Philips Brilliance 150P

Picture the scene, you have all watched Wall Street or Capital City or some such other film glamorising the dealing floor of yet another fictitious Bank or Broker well alas the harsh reality is….. I work in a space of about 6 square inches with the back of my desk piled with 5 computer screens displaying the latest market prices, news, charts and all the other information I need for my clients. The screens themselves are ancient, Noah had similar on his ark!! But no longer thanks to my wonderful IT department luv em!! For they have installed 5 Phillips brilliance 150P screens and I now have a desk again. Allow me to explain why I am so happy ...  Read the complete review

Are multimedia capabilities really important in an LCD monitor? When you see that the Philips 150P uses two speakers rated at a tiny 1W, you know the results aren't going to be too impressive. I was quite surprised by the volume they're capable of, though, and being placed far apart means that the stereo effect is very good. The lack of bass response means you wouldn't want to listen to music via these speakers, but for general PC purposes they're not bad at all. And the microphone socket may be handy if your PC lives under the desk. Image quality is really what matters, of course, and there are no disappointments with the 150P ...  Read the complete review