The official Philips BDM4065UC thread

Dark Light · 11 Nov 2014 at 23:27

spoffle said:
It isn't basically a TV.

It sort of is, it's a 40", which is TV size. The panel is better than a TV though.

spoffle · 11 Nov 2014 at 23:34

Dark Light said:
It sort of is, it's a 40", which is TV size. The panel is better than a TV though.

Nope. The differences between a TV and a monitor are simple as per my last post. Size has nothing to do with it because you can get 17" TVs, which have tuners in them making them actual TVs and not monitors.

hernaldo · 12 Nov 2014 at 11:22

spoffle said:
Nope. The differences between a TV and a monitor are simple as per my last post. Size has nothing to do with it because you can get 17" TVs, which have tuners in them making them actual TVs and not monitors.

It comes down to dot pitch at the end of the day in practical terms.

El_MUERkO · 12 Nov 2014 at 14:05

hernaldo said:
It comes down to dot pitch at the end of the day in practical terms.

Even at 40" the PPI is 110, higher than the 100 of a 30@ 2560*1600 panel so that is true, but this is an 8-bit VA panel rather than a 10-bit IPS panel, it'll be nice to look at and totally adequate for gaming but the new 32" IPS panels in the Benq and LG would be better suited to design work.

For me though, it's a game changer, playing PC games at 40" on my desk, I might finally be able to see who shot me in FPS's

NZXT30 · 12 Nov 2014 at 14:46

Dont forget the deeper blacks of VA I would take those any day over 10-bit IPS.

Gibbo · 12 Nov 2014 at 14:50

Hi there

OK spoken to Philips UK and Germany, practically zero stock coming this year with about 50-100pc due in Europe/UK in January.

Needless to say actually obtaining one of these before March next year will be hard work, like rocking horse poop poop.

Akagi · 12 Nov 2014 at 14:52

A competitor has it listed at £615 but it isn't in stock and it says "Pending"

Diagro · 12 Nov 2014 at 14:53

Well Gibbo.

I now expect you to have all of the allocation for the UK please.

I know you can do it

Gibbo · 12 Nov 2014 at 14:57

Acme said:
A competitor has it listed at £615 but it isn't in stock and it says "Pending"

Well Philips state 50 for UK in December, I have grabbed 30pc of those. Am now trying to take Germany's stock of this of 100pc for January, but Ze Germans don't wanna share it with me.

spoffle · 12 Nov 2014 at 15:26

hernaldo said:
It comes down to dot pitch at the end of the day in practical terms.

I'm unsure of what you mean. Are you suggesting the classification of TV or monitor comes down to dot pitch?

85256638 · 12 Nov 2014 at 16:03

Gibbo said:
Well Philips state 50 for UK in December, I have grabbed 30pc of those. Am now trying to take Germany's stock of this of 100pc for January, but Ze Germans don't wanna share it with me.

great job Gibbo, so when are you going to list it as pre-order?

Gibbo · 12 Nov 2014 at 16:05

85256638 said:
great job Gibbo, so when are you going to list it as pre-order?

We won't be doing so until we get a clear confirmation they have shipped, not gonna cause any upset.

Plus we have one potential customer wanting to buy nearly all of them from us for a crazy high price.

So until we 110% know what we are getting and when plus if our business customers wants them or not we won't be listing anything, as it would be foolish for us to list and product we cannot deliver in a reasonable timeframe.

When I know more I shall share it here.

JediFragger · 12 Nov 2014 at 16:12

Smurfin · 12 Nov 2014 at 16:28

I bet these will be listed at a big premium when they land...I'll either wait it out or go for a 34" ultra wide (still not sure what is the right option!)

UberTiger · 12 Nov 2014 at 17:51

Darn those business customers that will pay top dollar and pop it on expenses

Business is business though I guess!

Not sure I can wait until March....bring on the competition from LG, AOC, Dell, etc..

Diagro · 13 Nov 2014 at 10:13

Thats unfair tbh. but i suppose you got to make money.

Keep me one aside lol

Smurfin · 13 Nov 2014 at 10:17

Nothing unfair about it, it's supply and demand.

Though it is annoying

El_MUERkO · 13 Nov 2014 at 11:17

I've pre-ordered it on some reputable other sites, and will do the same on OCUK once I can, crossing my fingers I get it before Christmas

Smurfin · 13 Nov 2014 at 11:22

What GPUs are you driving it with? And out of interest, are you using this as a desk based monitor?

hernaldo · 13 Nov 2014 at 15:19

Smurfin said:
What GPUs are you driving it with? And out of interest, are you using this as a desk based monitor?

I'd have thought all people would be using it with 2 x GTX 780 or better as a minimum really for ideal use for games and to allow games that don't support SLI to have some chance of being playable at native res.
On the desk question, well how big is your desk? Will fit easily on mine but I'm sure it won't be such a comfy fit on an argos £19.99 desk.