Philips 346P1CRH – 34 Inch QGHD Curved ultrawide Monitor
Philips 346P1CRH – 34 Inch QGHD Curved ultrawide Monitor, 100Hz, 4ms, VA, USB-C Dock, Webcam, Speakers, HDR 400 (3440 x 1440, 500 cd/m², HDMi/DP/USB-C/USB 3.2)
Less eye fatigue with Flicker-Free technology
Due to the way brightness is controlled on LED-backlit screens, some users experience flicker on their screen which causes eye fatigue. Philips Flicker-Free technology applies a new solution to regulate brightness and reduce flicker for more comfortable viewing.
1800 r curved display for a more immersive experience
Innovative curved display offers less image distortion, a wider field of view, reduced glare and more comfort for your eyes.
LowBlue Mode for easy-on-the-eyes productivity
Studies have shown that just as ultra-violet rays can cause eye damage, shortwave-length blue light rays from LED displays can cause eye damage and affect vision over time. Developed for wellbeing, the Philips LowBlue Mode setting uses a smart software technology to reduce harmful shortwave blue light.
screen size
49″ Curved
49″ Curved
43″ Curved
34″ Curved
32″ Curved
Maximum resolution
5120 x 1440
5120 x 1440
3840 x 1200
3440 x 1440
2560 x 1440
Response time
5 ms
5 ms
4 ms
4 ms
4 ms
Refresh rate
70 Hz
70 Hz
100 Hz
100 Hz
75Hz
Connectivity
DisplayPort 1.4 x 1, HDMI 2.0 b x 2, USB 3.2 x 2 (upstream), USB 3.2 x 4 (downstream with x 1 fast charge B.C 1.2)
DisplayPort 1.4 x 1, HDMI 2.0 b x 2, USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 x 1, Ethernet LAN up to 1G, USB 3.1 x 3
DisplayPort 1.4 x 2; HDMI 2.0b x 1; USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 x 2 (upstream, power delivery up to 90 W, USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 x 2 (upstream), USB 3.2 x 4
DisplayPort 1.4 x 1, HDMI 2.0 x 1, USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 x 1, USB-C x 1, USB-B x 1 (upstream), USB 3.2 x 4
VGA / HDMI 1.4 / DisplayPort 1.2
Speakers / webcam
Speakers 5 W x 2
Built-in Speakers 5 W x 2 / Built-in webcam
Built-in Speakers 5 W x 2 / Built-in webcam
Built-in Speakers 5 W x 2
no
Stand
Height adjustment / Swivel / Tilt / VESA mount (100 x 100 mm)
Bought this to replace a Samsung 34″ wide-screen display that wouldn’t work when connected to HDMI.
Connectivity is via two HDMI ports and one display port, I opted to use the 2 HDMI ports to connect a work laptop and my own tower PC. Picture quality is excellent on both.
The monitor has a headphone jack socket and internal speakers. I have connected my speakers to the headphone jack to have sound from both machines through the speakers. Sound quality is good and ideal for what I need.
A USB hub is available by connecting your machine to the input on the monitor with 3 blue and 1 yellow port. I haven’t checked what the yellow USB is for yet.
The monitor has picture in picture and split view features which I have not tried yet, but so far so good.
It’s so good to be able to position my windows out in a more natural spread, rather than having two full screen monitors and one with some diagnostics tools open.
Perfect for my Dyspraxic, ADHD brain.
Also great when investigating large timelines.
Note: the Philips utility seems a bit pointless as the fancy zones feature is actually just the Microsoft Powertoys utility, which is official and available for free.
The stand is well built with height adjust and swivel, no rotation which is fine. The panel itself is excellent for a range of different tasks, like coding and design work. It is also good for multimedia with the built in speakers which perform decently enough, certainly better than the laptop driving it. Cannot say for gaming, but the aspect ratio seems unlikely to be ideal.
This monitor screen is rather impressive providing a great deal of screen space to work with versions windows side by side. It is my first time using an ultra wide moving from a duel screen setup I have to say it does a great job in providing the space in a flexible way as you can put windows side by side or just extend one and get a wider view which is great. Also the hub in this is truly fantastic as I can plug in everything into the monitor and just use one usb-c cable to my laptop to provide everything. It works seamlessly with my Mac, I believe although expensive it is worth it if you do need additional screen space and a usb-c hub
Really impressed with quality and build of this monitor. Nice stand that easily moves around. Screen quality is very good! The only downside I have to say is that the screen is very bright and most preset modes are too bright for working in the dark. I had to dim it to the lowest brightness setting manually and save as my preset. And to be honest I would like it to go even a bit more dimmer than that but that is the lowest setting. It is still quite bright on white background websites in the dark but somewhat got used to it.
