Philips 499P9H- 49 Inch Curved Dual QHD Monitor, 70Hz, 5ms, VA, WebCam, Speakers, USB-C Dock

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Technical information

Screen size 48.8 Inches

Resolution QHD Ultra Wide 1440p

Display technology LED

Brand Philips Monitors

Model name 32:9 SuperWide curved LCD display 499P9H/00

Aspect ratio Unknown

Hardware interface HDMI

Refresh rate120 Hz

Response time 5 Milliseconds

Display resolution maximum 5120 x 1440 Pixels

About this item

• 32:9 SuperWide curved LCD display

• Screen designed to replace multiscreen setups.

• Effortlessly smooth action with Adaptive-Sync technology.

• Built-in USB-C docking station.

• Built-in KVM switch to easily switch between sources.

Costumers Product Reviews

Pros

Wow, just wow, that is most probably going to be your first reaction when you see it for the first time.

For gaming the 120hz 5120*1440 is like no other available on the market, the super ultrawide ratio is immersive increasing dramatically your horizontal field of view and the 120hz refresh rate gives an amazing connected feel.

The monitor is using a VA panel that gives a good contrast ratio but usually at the expense of the response time of the pixel. The good news here is that the panel is responsive at all frequencies and the smearing and shadow effect is invisible.

The monitor also supports FreeSync 2 HDR for owner of a Radeon graphic card over the 48-120hz range. It also supports LFC in case you get out of the range without flickering.

The HDR implementation is pretty good with great colour reproduction and a good contrast ratio and an impressive 1000nits peak brightness.

The monitor has 10 vertical dimming zones which is a bit on the low side, I wish Samsung had used an array local dimming solution instead but this is one of the best HDR implementation I have seen on a monitor and at this price range it doesn’t have any competition.

In order to use HDR you will need to make a small sacrifice though as the display port 1.4 interface can’t support this resolution at 120hz with a 10-bit colour depth. I personally restrict the refresh rate at 100hz, but you can also lower the resolution of use Chroma subsampling.

I also use this monitor for work and the real estate that this monitor provides is a real luxury. As a software engineer, I always have a lot of windows open going from my main code editor to documentation, emails, slack, and the application I am working on.

The CRG9 gives you a lot of flexibility. My favourite set up is to have a 16:9 windows right in the centre which host Visual Studio or my main work item and two half screens on each side of it for the rest of the info I need. But you can experiment and create a many configuration as you want.

And finally, you can use the monitor with two sources at the same time, like 2 PCs or a game console and a laptop.

Just keep in mind that HDR, FreeSync, and a few other features are disabled in this mode, your refresh rate will also be capped at 100HZ.

Overall, I love this monitor, it is a delight to work and play with. Samsung has fixed the issues if the previous generation, the HDR performance is enjoyable and within this price range you would be hard pressed to find a more impressive monitor.

Cons

I really wanted to like this monitor:

Negatives:

Easy settings box. Probably the worst display software out there. I know there are alternatives like display fusion, but that comes at a cost. If Samsung want to sell such a premium piece of hardware, they should have the software to support it.

The KVM only allows one source (requires USB port to power from source device), so you can't easily switch between 2 machines like it claims. (The dell equivalent you can).

Switching between devices (just input hdmi -> DP or vice versa) just didn't work. This always failed to switch device. Took about 5 mins of plugging and unplugging (yes I tried different cables)

It claims the HDMI can run at full resolution. HDMI can only run at 3840 x 2160 resolutionat 120hz over HDMI (I have a 1060gtx which can handle more through HDMI). Running the full 5*** resolution required Display Port.

My work laptop (dell xps 9570) would only drive the HDMI @ 30hz which is weird.

Some times the screen kept flickering to this letterbox view (had empty blackness on the top and bottom)

I really wanted to like this monitor. The 49 inch was amazing, the curve was amazing! Hell, the picture quality was really nice. The monitor felt premium quality. It was a lump of a thing though. But, either I had a faulty device or this just was not ready for the market. I felt like a Beta tester, which is just not acceptable for a £1,000 piece of hardware.

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