25.5.2018

Firstly, I've previously purchased and returned x2 PG279QR IPS ASUS monitors, and I've also returned a PG278QR TN Panel ASUS monitor because the quality control is so poor imo. They both cost well above £500. The IPS on those panels had terrible backlight bleeding, and the high refresh rate and G-Sync still didn't justify the price. I decided to settle for this. A sub -£200 24 inch IPS monitor in the meantime, and I'm so glad I did. I'm so impressed! I've overclocked it to 84hz on my 1080ti to make things a little smoother, and the screen is beautiful to look at. For £119 it has the tiniest of back light bleed on the top left, it's not even noticeable check my pictures.On previous expensive monitors back-light bleeding is a terrible eye sore it ruined everything good.I have 2 small cons, and they aren't even big. The screen could be a tiny bit brighter, so that during bright summer days it stands out a bit more. But it's perfect in the dark and again not even really an issue. And the speakers are quiet and tinny. But to be honest. I don't care, I have speakers plugged in for that exact reason, but the fact it has them at all is still really nice. Dropping from 2k to 1080p I thought I'd notice too, but to be honest, after adjusting the picture and sharpness, I can honestly live with it. The colour depth is lovely and I'm just impressed. I'm tempted to get a second and have a dual monitor display. The stand can be a tiny bit wobbly, but as long as you're not banging around again, it's firmly supported and not a problem.Cable management is a nice after thought. Supports Displayport. Nice matte screen finish. Anti scratch surface (I have a pet hate of shiny surfaces).Screen tearing isn't even that bad, maybe running at 84hz helps. But I'm enjoying gaming on this and I've tried 2 different gaming high refresh rate monitors before this!If you're in doubt go for it.** Update 2 Weeks later **I’ve decided to sadly drop this to 4 stars. All the pros I’ve mentioned still stand strong. I ordered a 2nd monitor and now I have an excellent duel monitor setup. However viewing a black screen I have noticed the backlight bleed along the top and left hand side are considerably more noticeable now especially when warm - and I’m pretty picky. However, at this price, and since backlight bleed is obviously unavoidable when it comes to an IPS screen I feel it’s a good compromise. But just worth mentioning.** UPDATE AGAIN IN 2020 ** - I bought the first two a few years ago. I recently settled for a 3rd monitor to accommodate my gaming/multitasking and work. I've placed the new monitor in the middle and the two previous monitors either side, I have to say, I'm impressed. Over time the backlight bleed in the top left corner of my original two I would say got a tiny tiny bit worse, but not catastrophically, and it didn't ruin the image for me at all (I nit-pick so I do seek it out when I'm presented with a black screen in some sort of weird hope that it's rectified itself which of course is wishful thinking). But this new monitor has a definite improvement in BLB. It's barely there at all. I notice the bottom bezel of the screen wasn't as tight fitting to the panel (concerned me at first). But I suspect it's in an attempt to put less stress on the panel and allow less light to leak. I've noticed as well this screen seems much richer in contrast and colour. The blacks are much, much improved showing almost no glow. Something I didn't even notice on my previous monitors. So I'd say there's been an improvement in quality/control since I bought my first two. The buttons are slightly less tactile but I barely use them. It's almost a bit annoying now the main middle monitor is slightly better than the other two. However - I'm keeping an eye out for a Spyder 5 pro 2nd hand to try and match the colour profiles/look across all 3 screens anyway. So hopefully after that they're all as close to each other in terms of picture as possible - Long story short, I still love these monitors. I'd bump it to 4.5 stars if I could, since the backlight bleed has been significantly reduced. My new monitor can clock to 77HZ, anything over that and it fails. I have them setup on a 3 monitor arm (which I'd highly recommend as the stand can be a tiny bit wobbly).

