Philips Evnia 49M2C8900 Review (240Hz QD-OLED Super Ultrawide)

Rating: 8.0.

2024 looks set to be a huge year for OLED gaming monitors, as pretty much every major brand announced new screens based on either LG's WOLED or Samsung's QD-OLED panels back at CES 2024. The Philips Evnia 49M2C8900 was announced slightly earlier, at the tail-end of 2023, but is still jaw-dropping thanks to its second-gen QD-OLED 49in 5120×1440 super ultrawide panel. Oh, and did we mention it's 240Hz?

There's no two ways about it, the Philips Evnia 49M2C8900 is an absolute spec monster. The idea of a 240Hz OLED alone is enough to get me interested, and that's before we get to the fact this is a second generation Samsung QD-OLED panel, promising increased brightness, better text legibility thanks to the tweaked sub-pixel structure, as well as improved black levels in bright conditions.

Factor in the monster 49in size, with the 5120×1440 resolution, peak brightness of up to 1000 nits, alongside near-instant response times, and there's really not much more to say – so let's get on with the review!

Specification:

• Panel Size: 48.9 inch / 124.3 cm
• Effective viewing area: 1196.7 (H) x 339.2 (V) – at a 1800R curvature*
• Display Screen coating: Anti-reflection, 2H
• Aspect Ratio: 32:9
• Response time (typical): 0.03 ms (Grey to Grey)*
• Contrast ratio (typical): 1,500,000:1
• Pixel Pitch: 0.233 x 0.233 mm
• Viewing Angle: 178º (H)/178º (V); @ C/R > 10
• Display colours: Colour support 1.07 billion colours (10-bit)
• Scanning Frequency: 30 – 388 kHz (H) / 48 – 240 Hz (V)
• sRGB: Yes
• Picture enhancement: SmartImage game
• Pixel Density: 108.77 PPI
• Flicker-free: Yes
• LowBlue Mode: Yes
• EasyRead: Yes
• AMD FreeSync™ technology: Premium Pro
• Delta E: < 2 (sRGB)
• Maximum Resolution: 5120 x 1440 @ 240 Hz
• Low Input Lag: Yes
• Ambiglow: 3 sided
• G-SYNC: Compatible 50 Hz ~ 240 Hz*
• Monitor panel type: QD OLED
• Pixel format: RGB Q-Stripe*
• Brightness (nits): SDR: 250 (APL 100%) nit, HDR: 450 (APL 10%) nit, HDR E/P: 1000 (APL 3%)
• SmartContrast: Mega Infinity DCR
• Colour Gamut (typical): NTSC 127.4%*, sRGB 153.1%*, Adobe RGB 125.2%*
• Colour Gamut (min.): DCI-P3: 99%*
• HDR: DisplayHDR True Black 400 certified
• KVM: Yes
• USB Hub: USB version 3.2 Gen1 / 5 Gbps, USB-B upstream x 1, USB-A downstream x 4 (with 2 for fast charge B.C 1.2)
• Signal input: HDMI 2.1 x 2, DisplayPort 1.4 x 1, USB-C x 1 (DP Alt mode, Power Delivery)
• Output Power: 30 W, 2.2 Channel
• Sound Enhancement: DTS Sound
• Speaker Configuration: 7.5 W x 2 tweeters, 7.5 W x 2 woofers with flow port
• Height adjustment: 120 mm
• Tilt: -5/15 degree
• Swivel: -/+ 20 degree

Firmware tested: V1.02

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