Introduced final night time at an enormous occasion within the Stade de France, Philips is coming at us with a brand new gaming focussed model, Evnia (opens in new tab). The lineup introduced not solely features a new line of gaming displays however a branching out for Philips into peripherals as effectively.
The literal Greek Evnia, or Εύνοια, interprets to “good in thoughts,” a Philips spokesperson defined. “Sensible considering, in different phrases.” Right this moment, she continued, we use it to “present curiosity to guard and assist somebody or one thing.” All that is what the Evnia model stands for, and it exhibits an actual push towards a extra inclusive future for gaming, with a deal with “not simply what’s within the {hardware}, nevertheless it’s additionally who’s utilizing it.”
Coming in three distinct tiers, the 5000, 7000, and 8000 sequence, Evnia will quickly carry us matching gaming displays, mice, and keyboards.
On the prime finish comes an enormous, 42-inch, flat-screen OLED gaming monitor, the catchily titled 42M2N8900, which is able to are available at 138Hz with a 0.1ms response and HDMI 2.1. We’ll additionally see a 34-inch, curved OLED (the 34M2C8600), a UHD gaming monitor with a 21:9 side ratio. A curved 32-inch, UltraWide monitor referred to as the 34M2C7600MV may even be coming with a local 3440×1440 decision, 165Hz refresh, DisplayHDR 1400 assist. which is tremendous descriptive. Additionally a excessive refresh, 27-inch curved VA display is within the works.
Alongside the displays introduced, we’ll be getting keyboards (sporting Cherry MX switches (the SPK8508 and SPK8708), two all new gaming mice (SPK9508 and SPK9708), and two gaming headsets (TAG5208 and TAG7208) so you will get a full Evnia setup going.
You possibly can sync these up with Philips Ambiglow and handle them through one other of Philips bulletins final night time: The Philips Precision Middle, which is able to mean you can sync and save profiles into the cloud.
By December we should always see no less than the 34M2C7600MV gaming monitor hit the cabinets, with the 42M2N8900, 34M2C8600, and 27M2C5500W displays following swimsuit in mid-January subsequent yr. We solely have pricing in euros in the intervening time; that is €2,069 for the high-end monitor, and stepping down the road the remaining will likely be priced at €1,959, €1,849 and €579 respectively.
Sadly the equipment will not be coming till June subsequent yr.
