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 blenders.

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 200,000 user and expert reviews and over 3,800 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 $1,387 for the 499P9H which has a display diagonal of 48.8" and is a PC monitor that has a resolution of 5120 x 1440. The average price of a new Philips PC monitor is $329.

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 13th 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 75%.

There's a smaller selection of Philips PC monitors available compared to other PC monitor brands, with only 23 Philips PC monitors currently on the market in the US. Philips PC monitors also tend to be more expensive than most other PC monitor brands making them 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		251
4 stars		300
3 stars		65
2 stars		9
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		1,329
4 stars		478
3 stars		198
2 stars		105
1 star		173

Over 88% of expert reviews and 79% of user reviews for Philips PC monitors are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 90% and 85% respectively across all PC Monitor brands.

Purchasers of Philips PC monitors frequently mentioned that the product was robust, carefully designed and had a good price. Their PC monitors have also won 270+ 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	AOC	Asus	Benq	Philips	LG
	60% 17 reviews	69% 44 reviews	70% 28 reviews	66% 20 reviews	77% 40 reviews
	89% 31 reviews	89% 29 reviews	92% 32 reviews	91% 13 reviews	91% 33 reviews
	80% 22 reviews	79% 19 reviews	79% 29 reviews	78% 23 reviews	84% 11 reviews
	78% 24 reviews	84% 28 reviews	87% 12 reviews	79% 17 reviews	74% 13 reviews
	83% 30 reviews	84% 28 reviews	80% 7 reviews	82% 19 reviews
	81% 29 reviews	75% 13 reviews	79% 17 reviews	76% 17 reviews	87% 3 reviews
	81% 8 reviews	79% 13 reviews	82% 33 reviews	78% 8 reviews	81% 15 reviews
	83% 32 reviews	84% 1 review	80% 19 reviews	81% 24 reviews
	86% 40 reviews	89% 6 reviews	89% 2 reviews	86% 23 reviews	91% 2 reviews
	86% 19 reviews	90% 10 reviews	94% 7 reviews	90% 10 reviews	88% 26 reviews
	73% 18 reviews	79% 16 reviews	76% 21 reviews	72% 5 reviews	77% 11 reviews
	78% 21 reviews	82% 17 reviews	79% 11 reviews	75% 17 reviews	75% 2 reviews
	75% 8 reviews	82% 19 reviews	79% 5 reviews	66% 7 reviews	77% 27 reviews
	80% 17 reviews	91% 14 reviews	92% 10 reviews	80% 11 reviews	76% 11 reviews
	82% 19 reviews	75% 10 reviews	73% 15 reviews	80% 5 reviews	72% 5 reviews
	88% 10 reviews	91% 14 reviews	84% 2 reviews	89% 9 reviews	90% 18 reviews
	89% 8 reviews	87% 19 reviews	90% 10 reviews		77% 11 reviews
	86% 13 reviews	88% 12 reviews	87% 6 reviews	83% 8 reviews	87% 6 reviews
	80% 17 reviews	80% 9 reviews	76% 10 reviews	78% 5 reviews	82% 4 reviews
	86% 19 reviews	84% 14 reviews	93% 4 reviews	84% 7 reviews
Other Expert Sites	63% 753 reviews	61% 636 reviews	69% 443 reviews	64% 342 reviews	68% 284 reviews
Average	80% 1,155 reviews	82% 971 reviews	82% 723 reviews	79% 590 reviews	81% 522 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Philips PC Monitors Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 279 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.

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Number of Awards	AOC	Asus	Benq	Philips	LG
	23	22	21	17	19
	28	28	6	18
	20	13	12	9	11
	11	20	13	7	12
	26	19		17
	11	19	2	12	3
	13	13	8	7	1
	8	9	14	2	4
	8	12	11	3	3
	14	9	5	7	1
	14	7	8	5	2
	10	10	11	2	3
	6	16		7	3
	16	1		13
	3	3		1	21
	16	1			10
	6	2		7	10
	10	7	4	2	1
	11	4	4	5
	4	9	7	2	1
Other Expert Sites	386	468	211	136	115
Total	644	692	337	279	220

How Reliable Are Philips PC Monitors?

We checked over 200,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Philips PC monitors. over 130 of these reviews mention reliability of which 89% 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

dependable which can handle the basics with minimum fuss

swivel is a mechanism built into the b

this thing feels sturdy all throughout

with a great build quality

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

It's well made

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

excellent build quality

sturdy monitor with internal speake

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

excellent build quality running it on a Geforce GTX970 at 144Hz

we use external speakers for sound so cannot comment on the built in ones

Excellent Build Quality

NOT RELIABLE

Build quality is very cheap

I realised that since the screen is what's broken

Speaker sound system built inn cheap sound system

What is the Best Mid-Range Philips PC Monitor?

Philips E Line 325E1C

31.5"

2560 X 1440 PIXELS RESOLUTION

4ms RESPONSE TIME

178° VERTICAL

178° HORIZONTAL

$61 OVER 5 YEARS

B

A great mid range choice, priced at $339.99 is the Philips E Line 325E1C, which has a Kagoo Score of 74.

Features We Love:

2560 x 1440 pixels resolution

Big display diagonal (31.5")

Faster than average response time (4ms)

High typical contrast ratio (3000:1)

Supports NVIDIA G-Sync

An award winning and very economical to run 31.5" flatpanel monitor, with a very good spec. It has an HDMI and an HDCP, supports NVIDIA G-Sync and features Plug & Play.

88 Reviews	8 Reviews + 3 Awards
80 Features	Fully-Featured
65 Value for Money	Good
91 Running Costs	$62 Over 5 Years
74 Kagoo Score	Very Good

Multiple reviews mentioned that Philips E Line 325E1C has great expert reviews and terrific user reviews with an average overall rating of 72%.

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The cheapest price that we could find for the E Line 325E1C in the US is $339.99 but in total we found only 1 price for it.

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What is the Ultimate Philips PC Monitor?

Philips P Line 499P9H

48.8"

5120 X 1440 PIXELS RESOLUTION

5ms RESPONSE TIME

178° VERTICAL

178° HORIZONTAL

$314 OVER 5 YEARS

B

For those with an unlimited budget then the Philips P Line 499P9H is the best Philips PC monitor out there. At $1,386.99 it's not cheap, but is excellent quality and as such we gave it Kagoo Score of 73.

Features We Love:

Big display diagonal (48.8")

Wide vertical viewing angle (178°)

Wide horizontal viewing angle (178°)

High typical contrast ratio (3000:1)

Built-in camera

Customers report that this LCD screen has a good screen, it has good features but it's expensive. It's a display diagonal and multi award winning LCD screen, with reasonable running costs and a good spec.

90 Reviews	46 Reviews + 9 Awards
79 Features	Good Features
62 Value for Money	Good
66 Running Costs	$320 Over 5 Years
73 Kagoo Score	Very Good

Owners report that Philips P Line 499P9H has very good expert reviews but average user reviews with an average overall rating of 80%, based on 46 reviews.

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