I tested luminance, contrast ratio, and color coverage using our standard test gear: a Klein K-10A colorimeter, a Murideo 8K SixG signal generator, and Portrait Displays’ Calman Ultimate for Business calibration software. Philips rates the 271V8LB’s brightness at up to 250 nits (candelas per square meter); I measured it at 230 nits, a little off its rating but still fine for use in a room without an excess of ambient light.
In our color testing, the 271V8LB covered nearly the full sRGB color space, tallying 97.9% (see the chromaticity chart below), which is better than we expect for a monitor at its price.
(Credit: Calman)
According to Philips, the 271V8LB has a typical contrast ratio of 4,000:1, which is as high a contrast ratio rating we have seen on anything short of an OLED panel. (And you won’t find an OLED panel for anything close to this price.) Although it fell well short of its rating, the 3,314:1 ratio it tallied in our testing is still an impressive figure for a monitor of its price.
In viewing our usual suite of test photos and video clips with the 271V8LB, images looked reasonably bright and colors seemed true. Detail was well seen in both bright and dark areas.