6.5.2020

I've seen several people review monitors recently complaining about the display being fuzzy when connected to their Mac. This is going to happen due to the pixel density of a MacBooks retina display vs. your regular monitor. If you're after a crisp monitor such as your Retina on a Mac then perhaps consider a 4K or HiDPI display as this will produce a result like the inbuilt display in terms of the crispness of text, etc. Note that those monitors come with a hefty price compared with this.I bought this monitor when it became obvious I would be working from home for quite some time. At £149 at the time of purchase and with option to make five monthly payments at 0% via Amazon's own Instalments offering this was a no brainer.At 27" the display is rather large, but it's perfect for providing enough screen real-estate to not need or want a second monitor, nor have your laptop to act as the latter. In fact, I also bought a TwelveSouth BookArc stand for my MacBook so I could sit it behind the monitor out of the way during my daily use.The monitor's near bezel-less design on three sides is truly excellent and reduces the overall bulk of the display. The max resolution is 1080p so sitting quite close to the monitor can reduce the clarity of text versus a 24" monitor at 1080p but I find it absolutely fine! For reference, the screen is sat about 45cm into my desk meaning my eyes are about 60-65cm from the display. You wouldn't want to be sat any closer than that to be entirely honest with you.The monitor has it's own blue light reducing modes as well as colour blind options should you require them. I really wanted to like the former setting but found it make the screen too orangey for me to do my daily work. Personally I make use of the f.lux app on Mac to dim/change the colour of the display with the time of day and this works greatly to reducing eye fatigue towards the end of a 9 hour day.I really liked the cable tidy facility in the stand at the back! It's a tight squeeze though with anything other than the power and a HDMI lead in there, although I did manage to feed the speaker-to-speaker cable from Bose Companion 2 Series 3 speakers into it though which helps out slightly with taking any messy cables out of my eye-line when sat at the desk.All in all, a great buy for the price.I did find the colour/brightness settings etc to be a bit odd when I first powered on the monitor but after some playing came to a combination that works well. For reference these are:Brightness - 85%Contrast - 50%Sharpness - 5Gamma - 3Color Temperature - NormalPicture Mode - StandardThe monitor has a light sensor in the front of it which can adjust the brightness etc depending on ambient conditions, but I found this to have an adverse impact given the varying light condition in the location I sit so disabled it. Others may find it useful though. Just a tip on that point, when you unbox the monitor be sure to remove the plastic film over the light sensor. It's not immediately obvious it's there but it'll cause constant brightness adjustments when you use the monitor if you don't --- as I learnt! hah.All in all, would buy again.

19.5.2019

This is my second Benz monitor, so I can vouch for their quality over time. I use my monitor for general stuff like Word, browsing etc. (having recently moved from using a Surface tablet) but I wanted a second monitor for use with my music software Reason 10 (which is fantastic by the way). Reason allows to use multiscreen, which is great as you can split the program into sequencer, rack and mixer and each will have more space.My other Benq is 21" so I decided to up the ante and go for 27", and I'm really glad I did. The 21" is only on for rack or mixer duties when using Reason and this model I now use for everyday tasks. The extra size is really useful in ways I hadn't considered,

17.1.2020

This is my first review. I need to praise BenQ. This monitor is absolutely fantastic and at such a great price on top!I have had experience working with a wide-range through university in labs and art rooms. This monitor is punching well above its weight according to the price. The colours out of the box are OK, a little warm but once you go through the calibration (simply hit windows, type calibrate) and sort out the hue it is beautiful! Don't get me wrong it is not quite on the same level as an acer predator that boasts colours as nice as this and runs at 140Hz on top but keeping in mind the price this is really hard to beat.I bought a dell p2414H at the same time, which costs £145.

9.5.2018

I've been using this monitor for more than a month now and I like it. Bought it for 125 quid as a secondary monitor to my old TN monitor BenQ GL2450HM which help me in my job as a web developer. Overall, it's a good value for money.Pros:1. Bezels are very slim.2. Very good image quality.3. Screen is matte and not glossy.4. Provides a good image quality even when using D-Sub (aka VGA) cable. Using HDMI makes the image even sharper.5. Power consumption is very low.6. Do not get hot.7. Comes with two cables: D-Sub (aka VGA) cable and HDMI cable, which is very handy because my hp laptop has a VGA port and a HDMI port and I use them to connect the two monitors without any extra devices.8.

29.6.2018

Had it about a week. I often move monitors around between computers, and wanted something light, affordable, and easy to switch around. It's certainly light, and the two switchable HDMI inputs are very convenient. I particularly like the 4 mechanical buttons, far superior to the "touch-sensitive" controls on more expensive monitors I own. The image (I'm usually looking at pdf, or an editor screen) seems bright and crisp, without changing the default settings. Got it for £84.99 -- astonishingly good value. Arrived promptly, in well-designed packaging.EDIT: actually, it has 5 buttons, besides the power button. Sorry about that. It is reasonably intuitive what they do if you fiddle around.

