Where's PL? He's supposed to be shooting a video. WHERE'S THIS GUY? HUH? Hey
everyone, we're here in Paris, France at the Stad France. Uh, it was super cool.
Phillips flew us out for the event. They've got a bunch of like new I don't
even know what to check out. They've been kind of keeping it really hush hush, but it was great. They like let us
walk out onto the pitch, which is a dream for a lot of people. Everything's
lit up really nice. There's a live band. There's drinks. There's snacks. It's
great. We're going to get back to the party and hopefully see all the products
and show you everything we came here to check out in a little bit. So, see you
in a bit. That was cool. They herded us into a
theater and gave us this big presentation on how they want to be inclusive and diverse because gaming
really is for everyone. They showed off three major product lines for Evnia. 8
and 7000 are the highest end displays like your mini LED and OLED, while the
5000 should be more traditional IPS and VA panels at a more budget friendly
price. I got no tech tips other than it's beautiful. It's the same panel I've
got at home. So, as long as they have it at a really good price, maybe I
horizontally upgrade. You know, maybe I sell the Alienware and I buy one of these cuz I love the way it looks. I'm
terrible at racing with a keyboard and mouse instead of a controller, but
whatever. The reality is it looks beautiful. We had to go in and tweak
some settings, you know, turn VSYNC off, turn motion blur off. Um, but man, it
looks gorgeous. Turn HDR on to get the real nice pop, especially in Forza. It's
got really nice HDR. Uh, absolutely beautiful display. So, yeah, we're
pretty sure we're seeing some artifacting, but that's not the monitor. That's the GPU, whatever they've got in
here. Probably have DLSS on or something. And that's okay. They they
just want to get the highest frame rate they can to really show off the 175 Hz
available in the game or on the display. Sorry. Honestly, it looks like my
monitor. And if they can price it correctly to beat out the Alienware
Cutie OLED, I love the design way more. The branding is way less in your face
than Alienware. Okay, we got pricing and I'm sorry, but it's still a little too
expensive for my blood. $1,500 is a couple hundred more than the Alienware.
It does do 90 watts of power delivery on the KVM, so that's another factor to
consider. Not for me, but definitely for some people, especially if you prefer
the look of this version. This beauty will do 99% DCIP3 color space, and the
IO is pretty decent. We've got DisplayPort, HDMI, USBC with 90 watts of power
delivery, along with four more USBA ports and USB to connect it all to your
PC. I'm really big on this white design. I think that's one thing that not a lot
of brands offer is an all-white design. It's usually black, especially for
gaming. And that's what they said they want to change with. They want it to be for absolutely everyone. Doesn't matter
age, doesn't matter sex, gender, where you're from, religion, who cares.
Gaming's for everyone, right? So, that's what Philips is trying to put out. All
right, cool. Hey, I finished second. I'm great. This is their 42in OLED that
they've got. It's probably a C2 panel like from LG based on the brightness it
gets. I think they hit like something like 900 nits in HDR peak brightness,
which is around what the C2 can do. We got to interview Caesar Aosta, the
product manager of gaming monitors at Philips, and he confirmed that the 42-in
OLED is indeed the same panel as an LG C2. I'm awful at F1, so this is going to
be terrible. But luckily, Andrew is only capturing me right now, not the game.
Honestly though, the OLED does feel really responsive. The gray to gray, you
just can't beat it. This one is pretty juicy at 1,600 bucks.
A regular C2 is cheaper, but it's a TV,
not a monitor. So, you're paying extra for more PC friendly features like the
ability to wake up on input. The only real competitor right now is the ASUS
ROG Swift PG42UQ, and that's about $1,900 at the time of filming. So, if
you like the look of this one more, definitely go for it. For IO, it's got
HDMI 2.1 and DP 1.4, USBC with 90 watts
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I've been stoked about all of these. But the real star of the show, at least in
my opinion, is this new miniLEDD screen that they've got. It's got,52
zones. There's not much competition depending on the price. You've got ASUS
with their ProArt displays at like $5,000. And then you've got uh I think
AOC has a $2,000 display as well that
has 1152 zones. This is probably the same panel or a similar one. As long as
they can hit a good price point, Miniledd looks good, you guys. It gets
bright. Like, if you like a bright screen and you like good HDR,
Miniledd kind of wins over OLED. So, I'm real excited. The IO is a little lower
tier than the last two displays we looked at with the USBC power delivery
only being 65 watts. It's otherwise pretty similar with a four- port USBA
hub, HDMI, and DisplayPort. That looks gorgeous. And look at the highlights on
the sparks and stuff. Super pretty. It's a beautiful panel. Looks very responsive
for VA. The HDR experience really is
gorgeous. Honestly, out of everything we looked at today, it'll be the first one
available in December of this year with the rest of what we've shown coming up
in January 2023. It's $1,800, which is
expensive, but it's cheaper than what's currently on the market with similar
specs. It's a very nice display, but certainly out of reach for most people.
So, let's check out the 27 M2C 5500W.
Now, we've got their 5000 line, which is supposed to be the more budgetoriented.
There is a 3000 that's even more budget, but this should be a bit more friendly
for the kind of the mid-range gamers who can spend a little bit of money, but not
an ARM and a leg for the more premium products. This thing looks awesome. And
we've heard that we'll get the real North American prices to you, but in
Europe at least, this is going to be $499. So, if you want a 240 Hz panel,
remember how I complained about the AOC being too much at like 900 bucks? $500
for 27 in 240 Hz. I love it. It looks
great. The games weren't installed, unfortunately. There's a ton of
different booths and stuff. The other one was unplugged, but we got the UFO
test up and I gotta say, it looks crisp.
I don't see any artifacting. I don't see any blurring. I don't see any overdrive
or undershoot. It looks pretty and I
can't wait to get a more hands-on experience with uh with one in the
future. The only thing that I can complain about is it looks like it's
still edge lit. So there's a bit of bloom in some places that doesn't look
great. But honestly, when you're only spending like sub $1,000, like 500
bucks, monitor is clean. That's pretty good. This is again their
um more budgetoriented option. And it gets a little blurry when you do some
crazy flicks like this, but the reality is everything still stays relatively
clear. Nothing's smearing too badly. This isn't the ultimate HDR experience
monitor. This is the I want to get into esports, maybe be a bit more competit
competitive with 240 Hz um entry level kind of deal here. And if this is 500, I
can only imagine how cheap the or inexpensive rather the 3000 series line
is going to be that we haven't heard a whole lot of. We just got teased it. So,
I'm excited for the future. Overall, I'm impressed. You're paying a bit of a
premium on some of these displays, but that 90 watt charging capability is very
important to some people. I can't wait to see the finalized North American
pricing and I just hope that these will be in stock and available to purchase
for those who want them. As much as I love my Cutie OLED, I'm not a huge fan
of the stand. So maybe this is the one for you. If you want to see more of our
adventures around Paris, us traveling here, or the event itself, make sure to
check out the Flow Plane exclusive. Plof's still in Paris, but we appreciate
you watching. What you should also watch is the next video that Plof's making
right now. But in the meantime, why not watch Oh, I don't know. The Pixel Watch
ShortCircuit that I think, and I'm unbiased here, is a great video. Worth
your time.