The Momentum series has evolved recently, the Philips Momentum 5000 27M1F5500P is one of the flagship gaming monitors of the company, which has launched in this market relatively recently, or at least at these professional levels. I have to say I write about it it wasn’t very easyfinding the right words in these cases becomes “strange” because I must tell the truth, I do not think I have completely framed this monitor.
Philips Momentum 5000 27M1F5500P: Presentation
I found one of the most comfortable packaging ever seen, they practically created an interlocking box like that of laptops, but in a HUGE version, managing to maintain solidity and above all simplicity, and also taking care not to put anything unnecessary. Just the necessary: a reduced manual, Display Port, HDMI, power cable and the monitor.
Now the Philips Momentum 5000 27M1F5500P, is particularly beautiful, and I don’t say this lightly. The materials are premium even only on sight, but even better to the touch. Extremely polygonal anodized aluminum, no milling defects that mix with this beautiful solid but light and textured plastic, in short, it is strange that it costs less than other products that are much less cared for in appearance.
This late 90s design, with these violent angles that recall a brutalism of excellence, but also with a call to functionality, such as the front “claws” that help to gain space, while keeping everything stable, is a gem. A really nice surprise, like the removal of the logo from the front binding, to avoid interfering with the view on the screen. One thing ALL companies should do.
Yes ok you will not find a myriad of ports on the back, but the ones you need are:
- 2x DP
- 2x HDMI
- 4x USB
- 1x USB UP
- 1x Audio out
Finally, the simplified mini joystick for on-screen settings. In addition, the support can not only be lowered and raised, but can rotate the screen 360 degrees, although like many, it is not able to tilt. Which always annoys meand this is why I have always preferred hydraulic mechanical arms, also because, unlike the standard stand-offs, they save a lot of space.
Philips Momentum 5000 27M1F5500P: info and tests
So, I hate the whole list of tech info that companies provide, also because at these levels almost all are equivalent, so if you want to deepen this aspect, I refer you to official site. I will focus exclusively on the user experience, and therefore on the pros and cons that I have been able to observe and experience firsthand.
Now let’s start with the brightness and accuracy. One thing I really don’t understand nowadays is to continue producing flat screens, they are annoying, and the brighter they are the more they cause me headaches on long sessions. One thing is certain, the Philips Momentum 5000 27M1F5500P is very bright, when the light is off it illuminates 25 square meters of the room, and has an amazing beauty in the reproduction of colors.
However, brightness is a big problem in gaming screens, while it is a plus in TVs. I don’t know anyone who holds the panel at 10 brightness, unless he tries to go blind in no time, or cause an ophthalmic migraine. These occasions are great for raising awareness to companies to build their own products according to the needsand not to try to please everyone, risking to make everyone angry.
I think I understand the reason for this, and it is due to the growing demand for these monitors also in the console sector. Calm calm, I know it makes no sense, no console reaches 240 fps, but not even 145 for that matter. So what’s that got to do with it? Well, not everyone knows how technology works, who usually doesn’t have to deal with it every day, I doubt they even know what FPS are.
Many buyers just choose screens based on brightness, especially those who use consoles. This is because unlike PC users, those who have a console tend to play from much further away, and here the accuracy of the screen also comes into play. I imagine that one of the simplest reasons is precisely to produce one or two models at the most that cover the gaming sector, whatever it is.
And here the donkey falls, playing has different shades, so different that 1 ms as the response time of the Philips Momentum 5000 27M1F5500P, it can make a difference in competitive PC gaming, but absolutely no console gaming, while the portable sun-like brightness that can help a console gamer, can annoy a pc gamer. This creates a nuisance that cannot be ignored.
The Philips Momentum 5000 27M1F5500P is something of a strong compromise, which comes fully justified in its price. It is possible to reach 240Hz only in DP 1.4, so you must also have the support of the video card, while at higher resolutions you cannot go beyond 144Hz.
So who specifically is it for? Well basically who has a high end video card, can certainly afford better, those who have a console instead do not even need all this, Philips produces excellent televisions that are certainly the case and have a very low price. I believe the Philips Momentum 5000 27M1F5500P winks at all buyers who are exactly in the middle.
Customers who do not have € 1400 budget, but would never buy a € 300 monitor either because it does not meet the demand for Counterstrike, Fortnite, Valorant (games that I used extensively to test it, and it held up very well) or other games that they count on very high FPS. Then there is the 360-degree rotation factor, which instead seems to be looking for the type of customer who needs it to work with professional graphics.
Also for this reason I do not find it accurate to call it a gaming screen, it makes no sense at all, it does not have those characteristics specific and unilateral. I would say more precisely that it is a hybrid home-gaming casual and office.
Then there are some clarifications, there are no defects on the matrix, everything is perfectly fluid even at 240 fps, but and I mean but, even in precision mode, which is selectable from the settings panel, do not think of seeing the difference without a mouse with at least 12k dpi, and the same goes for keyboard polling rate. Then there is a small problem that I ran into, and it concerns Windows 11.
Using two monitors, and moving the work area on the Philips Momentum 5000 27M1F5500P, sometimes an annoying flicker was activated, which lasted a few seconds, and with intensive use of the processor (in my case AMD Ryzen 9 5900X), it freezes and I crash reset. I tried to change the monitor in use and it hasn’t happened anymore. I don’t know if it just happened to me, I didn’t find any information online about it, but I hope it will be solved with updates.
However, the price is more than affordable, as long as you limit the brightness in the panel, and for those like me who are used to curved panels to get used to it again, and if you are interested you can find it on Amazon.
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