The official Philips BDM4065UC thread

JediFragger · 24 Jan 2015 at 15:55

mcast said:
Looks like this is the go to monitor now all the 34ultrawides are basically all faulty.

Bleed and glow? Or a more serious issue?

I was lucky, my UM65 had neither

caff · 24 Jan 2015 at 17:07

This is a flipping AMAZING screen. So much space! It looks stunning. Picture quality superb so far.

Found a few 4K video demos to try out:

http://box.houkouonchi.jp/4k/

exiges · 24 Jan 2015 at 19:12

caff said:
This is a flipping AMAZING screen. So much space! It looks stunning. Picture quality superb so far.

Indeed, I also have a new 31" LG 4K monitor which risks being on borrowed time !

Gibbo · 24 Jan 2015 at 20:03

Glad you guys are enjoying them!

We've sold over 100 this week now, our best selling 4k monitor at present, selling like hot cakes!

Combat squirrel · 24 Jan 2015 at 20:26

Gibbo said:
Glad you guys are enjoying them!

We've sold over 100 this week now, our best selling 4k monitor at present, selling like hot cakes!

Any other's of similar spec coming in soon ? Ones for us photographers/videographers ? (Would buy it if not for the colour spill?)

Dazboots · 24 Jan 2015 at 20:44

thinking about buying the radeon r 295x would this be a good combo on this monitor.

JediFragger · 24 Jan 2015 at 21:01

Gibbo said:
Glad you guys are enjoying them!

We've sold over 100 this week now, our best selling 4k monitor at present, selling like hot cakes!

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice m8 :cool:

JediFragger · 24 Jan 2015 at 21:03

Dazboots said:
thinking about buying the radeon r 295x would this be a good combo on this monitor.

Yes man, I have that exact combo. 4k gaming is immense, but the best thing is that it drops down to 1080p and *still* looks great for those v demanding titles :cool:

But personally I'd stick to your 290 Xfire, at least until the new AMD cards are launched. You won't see that much of an increase tbh

ICDP · 24 Jan 2015 at 21:25

Dazboots said:
thinking about buying the radeon r 295x would this be a good combo on this monitor.

You won't get much of an improvement over your current setup, maybe ~15% at best. Wait for the newer GPUs to get released IMHO.

Dazboots · 24 Jan 2015 at 22:14

ICDP said:
You won't get much of an improvement over your current setup, maybe ~15% at best. Wait for the newer GPUs to get released IMHO.

only got 1 r 290 watercooled as i sold the other one. but buying this monitor i would need crossfire again so sold the one i got now and changed to r 295x

JediFragger · 24 Jan 2015 at 22:14

Can someone possibly recommend a desk mounted arm for this monitor? It's something I'll be looking to do in the near future

Cheers

caff · 24 Jan 2015 at 23:37

I can't believe how good World of Warcraft looks on this panel.

Coming from 1080p, it's staggeringly different. It's ultra clean and beautiful, the UI scales perfectly, and it's like a whole new game. I really didn't expect that.

About to try Skyrim in 4K!

UberTiger · 25 Jan 2015 at 00:32

I can't wait to see how many cells I can see on the panel at once when mine arrives!

There's going to be such much room for excel and general spreadsheet activities!

ICDP · 25 Jan 2015 at 08:37

caff said:
I can't believe how good World of Warcraft looks on this panel.

Coming from 1080p, it's staggeringly different. It's ultra clean and beautiful, the UI scales perfectly, and it's like a whole new game. I really didn't expect that.

About to try Skyrim in 4K!

I came from 1440p and was just as impressed. I tried 4K at 28" and it was horrible for normal Windows use. Even 32" would struggle IMHO, so 40" seemed the logical choice.

Skyrim should look awesome all modded up.

Felon · 25 Jan 2015 at 09:53

Also second anybody who can recommend a monitor arm, gonna order this monitor on Friday, was thinking something like this;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-005-AR&groupid=17&catid=1992

JediFragger · 25 Jan 2015 at 10:03

Screeeech said:
Also second anybody who can recommend a monitor arm, gonna order this monitor on Friday, was thinking something like this;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-005-AR&groupid=17&catid=1992

No offence m8 but that is absolutely horrid!!! I wouldn't have it anywhere near my HOUSE never mind my lovely new 4k screen

lol

*Please* someone recommend something classy...

Felon · 25 Jan 2015 at 10:13

JediFragger said:
No offence m8 but that is absolutely horrid!!! I wouldn't have it anywhere near my HOUSE never mind my lovely new 4k screen lol

*Please* someone recommend something classy...

Well it doesn't have to be that one, but anything *like* that, not bothered about colour, just want something that's going to be suitable,

ICDP · 25 Jan 2015 at 10:24

Screeeech said:
Also second anybody who can recommend a monitor arm, gonna order this monitor on Friday, was thinking something like this;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-005-AR&groupid=17&catid=1992

That will never hold a 40" monitor. It's not about the weight it can hold but how far from the centre of attachment the weight is. So a 40" monitor is going to put massive strain on that dinky little arm.

ICDP · 25 Jan 2015 at 10:26

Screeeech said:
Well it doesn't have to be that one, but anything *like* that, not bothered about colour, just want something that's going to be suitable,

You are going to need 200x200 vesa for this monitor, one of those dinky 100x100 stands are going to leave you disappointed and a waste of money.

Felon · 25 Jan 2015 at 10:37

ICDP said:
You are going to need 200x200 vesa for this monitor, one of those dinky 100x100 stands are going to leave you disappointed and a waste of money.

Ahhhhh! nice,

I'm a noob when it comes to mounting this stuff, never realised there was a 200x200 mount (thought 100x100 was the biggest) then I checked and discovered the Phillips does has 200x200,

thanks mate :cool: