WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:10.320 The market share for ultrawide monitors is uh you guessed it getting wider. And 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:13.960 in fact, 20% of the displays bought by 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:17.039 our audience members this year have been 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:19.680 ultrawides. But what if I told you that 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:27.039 you could get many of the benefits of an ultrawide without abandoning the 16x9 00:00:23.279 --> 00:00:30.400 aspect ratio that you've grown to love? 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:35.440 Introducing the ultra wide and super 00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:38.320 tall BDM 4037U ultra HD curved monitor 00:00:35.440 --> 00:00:47.719 from Phillips. Hold on to your mind, kids, cuz it's about to get exploded cuz 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:47.719 this thing is 40 in diagonally. 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:06.479 Cyby Power's lineup of gaming desktops feature Intel 7th generation Core i7 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:13.200 processors. Check them out on Amazon at the link below. So 40 in is nothing for 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:16.799 a TV these days. But when it's sitting 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:19.520 right in your face on a desk, it's a 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:26.880 different story altogether. Seriously, no one can walk by this thing without 00:01:22.479 --> 00:01:28.960 making a comment about how it's so big. 00:01:26.880 --> 00:01:37.360 Something that I'm totally used to, by the way. But seriously, the slim bezel, 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:39.159 the 3000R curve, and the sheer size of 00:01:37.360 --> 00:01:44.720 the Philips BDM 4037U make for an utterly immersive 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:50.320 experience that's unlike anything I've used before. And this is especially true 00:01:47.759 --> 00:01:56.640 if you tilt it down towards yourself a little, which may in fact be necessary 00:01:53.119 --> 00:01:59.280 since the height can't be adjusted out 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:04.799 of the box. Though, there are some things I like about the stand. It 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:11.280 somehow does a surprisingly solid job of mitigating screen wobble given the 25 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:17.360 12B weight of this behemoth. And I love the minimalistic and compact look. The 00:02:14.480 --> 00:02:21.840 stand has a tendency to loosen, causing unwanted rotation that can drive you 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:27.840 absolutely bonkers. I expect a little more from the stand that's holding up a 00:02:24.720 --> 00:02:30.480 $1,000 monitor. Overall, I'd describe 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:39.040 the BDM 4037U. I'm going to start calling it Phil, as streamlined. It has 00:02:34.640 --> 00:02:42.480 no buttons or IO at all on the front or 00:02:39.040 --> 00:02:44.640 sides. And in fact, if I wasn't uh 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:49.200 pretty good at the old reacharound, I probably still wouldn't know how to turn 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 00:02:52.239 --> 00:02:59.840 the back. We've got one HDMI 2.0 port 00:02:56.160 --> 00:03:01.440 and another HDMI 1.4, both with MHL in 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:08.720 case you wanted to mirror your phone or tablet display, and two DisplayPort 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:11.840 1.2A ports. Moving uh back in time, 00:03:08.720 --> 00:03:14.480 we've got a VGA port followed by audio 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:17.680 in and headphone out. Good thing too on that second one because the onboard 00:03:15.920 --> 00:03:21.440 speakers sound like a cell phone at the bottom of a 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 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 00:03:29.519 --> 00:03:38.879 for a type-C. And finally, another legacy port for separate sync or sync on 00:03:35.440 --> 00:03:41.120 green and an input for the 5-ft power 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 00:03:42.959 --> 00:03:51.200 external power brick. And all of these cords came in the box. Picture quality 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:57.040 should impress most consumers and even earn a close but no cigar from design 00:03:54.319 --> 00:04:03.200 professionals. It's a VA or vertical alignment, 10-bit LCD panel boasting 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:08.200 wide 170° viewing angles, and a brightness of 300 nits max. Out of the 00:04:06.799 --> 00:04:14.480 box, it covers 99.98% of the sRGB color space with 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:20.239 delta E values just under three and a gamma of 2.29 with an extra credit 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:27.960 loving pat on the behind for covering over 83% of the Adobe RGB color space. 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:30.720 The already good contrast was made 00:04:27.960 --> 00:04:35.280 4xish during our tests by their smart contrast feature, which uses brightness 00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:40.479 adjustments to make the contrast ratio a little wider. So, with some calibration, 00:04:37.919 --> 00:04:45.120 this puppy can actually get you a long way. And it's got some cool features, 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:51.280 too, like picturein picture and multiv- view, which allows you to use all those 00:04:48.080 --> 00:04:53.759 outputs, putting up to four 1080p 00:04:51.280 --> 00:04:59.600 systems on one screen. It's great for control rooms, trade shows, or like 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 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 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:20.639 mention 40% off the price. This means we 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:24.800 give up some gaming prowess. So, no 75 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:28.000 Hz refresh or free sync and slower pixel 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:30.320 response times, but we keep the 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:37.840 productivity benefits and immersiveness of a curved ultrawide and the tried 00:05:33.440 --> 00:05:41.360 andrue 16x9 aspect ratio. And while 00:05:37.840 --> 00:05:43.840 watching 21x9 movies or playing games on 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:50.400 an ultrawide is about as close as you can get to a cinema-like experience, I 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:53.440 suspect a lot of folks would prefer 00:05:50.400 --> 00:05:56.440 letter boxing their movie content to 00:05:53.440 --> 00:05:59.039 pillar boxing their everything else 00:05:56.440 --> 00:06:04.639 content, especially given Phil's excellent black depth. And when it comes 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:06.800 to gaming for the titles with proper 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:12.360 horizontal plus support, you can manually set an ultrawide resolution and 00:06:09.280 --> 00:06:14.720 then just run native 4K for everything 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:19.840 else. And I guess that's the bottom line, versatility. You can watch movies, 00:06:17.840 --> 00:06:25.440 you can do some photo editing, you can use it like an ultra wide. I mean, hell, 00:06:22.080 --> 00:06:28.639 you can even use it as a small TV. I'd 00:06:25.440 --> 00:06:32.240 personally add an ARM for height adjust, 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:34.960 but other than that, damn, I'm really 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:40.800 starting to like this thing. Tunnel Bear takes the uh the bear crap out of 00:06:37.840 --> 00:06:46.400 setting up a VPN. It allows you to browse the internet privately and enjoy 00:06:43.039 --> 00:06:48.560 a more open internet experience. With 00:06:46.400 --> 00:06:52.639 Tunnel Bear turned on, your Wi-Fi connection is secured and your online 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:58.000 activity is kept private from your internet provider, advertisers, and I 00:06:55.840 --> 00:07:02.319 mean basically anyone who's looking to track you or profit from your data. 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:09.720 They've got a top rated privacy policy and they do not log your activity. So 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:14.880 try it for free with 500 megabytes of data. 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