Philips - 49M2C8900/00

I have nearly the same monitor (49m2c8900L, so the version with 144 Hz instead of 240) and the screen sometimes turning itself off after refresh and sometimes not was driving me crazy. Turns out it was a user error afterall: In the windows energy management settings I had set my monitor to go into standby after 5 minutes, but the refresh cycle takes 6 minutes and the windows standby seems to take priority, so it would cancel the refresh if I didn't move my mouse or pressed buttons on my keyboard during it (so it wasn't idle for 5 minutes). I now set the standby time to 10 minutes in Windows and the monitor always runs the refresh cycle and shuts itself off after that, so this seems to be the intended behavior. You should definitely check if this might be your problem.

Yeah ok, then it seems to work as intended for you now aswell (which makes sense with your settings). Having moving stuff isn't really the best solution for preventing OLEDs from degrading btw, since it still wears them down, just more "evenly" than havin static stuff shown. So if you set your screensaver to just be a black (RGB 0,0,0) picture and/or set your standby timeout earlier (just not below 7min or so, as mentioned above), it should be better than having a screensaver with moving images.

can confirm the evnia is great tho i have the 49 inch never had an issue with it and it was alot cheaper than the samsung

Hi mate. Hope both you and your monitor are doing great) First of all, thanks for such initiative with this post and many detailed answers. I am considering this monitor, because I am so used to KVM, and this monitor has 4 USB ports and usb c connectivity, which marks lots of checkboxes for me. But what is also important is that it supports 240 hz. I'm not really looking for 240 hz gameplay at the moment, I don't think my 4070ti Super will manage to pull such frames in iRacing or LMU. But as far as I understood, because this panel is capable of 240 in single screen mode, it will be able to receive 120hz signal when using PBP with PS5 right? Maybe you know? I saw that it works at 200hz with PC and Nintendo (at 60 I assume). This is important to me, as sometimes I do want to stream PS5 content using capture card and have OBS and chat on the other side of the screen, and still have 120hz for ps5. PC may have 60 hz at this moment, it's not important.. I didn't find this in the manual for this monitor, while all other similar but 144 hz products do have it in their manual and stating that only 60 hz possible in PBP. This is the only possible 240hz option on the market at the moment in my region that ticks all of my checkboxes. MSI 491cqpx is not here yet and nobody knows when it'll come, and still this Evnia has an advantage in the number of usb and speakers, ambiglow.. Thanks in advance for any reply and good luck!)

Yes, tou said that you heard it supports both sources 120 hz, but not that you tried:) Would be nice if you could confirm this from your invaluable experience, if that's true, then I don't see any alternative to this monitor at the moment. The only shame is that it doesn't have a dedicated hard button for KVM like gigabytes for example. But maybe it can be binded to some hotkey? And I just hope that Philips's display is not like their vacuum or juicemaker, that stopped working right after 1 year, when warranty ended xD

Hey mate. No worries I've already bought one and very happy so far. Cheers!

Hi! Huge thank you for all the answers you provide! Super close in pushing the purchase button now :) I did stumble on a variation to the screen but with an addition “AM” at the end. (PHILIPS Evnia 49M2C8900AM) This looks to be an Amazon exclusive variant which is pretty much the same screen but costs in Sweden 300$ less (920$ in total). What worried me is that one Reddit post and review from the same person on Amazon highlights: “Great monitor if the firmware would work. The monitor cannot be switched off after a period of use of more than 4 hours.” Either this is a special thing related to this persons monitor or it is closely related to what you write regarding the pixel refresh which pops up after 4 hours. My question to you all that have the screen: Do you recognize this issue or understand what problem he has had and how to mitigate it?

I got this one its awesome

I got use it to

Its a dream coming true ! That OLED is really black wow ! Coming from a 1070 ti rig, to a light speed modern 5070 ti rig with a huge widescreen. Oblivion remastered looks amazing. Have a good day and take care of yourself.

Its 32:9 240hz, 49 inch. **Philips Evnia 49** [Gaming Monitor QD OLED-gamemonitor 49M2C8900/00 | Evnia](https://www.philips.be/c-p/49M2C8900_00/evnia-gaming-monitor-qd-oled-gamemonitor)

The alienware aw3425dw was released last month. It has an 240 hz refresh rate instead of 175 and goes for 799 dollar The Gigabyte MO34WOCQ2 and the MSI 341CQPX have the same panel as the alienware i mentioned. If i were you i would get the cheapest one of those three. And if you want 49 inches then the samsung g93sc(glossy) or the philips 49M2C8900(semi-gloss). These two also have the same panel and are both 1440p,240hz. Samsung also has a smart version (95 instead of 93) or oled (sd) instead of sc, but i would get non smart, qd oled.

Went from two 27" 2k screens to one 49" OLED. I couldn't be happier! G27QC ➡️ 49M2C8900L

Damn. I’d still try escalating the warranty. That’s not acceptable. Maybe transportation damage. All the 49 OLEDs are using the same samsung panel so you can’t really escape it. Just find a brand selling a product with greater build quality and quality control. Check out the Philips Evnia 49

The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 and Philips Evnia 49M2C8900AM use the exact same panel, but Phillips has a WAY better Quality Control. You can read horror stories about the Samsung one in every thread. Hell, I think even in this one. Which is weird because you'd think they'd do a better job since they are the engineers who made the damn thing. So anyway, if you're in Europe, pick the Phillips one. If you're in America, you'll probably have to settle with the Odyssey.

Philips 49” Has built in kvm so your peripherals and network can all connect to screen and then pc on displayport and laptop on usb C (power delivery also)

Why are you limited to IPS? I just bought a Philips Envia QD-OLED for $550 and it's stunning.

Awesome piece of kit. Only thing missing is hdmi 2.1 but I'm using it on a PC with DP anyway.

Holy shiz, here in the UK that model has just dropped from over £1k to £578.

AOC 34 180 RAPID VA is a good buy, so is the phillips evnia, just jmake sure if going VA get the 0.5ms response RAPID VA not old VA