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 2,700 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 $733 for the C271P4QPJEW which has a display diagonal of 27" and is a PC monitor that has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (Full HD). The average price of a new Philips PC monitor is $328.
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 14th best PC monitor brand out there.
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Taiwan
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95%
9,562 reviews
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South Korea
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95%
8,704 reviews
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Taiwan
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17,058 reviews
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Taiwan
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United States
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United States
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South Korea
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Taiwan
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11,458 reviews
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Japan
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China
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Taiwan
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519 reviews
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Japan
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576 reviews
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Netherlands
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1,860 reviews
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42 reviews
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ELO
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4 reviews
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Gigabyte
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80 reviews
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Alienware
United States
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74%
564 reviews
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Sceptre
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331 reviews
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9 reviews
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GeChic
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73%
54 reviews
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Japan
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Viotek
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10 reviews
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LILLIPUT
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453 reviews
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Japan
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Viewera
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0 reviews
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AG Neovo
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DoubleSight
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AVUE
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CTL
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ZOWIE
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Aopen
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4 reviews
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Taiwan
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Elo TouchSystems
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58%
2 reviews
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57%
0 reviews
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Mimo Monitors
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55%
0 reviews
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Tatung
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54%
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54%
0 reviews
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Pelco
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53%
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Bematech
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ADTECHNO
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Wacom
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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.
All PC monitor Brands |
Philips PC Monitors |
Philips have better reviews than the typical PC monitor brand, with the average rating of a Philips PC monitor being 74%.
There's a smaller selection of Philips PC monitors available compared to other PC monitor brands, with only 22 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.
No. Of PC Monitors |
Average Price
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$0 | $50 | $100 | $150 | $200 | $250 | $300 | $350 | $400 | $450 | $4,599 |
No. Of PC Monitors |
Average Price
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$0 | $50 | $100 | $150 | $200 | $250 | $300 | $350 | $400 | $450 | $6,099 |
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 | 200 | |
4 stars | 259 | |
3 stars | 53 | |
2 stars | 5 | |
1 star | 0 |

User Reviews
5 stars | 427 | |
4 stars | 164 | |
3 stars | 56 | |
2 stars | 28 | |
1 star | 49 |
Over 89% of expert reviews and 82% 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 had a good design, a good price and was good in terms of size. Their PC monitors have also won 210+ 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 | Benq | AOC | Philips | LG |
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74%
37 reviews
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73%
25 reviews
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64%
10 reviews
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71%
14 reviews
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79%
36 reviews
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20 reviews
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23 reviews
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89%
14 reviews
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90%
7 reviews
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90%
18 reviews
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24 reviews
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87%
11 reviews
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79%
17 reviews
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81%
17 reviews
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73%
12 reviews
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15 reviews
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78%
25 reviews
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77%
13 reviews
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77%
19 reviews
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85%
8 reviews
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77%
17 reviews
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73%
24 reviews
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72%
14 reviews
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74%
7 reviews
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75%
11 reviews
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79%
13 reviews
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82%
30 reviews
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80%
6 reviews
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78%
8 reviews
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82%
14 reviews
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85%
21 reviews
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80%
6 reviews
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82%
17 reviews
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81%
16 reviews
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75%
11 reviews
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77%
15 reviews
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80%
15 reviews
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77%
15 reviews
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87%
3 reviews
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90%
14 reviews
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91%
9 reviews
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76%
11 reviews
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80%
12 reviews
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76%
11 reviews
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15 reviews
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80%
6 reviews
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78%
14 reviews
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76%
16 reviews
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2 reviews
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10 reviews
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7 reviews
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9 reviews
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9 reviews
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16 reviews
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16 reviews
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17 reviews
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4 reviews
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25 reviews
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18 reviews
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14 reviews
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4 reviews
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4 reviews
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5 reviews
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21 reviews
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10 reviews
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1 review
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8 reviews
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8 reviews
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7 reviews
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11 reviews
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10 reviews
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8 reviews
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10 reviews
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81%
10 reviews
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5 reviews
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6 reviews
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80%
6 reviews
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8 reviews
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6 reviews
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6 reviews
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7 reviews
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9 reviews
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83%
4 reviews
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82%
3 reviews
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84%
8 reviews
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81%
4 reviews
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79%
8 reviews
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83%
5 reviews
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83%
4 reviews
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Other Expert Sites |
59%
467 reviews
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68%
347 reviews
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61%
347 reviews
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62%
252 reviews
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64%
207 reviews
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Average |
82%
728 reviews
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81%
587 reviews
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78%
584 reviews
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80%
466 reviews
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81%
393 reviews
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How Many Industry Awards Have Philips PC Monitors Received?
After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 199 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 | Benq | AOC | Philips | LG |
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17
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16
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11
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10
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11
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21
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5
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15
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15
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10
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13
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12
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7
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8
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14
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10
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5
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1
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10
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11
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10
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7
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4
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2
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9
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14
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7
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1
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3
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10
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11
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8
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1
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2
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17
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1
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2
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5
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3
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5
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6
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10
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4
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2
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14
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8
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3
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7
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3
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8
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6
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1
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12
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3
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6
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4
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8
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5
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6
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3
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1
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7
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5
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5
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5
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1
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13
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7
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1
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1
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1
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9
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10
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2
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5
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7
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6
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8
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6
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2
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2
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1
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4
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4
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5
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5
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6
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5
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4
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3
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Other Expert Sites |
348
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171
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191
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113
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92
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Total |
544
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292
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323
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199
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161
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How Reliable Are Philips PC Monitors?
We checked over 100,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Philips PC monitors. over 100 of these reviews mention reliability of which 92% 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:
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