Philips 24M2N3200AM 23.8-Inch 180Hz Fast IPS Monitor

The Philips 24M2N3200AM is a 23.8-inch 1080p fast IPS gaming monitor at £109.99, rated 4.6 out of 5 from 569 ratings, and it takes fourth place in this guide. The theme running through this batch is that the headline refresh rate is the easiest number on the page to inflate — the 24E1N1100A title says 120Hz against its own 100Hz spec, and the VY249HGR's 120Hz only exists after you follow overclocking steps. This Philips goes the other way. The listing states 180Hz, and one buyer reports the setting was slightly higher than that, which is the first time in this batch a refresh figure has been understated rather than stretched.

The place where the Philips listing does not close is audio. The title carries the word "Speakers" and the bullets list 2 x 2 watt speakers, yet one reviewer states the monitor does not come with built-in speakers at all, while another says the speakers are present but poor. The response time is also quoted twice on two different scales — 0.5ms MPRT in the title, 1ms (GtG) in the bullets — which are not the same measurement, so the two figures cannot be read against each other. By contrast, the 1,300:1 contrast ratio sits inside the 1,000:1 to 1,500:1 band every other IPS panel in this guide occupies. Everything on this page is taken from the Amazon listing and its customer reviews; we have not measured the monitor ourselves.