GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT: PHILIPS 40" CURVED 4K MONITOR NOW IN STOCK!!

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Our biggest curved monitor yet, the Philips 40" Curved 4k at a great price and remember all Philips monitor purchases made via OcUK come with a 5yr on-site warranty (exclusive to OcUK):


Philips BDM4037UW 40" 3840x2160 VA WideScreen Super-Wide Curved LED Monitor *5yr Warranty* @ £698.99 inc VAT



BDM4037UW/93, LED Backlit, 3840x2160 Resolution, 2000000:1 Contrast Ratio, 300cd/m² Brightness, 4ms Response Time, 2x DisplayPort Input, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x HDMI 1.4, 2x 5W DTS Speakers, 5 Years Warranty.



Only £698.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW





P.S. Do not buy yet! ;)
Tomorrow they are going on weekend launch promotion with quite a big saving! :)
 
It's certainly the way to get the real estate 4k gives without it becoming too small and hard to see,
I like the route monitors are taking but for me personally I'll wait for the higher Hz adaptive sync models to land and Phillips seem to have zero interest in adaptive sync gaming monitors which is a shame,
I'm currently on a 75hz 21:9 but if there was a 75+hz 40" 4k model with good Freesync support I'd grab one with both hands and never let go.

I grew up with Phillips being a respected brand for household electricals like TV's and VCR's so I'd happily buy a Phillips product even though I haven't owned one for years.
 
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nashathedog said:
It's certainly the way to get the real estate 4k gives without it becoming too small and hard to see,
I like the route monitors are taking but for me personally I'll wait for the higher Hz adaptive sync models to land and Phillips seem to have zero interest in adaptive sync gaming monitors which is a shame,
I'm currently on a 75hz 21:9 but if there was a 75+hz 40" 4k model with good Freesync support I'd grab one with both hands and never let go.
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Yes I'm the same, not sure how long it will be before such a panel becomes available though... we will be waiting quite a while I suspect. VA always suffers bad smearing and pixel responsiveness as well, and from the video review of this Philips, that's certainly the biggest issue with this one. IPS or preferably OLED is all I'd really consider, but affordable OLED is probably 5+ years away. The forthcoming PG27UQ should be interesting to see from a quality perspective given it's IPS/HDR/144Hz, first of its kind, but the rumoured £1500-2000 price tag can do one lol! HDR is really going to bring something new to the table though, but 27" is just too small for me personally. 40" IPS or OLED, 4K, HDR, Freesync/GSync, 120Hz+... I won't hold my breath for that anytime soon, as much as I'd like to. ;)
 
No HDR in 2017, okay fair enough, but no Freesync? Lost any interest right there.
 
I'm so tempted to get this. 40" seems like the sweet spot for 4k monitors and the price is right as well. Just not sure about the curved screen. I think I'd rather have a flat panel.
 
I got this a couple of weeks ago. It's not a very pronounced curve in real life, you barely notice it when in front of the screen and I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Just make sure you read PCMonitors.info review before you buy the monitor. The screen isn't the best for pixel response, which means if you have dark objects moving over light backgrounds the monitor produces a short-lived "trail" behind it. For colours, static pictures, and general non-gaming usage the monitor is lovely. For gaming, it depends very much what you're used to and how annoying you will find this trail when you notice it. I play a lot of games, but only play for fun and not competitively, and I also am used to normal 1920x1080@60Hz TN screens, and I'm loving the monitor. However, if I was used to high refresh rate, gaming-aimed monitors then this isn't the monitor for you.

As I said, I love it. The size, resolution, and brilliance of the display is awesome in person, just want to make sure you go in with your eyes open so you know what to expect. :)
 
Cromulent said:
I'm so tempted to get this. 40" seems like the sweet spot for 4k monitors and the price is right as well. Just not sure about the curved screen. I think I'd rather have a flat panel.
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Phillips used to do a 40" 4k flat screen, the bdm4065uc but it looks like its been discontinued and replaced by a 43" flatscreen model (bdm4350uc), maybe worth taking a look at that.
 
Superb advice from Confused Stu there. The curve is definitely something that sounds (and from many images looks) like something that's much more of a big deal than it actually is. You quickly grow accustomed to it and using the screen feels perfectly natural.
 
Now that's an appropriate monitor size for 4k. If only it had high refresh rate too... would be the perfect next upgrade.
 
Hodders said:
What is the highest refresh rate at 4k supported by either DP or HDMI ?
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I remember 4k@120Hz being touted someplace.
*Googles it*
Displayport has been supporting 4k120Hz since DP 1.3, newest version DP 1.4 just adds HDR and 10-bit colour support with the same refresh rate. Though at 8k, 1.3 only did 30Hz while 1.4 can do 60Hz.

Of course, HDMI 2.0 can do 4k60Hz up from 4k30Hz on HDMI 1.4. HDMI 2.1 was announced (but not yet released) a couple months back to be able to do 4k120Hz. It's been claimed that it will be possible to also do the same for 8k, all the way up to 10k120Hz.

So TLDR Currently only Displayport does 4k120Hz, even on the previous revision.
 
I love the screen format of 40" 4K with no windows scaling and my bdm4065uc is still going strong. Now if they released a version which has 120Hz and HDR I'd be all over that!
 
Trouble is this is right there next to the Samsung UE43KS7500 which is a TV... roughly same spec but with HDR.

but it is much cheaper with the Philips offer and a decent warranty to boot.
 
nox_uk said:
Trouble is this is right there next to the Samsung UE43KS7500 which is a TV... roughly same spec but with HDR.

but it is much cheaper with the Philips offer and a decent warranty to boot.
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I did wonder about going for a TV before choosing this monitor, but the Samsung doesn't have any DisplayPort inputs so I'd be currently limited to 30Hz @ UHD until I upgrade to a new GPU with HDMI 2.0 (my 290's only have HDMI 1.4).

Also the warranty is pretty similar if you buy it from OcUK - the Philips comes with 5 years on-site warranty where the Samsung is 5 years also but presumably back to the shop for that? Couldn't find much about the Philips warranty from other places selling it. (EDIT - just re-read your post and realised you're probably talking about the Philips coming with a decent warranty - I read it first time that you were referring to the Samsung)

Not saying the Samsung wouldn't be a better choice for some, but for my particular situation I'm happy with the choice I made. :)
 
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