyssey G8 OLED. Choices, choices. UPDATE: I bought a used Philips QD-OLED 34" for just 550 Euro. It's in perfect condition!

@thrace_bot1012 11 ай бұрын

Depends on your GPU. G8 OLED is the best one but it only works correctly with Nvidia GPUs. Alienware 3432DWF also used to have problems with AMD GPUs but they were fixed in a previous firmware update so you can go that way if you're on an AMD GFX Card.

@techyescity 11 ай бұрын

I don't think you can go wrong with any of the implementations for qd oled. Though the feature set on this one is extremely well polished.

@thrace_bot1012 11 ай бұрын

@@techyescity the G8 OLED's HDR/ Brightness still doesn't play nice with AMD GPUs btw, I think that's important for people to note, I almost spent 1600 AUD on one and was gonna pair it with an AMD GPU but it turned out to be quite a problematic coupling, you should make a "buyers beware" video on that

@1976smb 11 ай бұрын

@@thrace_bot1012 Sheesh, you folks are spending what I'd normally spend on a TV. My top price for monitors is around $800 US.

@oOZellzimaOo 11 ай бұрын

@@1976smb If you want to feel like you got an upgrade compared to let's say a 144hz 1440p IPS monitor, then OLED is the way to go. Currently, these are the "cheapest" ones that are also decently sized. I bet you in 2 to 3 years time that the prices will come down to that 800 dollar mark.

@Aravancz 5 ай бұрын

Hey, do you know if it is possible to use this monitor with PS5 and get 1440p resolution out of the console?

@Zetler 11 ай бұрын

This suddenly came up, but man. I just realized how much he looks like Paul Reubens the actor.

@Kapono5150 11 ай бұрын

Since iv never owned a Ultra wide monitor, I’m not familiar with what games support this aspect ratio. Is there enough support in new games to justify an Ultra wide ?

@manubaumann7825 6 ай бұрын

Same question for me

@camaro8570 11 ай бұрын

Monitors unboxed also testet this display recently. No HDMI 2.1 so no 120 herz on console, no burn in warrenty, Fan ramping up and down after 1hour usage, witch can be toggled to low in the menu but who knows how that affects longevity. and some problem with amd cards using adaptive sync where u need to restart the monitor evry time when using it. (simething like that) no usb so no firmwire update (not sure about that one)

@PremiumMotoTV 2 ай бұрын

And no vesa

@Drewtheelder 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review but you made one mistake, it's not HDR 400 but HDR True Black 400, which makes a big difference.

@jayhsyn 11 ай бұрын

I’ve got one of the Alienware QD oled panels and love it. They’re fantastic. I’d put it up against my lg c1 oled which I also use for rpg and single player games

@mhm35 6 ай бұрын

What panel did you come from? I’m wondering if I’ll miss 220 hz

@jayhsyn 6 ай бұрын

@@mhm35 I’ve got a 55” LG C1 oled and 34” Alienware QD oled and use both on my PC for different games the panel I used prior too was a 27” Asus IPS 165hz. Lower HZ oled panels seem faster than they are because of how fast the pixels can change between black to white, a 120hz Oled is similar to a 240hz IPS so they say.

@mhm35 6 ай бұрын

Never thought of it that way! Thanks for the feedback! I may very well give it a try!@@jayhsyn

@sebastianandmusic 2 ай бұрын

What about the fan? Is it noisy? I saw an option to turn it off. Can the monitor work with the fan turned off? Is the fan audible in "silent" mode? The price 22.05.2024 is £648. And I wonder the reason for such a drastic price reduction. Thanks

@techyescity Ай бұрын

I can never hear it and been using this monitor for quite some time and it's just been on it's default mode. I never knew it had a fan in it until you mentioned this now? lol

@morphes 11 ай бұрын

Seems like the same panel as the alienware QD-Oled, cant confirm though. Looked up a few other reviews and it seems like it anyway.

@techyescity 11 ай бұрын

I think it is. Might be a different revision though.

