PHILIPS Evnia 27M2C5501 180Hz QHD FreeSync Gaming Monitor Review

Display Analysis

In SDR, the monitor scores strongly, hitting 100% of sRGB, well, exceeding it really, as we hit a whopping 91% of DCI-P3, although this can be pushed higher in HDR mode or by using the SmartUniformity display setting.

Gamma clocked in at 2.3, but honestly, it’s so darn close to 2.2, that I doubt you would ever notice in real-world usage; I know I wouldn’t be able to.

A very smooth grey ramp, actually, one of the smoothest I’ve seen. It’s a little on the cool side, at 6900K to 7700K, but real world the monitor looks fantastic, and using the warm profile instead of standard looks even better to me, but that’s subjective and based on your room lighting too.

They claimed at 300 nits brightness, and at 287.8 on the default profile, I’m happy to say that’s true. You can get more brightness in HDR mode or in some of the other non-default profiles, and black levels are shockingly good, giving us a contrast ratio that crushed their 5000:1 claims coming in at nearly 7000:1!

Philips claimed a Delta-E of less than 2, and well, it certainly was, with an average of just 1.11 only thrown out by the 1F test, but even at 3 Delta-E that’s a fantastic result for VA panels. Again, just use the warm profile on the monitor and it’ll tighten that up a bit more too, while also balancing the white point and grey ramp.

Overall, this is just a brilliant monitor, with excellent colour accuracy and contrast throughout, the only way you’re going to top this is by spending a lot more money for a professional colour IPS, or moving up further for miniLED or OLED technology.