328E1CA – Simply immersive
Experience real immersion with Philips Curved monitors. The 32″ curved E line monitor offers a truly immersive experience with stunning 4K UHD image quality. Ultra wide-color tech gives color quality that brings your images alive! Whether you’re in the office or at home, this monitor provides the quality and design needed for every situation.
Key Features:
- Curved display design for a more immersive experience
- Ultra Wide-Color wider range of colors for a vivid picture
- VA display delivers awesome images with wide viewing angles
- Ultra clear 4K UHD (3840×2160) resolution for precision
- Effortlessly smooth action with Adaptive-Sync technology
- Smart Contrast for rich black details
- Less eye fatigue with Flicker-free technology
- LowBlue Mode for easy on-the-eyes productivity
About Philips Monitors
At home and at work, displays are now a natural part of your day. High-performance monitors from Philips offer smart innovations, vivid imagery and timeless style to make the most of every minute you spend behind the screen.
No matter what your requirements are, our easy-to-use multimedia monitors combine excellent picture quality with intelligent features that help you achieve more.
LowBlue Mode
Studies have shown that just as ultra-violet rays can cause eye damage, shortwave length blue light rays from LED displays can cause eye damage and affect vision over time. Developed for wellbeing. Philips LowBlue Mode setting uses a smart software technology to reduce harmful shortwave blue light.
Ultra Wide-Color Technology
Ultra Wide-Color Technology delivers a wider spectrum of colors for a more brilliant picture. Ultra Wide-Color wider “color gamut” produces more natural-looking greens, vivid reds and deeper blues. Bring, media entertainment, images, and even productivity more alive and vivid colors from Ultra WideColor Technology
Adaptive-Sync Technology
Gaming shouldn’t be a choice between choppy gameplay or broken frames. Get fluid, artifact-free performance at virtually any framerate with Adaptive-Sync technology, smooth quick refresh and ultra-fast response time.
UltraClear 4K UHD Resolution
These latest Philips displays utilize high-performance panels to deliver UltraClear, 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution images. Whether you are a demanding professional requiring extremely detailed images for CAD solutions, using 3D graphics applications or a financial wizard working on huge spreadsheets, Philips displays will make your images and graphics come alive.
Built-in cable management
328E1CA is perfectly made for the office and retail environment with its built-in cable management in the extra stable stand. Simplify your cabling and declutter for a cleaner look.
Series E Series – All around choice for style and performance P Series – Brilliant colors, precise detail and clarity E Series – All around choice for style and performance E Series – All around choice for style and performance Panel Size 31.5-inch 4kUHD 3840×2160 31.5-inch IPS 3840 x 2160 31.5-inch IPS 1920 x 1080 31.5-inch VA 1920 x 1080 Refresh Rate 75Hz 60Hz 60Hz 75Hz Display Colors 1.07 billion colors 1.07 billion colors 16.7 million colors 16.7 million colors Response Time (typical Gray to Gray) 4ms 5ms 5ms 5ms Contrast Ratio 2500:1 50M:1 20M:1 20M:1 Adaptive Sync Adaptive Sync N/A N/A FreeSync Connectivity DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 2.0 x 2 Separate Sync: Sync on Green Audio (In/Out): Audio Out Signal Input: DisplayPort 1.2 x 1, DisplayPort out x 1, HDMI 2.0 x 2, USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 x 1 (upstream, power delivery up to 65W), Audio out VGA (Analog ), DVI-D (digital, HDCP), HDMI (digital, HDCP), PC audio-in, Headphone jack VGA (Analog ), DisplayPort, HDMI (digital, HDCP), PC audio-in, Headphone out Stand Tilt: -5/20 degree Height adjustment: 180 mm, Pivot: -/+ 90 degree, Swivel: -/+ 175 degree, Tilt: -5/25 degree Tilt: -5/10 degree Tilt: -5/20 degree
L0J0 –
As my third PC monitor, I am incredibly impressed! I own a 24 inch Dell Ultra Thin 2019 Hi Def Beauty, as well as a 23 inch HP Pavilion. But no kidding, I am in love with my new 32 inch Philips Curved PC monitor. Correctly set the settings and the colors will jump out as promised. One warning, be cautious in the main set-up, or you may believe that you have a defective monitor. Play until you capture perfection! This is one of the best monitors I have had for this price range… you cannot get any better. Just make sure you set it up correctly, towards your standards of course! Hope that this honest review helps Tech enthusiast, such as myself!
