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.

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 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.

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
	74% 37 reviews	73% 25 reviews	64% 10 reviews	71% 14 reviews	79% 36 reviews
	91% 20 reviews	91% 23 reviews	89% 14 reviews	90% 7 reviews	90% 18 reviews
	85% 24 reviews	87% 11 reviews	79% 17 reviews	81% 17 reviews	73% 12 reviews
	79% 15 reviews	78% 25 reviews	77% 13 reviews	77% 19 reviews	85% 8 reviews
	77% 17 reviews	73% 24 reviews	72% 14 reviews	74% 7 reviews	75% 11 reviews
	79% 13 reviews	82% 30 reviews	80% 6 reviews	78% 8 reviews	82% 14 reviews
	85% 21 reviews	80% 6 reviews	82% 17 reviews	81% 16 reviews
	75% 11 reviews	77% 15 reviews	80% 15 reviews	77% 15 reviews	87% 3 reviews
	90% 14 reviews	91% 9 reviews	76% 11 reviews	80% 12 reviews	76% 11 reviews
	80% 15 reviews	80% 6 reviews	78% 14 reviews	76% 16 reviews	75% 2 reviews
	90% 10 reviews	94% 7 reviews	80% 9 reviews	91% 9 reviews	91% 16 reviews
		80% 16 reviews	82% 17 reviews	80% 17 reviews
	84% 4 reviews		85% 25 reviews	86% 18 reviews	91% 2 reviews
	86% 14 reviews	85% 4 reviews	76% 4 reviews	79% 5 reviews	82% 21 reviews
	92% 10 reviews	90% 1 review	88% 8 reviews	88% 8 reviews	89% 13 reviews
	76% 7 reviews	75% 11 reviews	79% 10 reviews	80% 4 reviews	70% 4 reviews
	79% 8 reviews	79% 10 reviews	81% 10 reviews	78% 5 reviews	85% 2 reviews
	89% 7 reviews	87% 6 reviews	80% 6 reviews	84% 8 reviews	87% 6 reviews
	83% 6 reviews	77% 7 reviews	77% 9 reviews	83% 4 reviews	82% 3 reviews
	84% 8 reviews	81% 4 reviews	79% 8 reviews	83% 5 reviews	83% 4 reviews
Other Expert Sites	59% 467 reviews	68% 347 reviews	61% 347 reviews	62% 252 reviews	64% 207 reviews
Average	82% 728 reviews	81% 587 reviews	78% 584 reviews	80% 466 reviews	81% 393 reviews

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
	17	16	11	10	11
	21	5	15	15
	10	13	12	7	8
	14	10	5	1	10
	11	10	7	4	2
	9	14	7	1	3
	10	11	8	1	2
	17	1	2	5	3
	5	6	10	4	2
	14		8	3
	7	3	8	6	1
	12		3	6	4
	8	5	6	3	1
	7	5	5	5	1
	13	7		1	1
	1		9		10
	2		5	7	6
	8	6	2	2	1
	4	4	5	5
	6	5	4		3
Other Expert Sites	348	171	191	113	92
Total	544	292	323	199	161

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:

RELIABLE

a stunning build quality

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

excellent build quality

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

with a great build quality

this thing feels sturdy all throughout

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

swivel is a mechanism built into the b

has speakers built in

Excellent Build Quality

NOT RELIABLE

Can't speak for durability as only had it a couple of months

not a single one has broken yet

Speaker sound system built inn cheap sound system