Philips 288P6LJEB

Monitor

The Philips Brilliance 288P6LJEB bisects the AOC and Asus models pretty precisely on price. Now, if you’ve read the reviews of the other two, you’ll know that neither quite nails it. The AOC was well above expectations in many regards – it edges the Asus for static image quality and it’s about £100 cheaper – but it suffers from some input lag that sees the Asus suddenly back in the running.

Input-wise, we’re talking the full collection of DisplayPort 1.2 (and thus proper 60Hz refresh support), HDMI, DVI and VGA. As with the other monitors, only DisplayPort will enable you to drive this thing properly and you’ll need a DisplayPort 1.2 compliant video card, too. Finally, two of the ports in the four-port USB hub support 3.0-style high bandwidth data transfer, just so you know.

As for what else distinguishes the 288P6LJEB, well, you get the choice of four different levels of pixel overdrive for improved response. Sadly, all but the lowest level introduce some amount of that nasty inverse ghosting setting. The fastest setting is so bad, we wonder why Philips bothers.

All of which makes the 288P6LJEB a pretty nice overall package, but not outstanding. Apart from a slightly better looking chassis and stand, it offers little over the slightly cheaper AOC. And while it costs less than the Asus, it’s less compelling a gaming proposition thanks to that pesky input lag. As ever, then, you pays your money. And you takes your choice.

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