LCD monitor with PowerSensor

ATTENTION MACBOOK PRO M1 USERS: You need a Thunderbolt cable to use this monitor with the laptop. Standard USB-C cable will not work.

The USB-C connection is great and how it charges my laptop. One less cord to connect to my laptop.

Part of my responsibility is to research computer equipment. While researching monitors, I discovered this Philips 346B1C. I purchased one for myself and tested it for several months. The monitor has a docking station with adequate ports, RJ45, and USB-C to charge my laptop. Our company is delighted with the product, and the monitor's demand increases daily. My only complaint is the lack of inventory. These are hard to come by, and the wait time can be months for delivery.

I purchase these by the dozen for my workplace. They are reliable and have a lot of functionality for the same price as less capable monitors. Philips is a quality brand I trust.

I do like this monitor - so much in fact, after I bought one for my home office, I bought one (on my own dime) for my work office. The ability to plug in all my USB peripherals without needing a hub and the fact I can leave my power cord in the computer bag is amazing.

I'm very pleased with the quality of this monitor. The colors, brightness, and accuracy are very nice. The price was good as well. The only semi annoying thing is how it goes to sleep after 5mins or so, and I can't seem to figure out how to change it. Most importantly the monitor feels durable. It feels high quality, unlike some other brands that tend to feel cheap. This feels high quality.

First, I opted for the Philips over other brands due to this being the only one on the market (at the time of writing this) with an ethernet port. This was very important for me since my work laptop does not have one, and I wanted a one cable solution (USB C) to dock and have everything just work. Most users might get away with WiFi, but my work and hobbies need low latency and dedicated bandwidth usage not shared on the family WiFi. I first used this monitor at work and found it so useful I bought a second one for him use. Now with all the working from home, I am able to have my personal laptop dock plugged in via Display Port and USB, then I have my work laptop utilize the USB C cable from the monitor. My keyboard, mouse, webcam are all plugged into the monitor, so now I have audio, video, keyboad, mouse, webcam all connected and switchable depending on which one I'm using. This has been a great solution to minimize plugging/unplugging, manually switching components--or worse having duplicates of everything. This has been life changing! No issues with either of my displays as of yet (3 months with work monitor, 1 week with home monitor). The resolution on this is awesome, improves productivity over a standard monitor and better for spreadsheets than dual monitors in my application. The only con on this setup is the speakers are not the best (they can be loud but sound muffled) as you can imagine is pretty standard on new TVs and monitors. I use a 2.1 system plugged into the monitor and a headset on calls so this is not an issue for me.

I got a pair of these for Christmas, the KVM is a lifesaver and easily lets me dock my laptop (XPS15) for when I need productivity. Attached to my desktop these things are good for gaming and great for general usage and productivity.

I gave this a four start rating instead of a five star rating simply because it took so long to locate the Philips USB-C to USB-C cable i needed to use it with my MacBook. The monitor was supplied with 4 different cables, none of which could be used. After two weeks of emails, Philips in Canada supplied me with the Full USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 5A CM-CM cable. Hopefully, the company now supply this cable because this monitor is just tremendous for the MacBook Air M1.

I selected this Monitor Philips 346B1 for its ability to connect a MacBook Pro via USB-c. 1 Cable for audio, video and power and connecting peripherals. The cables that comes in the box is a USB-C cable but only powers the MacBook. You need to buy a seperate Thunderbolt cable to use it as you would expect it. Philips should add text on the product website and in the user manual! I read posts of Mac users returning the screen because they did not get it to work.