5.8.2019

All round amazing monitor. Great colours, the display is sharp and no stuttering. You can change the preset in the settings to suit your use or environment eg. Reading, office, game and Movie... The eye care feature is great and helped eye strain when reading in the dark and also minimised eye strain during the day. There is a good selection of ports to plug your computer or games console into. The bezels are very pleasing to look at and you don’t notice the one at the bottom. The texture of the display and included stand is nice instead of plain black. Only con is that the blacks are not as dark more like a dark grey this happens on most IPS panels but once you’ve used the monitor for a couple of days you don’t notice it.

19.10.2019

Very well made high quality professional monitor for general purpose use. Available with a variety of options so choose carefully. I got one with both HDMI and DP connections for use with different laptops. Also has an auto brightness feature that works very well once you have turned off the annoying pop up eye symbol in the menu. Version I ordered also has inbuilt speakers that work fine. No height adjustment but is angle adjustable. Full HD resolution perfect for 24". Lots of colour and other options in the menus for those that need them, such as blue light reduction to reduce eye strain and different colour standards for photo editing accuracy.

8.4.2018

Pleased with this monitor. It's my fourth BenQ monitor (2 x 24" and 2 x 22"); Good image, no dead pixels, slim bezels, good colour (once adjusted via rather fiddly OSD controls).Using it with a Raspberry Pi 4B (8Gb) over HDMI. Images are more that satisfactory for my needs.There are built in speakers - never heard a decent built-in pair you'd actually use and these are no exception.Nice sharp screen, using it with a VESA mount and I have no need of the VGA cable included. No HDMI cables cable provided which is Ok as the Pi 4 neeeds a micro HDMI.BenQ is my go-to now for a reasonably priced monitor with very good quality.

24.6.2020

I normally use my laptop for editing photographs but although the laptop is powerful the screen was just too small I decided to try this monitor and the price was good, I didn't have hight expectations but this monitor is great.It took all off ten seconds to assemble out if the box, the screen is very slim and lightweight.Cyling through the different modes to adjust presets for photos again took second.I couldn't be happier with the picture quality and colours, it's a real bargainI know have it hooked up to my laptop and my surface pro using the duel hdmi slotsI don't think anyone could be disappointed with this monitor for under a hundred pounds

11.7.2020

Impeccable quality.Before purchasing this product, I read the reviews below, and many mentioned noticible back-light bleed which is common for IPS monitors. Many mentioned that the quality control of the product increased over the years, resulting in better quality and less back-light bleed. Many of these reviews were written in 2018.So, I'm reviewing this product in 2020. Oh my have they improved.I've had this monitor for no time at all, but there is zero backlight bleed. I know overtime this is bound to become more prominent as it heats up and ages, but this monitor is impeccable. Very affordable and excellent quality.

27.8.2018

I bought these for a dual-monitor setup as I work from home a few days a week. I use a laptop with docking station at work so I need to be able to use the same laptop at home.Once plugged into the docking station, the vga word but there was no dispatched from the hdmi. The monitor was detected but there was no picture. Checked online, downloaded drivers and still no joy. Then read something on a tech site which said that some monitors are sent out not on an auto-detect mode. This meant I had to manually select hdmi with the physical monitor buttons for it to work. Works fine now and image is good.

30.3.2019

For an IPS panel a very good price. I like the low blue light setting which is much easier on the eye. It does give a very slight yellowish cast to the screen. If you don't like it you can turn that function off and have a standard display. Personally my tired eyes like it! Very responsive , nice high definition. I'm not a gamer so can't comment on its performance in that respect. I would certainly recommend this monitor.

15.6.2020

I bought this solely for the purpose of working from home (remoteing into work PC). It also gets used for browsing the web, youtube etc.For what I use if for it is perfect. Nice clear display, very bright. Big enought to get 2 decent sized windows open at the same time to improve productivity.Would definitely recommend...in fact i might get another one to replace an old HP 24" we have in another room!

6.5.2020

I now have two of these monitors, both bought since the covid crisis began to help with home working. I’m no expert on screens and colours, and all I really do is spreadsheets and PowerPoint, but I really like these screens. They seem clear, quick and responsive. They have a very slim bezel and so the screens sit together nicely. Overall I’ve been very impressed and would definitely recommend them.

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