Philips Momentum announced as world’s first Designed for Xbox gaming monitor

By Vikka Abat-Francisco

Monitors & Displays Holding B.V. (MMD), Philips’ monitor license partner, announces the release of the world’s first Designed for Xbox console gaming monitor.

Philips Momentum Designed for Xbox console gaming monitors are built from the ground up to provide the ultimate experience for Xbox fans.

These Designed for Xbox console gaming monitors set the standard for Xbox gaming. The inclusion of the new HDMI 2.1 spec now enables next-gen console gaming with 4K resolution and faster 120Hz refresh rates for ultra-clear and ultra-smooth gaming performance.

Taking it to the next level, MMD partnered with Xbox to tune these “Designed for Xbox” displays to deliver the optimal validated Xbox Series X performance from the moment you plug it in.

A New Frontier in Console Gaming

Unlike televisions, Philips Momentum gaming monitors are built for console gaming, with low latency and low lag as priorities to provide a much smoother, more realistic gaming experience. The series’ low input lag is a great advantage when playing twitch-sensitive video games, allowing the input to register on the screen faster.

The flagship 55-inch Philips Momentum (559M1RYV) will include a specially designed speaker enclosure from the engineers at Bowers & Wilkins, the British loudspeaker company globally renowned for their innovative designs and sound engineering, that completes the experience.

Designed for Xbox

This series of Philips Momentum monitors delivers Designed for Xbox validated performance with ultra-clear 4K resolution at a minimum 120Hz refresh rate, HDR support with DisplayHDR 1000, Variable Refresh Rate for smooth gaming, and Always Low Latency gaming.

The team has worked together to create Xbox Game Mode, which creates an exciting mode with specially tuned picture quality for Xbox. The monitors have been extensively tested, and validated by engineers at Microsoft and MMD to ensure perfect compatibility, while also meeting the high expectations that dedicated Xbox fans expect.

“At Xbox, we are always looking to give our fans choice in how, what and where they play their favorite games. Today, we’re excited to announce our partnership with Philips to deliver the first Designed for Xbox monitor, giving fans a unique display with technology and features that provide the ultimate console gaming experience for Xbox Series X|S.” – Matt Kesselring, Director of Xbox Hardware Partnerships.

“Philips Momentum broke new ground in console gaming as the first monitor to achieve VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certification. We are thrilled that the Momentum console gaming monitors will deliver a new standard of audio-visual experience that will bring out the very best in your Xbox.” Chris Brown, Philips Monitors Global Product Marketing Lead.

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5 top apps for the Huawei Y5P

08/21/2020

A couple of months since its release and the Huawei Y5P is still holding its own in being a very affordable and capable device. Whether for leisure or for work, it delivers reliable performance to get you through the day. When we reviewed it, it exceeded our expectations for a phone at its price point and offered useful features as well as adequate battery life. You can watch our review below:

But, of course, what’s a smartphone without its apps? The Huawei Y5P supports a number of apps in many categories that can be found in the Huawei AppGallery. To start you off, we created this small list of what we think are the best apps that will help you fully enjoy the device.

Just a quick note for this roundup, we’re going to leave out some of the more obvious choices (Facebook, MS Office, TikTok, etc.) so we can showcase the variety of other apps you can download from the AppGallery.

Top apps for the Huawei Y5P

AquaMail – Having an app to let you quickly read, reply, or compose email is essential and this app does just that. AquaMail supports a number of mail providers, including Gmail and Yahoo, that you can easily connect to. And if you have more than one email, you can upgrade to the Pro version so you can have all your accounts in one app. The app also offers widgets and calendar syncing and also works with Android Wear devices.

Wattpad – Take a quick break or get some reading done with Wattpad. The app offers a good selection of both paid and free content to choose from that span across a range of categories and genres. And if you’re in the writing mood, Wattpad even lets you write your own stories. These can be shared with others and you can even add cover art to make it look like a real book.

Focus To-Do – Working or studying from home entails a lot of distractions. It’s so easy to move from task to task without actually getting anything done. Focus To-Do is a great tool to have on hand to keep you, well, focused. It uses the Pomodoro technique which encourages taking a break every 25 minutes of full, uninterrupted work. In addition to that, Focus To-Do also has additional time and task management tools to help keep you organized and productive throughout the day.

ROCKMAN x DiVE – We all need a break from work and if you’ve ever wondered about the charm of Rockman (also known as Megaman) or retro games in general, then this game may be what you’re looking for. Developed by Capcom itself, it calls this mobile port an “uncompromised representation” of the original games. The side-scroller really is reminiscent of the original Megaman games and is a really fun way to pass time.

Petal Search – The Huawei AppGallery does have a multitude of apps available and the company is working on adding even more as time passes by. But for apps that you can’t find, you can try Petal Search. It basically acts as a search engine that scours the web for available APKs. Simply type in the name of the app you’re looking for in the search bar and it will direct you to a download of the APK which you can then safely install on your phone.

Conclusion

Those are five top apps we think will help you enjoy the Huawei Y5P and we’re pretty sure there are more out there. As we mentioned earlier, the Huawei AppGallery is growing every day and more and more apps will be available to enjoy across all of Huawei’s devices.

The Huawei Y5P proves that you can get a good smartphone without having to shell out a lot of money. It holds a price tag of just PhP 4,490 and is currently already available for purchase.