Philips - 34M2C3500L/00

Yoo just pulled the trigger today on the Philips! Got it for 320€ not a great price but it's the end of February there's really no promos going on and It's not worth waiting months to save maybe 50€, because I need it now. Had given up on VA's also,but Fast VA caught my attention, but still I was planning to just save some money and get a IPS maybe the M24WQ but then I saw HardwareUnboxed ufo test and it doesn't look very well, I think Danibot's test looks better imo. Then razerphone said he came from a 280Hz TN and is liking this budget monitor, I thought what the heck let's see how it olds up, it's not like there's better options for the price... The only ting that is making me afraid is the 300 nit brightness, but maybe when I have it I will see that it is enough, we'll se... I was considering that same AOC for 10€ more because of it's 430 nits brightness and slightly better Adobe RGB % rating, but the word of this small group of people was enough to convince me, from Danibot to Razer to Mrworldwide to DieKing on youtube, I trusted you guys and we are now all brothers joined by the force of the 34m2c3500L.

Sorry but only now saw your comment! Ghosting is non-existent, brightness at 300nit is more than I need I usually have it set to 20-40% brightness but I work in a room that has good natural lightning but the sun doesn’t hit the screen, if you’ll have sun directly hitting the screen than you need higher nits of brightness Edit: forget HDR it is not good and the colors loose their vibrancy. For gaming you can 100% take the shot because it really doesn’t have any ghosting. You’ll only notice ghosting on this screen if you are playing CS at very high fps and are  a very pro gamer who moves the mouse very very fast

Yeah I got the Philips Evnia. Thanks for your feedback, not many reviews around online.

I have an issue with the Philips evnia, hdr has no certifications and when i open screen settings my screen loses all his colors and become really dull, anyone had this too ?

Yes, especially for the current price of 239€!  I did some testing (http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test) and it passed all the criteria and expectations. Minimal ghosting for fast moving objects (blurbuster.com ufo tests), very nice color and contrast (comes pre-calibrated with certificate) and only slight backlight bleed on black screens in a dark room when watching from furher away (couch). Obviously, the viewing angle is typical for VA panels but it's not distracting at all if u are using it alone and deffo worth the better contrast and deeper blacks. I used it for Simracing, a bit of FPS and watching movies which was all very satisfying.  For someone who needs to watch their budget closely it's a great value and chance to get into high-refresh ultrawide i think.  Next best thing to me would be 4K or OLED but then you would have to spend +500€.

I used a drawing monitor before it (also 90% Adobe RGB) and i can't complain. VESA mount is 100x100.

The Philips actually supports 10-bit color range until 144Hz!

I've been using this monitor for the past 4 months, and it's been a great choice for the price of 300€, especially since everything tends to be a bit more expensive here. I mostly use it for programming. While it offers a lot of screen real estate, I still keep everything maximized since I'm used to working with just one monitor. If I could go back, I'd definitely get a 32" display, I didn’t realize at the time how much shorter a 34" ultrawide is compared to a 32" in height. I haven't noticed any issues with brightness, colors or smearing. I mainly play CS2 (with black bars) and occasionally some single-player games like RDR2 which looks stunning. If you're fine with a 34" ultrawide, I'd definitely recommend this monitor for the price.

I have purchased, but can't seem to get above 100hz. Any tips? The cable from the box (Dport) works on another monitor supporting 144hz so my card and cable support the bandwidth.

Bit random, but I returned for an exact replacement and it worked fine at 180hz

does yours has speakers? i recieved mine today and it has volume controls but cant get the speakers to work

Yeh i have that but i just cant get the audio to work via display port, worked on my old monitor Does your have speakers? specs dont actually list it

Im very happy with the Philips, i have not noticed any glares but i usually play in a dark room. I just tried it in a bright room to test it out for you and i noticed no glare with the screen on. Your experience may vary (i have no sun in my area), in the end it will probably depend on the position of the screen in the room. I do not have a power meter😅 but i dont run the screen at high brightness because it would strain my eyes, I have the brightness at 4%. As a result im pretty sure the displays consumes minimal power. So in the end the power will depend on the brightness and refresh rate you choose. The iilyama spec sheet says 51w typical and its max brightness is 420nits. The Philips spec shows 31w with a max brightness at 300nits. I didnt even know the iilyama existed and i have never heard of the brand untill today but i would still go with the Philips. However if i had more experience with the brand i might have gone with the iilyama if i had the chance. If it helps, the Philips comes fully factory calibrated and you get the calibration papers with it, meaning brightness will be similar over the whole screen. Apparently my screens deltaE is at 1.1

I have not noticed any motion blur while playing rocket League, Satisfactory, Valorant or Fortnite. Im very happy with the monitor. I watched arcane season 2 on it aswell and it was very good, good colors and everything. Im not going to lie, if i had the money i would go oled but thats like double the price.

I have only played games at 100fps at 1440p but i have seen no smearing or ghosting. I have only played Satisfactory and minecraft. Tried the ufo test aswell and the screen is great. To be honest this is the best display i have ever had. The one negative is the button behind the monitor, to be honest I think they should have placed it further down but i guess they expect you to grab it from the side not the bottom. Summary: Great monitor

Yes deff i have one and m having a great time on it. 3440x1440 Fast VA 0.5ms with Smart MBR. No VA smearing. 180hz. And HDR10 Also impressed with the ufo test And i come from the Asus Tuf vg258qm 280hz TN. And m playing as good and maybe even better than on the TN. i would recommend it just set the colors and brightness yourself cuz if you let them decide you need to save energy haha Also has a Smart desktop feature that makes sertan things bigger and easier to read.

Yeah oled is great but i also wasn't up for it. And this one ticked all the boxes wasn't keen on getting VA but when I saw ultra wide fast VA. The smearing depends mostly on how much fps you are. Black ops 6 180fps is amazing Stalker 2 in dark places 80 fps you can see it a bit. Overall really nice display ( i take my words back for the smearing cuz the smearing in Stalker 2 is caused bye UE5 also happens on other panels ) some Youtuber spoke about it and i tested so much games from Starfield to New world to Black ops to fully optimized titles like Doom etc ) Pretty impressed with the overall performance of this Display.

Nah it's without I have edifier g2000 speakers They use the same software for all evnia panels there is also oled fixing stuff but we have a VA so no need to enable that stuff.

[Black Ops 6 on Philips 34M2C3500L 3440x1440 180hz 0.5ms Ultra Wide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsoRp7zuKtA) This is without Smart MBR with MBR its even better but it makes the image darker positive is that you can choose to what extend you want it. But even without it feels as good as my Last Asus tufvg258qm 280hz TN 0.5ms screen. The link is a Youtube vid by the way.

This panel can be wall mounted yes.

Either way I'm happy with my purchase. Its good ! Eventually prices always drop. there is also a same model from Philips with ambi light that cost. 400 The reason i got this one, is cuz most of them with these panel specs are more expensive. There are some other brands that have similar. Anyways i like the minimal curve. To much i wouldn't like personally After the 5th it will go up in price again, but there will be more than one sale. that's with everything. Bye selling my last display and getting this one i only payed 40,- to upgrade to ultra wide with reasonable high refresh rate.

This monitor doesn't have speakers. You need to get them seperate and the Edifier g 2000 are great for the price. My girl has lg screen with speakers. Your right it's possible but the evnia doesn't have t. You do get a great screen for a great price manny other ultra wide have worse panels.

Yes it has Vesa and yes colors are really good. in my opinion.

Oh damn I need to check that haha thanks. I just read somewhere that 100hz would but thanks 144hz doest the trick !