By Kire Terzievski, Technology & Business Magazine
March 25th, 2002.
Philips 150P2E
The Philips was by far the most adjustable monitor we looked at. It has a swivel base and the stand can be raised or lowered. The base can come off entirely if you want to mount the display on a wall. And the Philips was the only display we reviewed that can be turned 90 degrees and viewed in portrait mode-ideal for heavy duty word processing or desktop publishing.
It doesn't end there however. You can buy a USB hub, which slides to the back of the base. You can also buy a multimedia base, which sports two front firing speakers. We did not have to do much to calibrate this display. The Phiulis has clock and phase adjustments that can be used to fine tune the display, but the auto calibration worked just fine. The image quality of the Philips was very good despite some mild vertical distortion. Plain text appeared sharp, but what impressed us the most was how the rich the display was in colour. The display was a lot cleaner in digital mode than analog.
However we did notice a fair bit of decay each time we dragged windows of all sizes across the screen. Some of the other displays also showed some signs of ghosting, but with the Philips it was generally more obvious.
| Product: | Philips 150P2E |
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| Price: | AU$1329 |
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| Vendor: | Philips |
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| Phone: | 1800 658 086 |
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| Interoperability: | 
Analogue and DVI connectors. |
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| Futureproofing: |
½Portrait mode; wall mountable; speakers/ USB hub are optional. |
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| ROI: |
Very good image quality. |
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| Service: |
Three years parts & labour. |
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| Rating: |
Excellent display; portrait mode makes it very appealing. |
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