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If you haven't made the upgrade to 4K yet, we've got news for you. You're too late. The cutting edge has moved on already. The Philips Brilliance 275P4VYKEB is one of the newest 5K screens to hit the market. Although Apple's iMac had a 5K version a while back, and Dell got there some time ago too (see the KitGuru review HERE), this is my first look at a 5K screen, and it's not as expensive as you might think.
Like Dell's original offering, the 275P4VYKEB is a 27in TFT with 5,120 x 2,800 pixels. Putting that in perspective, it has exactly four times as many pixels as AOC's AGON AG271QX, with the same screen diagonal. That's a pretty hefty number of pixels, and actually beyond what many graphics cards can drive. In fact, to use the full 5K this screen needs two DisplayPort connections to the same graphics card, and only a handful of cards are currently supported officially, although we suspect many more will work.
Other than the headline 5K resolution, this is a fairly standard screen in terms of its other specifications. It uses PLS technology, which is Samsung's propriety spin on IPS, and has broadly similar features to IPS, including a wide viewing angle, but also a relatively slow pixel response compared to TN. The 275P4VYKEB has a 8ms response time, which is pretty slow compared to the 1ms TN panels that are readily available.
There is also no high-frequency refresh to boast about, with the panel maxing out at 60Hz whether in 5K or 4K modes. The 1000:1 contrast and 300cd/m2 brightness rating are bog standard too. You do get a three-port USB 3.0 hub built in, headphone jack, stereo 2W speakers and even a 2Mpixel webcam with microphone (presumably taking the fourth USB port).
So this is possibly more of a business and content creation screen than one for ardent gamers. It's clearly all about that mega pixel count, which is pretty darned amazing. So let's find out if this 5K monster is special K or just OK.
Specification:
Screen size: 27-inch, 16:9 aspect
Native resolution: 5,120 x 2,880
Refresh rate: 60Hz
Panel type: PLS
Contrast ratio: 1000:1 (typical)
Brightness: 300cd/m2
Response time: 8ms
Display inputs: 2 x DisplayPort 1.2
USB hub: Yes (3 x USB 3.0)
Tilt: Yes
Raise: Yes
Swivel: Yes
Other: Headphone jack, 2 x 2W speakers, 2Mpixel webcam with microphone.
Retail Price: £737.88 (inc. VAT)
Is the picture on the monitor from a porn scene?
No, its not. get your mind out of the gutter !
It definitely is.
No freesync or G-sync?
And what’s with that response time??
It won’t sell if it’s expensive. So it’s rather cheap. XD
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Yep.. It is!
Problem is, that screens are getting bigger pixel counts, way before GPU’s can actually provide them with anything close to 60Hz. This is certainly not a gaming monitor with a mediocre response rate (in gaming monitor terms) and a 60Hz refresh rate. Also, have you seen the difference between 4K and 5K? Your eyesight would have to be so acute to be able to tell the difference. And even then, I would question that a difference could be seen. Where the technology needs to develop is in OLED screens, but it still seems pretty embryonic with getting the picture to last more than a few years. Bottom line is… There is so much better out there, that will give so much more than just pixel count.
I’ve probably mentioned this before but any chance you can try the screens in half and quarter resolution to see how they look out of native? In this case 2560 x 1440 and 1280 x 720. Input lag doesn’t matter with the types of games I play but many (especially the older ones) dont allow you to scale the GUI so on a 4k/5k screen of this size they’d be unreadable. Apparently there is some variation in the visual performance of monitors out of native, unfortunately no reviewers ever test for it 🙁
I have this Monitor and it has 1 Big problem! It’a not really Flicker-Free!
I bought it after verifying on Phillips product page;
http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/275P4VYKEB_00/brilliance-5k-lcd-monitor-with-perfectkolor
But l found out that any brightness less then 100% you get Flicker because it uses PWM to control the brightness, so it’s not very comfortable for you eyes. It could be great review if you could mention it :-(.
You can see the horizontal waves in the attached photo I took now.
P.S – there is no SmartUniformity option in the OSD menu!
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/63486a88011e06fd4c617713443fe7b92273fe5568cc66683e01b6104a35302d.jpg