Philips 276B9H reviewed: For all your second-screen needs
A 27-inch screen is a useful size for 1440p – it keeps the pixels invisible and detail sharper than 1080p would manage. It’s also a handy size for a desk, considering the size at which we tend to sit from our monitors. You can easily tile two documents side-by-side, or even have three or our windows open at the same time without any of them getting so small as to be completely unusable. For jobs that involve moving information from one place to another, like web or office work, it’s ideal.
Round the back, you get a convenient USB-C connection – the single cable with a reversible plug that can carry both the video signal, USB data for peripherals plugged into the screen’s hub, and power in the opposite direction, so the screen can charge your laptop while it’s plugged in . The webcam package also connects through the USB cable and lives in a spring-loaded backpack behind the top of the monitor. It’s Windows Hello compatible, so you can use it to unlock your PC with just your face if you’re running Windows 10 or 11, and it manages a 1080p stream for video calling, with a built-in microphone and an LED to tell you when it’s working. Being able to slot it back into the monitor’s casing without having to flip it up means there's no need for a privacy shutter.
The on-screen menu is accessed by easily pushed buttons mounted on the front of the display on the thicker part of the bezel. The menu is a breeze to use, offering customisation to almost all aspects of the display output.The 276B9H has good colour accuracy figures, hitting 111% and 124% of the NTSC and sRGB gamuts respectively, but Philips doesn’t give a figure for Adobe RGB. There's a max brightness of 350 cd/m², and a contrast ratio of 1000:1.
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