Wednesday, November 29th 2017
Philips Launches the 356M6QJAB/11 1080p, 35" FreeSync Monitor With Ambiglow Tech
Philips has launched the 356M6QJAB/11 monitor, a 35" affair that sports a somewhat anemic resolution of just 1080p for such a diagonal size. Besides being aesthetically pleasing - whose mileage may vary, as always - there's not much to gloat about regarding its features, except for one thing: this monitor sports Philips' proprietary Ambiglow technology.
Ambiglow marries image processing capabilities with RGB LEDs that add to the viewing experience by projecting the on-screen color shifts around the monitor's bezels towards a close-proximity wall. It's not clear from Philips' product page, but it seems that this monitor's Ambiglow tech is only available on the bottom of the monitor - if so, this seems to be a mistake, since usually, the top and sides are preferred areas for color display (this editor speaks as a user of a Lightpack PC solution.)The fact that this monitor incorporates Philips' Ambiglow will likely bring a pricing offset to the rest of the relatively low-cost specs on this 35" monitor. Its 1080p resolution and lowly 250 cd/m² brightness, allied to 178º viewing angles, point towards the usage of an IPS panel (if Philips' specs didn't confirm it), which is also supported by the relatively high (5 ms) response time Philips is quoting for this monitor. The base of the monitor is aesthetically pleasing, but will bring users some further thought to whether or not their computing environment can accommodate such a wide distance between the base's feet.FreeSync support brings some measure of usability for this monitor outside an office environment, but it's likely that almost all enthusiasts/gamers will give this one a pass. There's also support for blue-light reduction technologies, in the form of Philips' Low Blue Mode, and a SmartImage game mode that sells itself by claiming better responsiveness, contrast, and response times. The 356M6QJAB/11 has built-in 2x 5 W speakers, and video inputs are distributed by 1x D-Sub, 2x HDMI 1.4, and 1x DisplayPort 1.2. No pricing was available at time of writing.
Ambiglow marries image processing capabilities with RGB LEDs that add to the viewing experience by projecting the on-screen color shifts around the monitor's bezels towards a close-proximity wall. It's not clear from Philips' product page, but it seems that this monitor's Ambiglow tech is only available on the bottom of the monitor - if so, this seems to be a mistake, since usually, the top and sides are preferred areas for color display (this editor speaks as a user of a Lightpack PC solution.)The fact that this monitor incorporates Philips' Ambiglow will likely bring a pricing offset to the rest of the relatively low-cost specs on this 35" monitor. Its 1080p resolution and lowly 250 cd/m² brightness, allied to 178º viewing angles, point towards the usage of an IPS panel (if Philips' specs didn't confirm it), which is also supported by the relatively high (5 ms) response time Philips is quoting for this monitor. The base of the monitor is aesthetically pleasing, but will bring users some further thought to whether or not their computing environment can accommodate such a wide distance between the base's feet.FreeSync support brings some measure of usability for this monitor outside an office environment, but it's likely that almost all enthusiasts/gamers will give this one a pass. There's also support for blue-light reduction technologies, in the form of Philips' Low Blue Mode, and a SmartImage game mode that sells itself by claiming better responsiveness, contrast, and response times. The 356M6QJAB/11 has built-in 2x 5 W speakers, and video inputs are distributed by 1x D-Sub, 2x HDMI 1.4, and 1x DisplayPort 1.2. No pricing was available at time of writing.