1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:10,320 The market share for ultrawide monitors is uh you guessed it getting wider. And 2 00:00:06,799 --> 00:00:13,960 in fact, 20% of the displays bought by 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:17,039 our audience members this year have been 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:19,680 ultrawides. But what if I told you that 5 00:00:17,039 --> 00:00:27,039 you could get many of the benefits of an ultrawide without abandoning the 16x9 6 00:00:23,279 --> 00:00:30,400 aspect ratio that you've grown to love? 7 00:00:27,039 --> 00:00:35,440 Introducing the ultra wide and super 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:38,320 tall BDM 4037U ultra HD curved monitor 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:47,719 from Phillips. Hold on to your mind, kids, cuz it's about to get exploded cuz 10 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:47,719 this thing is 40 in diagonally. 11 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:06,479 Cyby Power's lineup of gaming desktops feature Intel 7th generation Core i7 12 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:13,200 processors. Check them out on Amazon at the link below. So 40 in is nothing for 13 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:16,799 a TV these days. But when it's sitting 14 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:19,520 right in your face on a desk, it's a 15 00:01:16,799 --> 00:01:26,880 different story altogether. Seriously, no one can walk by this thing without 16 00:01:22,479 --> 00:01:28,960 making a comment about how it's so big. 17 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:37,360 Something that I'm totally used to, by the way. But seriously, the slim bezel, 18 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:39,159 the 3000R curve, and the sheer size of 19 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:44,720 the Philips BDM 4037U make for an utterly immersive 20 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:50,320 experience that's unlike anything I've used before. And this is especially true 21 00:01:47,759 --> 00:01:56,640 if you tilt it down towards yourself a little, which may in fact be necessary 22 00:01:53,119 --> 00:01:59,280 since the height can't be adjusted out 23 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:04,799 of the box. Though, there are some things I like about the stand. It 24 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:11,280 somehow does a surprisingly solid job of mitigating screen wobble given the 25 25 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:17,360 12B weight of this behemoth. And I love the minimalistic and compact look. The 26 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:21,840 stand has a tendency to loosen, causing unwanted rotation that can drive you 27 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:27,840 absolutely bonkers. I expect a little more from the stand that's holding up a 28 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:30,480 $1,000 monitor. Overall, I'd describe 29 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:39,040 the BDM 4037U. I'm going to start calling it Phil, as streamlined. It has 30 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:42,480 no buttons or IO at all on the front or 31 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:44,640 sides. And in fact, if I wasn't uh 32 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:49,200 pretty good at the old reacharound, I probably still wouldn't know how to turn 33 00:02:46,239 --> 00:02:56,160 it on and off at all. This is a classic case of business in the front, party in 34 00:02:52,239 --> 00:02:59,840 the back. We've got one HDMI 2.0 port 35 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:01,440 and another HDMI 1.4, both with MHL in 36 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:08,720 case you wanted to mirror your phone or tablet display, and two DisplayPort 37 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:11,840 1.2A ports. Moving uh back in time, 38 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:14,480 we've got a VGA port followed by audio 39 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:17,680 in and headphone out. Good thing too on that second one because the onboard 40 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:21,440 speakers sound like a cell phone at the bottom of a 41 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:27,680 well. And then moving right along, we have a generous four type A USB 3 5 GB 42 00:03:24,959 --> 00:03:32,480 ports, which is not bad, though in 2017 I'd like to see one of these traded in 43 00:03:29,519 --> 00:03:38,879 for a type-C. And finally, another legacy port for separate sync or sync on 44 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:41,120 green and an input for the 5-ft power 45 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:45,200 cord that was too short for my setup. But I ain't even mad cuz there's no 46 00:03:42,959 --> 00:03:51,200 external power brick. And all of these cords came in the box. Picture quality 47 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:57,040 should impress most consumers and even earn a close but no cigar from design 48 00:03:54,319 --> 00:04:03,200 professionals. It's a VA or vertical alignment, 10-bit LCD panel boasting 49 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:08,200 wide 170° viewing angles, and a brightness of 300 nits max. Out of the 50 00:04:06,799 --> 00:04:14,480 box, it covers 99.98% of the sRGB color space with 51 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:20,239 delta E values just under three and a gamma of 2.29 with an extra credit 52 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:27,960 loving pat on the behind for covering over 83% of the Adobe RGB color space. 53 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:30,720 The already good contrast was made 54 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:35,280 4xish during our tests by their smart contrast feature, which uses brightness 55 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:40,479 adjustments to make the contrast ratio a little wider. So, with some calibration, 56 00:04:37,919 --> 00:04:45,120 this puppy can actually get you a long way. And it's got some cool features, 57 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:51,280 too, like picturein picture and multiv- view, which allows you to use all those 58 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:53,759 outputs, putting up to four 1080p 59 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:59,600 systems on one screen. It's great for control rooms, trade shows, or like 60 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:07,280 those cool stock market desks that you see in the movies. So, at 40 in, Phil is 61 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:17,199 as wide as the ultra wide in my office, but with an extra 4 in in height, not to 62 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:20,639 mention 40% off the price. This means we 63 00:05:17,199 --> 00:05:24,800 give up some gaming prowess. So, no 75 64 00:05:20,639 --> 00:05:28,000 Hz refresh or free sync and slower pixel 65 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:30,320 response times, but we keep the 66 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:37,840 productivity benefits and immersiveness of a curved ultrawide and the tried 67 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:41,360 andrue 16x9 aspect ratio. And while 68 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:43,840 watching 21x9 movies or playing games on 69 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:50,400 an ultrawide is about as close as you can get to a cinema-like experience, I 70 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:53,440 suspect a lot of folks would prefer 71 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:56,440 letter boxing their movie content to 72 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:59,039 pillar boxing their everything else 73 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:04,639 content, especially given Phil's excellent black depth. And when it comes 74 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:06,800 to gaming for the titles with proper 75 00:06:04,639 --> 00:06:12,360 horizontal plus support, you can manually set an ultrawide resolution and 76 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:14,720 then just run native 4K for everything 77 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:19,840 else. And I guess that's the bottom line, versatility. You can watch movies, 78 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:25,440 you can do some photo editing, you can use it like an ultra wide. 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