Philips Momentum 27M1N5500 Monitor Review: For 170 Hz Flawless Reactivity

By default, this Philips monitor offers excellent picture quality. Color temperature and gamma curves are constant across the spectrum. The gamma measured at 2.2 corresponds to the reference value, resulting in the gray levels being fully reproduced, while the average color temperature measured at 6340 K is very close to the reference value of the static video (6500K).

Also, the colors are perfect. As evidenced, the average delta E peak is 2.6, i.e. less than 3, and the eyes do not perceive colorful slides at the threshold below it. By lowering the screen brightness to 41 to obtain white near 150 cd / m², the image quality remains the same. This rendering screen is large enough not to be scaled.

The screen covers 100% of the standard sRGB color space and rises to 95% of DCI-P3, which is mainly used for Ultra HD content (movies and TV series). This monitor is also HDR compatible, but the low contrast associated with low brightness (319 cd / m²) clearly controls the interest in HDR.

We measured only the lowest value of 675: 1 for the IPS model. In comparison, this is a variation of the best IPS monitorsAsus VG27AQ Exceeds 1200: 1, when most people already show their own variation of 1000: 1. On screen, this minimal variation creates laundry blacks that appear gray. It is not too intense for use during the day, but it does have an impact on dark and gloomy scenes, after which they are systematically over-exposed.

The average difference in white integrity on the 27-inch panel is 6%, and by activating the mode it is reduced to 1%. Smart uniformity. Thus there is no difference in visible brightness. We did not notice any leaks in the corners or anything Cloudy (“Cloud Effect”) in our experimental model. IPS technology offers the best possible angles, with the least differences in angles.