Should You Buy a Philips PC Monitor?

Philips is one of the most popular PC monitor brands as well as being well known for its TVs, irons and fryers.

If you are wondering how Philips PC monitors compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared over 4,500 PC monitors by objectively and impartially analysing over 100,000 user and expert reviews and over 2,900 awards from hundreds of different review sites.

Philips are recognised for their wide selection of mid-range and award winning PC monitors. Their PC monitors start at $108 for the 223V5 which has a display diagonal of 21.5" and is a PC monitor that has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) and go up to $1,027 for the BDM4350UC which has a display diagonal of 42.51" and is a PC monitor that has a resolution of 3840 x 2160 (4K). The average price of a new Philips PC monitor is $308.

Is Philips the Best PC Monitor Brand?

So are Philips PC monitors any good? We give every PC monitor a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all PC monitors we are able to impartially rank all the PC monitor brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Philips is the 12th best PC monitor brand out there.

Let's look at how Philips PC monitors compare to the other PC monitor brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

Philips have better reviews than the typical PC monitor brand, with the average rating of a Philips PC monitor being 73%.

There's a smaller selection of Philips PC monitors available compared to other PC monitor brands, with only 39 Philips PC monitors currently on the market in the US. Philips PC monitors also tend to be cheaper than most other PC monitor brands however they are still a less popular choice with consumers.

When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Philips PC monitor is $20 (based on a person typically using a PC monitor for 8 hours per day), which makes them less efficient than most other PC monitor brands.

What Do the Philips PC Monitor Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Philips PC monitor to work out the average distribution of reviews for Philips and then compared this to the other PC monitor brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		196
4 stars		228
3 stars		48
2 stars		4
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		309
4 stars		119
3 stars		44
2 stars		23
1 star		39

Over 89% of expert reviews and 80% of user reviews for Philips PC monitors are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 91% and 85% respectively across all PC Monitor brands.

Purchasers of Philips PC monitors frequently mentioned that the product was carefully designed, easy to use and fairly priced. Their PC monitors have also won 200+ awards.

In the table below we compare the average review score given to Philips PC monitors by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other PC monitor brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	Asus	AOC	Benq	Philips	DELL
	73% 39 reviews	64% 11 reviews	74% 24 reviews	66% 14 reviews	84% 16 reviews
	89% 25 reviews	90% 20 reviews	91% 26 reviews	91% 10 reviews	88% 18 reviews
	84% 28 reviews	79% 19 reviews	87% 11 reviews	81% 16 reviews	80% 14 reviews
	77% 18 reviews	73% 14 reviews	74% 25 reviews	74% 7 reviews	79% 21 reviews
	78% 18 reviews	77% 14 reviews	78% 26 reviews	77% 20 reviews	79% 6 reviews
	77% 13 reviews	80% 21 reviews	79% 17 reviews	79% 14 reviews	74% 7 reviews
	86% 24 reviews	82% 21 reviews	80% 7 reviews	81% 16 reviews	85% 2 reviews
	79% 13 reviews	81% 6 reviews	82% 33 reviews	78% 8 reviews	86% 2 reviews
	82% 17 reviews	77% 15 reviews	83% 8 reviews	74% 14 reviews	86% 8 reviews
	84% 1 review	81% 20 reviews	80% 16 reviews	81% 18 reviews	80% 2 reviews
	90% 16 reviews	76% 11 reviews	92% 10 reviews	80% 11 reviews	90% 6 reviews
	87% 6 reviews	85% 30 reviews		86% 17 reviews
	89% 9 reviews	80% 12 reviews	94% 7 reviews	91% 7 reviews	86% 16 reviews
	76% 13 reviews				80% 36 reviews
	87% 16 reviews	77% 7 reviews	85% 4 reviews	77% 4 reviews	85% 17 reviews
	76% 7 reviews	78% 12 reviews	74% 13 reviews	80% 4 reviews	81% 10 reviews
	80% 7 reviews	81% 11 reviews	79% 10 reviews	78% 5 reviews	80% 10 reviews
	80% 8 reviews	80% 12 reviews	77% 7 reviews	78% 6 reviews	60% 1 review
	88% 9 reviews	80% 6 reviews	89% 7 reviews	84% 7 reviews	77% 3 reviews
	78% 10 reviews	77% 6 reviews	70% 2 reviews	69% 9 reviews	72% 5 reviews
Other Expert Sites	60% 499 reviews	61% 424 reviews	69% 376 reviews	63% 253 reviews	65% 244 reviews
Average	81% 796 reviews	78% 692 reviews	81% 629 reviews	79% 460 reviews	80% 444 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Philips PC Monitors Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 203 industry awards for Philips PC monitors. The table below compares the number of awards received by Philips to other popular PC monitor brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning PC monitors

Number of Awards	Asus	AOC	Benq	Philips	DELL
	18	15	17	10	7
	24	18	6	15	2
	12	17	14	8	5
	18	5	10	4	4
	10	8	11	2	8
	9	8	14	2	6
	12	7	10	4	3
	9	9	5	5	6
	8	7	5	6	3
	13	4	1	6	5
	5	12	7	4	1
	6	5	5		11
	13	9		5
	9	6	5	3	3
	9	2	7	2	5
	14	4		5
	13		7	1	1
	5	8	3	1	3
	14	1	3		1
	4	6	4	4
Other Expert Sites	356	236	176	116	143
Total	581	387	310	203	217

How Reliable Are Philips PC Monitors?

We checked over 100,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Philips PC monitors. over 90 of these reviews mention reliability of which 93% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Philips PC monitor owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Philips PC monitors are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Philips PC monitors that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

Philips has put together a great looking monitor that's easy on the eyes

excellent build quality

with a great build quality

this thing feels sturdy all throughout

a stunning build quality

The pair of 2W speakers are built in are adequate for use with Skype

it faces very tough competition from the likes of the ViewSonic VP2770-LED

Built in speakers PC audio-in Headphone out RJ45 Ethernet through USB-C All cables provided

Excellent Build Quality

Very solidly built

which I feel is more reliable for computer usage than HDMI

NOT RELIABLE

Broken down after few weeks

not a single one has broken yet

Speaker sound system built inn cheap sound system