Rodster –
This review is for the Philips 278E1A 27″ Frameless Monitor. I was stunned that everything works great. There are no visible dead pixels. If I don’t see it it’s not there. I hooked this up to my 2018 Mac mini via the HDMI cable that was supplied in the box. I was expecting the worse as there are issues with macOS Catalina and HDMI driven displays. Nope not this time around.In fact the Mac mini is natively running at 3840×2160 without using the display port on the Mini. Colors are vibrant, almost no light bleed which can be an issue with IPS displays and is considered normal. The display is “super bright”. I had to turn down the brightness to 50% and contrast to 30%. Viewing angle on this latest Phillips monitor is outstanding. You can look straight down or across and still see the screen image.While the monitor is considered anti-glare it does have a semi reflective appearance when viewing it from certain angles but you want see any reflections while looking at the screen. The screen image and text at the “Default for Display” are sharp and clear, no fuzziness at all. It’s like working with a Retina display on a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air.And this is a $240 monitor, what a steal.
Don Mago –
The monitor, Model 246E9QDSB/27, ordered with free shipping, arrived six days after the order was placed. It was in top condition due to manufacturer’s styrofoam inside a strong box inside an Amazon box. The monitor setup was easy and I used the DVI connection. I was very taken aback when I turned the unit on and got a full color, brilliant display that was decidedly better than the monitor I replaced. Overall I am very pleased with the performance so far.The ISP screen is very applicable to our family needs as we frequently Skype with our grandchildren. Two of us sit side-by-side, dividing the screen, and each of us has a great view due to the very wide viewing angle (178 deg). I believe gamers might find this monitor to be very adequate but have not tried it for gaming use. There is absolutely no apparent flicker and the Low Blue Light setting gives a very normal brightness for almost all of our normal viewing needs. Toggling between Low Blue Light and Normal Light mode is a quick and simple procedure once you locate and learn the function of the single switch (see comment below).There are a few items that I will note. First, although the monitor does comply with the VESA mounting standard (in this case, 75mm by 75mm) for monitor mounting, I could not use my very flexible tilt and rotate desktop monitor stand I had anticipated using because the input fittings which extend out perpendicular from the monitor back, both DVI and VGA, interfere enough with the stand column as to prevent the use of the stand. I could use HDMI for this model number but to do so would require some challenging cabling mods for my particular setup. Secondly, the on/off and mode selector switch is rather cryptically described in the manual. I finally found the switch and discovered that it was a multi-function toggle-type switch located at the bottom center of the monitor back. The diagramatic instructions should be augmented by stating in words, “The on/off and multi-function toggle-type switch is located about one inch from the bottom center of the monitor back. This switch is used for selecting the monitor functions and for making monitor adjustments.” Thirdly, there was no CD or DVD included with the order. I went online to the Phillips website under Support, downloaded the driver file and User Manual and easily found the latest driver with the helpful instruction as to how to verify that the generic Windows 10 driver was being used and instruction as to how to install and verify that the correct driver had been installed. I consider these to be minor critics. In short, I am very pleased with this high-quality, very modern and up-to-date monitor…good job Phillips!