Nice to watch movies and YouTube.
I am mainly using this for office and home media. It’s pretty good.
I thought initially that this monitor will increase productivity with splitting screen and stuff but it does not work for me that well. Bit annoying having to manually resize the apps to split them on the screen. For myself I hav4 busted that marketing myth.. other than that it’s really nice and if you love big screen you will enjoy it.
Works flawlessly with my old Mac tower, great resolution, thought the curved screen might be weird but it’s fantastic, especially when using Logic on the Mac. I don’t do gaming so can’t comment on how good it is for that. For me the resolution, colours, build quality and low blue eye safety feature all make this a fantastic buy. Viewing adjustment up/down/angle is very good and the stand is solid. Very pleased.
I’m not buying to play games, but – For me to say is this is a great monitor to use for working from home. USB-C connection great combination charging and picture in one cable for your laptop. And HDMI is an extra bonus connection to your PC or Mac mini. However, small issue with connection usb-c cable (saying: pc not charging?) but it does, just annoying! Overall, 4 stars from me as is great monitor to work.
I use this monitor with a few different MacBooks and it generally speaking “just works”. It looks great, it sounds OK (the sound is good but not great), it’s easy to use, it’s replaced two monitors on my desk with one and I feel like I’ve got more space.
I have 2 minor niggles and one of them might be MacOS related… sometimes the USB-C hub doesn’t seem to work and the Mac doesn’t recognise the USB devices connected to the monitor. Everything else is fine, just the USB devices. Have to unplug and plug in again for them to work. A minor niggle.
The second is that there is no USB-C out from the monitor. On a MacBook Pro with 4x USB-C ports this isn’t an issue as you can just keep on using the 3 free on the MBP. On a MacBook with 1x USB-C port and various USB-C accessories, this is a nuisance. I can’t have my external HDD plugged in at the same time as the monitor without finding a USB-A -> USB-C converter and plugging it into the monitor. Stupid. There’s no excuse for not having at least one USB-C output.
Overall I like it a lot and wouldn’t give it up now I’ve been using it a few weeks.
I was just looking for a nice large display so I could tile windows side by side rather than fiddling with extra monitors and this does the job perfectly.
Lovely crisp picture. Good solid stand. Excellent volume. Lots of additional settings to fine tune if you choose. Great selection of additional ports. Comes with HDMI & Display Port cables to choose from.
I have been using a dual monitor setup for work using two old monitors. i purchased this as a replacment for the two and have to say although it has only been a week the product is excellent.
Screen feels sturdy, Plugged into my work laptop and straight away the laptop defaulted to the full resolution(only 60HZ refresh even using display port). i am able to have six windows open at a time. Text is sharp and easy to read.
Thought it would take time to get used to the curve but as i had my two previous monitors slightly angled so it was easy to adjust.
Lastly, the fact that this monitor has height adjustment, swivels and tilts means you can get the perfect viewing position.
Beware of the misleading listing (hopefully changed by the time I write this review), this monitor does not include a USB-C hub but simply USB 3.0 with the older USB connectors.
Otherwise the picture quality is good and has a fantastic contrast ratio. Built in speakers are terrible as it to be expected and to be honest I’d rather monitor manufacturers would just omit them saving cost and space!
I’m very happy with this monitor. The size, picture and colour are all fine for my use, which is office not gaming.
I have down sized to it from a full 4K monitor, which proved just too big to work with, and since I ran the 4K at 125% and can run this 3440×1440 at 100% I haven’t lost must screen height.
My one gripe is that it came with incorrect power cables for the UK. It came with a UK plug/C13/kettle lead, but that is not what the monitor uses. It has a small power pack like laptops, and that requires a three circle ‘clover-leaf-connector. That cable was supplied, but with a northern european 2 pin plug.
Amazon has refunded me the cost of a UK to European converter plug which I will use.
