Philips Launches 45B1U6900C Dual QHD SuperWide Monitor with Multi-Client KVM Switch

#6116401 Posted on: 03/28/2023 06:03 PM

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Nice looking monitor. If I didn't already have an LG 38" ultra-wide, I'd take a serious look at it.

#6116582 Posted on: 03/29/2023 12:48 AM

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I dont see the value in this and its a bit late to the party.

My 49CRG9 is the same res with a larger screen and better specs for less money, and there are newer improved versions.
HDR400 isnt worth bothering with. The CRG9 has HDR1000 and is genuine, f'ing bright, not that far off my HDR2000 TV !
Its only 75Hz vs CRG9 120Hz. CRG9 also is perfectly GSync compatible despite not having the accreditation.
edit: oh and the CRG9 has 2x DP, 1x HDMI 2.0, much better.
The Philips only beats it with its USB interface.
Its worth noting they havent specified the max colours it can display with 10bits/colour, they only give 8bit. Odd.
Perhaps it cannot actually use 10bit. HDR works ok with 8bit btw, I use it so I can stay in RGB mode and not switch to YCbCr.


Full specs here: Soz about the formatting, multiple TABs come out as a single space, dur!
Changed it to and its another kind of mess, oh well
https://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/45B1U6900C-01/curved-business-monitor-329-superwide-curved-monitor-with-usb-c

#6134976 Posted on: 05/24/2023 01:10 PM

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I dont see the value in this and its a bit late to the party.

My 49CRG9 is the same res with a larger screen and better specs for less money, and there are newer improved versions.
HDR400 isnt worth bothering with. The CRG9 has HDR1000 and is genuine, f'ing bright, not that far off my HDR2000 TV !
Its only 75Hz vs CRG9 120Hz. CRG9 also is perfectly GSync compatible despite not having the accreditation.
edit: oh and the CRG9 has 2x DP, 1x HDMI 2.0, much better.
The Philips only beats it with its USB interface.
Its worth noting they havent specified the max colours it can display with 10bits/colour, they only give 8bit. Odd.
Perhaps it cannot actually use 10bit. HDR works ok with 8bit btw, I use it so I can stay in RGB mode and not switch to YCbCr.


Full specs here: Soz about the formatting, multiple TABs come out as a single space, dur!
Changed it to and its another kind of mess, oh well
https://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/45B1U6900C-01/curved-business-monitor-329-superwide-curved-monitor-with-usb-c


Actually there are several reasons:

- The display is smaller (45" vs 49") and so, much more resonable (it is the equivalent of 2x24" intestad of 2x27")
- The curvature is less aggressie, 1500R vs 1000R. This means that it is way more suitable for an office use
- It has a sligtly higher ppi 120 instead of 109, that is always good, especially when used for work
- It has a type c port with DP1.4, PD up to 100W and integretad hub, extremly useful for work
- The integrated hub has an ethernet port plus a resonable and handy amount of usb ports
- There is a KVM switch and very good PBP features
- There are good feature for eye-save, in particular the light sensor, that is a life saver while working
- Other good feature such as the power save when awake
- The ergonomic of philips display is usually extremly good
- There is a variant with an integrated cam

Basically, all of these with a good VA panel and 75Hz of refresh rate (appraciable during desktop use) make it a very good product for work purpouse, way more appealing that other 49", especially the Samsung G9 (that is a good monitor, but more gaming only oriented).

And when I speak about work I do not mean fancy artistic production, that nowdays it seems be the only possible work to justify the own of a monitor.
Honestly, there are plenty of works where local dimming, 300%srbg 1000%rec.2020 etc, HDR1000000 and DE<0.00001 are just usless. When you have a "good" color accuracy it is fine for reading, writing, coding, cad and a lot of other scientific tasks where high ppi, good ergonomic, reasonable size and handy features are way more relevant than color accuracy or sub ms response time.

That said, there are also other variant from HP or AOC with higher refresh rate (165Hz) that have also a lot of the philips featuers (especially the HP one) make such panel suitable also for a bit of gaming.

#6135043 Posted on: 05/24/2023 03:14 PM

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I'm still not seeing the value.
Putting down useful features your monitor doesnt achieve is a poor sign.

The CRG9 is great for desktop and gaming and is Nvidia GSync compatible which has been flawless.
120Hz mouse pointer movement is MUCH better than 75Hz for desktop/office use.
Mine is used 95% of the time as a desktop display at which it excels.

Only 8bit per colour capable for HDR and low HDR max brightness which is worse than early OLED.
Its not much good for viewing HDR Youtube video or watching HDR movies during your work break.
The boxes may be ticked but they dont have much in them.

#6135439 Posted on: 05/25/2023 11:04 AM

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I am sorry, but the fact that some features are not usefull for your does not mean that a thing has not value.

I have just point out which aspects makes it a good monitor, of course these are not true for everyone. In particular the first four points are the most relevant: smaller screen than other 32:9 monitor, gentle curve, good ppi, usb type c with PD.
There is no reason to compare to a G9, it is not the only monitor in the world.

That said, I think that for the most of the users the HDR for Youtube is just useless for a working monitor and neither the G9 can achive good results, it is not just a matter of max brightness. For HDR is much more relevant the contrants ratio and the abitility to properly be able to control the brightness locally. If I a want enjoy high brightness I can look at a lamp or at the sun , but during the day I strongly prefer work with the right brightness and end the day without headache, eye strain or neck pain. And with these goal in mind a proper ergonomic display with the right size, good ppi and brightness control is way better than a Gaming monitor with G-Sync.

Personally I strongly prefer use a 32" 4K monitor with bussines feature than this solution and then use a 42" OLED for gaming, but this does not means that my setup is the only available choice. I see value in this 45" 32:9, in the past I had a 49" Neo G9, good monitor with a lot of issues and for me was not really suitable for work and also if it is really immersive for game, the picture quality is far behind of what an OLED can give you. Probably the new G9 QD-OLED will tempt me.

In conclusion, if you enjoy the G9 and you find it better than this it is ok, but this does not means that this monitor does not have to exist or there is no reason to prefer it with respect to the G9.