Philips 328P6A QHD HDR 32-Inch Monitor Review

Datacolor Spyder 5 Elite Testing

Out of the box, the calibration on the Philips monitor was phenomenally good, registering 100% of sRGB and 96% of AdobeRGB. With our calibration, this moved up to 97%. While the monitor does state 99%, the display does have multiple display profiles to deliver that colour mode to 99% also. However, we found this profile to be a good blend of the two, especially once calibrated.

Colour

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Tone Response

Again, out of the box, the performance was pretty fantastic. While we did improve it a little with our own calibration based on our own lighting conditions, the improvement was minor. If anything, it’s not really something then end user would notice and leaving it on the stock calibration would have been just fine.

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Colour Accuracy

The stock colours were pretty superb too, and while we did improve the blue and yellow, it came at the cost of warmer reds. However, I found the calibrated result to be more pleasing to the eye overall with a warmer cinema colour look rather than a slightly colder light.

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Colour Uniformity

Some improvement here, mostly reducing the backlight brightness in the bottom centre. However, this didn’t seem to show to the end user, and the stock performance was fantastic. If anything, the backlight performance on this panel is incredible, with no torching or noticeable bright spots before or after calibration.

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Brightness Levels

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Monitor Rating

The final score from the Spyder Elite calibration tool reflects our interpretation too, with the overall score being identical to stock. Again, this monitor was calibrated from the factor, and it seems with aside from some minor tweaks to suit our lighting conditions, it was right on the money. If you want a professional looking image right out of the box, that’s exactly what you’ll get here.

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