Thankfully the outgoing 4K monitor had the required UK/clover-leaf, so at least I was able to power up the monitor until the converter plug arrives!
Ok, so I’ve had this about a month now, so feel qualified to write a review. I’m a bit of a stickler for monitors and basically, its a bargain. I’m using it for work. Screen is huge, the curve makes a real difference, its bright, sharp and clear, I’ll happily have three or four windows open side by side, all easily readable. This screen has a number of features that are unique. You can’t get, as far as I know, 1440 resolution + 34″ + curved + height adjustable anywhere near this price point right now. The USB hub is a bonus. Its a lovely screen. No, its not a gaming screen, and speakers are rubbish, but does anyone buys a huge screen for the speakers? Seriously considering a second one.
Using monitor for work and studying, and on some occasions gaming on ps4. Easy build and the movable stand is great. Lots real estate to open lots of windows – only issue i have is the picture quality and speakers. Picture quality isn’t amazing and changing settings like brightness is mildly helpful. If anyone has any advice on ideal display picture settings to use, please let me know/
I recently bought an LG CX OLED tv to use as a computer monitor. It was great, huge in fact and really fantastic image. There was just one major problem with it; it gave me eye strain or DES so I had to stop using it. I’m pleased to say i’m not suffering that issue with this monitor after using it for 8-10 hours a day. After swapping out the OLED TV, I figured the next best thing would be to buy an ultrawide and I’m really happy I managed to pick this one up on offer. The price seems to keep bouncing around but I managed to snag it once it was on offer.
Really beautiful display. I love the gentle curve. I tried an Asus ROG curved display before but it had really bad backlight bleed when watching movies / when the display was dark. But I have none of those problems on this display. During the day time, I have this hooked up via USB-C to a 2019 macbook pro and with just one single USB-C cable, I can connect my ethernet, the webcam, the display itself and it keeps the MBP at 100% charge as well. At night, I have it hooked up to my gaming PC and it’s really great for watching movies, surfing the web, playing games etc.
It’s really cool to be able to have a browser and my terminal window/other apps side by side and not have to switch between them. My macbook display just shows my outlook now, and all my productivity happens on this monitor.
G-SYNC works fine, there’s no tearing in games, no flickering, and the 100Hz is nice. I’ve heard some people complaining about a whining noise from the display but I’m not having this issue. I am however having a slight networking issue in that if I power off the macbook that’s connected via USB-C my network dies completely. I haven’t figured that out now, but so far I just either sleep the macbook or unplug the ethernet cable. Would love to figure that one out.
All that faf about IPS vs TN ? I can’t tell you the difference, and i’ve got 3 monitors, two of which are IPS and this TN monitor. Whatever angle I look at the display, it looks the same to me. Maybe not as bright if I look at it from a really far angle that I’m not ever gonna sit at.
The curve is very nice too. I wasn’t a big fan of curved displays due to geometric distortion, but it’s such a gentle curve it’s not at all noticeable to me on this monitor. The webcam is pretty cool too. I like the fact I can pop it out and pop it back in when not using it and the resolution is nice too although I do feel the popping in / out thing might wear out eventually but time will tell I suppose.
I like the stand too. I was thinking before I bought it about getting a desk arm for it, but honestly I don’t need it. It doesn’t take up that much space and I can raise it, lower it, tilt it .. no problem.
Overall I’m very impressed. If I could fix the network problem i’d say 10/10 but I haven’t marked it down for this, I think i just need to figure out what’s causing this first.
As a software developer this monitor saves me so many micro stresses every day, it just makes working easier. No more spanning windows over 2 monitors and the extra pixels over a 2 x 24 inch monitors helps a lot. I find I use it like 2 x 27 inch, having just 2 large windows using the Windows-key left/right arrow, to position the windows. That works for me. I use it connected to a lap-top and a desktop. The kvm is a little disappointing as it’s slow and fiddly to change. I have the HP Elitebook connected via the USB3 and to my surprise it drove the monitor at the full 5120 x 1440 without issue. When using the USB-up from my desktop, I had some issues depending on which usb port I used. The screen kept turning off completely, which drove me nuts! I finally realised that the issue was which USB port I had the usb-up cable plugged into on my box. After trying a few different slots, it solved the problem, I don’t think it was anything to do with the screen.
Very happy with it. I don’t play computer games so I can’t comment on that. Recommended!