@MMA_BEASTHUB 11 ай бұрын

Brother I have a very serious question only you can answer...I will receive my repaired Gigabyte RTX 3070 (from Gigabyte RMA) Should I keep using the card or will it fail again? I have only a month warranty left...Can we trust repaired cards? Will it last like new?

@gimmegaming5345 11 ай бұрын

When watching this monitor on screen it was straining my eyes. I then noticed when the sharpness was down as zero it was gone. I'd be curious what caused that and if it would cause it in person.

@techyescity 11 ай бұрын

That is really interesting. I found the default 50 to be the only setting that fits for me. 0 was blurry and strained my eyes. Maybe you have super human sight? Have you tested eyes? 2.0 2.0?

@gimmegaming5345 11 ай бұрын

@@techyescity I had them tested when I was younger and they were 20/12.5 or something like that. I didn't think it was caused by quality of eyesight as I had the same issue with LG 34GK950F I bought a few years ago (this monitor caused issues no matter the settings though). I ended up having to replace it. I didn't realize I could see the problem online until I watched this video of this monitor.

@AdaLollA 8 ай бұрын

I read a lot about this monitor having a KVM built in. Yet, i have not seen any youtube review mention it. Does this monitor have a KVM or not? Would save 100-200€

@AdaLollA 7 ай бұрын

Correction: It does have an integrated KVM

@jb678901 11 ай бұрын

Before I invest in a new monitor (still using my Philips TV...43PUS6101...4KUHD, direct lit LED, IPS panel, 60Hz) I think I will need to invest in new eye glasses specifically for office desk distances! I do like the 43 inch TV...it's good for work (mostly word processing, excel, ppt)...entertainment...and "old fart" gaming (World of Tanks, World of Warships, DCS) where latency begins and ends with me.

@Omizuke 10 ай бұрын

Wish they had gone for better HDMI. Even the sort of 2.1 that's not full bandwidth so will support this or that. Like, not everything a 2.1 will do at once. But at least get VRR from 48 -100 or so. There are monitors that support FreeSync over HDMI. My old one did. And some devices have VRR over HDMI 2.0. I believe the PS5 will do VRR to monitors with 2.0 that supported FreeSync. The Xbox would run FreeSync on 1440p no problems. So they missed that. I'm still on the fence for QD-OLED, about how it age. I'll wait a bit. I currently have an HDR 4K VA pannel. The blacks surprised me. Having multiple other OLED devices, (Various Samsung using different types, 2 LG P-OLED, basic OLED from the Switch). Always having IPS, from crappy to professional, calibrated 10 bit IPS. And only experienced some mid low VAs in the past. I'm amaze about how black they can look now. I did considered the LG C OLEDS. I really like LG's OLED, more than Samsungs. But since I sue it mostly as monitor. I was paranoid. Also, I rarely turn on the HDR. Not only it uses twice the power. But it blast my eyes. So I only turn it on for movies or gaming from distance. With a controller. When I'm on the keyboard my face is like 40cm from the screen. I run the backlight at 30 and I already find it bright enough.

@christophervanzetta 11 ай бұрын

Hopefully in 5 years the prices overall will come down as people start adopting 4K monitors

@Antonis24 11 ай бұрын

I just can't get past the OLED sub-pixel layout which causes blurry text.

@techyescity 11 ай бұрын

talked about this a bit later on in the video, they have used an impressive sharpness filter which doesn't cause fringing and makes it very crisp.

@Ichi.Capeta 11 ай бұрын

damn, can't even afford any luxury items right now. inflation and interest rates is nuts in my country. /sigh

@ligh7foo7 8 ай бұрын

Return of screen saver woot woot 🎉

@thrace_bot1012 11 ай бұрын

Does this one have issues with hitting its max brightness caliber like the Samsung G8 OLED when paired with AMD GPUs? They are based on the same QD-OLED panel by Samsung, the G8 OLED seems to be the most affordable one in Australia as well as the most feature rich one but unfortunately it doesn't play well with the much better value QHD AMD cards.

@techyescity 11 ай бұрын

I had no problems with the monitor when using it with the 7900 xtx and rx 7600.

