Philips Evnia 5000 34M2C5501A: WQHD 180Hz Curved Gaming Monitor
Brand: Philips
Model: 34M2C5501A
Product Type: WQHD Gaming Monitor
Overview
This curved Fast VA gaming monitor from the Philips Evnia 5000 series offers an immersive gaming experience with ultimate precision and speed at 180Hz. Featuring a WQHD resolution, DisplayHDR 400, and a curved frame, it delivers excellent all-around performance for gamers.
The monitor is designed to provide gamers with an edge through features like enhanced visibility in dark scenes, synchronized lighting, and optimized game modes.
Key Features
Designed for Gamers' Needs
- Stark ShadowBoost: Enhances visibility in dark scenes for a competitive edge.
- AI-enhanced Ambiglow: Creates an immersive and customizable gaming atmosphere by adapting light to the on-screen content.
- Dynamic Lighting: Synchronizes RGB lighting across compatible devices for a complete ecosystem.
- SmartImage Game Mode: Optimized display settings for various game genres (FPS, Racing, RTS).
- Built-in Stereo Speakers: Integrated 5W x 2 speakers for multimedia.
Built for Fast Action
- 180Hz Refresh Rate: Delivers ultra-smooth, brilliant images, crucial for fast-paced gaming.
- AMD FreeSync™ Premium: Ensures fluid, tear-free, and stutter-free gameplay.
- Fast VA Panel: Provides sharp imagery even at high frame rates.
- 0.5 ms Ultra-Fast Speed (Smart MBR): Minimizes motion blur and smearing for crisp visuals.
- Low Input Lag: Reduces the delay between input commands and on-screen response, vital for twitch-sensitive games.
Immersive Visuals
- SmartContrast: Technology for dynamically enhancing contrast and black details.
- CrystalClear Images: UltraWide QHD resolution (3440 x 1440) provides sharp, detailed visuals.
- Curved Display Design (1500R): Offers a pleasant, subtle immersion effect focused on the user.
- DisplayHDR 400: VESA-certified for enhanced brightness, contrast, and a wider color palette.
Highlights Explained
180Hz Gaming: Experience significantly smoother motion compared to standard displays, making it easier to track fast-moving targets. The display redraws the screen image up to 180 times per second, effectively faster than standard displays, reducing the likelihood of enemies appearing to jump from spot to spot.
0.5 ms Smart MBR Fast Response: Effectively eliminates smearing and motion blur, rendering fast-moving action and dramatic transitions smoothly. This is ideal for playing thrilling and twitch-sensitive games.
UltraWide CrystalClear Images: The 21:9 aspect ratio (3440 x 1440) enhances productivity and immersion, offering more screen real estate for multitasking and detailed views. This high-density pixel count and wide viewing angles bring images and graphics to life.
Fast VA Panel: Optimized for speed and clarity, ensuring sharp images during intense gaming sessions. This panel type is crucial for achieving high frame rates with minimal blur.
Low Input Lag: Minimizes the time between user input and the display's reaction, crucial for competitive gaming. This feature greatly improves the experience in twitch-sensitive video games.
Curved Display Design: Enhances the personal viewing experience by wrapping the screen around the user for a more focused immersion. The 1500R curvature provides a pleasant and subtle immersion effect.
DisplayHDR 400: VESA-certified DisplayHDR 400 delivers a significant step-up from normal SDR displays. It produces astonishing brightness, contrast, and colors, with global dimming and minimum 400 nits brightness, bringing images to life with notable highlights and deeper blacks.
SmartContrast: A Philips technology that analyzes displayed content to dynamically enhance contrast for the best digital images and videos, especially in dark scenes. Economy mode adjusts contrast and backlighting for everyday office use and lower power consumption.
Stark ShadowBoost: This feature enhances dark scenes without overexposing lighter areas, offering texturized images with better color saturation and higher contrast. It helps users see better in both light and dark environments and fine-tune their sight to expose enemies more quickly.
AI-enhanced Ambiglow: An AI processor analyzes the incoming image content and continuously adapts the color and brightness of the emitted light to match the image, adding a new dimension to the viewing experience. It creates a truly immersive and customizable gaming experience.
SmartImage Game Mode: Offers quick OSD access with fine-tuned settings for gamers. Options include 'FPS' mode for improving dark themes, 'Racing' mode for fastest response time and high color, and 'RTS' mode for highlighting specific areas. Gamer 1 and Gamer 2 allow saving custom settings.
Dynamic Lighting: A Microsoft certification program enabling users to synchronize and manage RGB lighting across monitors and peripherals. It creates a complete RGB lighting ecosystem with Philips Evnia Ambiglow for a customizable user experience.
AMD FreeSync™ Premium: Equips gamers with a fluid, tear-free gameplay experience at peak performance, featuring a high refresh rate, low framerate compensation, and low latency.