Good quality build, without a doubt. And like most things Philips does, it’s practical and functional. The USB 3.0 hub on the left side with a powered port come in handy to get rid of cable spaghetti. Shame it’s not a fast charging usb port. Otherwise, it’s a great productivity screen. 100Hz also make it slightly easy on the eyes, and you can game on it too. I read how the speakers were good, but they’re not. Really.
My biggest gripe is the slight shimmer in the bottom-right corner that remains for a few minutes after you switch on the device. Quite distracting and I’m always thinking I’ll have to return the panel. An additional gripe is the fact that, despite advertised, mine did not come with a USB 3.0 A-male to B-male cable. I just couldn’t be bothered after setting it up so I attached a USB 2.0 A-to-B I had lying around, since the purpose was to connect keyboard, mouse.
All in all it’s the most affordable and quality 3440×1440 monitor on the market.
Before this I tried an LG Ultrawide screen that wasn’t curved – that simply wasn’t good enough to work on – neither the screen quality or the lack of curve at this width and whilst it was sold as being wall mountable both the power connector and the connector all stuck out to the extent it couldn’t be wall mounted – LG need to have better connection between design and component speccing.
Back to this Philips screen – it really is excellent, far better than the dual screen setup I used before.
I’m not a gamer so I can’t say anything about that aspect but I do work on it for long hours and it’s improved my ability to deal with large amounts of data in Excel and other tools.
Well worth the money.
Aside from it taking a few minutes to warm up the KVM works fine and looks/sound great. However the problem is the PBP mode just fails at being useful due to restrictions on resolution choices. It would be 5 out of 5 if one of its 3 main features was atleast usable.
Update – much happier with it now, convinced the the resolution / aspect issue is limited to the work macbook only (admin locked down on it which doesn’t help). Bumped it up anther 2 stars. No 5 star as the PBP option are still limited to just a 50/50 split of the screen.
I wanted an ultra-wide monitor to replace two 21″ monitors that started to show variations in brightness after 3.5 years of extensive use. I considered Samsung, LG and DELL 49″ monitors. Bought Samsung LC49HG90DMUXEN 49″ but unfortunately it was not calibrated properly and I could not read the text properly so returned it and I was bit disappointed. Then I considered DELL but unfortunately they will ship from China and it will take 14 days and was over-priced.
Finally I found this brilliant monitor that’s value for money and they keep reducing the price. I bought it for 840 now its 770!! It is great monitor and I strongly recommend it. The Smart Control isn’t perfect but it works for most of the software. I use VSCode and Python Spyder a lot to code but they they dont fit in Smart Control.
The summary is if you are looking to use this office productivity and programming this is a great monitor. I’m not sure if its perfect for gaming or not as I did not test it!!
Ordered this for my home office. Love that it’s a big, crisp display that allows me to have 3 or 4 windows open simultaneously without being too small to read.
I’m not a gamer so cannot speak to its use for that, or for photography or video editing, but for office use it’s great.
Helpful that it works as a USB C dock too so just one cable allows me to power my work laptop as well as get picture and audio out.
The stand is decent; solid and not to obtrusive. I might buy a monitor arm just for neatness…
Included are a USB C, DisplayPort, and HDMI cables so no need to buy extra bits.
The one major failing is that the monitor comes with a European power plug, not a UK one!
Fortunately I had a suitable adaptor in the house, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to use the display when it arrived! Not sure if this is a one off or the norm.
Nephew loves it can’t get him out of his bedroom
Bought this to replace a Samsung 34″ wide-screen display that wouldn’t work when connected to HDMI.
Connectivity is via two HDMI ports and one display port, I opted to use the 2 HDMI ports to connect a work laptop and my own tower PC. Picture quality is excellent on both.
The monitor has a headphone jack socket and internal speakers. I have connected my speakers to the headphone jack to have sound from both machines through the speakers. Sound quality is good and ideal for what I need.
A USB hub is available by connecting your machine to the input on the monitor with 3 blue and 1 yellow port. I haven’t checked what the yellow USB is for yet.
The monitor has picture in picture and split view features which I have not tried yet, but so far so good.
a great product if you want to work from home or if you spend long time in front of the computer.
Great screen, probably would have got it cheaper if I’d waited for a sale. Good value when on sale, OK value otherwise.