@thrace_bot1012 11 ай бұрын

@@techyescity Thanks, that's reassuring.

@0wl999 9 ай бұрын

Yea, no. 1300 bucks is a deal breaker for me. When I upgraded my pc back in 2017 i got the Acer Predator 32 inch led with similar specs for $579 and have been pretty happy with it. If they can fix the burn in and make it in a 40+ inch full hight then i might consider a upgrade.

@mariodrv 11 ай бұрын

If it were 3840x1600 24:10 I would consider it. As it is with this format the top half is not high enough and feels cut off.

@Hectorscarclub13 11 ай бұрын

Now just make it black and 240hz instead of 175hz and am in!

@N0N0111 11 ай бұрын

You are speaking out my book, 175Hz is like tech from 2010. And these are bloody OLED displays that are insane fast!

@DragunnitumGaming 11 ай бұрын

Pog

@OPossum76 11 ай бұрын

would buy if black

@WalStar_7 2 ай бұрын

Philips and AOC are owned by the same parent company so not really new to the gaming scene, maybe more so under the Philips brand though.

@pietrmuffei8874 11 ай бұрын

How can they deliver such things without a vesa compability

@pqlamzpqlamzpqlamzpqalzm5370 11 ай бұрын

No gsync...=(

@Vlemeifa 4 ай бұрын

really?

@bushwickbillOG 11 ай бұрын

the website links you post never work, they just got to the sites mainpage

@cabronesse386 11 ай бұрын

TPV made.

@eee1200 11 ай бұрын

Cool but im broke

@josephdesales7791 11 ай бұрын

Seeing you playing DOTA 2 in 16:9 makes me think that maybe I have to wait for 16:9 QD OLED Monitor.

@techyescity 11 ай бұрын

Yeah if that's all you do. Would be saving some cash and or getting higher refresh too. Though the 27 inch mode is really refreshing. Because 21 9 is great for everything else.

@bakakafka4428 11 ай бұрын

Interesting. Monitor Unboxed basically destroyed this monitor in their review.

@astreakaito5625 11 ай бұрын

No strobbing mode = not good for gaming. Simple as. But this looks great for work. Need 5hz oc though.

@madeofnapalm 11 ай бұрын

2k Euro over here.. sheesh 😁😁

@captainslav6528 11 ай бұрын

I don't trust OLED yet I want my pixels alive and well. I love everything else about them I just wish they could make them last a long time.

@N0N0111 11 ай бұрын

Gaming OLEDs that are not minimal 240Hz is a big NO from me. OLED is so fast that it can easily handle 240Hz, brands are using cheap chips to maximize profits.

@svgmateYT 11 ай бұрын

isn't the best when it's a paid AD to show off..

@NessNT 11 ай бұрын

Way too big for gaming

@q3znw6j88aywnwy 11 ай бұрын

the alienware versions are far better than this

@d4nith3 11 ай бұрын

U are getting old bro 💀

@Strix-gp9xg 11 ай бұрын

Low res. Nothing below 2160p sorry...

@N0N0111 11 ай бұрын

That's right don't buy below 2160p when the price tag is nearly $1000

@AmigaWolf 9 ай бұрын

My cat destroyed my 21:9 4k LG UltraGear 38GN950-B, 38" 3840x1600 160Hz Nano IPS monitor, who i liked a lot, so i looked for a new monitor, but the LG UltraGear 38GN950-B cost now €1372 with shipment, so i looked further, and then saw this review, and that of Monitors Unboxed of the Philips Evnia 34M2C8600 White, and was only €900 now with shipment, and this one is QD-OLED 21:9, and s after looking at reviews and so, i went for this monitor, and it looks great, but it is a lot smaller, 4" looks like nothing, but in real live it's huge, i wish there was a 3840x1600 38" resolution QD-OLED 21:9 monitor, but they don't sell them. But why is this OLED monitor so thick, it's huge, my LG UltraGear 38GN950-B has a Depth (without foot) of 111mm, and the Philips Evnia 34M2C8600 has a Depth (without foot) of 135mm.