Walter O. –
Please take note of this model number. as this review only covers this specific monitor at 2460 x 1440 and it does not address higher res 4K monitors. Aside from the excellent picture quality does not give any relevant info regarding any other Model. $299 – It was well-packaged and there are no bad pixels. That’s about right. A fine monitor at a good price if you are not buying it for Gaming. A VA panel with 1 Display Port, 1 HDMI, with 1 D-Sub (VGA). Ships with 16:9 native resolution 2560 x 1440 that is good for Display Port, HDMI; VGA is 1920 x 1080. For me, 2K is the best resolution that gives a fair amount of screen real estate without text being too small. For gaming, 4k gives you the big picture for sizing up the battlefield, so this is not a gaming monitor. With fonts at 11 and MS Word page view set to 100 %, I can squeeze in the sides of the Word borders so they are just touching the edges of an 8 1/2 x 11 page. That just fits 3 separate Word documents left to right across the screen leaving a few inches of background at the bottom of a single page; or – within Word a single document will easily automatically fill the screen with three consecutive pages. With a little mouse work, I can get 4 File Explorer frames on the screen only showing Name, Size, (Size Column moved over next to Name), and Date Modified. I can copy, cut, paste files in and out of four simultaneous onscreen panels. A 21:9, 34 inch 4k monitor would fit more, but my brain can only do so much. I can chew gum and walk, but that’s about it. Text in Word looked good with my eyes about 27″ away from the screen. For my use, I can’t see that smaller size is practical and practical is what I want. With the VESA mounting arm I could move it closer if I choose. With a 34 inch or larger screen moving to a higher res or larger monitor in any closer is a trade-off . Audio is Line in and Audio Out, or output from HDMI and Display Port. I just plug my headphones into a 3.5mm extension cable so I don’t have to reach but a few inches to plug into the Audio out. Volume control is adjustable via the OSD Menu. I set the OSD volume at max and use the PC Volume Control. It works good with my Headset. This monitor comes with an HDMI and a VGA cable only so you’ll need to supply your own Display Port cable. Out of the box the upright part of the stand is already attached. Just use the attached Thumbscrew on the Base to attach it. Whatever the Input, it’s a great picture with the defaults except for Brightness. The Windows 8.1 Settings Main page is a relatively little amount of print with about 90% white background. Zowie! I was seeing fireflies, should’ve put on sunglasses. Turned Brightness down from 100 to 45. Ahh, that’s better, didn’t have to mess with anything else. A word about screen size. Recall it’s measured diagonally, 31.5 inches for this monitor. If Measured straight across edge to edge, it’s 28 inches. Factor in the 3/8 border and you lose 3/4 inch, so actual screen width is 27.25 inches. Still, a good size monitor. A 32 inch monitor at 21:9 is wider than at 16:9. Picture the diagonals in your mind. Few monitor screens actually meet up with the thin bezel edge. Most have a thin border. If you want the User Manual, typically, you must download it online. You can go online to the manufacture and download a User Manual to find the dimensions of any monitor before you buy. I downloaded and checked it out to determine if I wanted to buy. Reading the Manual was crucial in my decision as it answered just about every question I had. The Manual is a good way to get all the detailed specs, inputs, weight, frequency, resolution. It showed a menu tree of all the available selections, how to use the OSD reveals the inner workings such as compatibility; PBP, PIP, (or not, as is the case with this monitor). What I was also able to determine pre-purchase was that the OSD menu buttons are in the middle at the bottom on the back side of the monitor opposite the Logo. That makes it the same for both Right and Left-handed users, i.e. more comfortable for Lefties. The single button is larger than most; hold for three seconds to turn it off. The button acts in joystick fashion. I was a little clumsy at first, but it didn’t take long for it to feel familiar. Takes less than three seconds to change inputs. I prefer this single button joystick type action to the multi-buttons along the bottom of other monitors. I have three inputs, three Computers. One with Display Port, one with HDMI, my Mac Mini has both, i.e. mini Display Port with a 6 inch adapter cable, or Mini Display Port adapted to VGA so I used the VGA Input from the Mac. Most anything 2012 or later, PC or Mac will have HDMI 1.4 or Display Port 1.2 outputs, all that’s needed for this monitor. In my case, less is more. Without all the high-end specs, this monitor is very stable, will work with onboard graphics. Might have to change Bios to IGFX. Bios Default of PCIe x 16 number 1 slot usually works in any case. it should work right out of the box with most any computer, plug and play, but, it’s likely you will turn down the brightness If you have two Computers, chances are they both have HDMI Ports. Phillips chose to cover all the bases. VGA displays at 1920 x 1080. HDMI to VGA Adapters are cheap and plentiful if you have to use the VGA. My 3 computers with three different outputs all work right out of the box utilizing all three ports. My Mac, using a mini-Display Port to VGA adapter, the screen really looks beautiful on the Mac at the lower resolution but it may become a game changer. I’ll use it some to determine that. There are relatively few 32 inch 2K curved monitors available with VESA Mounts. I’m puzzled some don’t provide VESA mounting. 