Philips has just announced a new 4K QD-OLED gaming monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate, as well as support for the company’s Ambiglow lighting tech. The Philips Evnia 32M2N8900X also has a built-in KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) feature, enabling you to easily share your display and peripheral setup between multiple rigs.
The Evnia 32M2N8900X uses a flat 31.5in QD-OLED panel with a sharp (3840×2160) 4K resolution, which translates into a pixel density of 139.87 PPI. The panel is topped by an anti-reflective 3H glass protection, helping it to maintain clear visuals in difficult lighting conditions, while better resisting scratches than a non-coated display. The panel also features an integrated graphene layer for heat dissipation, helping extend the panel’s longevity.
This panel can get quite bright too, even if it isn’t chart-topping, reaching 300nits in SDR mode at 100% APL, 515nits in HDR mode at 10% APL, and a peak 1,000nits brightness in HDR at 3% APL. Philips also advertises a 1,500,000:1 contrast ratio, 99.5% of DCI-P3 coverage, and 100% sRGB coverage, with 10-bit colour support and a Delta E below 2 for sRGB.
The usual 0.03ms QD-OLED response time is also quoted – these panels respond incredibly quickly, making them ideal for fast-paced gaming. This combination of brightness and speed enables the 32M2N8900X to claim HDR TrueBlack 500 and ClearMR 13000 certifications, indicating deep blacks, high contrast, and clear motion.
Speed aside, the 32M2N8900X comes equipped with Philips’ renowned Ambiglow lighting, which uses lights to extend the ambience of the displayed image beyond the panel’s limits, improving immersion and looking pretty cool to boot. As for those who care more about productivity and efficiency, they will be pleased to find a built-in KVM switch, making it easier to share a single keyboard and mouse across multiple systems. This is complemented by PiP/PbP support (picture-in-picture and picture-by-picture), which allows displays from multiple video sources on screen at the same time.
Speaking of video sources, this model comes equipped with two HDMI 2.1 ports, one DisplayPort 2.1 input, two USB Type-C ports (one with DP alt mode), plus a two-port USB hub. Note, however, that Philips didn’t indicate the speed of the DisplayPort interface, which could go from 38.69Gb/s to 77.37Gb/s depending on the UHBR version. As for the USB-C connections, one supports 65W power delivery while the other maxes out at 15W. There are also two 5W speakers with DTS Sound for those planning to hook a console.
At the moment, the Evnia 32M2N8900X has only been launched in the Chinese market, and no retail price has been shared. That said, if the quality of the Evnia 27M2N8500 is any indication, it would be great to see this screen in the UK as well.
