Philips Evnia 27M2C5500W 27-inch Quad HD 240 Hz curved monitor for gaming

Philips Evnia 27M2C5500W is a new 27-inch 240 Hz curved monitor for gaming with QHD resolution. The Evnia monitor comes in a compact ergo design and offers a variety of functions.

Philips has announced the newest member of the recently introduced Evnia monitor family: Evnia 27M2C5500W. The Quad HD monitor 27-inch gaming monitor has a slim, unspectacular ergo design and offers a native resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels, a refresh rate of 240 Hz via DisplayPort (HDMI: 144 Hz), and a fast VA curved panel a response time of up to 1 millisecond (GtG).

The Philips Evnia 27M2C5500W is equipped with AMD FreeSync Premium Pro for smooth HDR gaming with minimal latency and has a DisplayHDR 400 certification. According to the manufacturer, the curved VA display also allows wide viewing angles of 178 degrees vertically and horizontally. As for the color spectrum, the Evnia 27M2C5500W covers NTSC with 98.5 percent and sRGB with 119 percent. The 27M2C5500W supports MultiView with two devices and PIP/PBP mode.

When it comes to connections, the Evnia 27M2C5500W 240 Hz curved monitor from Philips scores with two HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.4 interfaces each with support for HDCP 2.2 and a USB 3.2 Gen 1 hub with two fast charging ports and audio output. All peripheral devices that gamers need for their adventures can be easily docked above them.

The Philips Evnia 27M2C5500W also offers ergonomic features such as low-blue mode and flicker-free technology and can be tilted in the range from -5 to 20 degrees, rotated -/+ 30 degrees, and 130 millimeters in height to suit the respective body size and adjust the viewing position of the user.

When switched on, the Philips Evnia 27M2C5500W consumes almost 26 watts. In standby mode, the Evnia 27M2C5500W curved monitor consumes 0.5 watts. When switched off, Philips states 0.3 watts for its Evnia monitor. On the energy label, the Philips 27M2C5500W is listed in efficiency class F with 26 kWh/1,000 h. With HDR content, the Evnia slips into class G and is specified as 56 kWh/1,000 h.

Price and availability

Philips Evnia 27M2C5500W 27-inch 240 Hz curved monitor for gaming has been priced at £429.99, and it can be purchased on the Amazon.co.uk website.

Philips Evnia 27M2C5500W specifications

• Display: 27-inch VA panel
• Effective viewing area: 596.736 (H) x 335.664 (V)
• Curvature: 1000R
• Aspect ratio: 16:9
• Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (QHD)
• Pixel Density: 108.79 PPI
• Response time: 1 ms (Grey to Grey) / 0.5 ms (MPRT)
• Brightness: 400 cd/m²
• SmartContrast: Mega Infinity DCR
• Contrast ratio: 3000:1
• Pixel pitch: 0.2331 x 0.2331 mm
• Viewing angle: 178º (H)/178º (V)
• Color gamut: NTSC 98.5%, sRGB 119%
• Display colors: 16.7 M (8-bit)
• SmartUniformity: 93 ~ 105%
• Features: Flicker-free, DisplayHDR 400, SmartImage game, Delta E < 2 (sRGB), LowBlue Mode, EasyRead, sRGB, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, PIP/PBP mode, Kensington lock
• Ports: HDMI 2.0 x 2, DisplayPort 1.4 x 2, HDCP 1.4 (HDMI/DisplayPort), HDCP 2.2 (HDMI/DisplayPort), USB 3.2 Gen 1 / 5 Gbps, USB-B upstream x 1, USB-A downstream x 4 (with 2 for fast charge B.C 1.2), Audio out
• VESA mount: 100 x 100 mm
• Stand: Height adj. (130 mm), Swivel (-/+ 30 degrees), Tilt (-5/20 degrees)
• Dimensions: 606 x 527 x 230 mm (with stand)
• Weight: 6.25 kg (with stand)

Philips has first made available the Evnia 34M2C7600MV 34-inch Mini LED monitor under its Evnia monitor series. It has a VA panel with UWQHD resolution (3440 x 1440 pixels, 21:9), a maximum refresh rate of 165 Hz, 1500 R curvature, and DisplayHDR 1400 certification and is priced at £2,392.79.