welcome to my unboxing and first look at the BenQ RL 2455 hm this is a bit of an
evolutionary step forward in their gaming monitor line that takes what was
already good about the HT model and sort
of kicks it up a notch so for one thing they've added stereo speakers meaning
you can plug them into plug this monitor into a console and you'll have I mean it
won't be the best audio experience in the world but you'll have some sound
from your game and they've added dual HDMI input so now you can have it hooked
up to your PC and something like a gaming console at the same time
alternately you can have it hooked up to a couple different gaming consoles and easily switch between them without using
a receiver and last but not least and this is the big selling point is the
fact that it Now features look at that they don't even put it on the front of
the Box this is like the big deal a one millisecond response time so the rest of
the specs of this monitor are pretty much what you've come to expect so
there's a th to1 static contrast ratio
or 12 million to1 Dynamic contrast ratio remember Dynamic contrast ratio is
achieved using things like backlight dimming in order to make blacks blacker
because the way that LCDs work is there's a backlight shining through an
LCD panel so there's only so much you can do to completely block out the light
it also has um a 60 HZ refresh rate so
this is not a 3D ready model it doesn't have 120 HZ refresh rate but the big
deal with the whole response time thing
so okay that seemed like a good thing to happen so any gaming monitor should have
low input leg which is not the same as response time and is not the same as
refresh rate so the refresh rate is how often the monitor draws a new image on
the screen every second so 60 HZ means it's drawing 60 images every second the
input leg refers to how long it takes
the screen itself to actually receive a signal from the computer or from the
console device and most gaming monitors these days should have quite low input
legs and last but not least the response time refers to how much motion blur or
um many people refer to it as ghosting but it's not the same thing but how much
motion blur there is on the screen during fast-pace action and that's where
this monitor is going to excel so yes it's a TN panel that is to say the
colors are not going to be as vibrant or as rich as something like an IPS or a VA
panel but if you're looking for a crisp image during High motion this is
probably going to be pretty much the way to go we're going to put it together here in just a moment we'll be right
back so we actually didn't have to do much in terms of disassembly because or
in terms of assembly because the only things that really go together are the
base here which just uses plastic Clips to go into place so assembly is just a
snap get it ha it's a snap yeah uh and
then there's no screws involved in putting the screen itself onto the base
either you just snap that into place as well but before we do that I just wanted
to show you guys the wide variety of different input options you have with
this monitor so there's your power in there's your audio line in your
headphones out so this means you can use your monitor as a pass through there's
also your two HDMI inputs DVI and VGA
which has an included cable but don't worry this isn't like that one Ben Q
monitor I unboxed where it only came with a VGA cable BenQ is including a DVI
cable C the only thing I would have liked to see a little bit different on a
gaming class monitor is maybe the inclusion of a DVI and an HDMI cable
rather than a DVI and a VGA cable just because it's targeted at console Gamers
as well as PC Gamers who probably aren't using VGA at this point in time the
overall monitor is pretty slim I mean it's not the thinnest monitor in the
world by any stretch of the imagination but they got to get some Electronics in
there and some cooling going on so you can see there's cooling vents all along
the top of the monitor it is a 1920x 108
HD monitor which makes sense given that it again is expected to be used with
consoles and the way it clips into the base is pretty straightforward here now
you don't have to use the included base which is a fairly basic one and doesn't
include anything other than uh tilt so that just slides right in there but it
also has Vasa mounts so you could put it on there we go an LCD ARM should you so
desire so there you go that's what the monitor looks like it's got kind of like
a you know gaming oriented Red Racing
Stripe thing going on on over here now one of the things that BenQ is really
proud of with this particular monitor is the fact that it's the official tournament monitor of the Intel extreme
Masters now with that said not everyone plays and only the Intel extreme Masters
so they do still have their smart scaling as well as display mode features
which allow you with the push of a button on the side here to change the
way that this monitor Works to emulate a 19in 19 wide 22 in 22 wide and then I
think 23 wide I can't remember all the different display modes but the point is
that uh yeah so 22 wide 23 wide 21.5
wide 19 wide 19 in and 17 in because at many tournaments they're going to have
standardized monitors that you're using and they're not always going to be 1080p
monitors although they're more common these days so that way you can sit and
practice on your monitor at home and be ready for whatever size you're going to
play at at a particular tournament other than that I think that's pretty much it