The official Philips BDM4065UC thread

Roger Ramjet · 12 Feb 2015 at 19:44

End of next week is the latest eta.

UberTiger · 12 Feb 2015 at 20:03

I'm waiting on an order from elsewhere and the last info I heard about a week ago is that there's some stock due into Philip UK on the 16th Feb, so just after the weekend hopefully.

SamLombardo · 13 Feb 2015 at 09:43

Hi guys, has anyone of you tried Arma 3 with the custom 21:9 res (i.e.3840x1634)? For some strange reason I get dark semicircle shaped areas at the left and right side, it is like looking trough binoculars. All other games work great in 21:9. has anyone else noticed that issue with Arma 3?

Thanks in advance

exiges · 13 Feb 2015 at 14:13

UberTiger said:
I'm waiting on an order from elsewhere and the last info I heard about a week ago is that there's some stock due into Philip UK on the 16th Feb, so just after the weekend hopefully.

Same here, this'll be my 2nd BDM4065UC

UberTiger · 13 Feb 2015 at 16:49

Still waiting for my first

You going to use 2 on the same desk!?

I placed my order back on December 11th, but it seems OcUK managed to nab a lot of their own stock direct as they've had deliveries since. If I'd have realised I might have paid a bit more to get it from OcUK instead.

Oh well, nearly there now and the other company kindly lent me a 28" 4K monitor to tide me over until the Philips arrives

Can't wait

Scooby-DoobyDoo · 13 Feb 2015 at 18:19

jimmyjimmyo said:
Mine should be here Friday and got the price dropped to £598 with first class delivery from the rainforest, I have had it on order since the 2nd January (only reason I went with them was I had a few £££ in vouchers).

Called them yesterday and they upgraded the shipping to get me a guaranteed delivery day although it still an estimate but it beats 6-8 weeks I was originally quoted

Mines coming Monday

ICDP · 13 Feb 2015 at 18:43

SamLombardo said:
Hi guys, has anyone of you tried Arma 3 with the custom 21:9 res (i.e.3840x1634)? For some strange reason I get dark semicircle shaped areas at the left and right side, it is like looking trough binoculars. All other games work great in 21:9. has anyone else noticed that issue with Arma 3?

Thanks in advance

Just tried the Camp Maxwell mission from the campaign and had no such issues. 3840 x 1634 resolution.

GTX980 drivers 347.09

exiges · 13 Feb 2015 at 20:38

UberTiger said:
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You going to use 2 on the same desk!?

Now there's an idea ! No, one for the office office and one for the home office.

jimmyjimmyo · 13 Feb 2015 at 21:13

Scooby-DoobyDoo said:
Mines coming Monday

Yep they revised mine to Monday and it has dispatched

exiges · 13 Feb 2015 at 21:14

jimmyjimmyo said:
Yep they revised mine to Monday and it has dispatched

Source ? OC or rainforest ?

R-TYPE · 14 Feb 2015 at 02:31

Best video cable for this monitor?

Assuming displayport 1.2 is the best cable for this monitor. Although have read about 1.3 (and beyond).

Am assuming something like this would do the job?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-007-CG&groupid=1929&catid=1757

SamLombardo · 14 Feb 2015 at 06:43

ICDP said:
Just tried the Camp Maxwell mission from the campaign and had no such issues. 3840 x 1634 resolution.

GTX980 drivers 347.09

Thanks for testing. Strange. I will try a reinstall of the game.

Scooby-DoobyDoo · 14 Feb 2015 at 07:22

jimmyjimmyo said:
Mine should be here Friday and got the price dropped to £598 with first class delivery from the rainforest, I have had it on order since the 2nd January (only reason I went with them was I had a few £££ in vouchers).

Called them yesterday and they upgraded the shipping to get me a guaranteed delivery day although it still an estimate but it beats 6-8 weeks I was originally quoted

jimmyjimmyo said:
Yep they revised mine to Monday and it has dispatched

Scooby-DoobyDoo said:
Mines coming Monday

JediFragger said:
Looks to be bull, stock is still very tight at present it seems (and OcUK are selling everything they're getting!)

Scooby-DoobyDoo said:
These will be available in numbers from 16th feb and sub £600 just wait a few weeks.

There you go...... coming in 16th. Based on a call to a different supplier, RRP and monitoring prices.

PCM2 · 14 Feb 2015 at 08:30

R-TYPE said:
Assuming displayport 1.2 is the best cable for this monitor. Although have read about 1.3 (and beyond).

Am assuming something like this would do the job?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-007-CG&groupid=1929&catid=1757

There is no such thing as a DP 1.2 cable, or a DP 1.3 cable or anything else of that sort. The port revisions can change, but you needn't worry about the cable as long is it's of decent quality. And that one you linked to looks to be a good solid cable.

ICDP · 14 Feb 2015 at 19:38

SamLombardo said:
Thanks for testing. Strange. I will try a reinstall of the game.

I should stress that my Arma3 install is stock. If you have mods installed they could be the culprit.

SamLombardo · 15 Feb 2015 at 17:01

ICDP said:
I should stress that my Arma3 install is stock. If you have mods installed they could be the culprit.

Thanks a lot for that hint. The reason for the issue was Sweet FX. Now it´s working perfectly. Thanks again

SamLombardo · 17 Feb 2015 at 07:48

Hi guys, I've got a question for those who use the monitor with a 21:9 custom resolution: What is the recommended resolution to adjust? Exact 21:9 ratio would be 3840x1645. Based on existing 21:9 monitors like the 2560x1080 ones and extrapolated, it should be 3840x1620. And then I've read here in the forums, the best res would be 3840x1634, for whatever reason...Hm. I am confused a little bit. What would you say is the recommendable resolution to run the Philips Monitor in 21:9?

Thank you

eyetrip · 17 Feb 2015 at 09:21

Well, I calculated the ratio (perhaps wrongly) which got me to 3840 x 1634.

But I also use 3840x1280 (3:1) for certain games sometimes.

Really, it doesn't need to be an exact figure - create whatever you like

SamLombardo · 17 Feb 2015 at 12:23

Ah, thank you. Good to know

drstuf · 17 Feb 2015 at 14:32

i currently have 3 of these monitors but not because i bought 3

2 of them are warranty replacements but they were all delivered with marks laminated into the screen.

because philips have replaced it twice they wont do it a third time i just have to return all 3 and get refunded for the original purchase.

i really dont want to go back to my dell 3011 so is there any alternatives due to be released anytime soon?

Stu