Philips 32B1N3800 monitor 32" 4K UHD VA 60 Hz height-adjustable

A 32-inch screen at 3840 × 2160 has as many pixels as four Full HD monitors combined. Spreadsheets show more columns and rows at once, a document, a browser and email fit side by side, and text stays sharp even at small font sizes. The large diagonal means you can use the 4K desktop without turning Windows scaling up very high.

VA panels block light better than typical IPS panels, so blacks on screen are deeper and dark images do not turn grey. Viewing angles are 178° horizontally and vertically, so the picture does not change noticeably when you look at it together with a colleague. A 4 ms response time and 60 Hz refresh rate are entirely sufficient for office work, video and presentations.

The W-LED backlight and typical brightness of 350 cd/m² keep the picture readable in a bright office or next to a window. At the end of a long day you can lower the brightness in the menu so your eyes tire less. On a large screen text is also easy to read from a little further away, so you can place the monitor slightly further back and keep your neck in a more natural position.

Two HDMI ports and one DisplayPort let you keep, for example, a work PC, a personal laptop and a dock connected at the same time, switching inputs from the monitor menu. Built-in speakers cover video calls and system sounds, so there is no need for separate speakers on the desk. This model has no USB-C port: a laptop connects over HDMI or DisplayPort and charges from its own charger.

The screen can be raised and lowered, tilted, swivelled and pivoted 90° to portrait, which suits long documents and code. If desk space is tight or you want several monitors side by side, the VESA 100 × 100 interface lets you replace the stand with a monitor arm. The monitor weighs 7.79 kg and measures 71.4 × 63.1 × 28 cm with the stand.

Accountants, analysts and project managers who work with large spreadsheets and several windows at once; offices where a work PC and a laptop share one monitor; home offices that want a large, sharp 4K screen without separate speakers; and anyone for whom it matters that the screen can be set exactly at eye level.