Perfect for my Dyspraxic, ADHD brain.
Also great when investigating large timelines.
Note: the Philips utility seems a bit pointless as the fancy zones feature is actually just the Microsoft Powertoys utility, which is official and available for free.
This monitor screen is rather impressive providing a great deal of screen space to work with versions windows side by side. It is my first time using an ultra wide moving from a duel screen setup I have to say it does a great job in providing the space in a flexible way as you can put windows side by side or just extend one and get a wider view which is great. Also the hub in this is truly fantastic as I can plug in everything into the monitor and just use one usb-c cable to my laptop to provide everything. It works seamlessly with my Mac, I believe although expensive it is worth it if you do need additional screen space and a usb-c hub
Likes:
– great amount of screen for the price
– good quality and definitely does not feel cheap or flimsy.
Dislikes:
– could be a brighter
– could perform better for entertainment, screen doesn’t have that amazing “pop”
Really impressed with quality and build of this monitor. Nice stand that easily moves around. Screen quality is very good! The only downside I have to say is that the screen is very bright and most preset modes are too bright for working in the dark. I had to dim it to the lowest brightness setting manually and save as my preset. And to be honest I would like it to go even a bit more dimmer than that but that is the lowest setting. It is still quite bright on white background websites in the dark but somewhat got used to it.
Nice to watch movies and YouTube.
I am mainly using this for office and home media. It’s pretty good.
I thought initially that this monitor will increase productivity with splitting screen and stuff but it does not work for me that well. Bit annoying having to manually resize the apps to split them on the screen. For myself I hav4 busted that marketing myth.. other than that it’s really nice and if you love big screen you will enjoy it.
Works flawlessly with my old Mac tower, great resolution, thought the curved screen might be weird but it’s fantastic, especially when using Logic on the Mac. I don’t do gaming so can’t comment on how good it is for that. For me the resolution, colours, build quality and low blue eye safety feature all make this a fantastic buy. Viewing adjustment up/down/angle is very good and the stand is solid. Very pleased.
I’m not buying to play games, but – For me to say is this is a great monitor to use for working from home. USB-C connection great combination charging and picture in one cable for your laptop. And HDMI is an extra bonus connection to your PC or Mac mini. However, small issue with connection usb-c cable (saying: pc not charging?) but it does, just annoying! Overall, 4 stars from me as is great monitor to work.
I have 2 minor niggles and one of them might be MacOS related… sometimes the USB-C hub doesn’t seem to work and the Mac doesn’t recognise the USB devices connected to the monitor. Everything else is fine, just the USB devices. Have to unplug and plug in again for them to work. A minor niggle.
The second is that there is no USB-C out from the monitor. On a MacBook Pro with 4x USB-C ports this isn’t an issue as you can just keep on using the 3 free on the MBP. On a MacBook with 1x USB-C port and various USB-C accessories, this is a nuisance. I can’t have my external HDD plugged in at the same time as the monitor without finding a USB-A -> USB-C converter and plugging it into the monitor. Stupid. There’s no excuse for not having at least one USB-C output.
Overall I like it a lot and wouldn’t give it up now I’ve been using it a few weeks.
Lovely crisp picture. Good solid stand. Excellent volume. Lots of additional settings to fine tune if you choose. Great selection of additional ports. Comes with HDMI & Display Port cables to choose from.
Highly recommended.
Screen feels sturdy, Plugged into my work laptop and straight away the laptop defaulted to the full resolution(only 60HZ refresh even using display port). i am able to have six windows open at a time. Text is sharp and easy to read.
Thought it would take time to get used to the curve but as i had my two previous monitors slightly angled so it was easy to adjust.
Lastly, the fact that this monitor has height adjustment, swivels and tilts means you can get the perfect viewing position.
Otherwise the picture quality is good and has a fantastic contrast ratio. Built in speakers are terrible as it to be expected and to be honest I’d rather monitor manufacturers would just omit them saving cost and space!
I have down sized to it from a full 4K monitor, which proved just too big to work with, and since I ran the 4K at 125% and can run this 3440×1440 at 100% I haven’t lost must screen height.
My one gripe is that it came with incorrect power cables for the UK. It came with a UK plug/C13/kettle lead, but that is not what the monitor uses. It has a small power pack like laptops, and that requires a three circle ‘clover-leaf-connector. That cable was supplied, but with a northern european 2 pin plug.
