The 492P8 Model Is the 49” Philips Company’s Feedback to Samsung C49HG90

In Q2 next year Philips is going to launch retailing of its new product, demonstrated at the IFA 2017 exhibition. It’s a huge 49-inch 492P8 monitor, based on the curved VA (Vertical Alignment) matrix with the 32:9 aspect ratio, which can provide tough competition to the analogous C49HG90 sample from Samsung, however, the price is lower and equals 899 EUR/1,077 USD.

Philips 492P8 got the 3840 x 1080 resolution, 1,800 mm curve radius, 600 cd/m² and the 5000:1 static contrast. Viewing angles are 178° horizontally and vertically. There is no info about the response time and the refresh time yet. In the meantime, the manufacturer claims, this display can be utilized in multi monitors configuration, when displays are located next to each other or one above the other.

The image source is linked via D-Sub, DisplayPort and two HDMI interfaces. On the back side one may see a couple of Mini-Jacks for headphones and a mic, a USB Type-C connector, two USB 3.0 Type-A ports, and a gigabit Ethernet controller.

We should mention, though, that this configuration is not complete and may be modified by the market entry time.