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 3,700 awards from hundreds of different review sites.

Philips are recognised for their wide selection of award winning and popular 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 $264.

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 76%.

There's a smaller selection of Philips PC monitors available compared to other PC monitor brands, with only 25 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		258
4 stars		316
3 stars		66
2 stars		9
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		1,451
4 stars		537
3 stars		225
2 stars		113
1 star		193

Over 88% of expert reviews and 79% of user reviews for Philips PC monitors are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 91% and 84% respectively across all PC Monitor brands.

Purchasers of Philips PC monitors frequently mentioned that the product had a good design, was robust and had a good price. Their PC monitors have also won 300+ 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	DELL
	89% 30 reviews	90% 28 reviews	92% 30 reviews	91% 13 reviews	88% 24 reviews
	60% 17 reviews	69% 45 reviews	71% 23 reviews	66% 20 reviews	85% 17 reviews
	77% 23 reviews	84% 28 reviews	86% 10 reviews	79% 17 reviews	78% 16 reviews
	80% 22 reviews	79% 19 reviews	80% 17 reviews	78% 23 reviews	81% 7 reviews
	83% 31 reviews	84% 28 reviews	80% 6 reviews	82% 20 reviews	85% 2 reviews
	73% 18 reviews	79% 17 reviews	76% 20 reviews	72% 5 reviews	78% 20 reviews
	80% 28 reviews	77% 14 reviews	84% 11 reviews	76% 17 reviews	74% 10 reviews
	83% 31 reviews	84% 1 review	79% 17 reviews	81% 24 reviews	80% 3 reviews
	78% 20 reviews	81% 17 reviews	82% 11 reviews	75% 17 reviews	86% 8 reviews
	85% 39 reviews	86% 7 reviews	89% 2 reviews	86% 23 reviews	85% 1 review
	88% 18 reviews	90% 10 reviews	93% 6 reviews	90% 10 reviews	86% 17 reviews
	81% 8 reviews	79% 13 reviews	81% 26 reviews	78% 8 reviews	86% 2 reviews
	79% 16 reviews	91% 15 reviews	93% 8 reviews	80% 11 reviews	91% 7 reviews
	82% 18 reviews	74% 9 reviews	71% 11 reviews	80% 5 reviews	79% 14 reviews
	75% 8 reviews	82% 19 reviews	79% 4 reviews	66% 7 reviews	81% 18 reviews
		76% 13 reviews			79% 39 reviews
	81% 17 reviews	80% 8 reviews	80% 8 reviews	78% 5 reviews	80% 10 reviews
	85% 17 reviews	83% 15 reviews	93% 4 reviews	84% 7 reviews	84% 3 reviews
	86% 18 reviews	83% 15 reviews	93% 4 reviews	84% 7 reviews	85% 2 reviews
	80% 17 reviews	80% 9 reviews	76% 10 reviews	78% 5 reviews	72% 2 reviews
Other Expert Sites	64% 737 reviews	61% 630 reviews	70% 385 reviews	64% 368 reviews	66% 287 reviews
Average	79% 1,133 reviews	81% 960 reviews	82% 613 reviews	78% 612 reviews	81% 509 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Philips PC Monitors Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 301 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	AOC	Asus	Benq	Philips	DELL
	22	20	18	17	13
	29	28	5	19	2
	25	21		18
	19	11	10	9	7
	11	19	13	7	4
	10	18	2	12	5
	9	18	8	7	5
	11	12	9	8	6
	8	9	14	2	5
	9	10	11	2	6
	13	9	5	8	3
	16	1		17	2
	7	12	11	3	3
	13	7	7	5	1
	6	16		7
	10	7	4	2	4
	3	9	6	2	6
		15	7	1
	1	17	4		1
	9	4	4	5
Other Expert Sites	388	430	169	150	163
Total	619	693	307	301	236

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 90% 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

On AmazonThe Philips 243B9 offers a high-quality IPS panel that's built into a robust

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

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