2 HDMI inputs. That’s the industry standard with every other 2K monitor, but Phillips had broadened the scale by providing three different inputs that cover all the bases, but, again, The display’s native resolution is only for Display Port and HDMI. Whatever your computer, this monitor is plug and play. It is not at all finicky. It’s pretty bare bones, 59 HZ max vertical frequency; not enough for serious gaming. What it is, as my heading forecasts, a good monitor for home use. e.g. If I do a jigsaw puzzle of 400 pieces, there’s enough room around the sides to sort and stack the pieces, leaving the puzzle area clean and open. Gaming? Yeah, Mah Jong, Solitaire and Jigsaw is about my speed. A pleasure to indulge in these diversions as the picture quality is first rate, to the point that compared to another monitor with higher specs, you wont be able see much, if any, difference; not enough to consider spending the extra money. At any price, the picture quality is more than satisfactory. The VESA mounting holes are 100mm. No VESA mounting screws supplied and the stand mounting screws are too short. This is typical. Not their problem; though you may have to waste some gasoline finding the right-sized screws, i.e. 4 x 10mm. Luckily, I had some standoffs and long screws supplied with my mounting stand or it would have been an Easter Egg hunt to find the right hardware. The mounting plate fastened without any bending and it easily slid right down onto the VESA mounting arm plate. Ideally, the screws should insert about 1/4 inch (6-8mm) into the monitor. In the final analysis, it is often how much money and/or how much time and effort that decides for us. Overall, Phillips Manual did provide a lot of good pre-sale information, better than most, but the manual clearly shows analog input, (VGA) as 2560×1440 Res. Maybe it is on a later model Mac, but my 2012 Mac Mini gets 2560×1440 out of the Display Port only, 1920 x 1080 from VGA adaptor. Nothing wrong with the monitor; most likely, whoever wrote the manual got it wrong. This caused me to think of whether I would send it back as I wanted 2560×1440 for all three computers. I have 1 DP cable. my Mac Mini sits a little behind and above my Lenovo laptop. Mini sits backwards with rear ports facing towards me Mini Display Port is about 8 inches away from Lenovo Port. Very easy to swap the cable between the two. I decide to leave the Mini with VGA and Laptop with Display Port. 1920×1080 on the Mac is just gorgeous, and the big screen works for all that I do on the Mac. If needed I can use the DP cable. Though it’s handy to have both at the same res, it’s not all that necessary. HDMI from my desktop is native res and switching inputs of all three is easily accomplished. 34 inch gaming monitor with 21:9 would have PBP, but I decided I don’t need it. Buying a monitor is very subjective. There’s no getting around the fact that you can’t always decide fresh out of the box and you don’t always get all the information you need from the online ads. I had to use it a while in real world daily usage to make up my mind. Returning a big monitor takes some effort, as you have to clean the screen and send it back packaged EXACTLY as you got it and probably have to pay 40-50 dollars to ship. If you just say that you don’t like the monitor, you may not be able to return without paying a premium. My experience is it’s easier to buy a computer than a monitor. Also, monitor manufacturers aim at the PC market. Mac Graphics on older Mini’s are not as broad-based as PC’s and MacBooks have their own specific monitor specs, so, if it works with PC, but not the same on a Mac… Conclusion: I did not have any problem with the operation of the monitor; it just works, I especially like the large, curved screen. It is, as they say, an immersive experience. I have some beautiful background pics. With such great picture quality; became enraptured; I got lost in one of them. Wow, so beautiful, even at 1920 x 1080, a whole other level of experience. My lone Con; only has 1 instead of 2 hdmi inputs, not a problem with only 1 Computer. Worst case for two computers, if needed you can get a $90.00 Geforce GT1080 card to provide a Display Port, while HDMI 1.4 or higher is standard on most recent Macs or PC’s. I needed a steady work horse, not a thoroughbred racer. Something useful. This monitor more than fits the billWalter O.
Gradient EchoGradient Echo –
Currently (2020), this is a great value for a 32” curved 4K UHD monitor. I read many reviews and watched quite a few monitor reviews on YouTube before landing on this display. I use it for work, so I can’t comment on its gaming performance (although some YouTube reviews show that it does a respectable job). Documents look amazing, and I really appreciate the extra real estate. Adjusted to the curve instantly, and now I’m so glad that I went with a curved display. Brightness was too high for me out of the box, as I prefer working in low lighting, so I’ve turned it way down, and I never get fatigued looking at it. Very satisfied with this purchase.In the photo, the monitor on the left is a 24” panel for comparison. You can also see the anti reflective coating on the Philips, but it’s more subtle when looking directly at the monitor, and it doesn’t bother me at all (I was afraid it would).Oh, and I was originally looking at ultra wide displays, but couldn’t find a high enough resolution in that format. So glad I went with this instead!
