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The Philips Portable Monitor 16B1P3300 ($229.99) isn’t overly high-priced, as portable productivity displays go, and its capabilities are similarly budget-oriented, with one exception: It has a terrific, hinged stand. (Typically, we see stands like this one only on higher-end portable monitors.) Overall, though, the 16B1P3300’s limited color coverage means it’s best limited to workaday business tasks like writing text documents, entering data in spreadsheets, or performing online searches.
One Sweet Hinged Stand
The all-black 16B1P3300 measures 9.1 by 14.1 by 4.7 inches (HWD) and weighs 2.3 pounds. Its 15.6-inch (measured diagonally) in-plane switching (IPS) screen has an anti-glare coating. It has a full HD (1080p, or 1,920 by 1,080 pixels) resolution in a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.
The frame enclosing the screen is connected to the base, which extends behind the screen, with dual hinges similar to those on portable monitors such as the Lenovo ThinkVision M14d and the Dell C1422H, as well as Lenovo Yoga and similar 2-in-1 laptops. This design makes for smooth movement and a 90-degree tilt range (from the screen extending straight up in normal monitor orientation to it lying flat on top of the base). We much prefer this type of hinged stand to the origami-like (folding) stands found on many other inexpensive portable monitors. A few other budget monitors do employ hinged stands, however, including the Editors’ Choice-winning ViewSonic VG1655.
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The 16B1P3300 also offers a sort of manual pivot feature, in that you can stand the monitor on one end, resting it on the frame’s right-hand edge as well as the right-hand edge of the base.
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Curiously, although the base’s right-hand edge extends straight behind the frame, the left-hand edge is angled inward about 30 degrees. On that edge you will find a power button, a headphone jack, and two ports: USB-C (which supports up to 15 watts of USB power delivery) and micro HDMI.
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On the back edge of the base are three buttons to access and control the onscreen display (OSD). Although the OSD has a decent menu system, the buttons are poorly placed and tricky to master. We much prefer the mini-joystick-type controller found on the ViewSonic VG1655 and a few other (mostly higher-end) portable monitors.
(Credit: Kyle Cobian)
Testing the Philips Portable Monitor 16B1P3300: Muted Colors, But On-Point Contrast and Brightness
I did our luminance, contrast, and color testing in Standard mode using a Klein K-80(Opens in a new window) colorimeter and Portrait Displays Calman 5(Opens in a new window) software. Philips rates the 16B1P3300’s maximum brightness at 250 nits (candelas per meter squared); in our testing, it fell short of that, coming in at 201 nits, which is still a decent brightness measure for a portable business monitor. I tested its contrast ratio at 865:1, exceeding its 700:1 rating.
In our color testing, the 16B1P3300 covered 61.6% of the sRGB color space (see the chromaticity chart below), a bit below the company’s 64% sRGB rating. This modest coverage pegs this monitor for light-duty business use—working with documents and spreadsheets, web searches, and the like.
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The triangle in the chart represents the colors that comprise sRGB—essentially, all the colors that can be made by mixing different percentages of red, green, and blue. The white boxes show where the data points would be for a monitor that covers the full sRGB space.
Several of our test points—the black circles—are well within the triangle, indicating that this panel can display less than two-thirds of the sRGB colors, especially toward the red/purple/blue part of the spectrum. Notice, though, that the blue circle is slightly outside of the triangle—it’s a small consolation that this panel does cover a small range of colors toward the blue-green beyond the sRGB spectrum.
The chromaticity chart’s overall pattern strongly resembled that of the AOC I1601FWUX USB-C Portable Monitor (which covered 61.4% of the sRGB space), the Lepow 15.6-inch USB-C Portable Monitor, and most other portable monitors we reviewed since 2020. The Lepow did a tad better than the AOC, covering 65.4% of sRGB, but to put that in context, we seldom see desktop monitors that cover less than 90% of sRGB. These kinds of mobile panels are generally for productivity use, not Photoshop finery. Some recent portable monitors have had much better sRGB coverage, generally covering 95% or more of the space—until now.
(Credit: Kyle Cobian)
In addition to our quantitative testing, I also viewed a series of photos from our test suite. Contrast was good, but colors—especially reds, greens, and blues—often appeared dull and washed out. The same colors were also muted in film clips that I watched. The 16B1P3300 is not a top choice as an auxiliary panel for watching movies, even setting aside its lack of speakers. (You can always run the sound from your computer, or use headphones.)
Verdict: This Portable Panel Is All Business
The Philips Portable Monitor 16B1P3300 is a business display that can be had for a fairly modest price, and is backed by the company’s four-year warranty. Lower-priced portable monitors generally have primitive, folding “origami” stands, but the 16B1P3300 has a stable, hinged stand that offers much more tilt control.
Still, the panel’s limited color coverage suits it to basic tasks, such as writing, editing, number crunching, or web searches. If you don’t need accurate color in your portable monitor, there’s no reason you should have to pay for it. Still, although the ViewSonic VG1655 offers a similar color profile, it adds a mini-joystick controller, and these days sells for well under $200. It remains our top recommendation for budget portable monitors.
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The Philips Portable Monitor 16B1P3300 has a sweet, stable hinged stand, but its limited color coverage pegs it mostly for basic business use.
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