Amazon has refunded me the cost of a UK to European converter plug which I will use.
Thankfully the outgoing 4K monitor had the required UK/clover-leaf, so at least I was able to power up the monitor until the converter plug arrives!
Really beautiful display. I love the gentle curve. I tried an Asus ROG curved display before but it had really bad backlight bleed when watching movies / when the display was dark. But I have none of those problems on this display. During the day time, I have this hooked up via USB-C to a 2019 macbook pro and with just one single USB-C cable, I can connect my ethernet, the webcam, the display itself and it keeps the MBP at 100% charge as well. At night, I have it hooked up to my gaming PC and it’s really great for watching movies, surfing the web, playing games etc.
It’s really cool to be able to have a browser and my terminal window/other apps side by side and not have to switch between them. My macbook display just shows my outlook now, and all my productivity happens on this monitor.
G-SYNC works fine, there’s no tearing in games, no flickering, and the 100Hz is nice. I’ve heard some people complaining about a whining noise from the display but I’m not having this issue. I am however having a slight networking issue in that if I power off the macbook that’s connected via USB-C my network dies completely. I haven’t figured that out now, but so far I just either sleep the macbook or unplug the ethernet cable. Would love to figure that one out.
All that faf about IPS vs TN ? I can’t tell you the difference, and i’ve got 3 monitors, two of which are IPS and this TN monitor. Whatever angle I look at the display, it looks the same to me. Maybe not as bright if I look at it from a really far angle that I’m not ever gonna sit at.
The curve is very nice too. I wasn’t a big fan of curved displays due to geometric distortion, but it’s such a gentle curve it’s not at all noticeable to me on this monitor. The webcam is pretty cool too. I like the fact I can pop it out and pop it back in when not using it and the resolution is nice too although I do feel the popping in / out thing might wear out eventually but time will tell I suppose.
I like the stand too. I was thinking before I bought it about getting a desk arm for it, but honestly I don’t need it. It doesn’t take up that much space and I can raise it, lower it, tilt it .. no problem.
Overall I’m very impressed. If I could fix the network problem i’d say 10/10 but I haven’t marked it down for this, I think i just need to figure out what’s causing this first.
Very happy with it. I don’t play computer games so I can’t comment on that. Recommended!
My biggest gripe is the slight shimmer in the bottom-right corner that remains for a few minutes after you switch on the device. Quite distracting and I’m always thinking I’ll have to return the panel. An additional gripe is the fact that, despite advertised, mine did not come with a USB 3.0 A-male to B-male cable. I just couldn’t be bothered after setting it up so I attached a USB 2.0 A-to-B I had lying around, since the purpose was to connect keyboard, mouse.
All in all it’s the most affordable and quality 3440×1440 monitor on the market.
Back to this Philips screen – it really is excellent, far better than the dual screen setup I used before.
I’m not a gamer so I can’t say anything about that aspect but I do work on it for long hours and it’s improved my ability to deal with large amounts of data in Excel and other tools.
Well worth the money.
Update – much happier with it now, convinced the the resolution / aspect issue is limited to the work macbook only (admin locked down on it which doesn’t help). Bumped it up anther 2 stars. No 5 star as the PBP option are still limited to just a 50/50 split of the screen.
Finally I found this brilliant monitor that’s value for money and they keep reducing the price. I bought it for 840 now its 770!! It is great monitor and I strongly recommend it. The Smart Control isn’t perfect but it works for most of the software. I use VSCode and Python Spyder a lot to code but they they dont fit in Smart Control.
The summary is if you are looking to use this office productivity and programming this is a great monitor. I’m not sure if its perfect for gaming or not as I did not test it!!
I’m not a gamer so cannot speak to its use for that, or for photography or video editing, but for office use it’s great.
Helpful that it works as a USB C dock too so just one cable allows me to power my work laptop as well as get picture and audio out.
The stand is decent; solid and not to obtrusive. I might buy a monitor arm just for neatness…
Included are a USB C, DisplayPort, and HDMI cables so no need to buy extra bits.
The one major failing is that the monitor comes with a European power plug, not a UK one!
Fortunately I had a suitable adaptor in the house, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to use the display when it arrived! Not sure if this is a one off or the norm.