Philips 288E2UAE 28in 4K Monitor Review

1. Introduction2. Philips 288E2UAE3. Philips 288E2UAE On Screen Display Menu System4. Philips 288E2UAE Analysis5. Closing Thoughts6. View All Pages

The Philips 288E2UAE box has the company's usual clean white appearance.

Inside is an external power brick, plus UK and European power cords, HDMI and DisplayPort cables, but no USB upstream cable, which is a bit stingy considering the four-port hub built into the monitor.

 

This is a business monitor and its sober black appearance makes that role very clear. The square base is simple but effective. One feature that could have been useful on a business focused monitor would have been a webcam. There are stereo 3W speakers hidden in the bezel.

There are not many adjustments available with this monitor. You can raise and lower it by 100mm, as well as tilt it 5 degrees forward or 20 degrees backward. But you can't swivel it on the stand nor can you rotate it into portrait orientation.

The 288E2UA is merely adequately endowed with video inputs, with just one each HDMI and DisplayPort, and Philips doesn't state which standard either connection conforms to. Next to these is the analog audio output, and then the upstream port for the USB hub followed by the four downstream USB 3.2 ports. The yellow one offers fast charging for smartphones.

All functions are adjusted by a joystick on the back by the bottom right-hand corner (viewed from the front).

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