Technical Specifications
| Category | Specification |
|---|---|
| Panel Size | 34 inch / 86.36 cm |
| Aspect Ratio | 21:9 |
| LCD Panel Type | Fast VA |
| Backlight Type | W-LED |
| Pixel Pitch | 0.23175 x 0.23175 mm |
| Brightness | 300 nit |
| Display Colors | 1.07 Billion (8 bits + FRC) |
| Color Gamut (Typical) | Adobe RGB 91%, DCI-P3 95%, sRGB 126%, NTSC 105%.* |
| Contrast Ratio (Typical) | 4000:1 |
| SmartContrast | Mega Infinity DCR |
| Response Time (Typical) | 1 ms (Gray to Gray)* |
| Viewing Angle | 178° (H) / 178° (V), @ C/R > 10 |
| Picture Enhancement | SmartImage game |
| Maximum Resolution | HDMI: 3440 x 1440 @ 100 Hz, DP: 3440 x 1440 @ 180Hz |
| Effective Viewing Area | 797.22(H) x 333.72(V) mm (1500R curvature) |
| Scanning Frequency | HDMI: 30k - 160kHz (H) / 48 - 100 Hz (V), DP: 30k - 275kHz (H) / 48 - 180 Hz (V) |
| sRGB Delta E | <2 (sRGB) |
| Flicker-free | Yes |
| Pixel Density | 109.68 PPI |
| LowBlue Mode | Yes |
| Display Screen Coating | Anti-glare, 25% Hardness (3H) |
| SmartUniformity | 93~105% |
| Low Input Lag | Yes |
| EasyRead | Yes |
| AMD FreeSync™ Technology | Premium |
| G-SYNC Compatible | Yes |
| HDR Support | HDR 400 supported |
| Stark Shadow Boost | Yes |
| Smart MBR | 0.5ms* |
| Windows Dynamic Lighting | Yes |
| Smart Crosshair | Yes |
| Connectivity | Signal Input: 2x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4 Sync Input: Separate Sync Audio (In/Out): Headphone out HDCP: HDCP 1.4 (HDMI / DisplayPort), HDCP 2.2 (HDMI / DisplayPort ) USB Hub: 1x USB-B upstream, 3x USB-A downstream (1x fast charge B.C 1.2) |
| Convenience | Built-in Speakers: 5W x 2 Plug & Play Compatibility: DDC/CI, Mac OS, sRGB, Windows 11 / 10 User convenience: Power On/Off, Menu/OK, Input/Up, Game Settings/Down, SmartImage game/Back OSD Languages: Brazil Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian Other convenience: Kensington lock, VESA mount (100x100mm), VESA bracket, LowBlue Mode, FreeSync Premium MultiView: PIP/PBP mode, 2x devices Ambiglow: Ambiglow 3 sided |
| Stand | Height adjustment: 130 mm Swivel: -/+ 30 degrees Tilt: -5/20 degrees |
| Power Supply | Internal, 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz |
| Power Consumption | Off mode: 0.3 W (typ.), On mode: 47.8 W (typ.), Standby mode: 0.5 W (typ.) |
| Power LED Indicator | Operation - White, Standby mode - White (blinking) |
| Energy Label Class | F |
| Dimensions (Packaging) | 980 x 525 x 226 mm (WxHxD) |
| Dimensions (Product without stand) | 808 x 369 x 69 mm (WxHxD) |
| Dimensions (Product with stand, max height) | 808 x 434 x 311 mm (WxHxD) |
| Weight (Product with packaging) | 11.59 kg |
| Weight (Product with stand) | 8.61 kg |
| Weight (Product without stand) | 6.68 kg |
| Operating Conditions | Altitude: Operation: +12,000ft (3,658m), Non-operation: +40,000ft (12,192m) Temperature range (operation): 0°C to 40 °C MTBF: 50,000 hours Relative humidity: 20%-80% Temperature range (storage): -20°C to 60 °C |
| Sustainability | RoHS compliant, 100% recyclable packaging material, 35% post-consumer recycled plastics. |
| Compliance & Standards | CB, CE Mark, TUV/ISO9241-307, TUV-BAUART, EAC, EAEU RoHS, KC, EMC, UKCA, EMF, FCC, ICES-003 |
| Cabinet Color | White |
| Cabinet Finish | Textured |
| What's in the box? | HDMI cable, DisplayPort cable, USB Upstream cable, Power cable, Monitor with stand, User Documentation |
Notes and Disclaimers
- Display colors: 10-bit color depth can be reached by QHD@144Hz with DP port.
- Color gamut coverage based on CIE standards (Adobe RGB, DCI-P3, sRGB, NTSC).
- * Radius of the arc of the display curvature in mm.
- * Response time value equals SmartResponse.
- For best output performance, ensure your graphic card is capable of achieving the maximum resolution and refresh rate of this Philips display.
- Smart MBR adjusts brightness for blur reduction; it cannot be adjusted while active. It may cause noticeable brightness changes.
- AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD FreeSync™ and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product names are for identification purposes only.
- NVIDIA® G-SYNC® support interface: DisplayPort. Update NVIDIA® G-SYNC® drivers for optimal performance.
- Smart MBR is a gaming-optimized mode; it may cause noticeable screen flickering. Recommended to turn off when not using the gaming function.
- This monitor strives for sustainability: the base cover and headphone holder are made with 35% recycled plastic.
- The products and accessories listed may differ by country and region.
- The monitor may look different from feature images.