Kenneth J. Wojnar –
4k display works well and is accurate with color rendering and one of the sharpest i have seen. Beware using with displayport input with the wrong video cable. Known problem with displayport cable included in package – Windows 10 will not boot when using displayport with cables that have a pin 20 connected. This is a known issue with displayport cables – make sure you purchase a good cable – WITHOUT PIN 20 connection. Even with a bad cable, you can use the monitor but it must be unplugged when the PC initially boots. Once the operating system has started, you can plug the displayport into the monitor and it will be recognized. Displayport CANNOT be plugged into monitor until AFTER boot is completed.Displayport cables without pin 20 are available on Amazon for around $12
K. StoneK. Stone –
This is a review for the Philips 325E1C 32″ Surper-Curved [sic] Frameless Monitor, Quad HD 2K. Hope I’m not the only one to have caught the spelling error. But if you didn’t see it before you can’t unsee it now. :DMy monitors arrived in perfect condition with zero stuck pixels. I’m running both on DP 1.2 with an GTX 1650 Super as the source. I was upgrading from dual 27″ flat displays.My first impression with the 32″ Super-Curved QHD displays was just how comfortable they were by comparison to my old 27″ flats. Despite being substantially larger, the content appears much closer due to the high rate of curvature. (1500R). It’s a true panoramic experience.I don’t see any distortion or ‘pin cushion’ effect. I have heard others complain about distortion but it isn’t an issue in my case at all.Being a VA (vertical alignment) panel, both contrast and color are very nice. Although a full IPS panel is going to have the best quality image in terms of color accuracy, I think this VA panel is perfectly acceptable for photo and art applications. That said, it’s worth noting that there is a very slight backlight bleed at the edges. You have to be on a pure black background and in a dark room to really see it clearly but it’s not non-existent.The 75Hz refresh is plenty high for what I do, but some gamers may want to consider a higher refresh TN display because there is very noticeable horizontal blurring.Overall I couldn’t be more satisfied. I am very happy with the price, quality and warranty.
david –
The monitor itself was fine and had no real problems with it per se. But their warranty is something else. After it quit working after six months I contacted Philips and they refused to honor their own warranty. They said their warranty does not cover physical damage to the monitor itself. All I did was unplug it and used a new monitor to replace it for a few days and when plugging it back in it did not work.Philips may have won the battle but lost the war since I never will use a Philips product again period. They tried to make me out a liar and I do not appreciate it. I had the monitor six months and have used several of their monitors over my 69 years and the products have been OK. If you buy this product–be forewarned concerning their warranty coverage.
Zach –
After reading some reviews on here, there was some conflicting information regarding whether or not the monitor had built in speakers. I got the monitor and plugged in a working HDMI cable and was able to get everything connected but there was no sound. Called tech support and they referred me to the model number: 246E9QDSB. Turns out that this particular model does not have built in speakers. I was confused because the manual that I found online from the Philips website states on page 13, under ‘convenience’, that there are two built in speakers for the unit. BUT the speakers are only built into the 246E9QJA model. The back of the monitor looks like it has vents/ports for speakers, but the tech said that was because they use the same shell as the 246E9QJA for the 246E9QDSB, but do not incorporate the speakers. Not the end of the world, as there is a convenient HDMI audio out port on the back for desktop speakers (which I likely would have used anyways).Just make sure that you know which model number you are getting if having built-in speakers is a must.
CorpseDrummer –
Definitely a good deal here. Friend needed a decent monitor for a budget gaming build… found this and it fit the bill perfectly. For one, it’s got a decent IPS panel. Another thing is the exterior is very pleasant. Almost non-existent bezels, a nice looking base, and simple controls round out the exterior. The fact that it has FreeSync is just icing on the cake. Now granted, it’s not a high refresh rate monitor, but for a budget build, I’d be hard-pressed to find a nicer monitor. This compared very closely to an Acer gaming monitor of almost exact same specs, but the Acer was costlier.