over the years my expectations have really changed for Ben Q in the early
days their stuff was cheap and I was basically pleased if the copy on the
packaging was devoid of spelling errors and the display powered on but over the
last few years BenQ has surprised me a number of times most notably with the
xl24 te a monitor that I declared to be
the best gaming LCD that I had ever seen when I checked it out about a year ago
and with their prices having risen along with their status as an incredibly
well-regarded gaming monitor maker today's look at the
xl2420g will be from the perspective of a YouTuber who really needs to see Ben Q
take things to the next level to really be impressed and who has a video coming
soon about whether it's possible to fake the performance results of one CPU with
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more physically I hoped for more from the
xl2420g just like every other XL series gaming monitor it's got all the
functionality you could want the Basse is adequately sturdy and wide enough
that you can't tip it over there's a two Port integrated USB hub there's a cable
management hole through the stand to keep keep your desk tidy there's a
headphone hook and a solid carrying handle that Adorn the top of the stand
on the back and it's got the full range of ergonomic adjustments height tilt
swivel and pivot along with a toolless
mechanism to detach the panel from the stand and screwed into a vase amount
should you so desire well all that sounded great lonus what more could you
want the answer lies in the just like
every other XL series bit back there BenQ is asking for a lot of money for
this display only a couple hundred less than a susa's Rog Swift 27in Monitor and
it feels like they didn't invest in many improvements to the ID or really any at
all even just thinner bezels and maybe upgrading the USB hub to USB 3 could
have softened the blow a little bit here as far as the sticker shock is concerned
but you could also argue that this monitor is not about the looks this is
an Esports and Competitive Gaming targeted product and should be treated
more like a tool than a fashion accessory to which I would reply touche
so let's get into the functionality then shall we at the front is a 24in 1920 x
1080 144 HZ TN display with basically no
input leg pixel response times in the 1 millisecond or less range support for 3D
Vision stereo gaming with optional active shutter glasses and shockingly
strong performance when it comes to color vibrancy contrast and viewing
angles espe especially horizontal viewing angles to the point where if I
didn't let you tilt the monitor way down or way up you may not actually realize
it's a TN panel so far so good on the performance front the onscreen menu can
be navigated either with the included control module that snaps onto the side
of the base with a magnet or with the on-screen touch buttons and contains
basically all the options I'd expect from a high-end consumer grade monitor
brightness contrast and color temperature including a custom mode with
RGB adjustments and then there's also some fun stuff custom Keys gives you one
touch access to functions that you use most often black equalizer is basically
a monitor level gamma boost to give competitive players an edge when trying
to spot opponents in dark areas would suggest that casuals leave this one off
for a more atmospheric gameplay experience it's got a low blue light
mode which theoretically works with the flicker-free DC backlight to reduce eye
strain and finally the really cool stuff
first is ulmb or ultra low motion blur mode it uses backlight modulation to
fire bursts of light at the panel only when the pixels have finished
transitioning to reduce smearing on fast moving objects it works at 85 100 or 120
htz with pulse width adjustments to find your optimal balance between image
Clarity and screen brightness and it works so well that you can actually read
text as you drag a window across the screen try that with your monitor right
now good luck but it does have the drawback of reducing overall screen
brightness and on my sample at least introducing a little bit of noise in
dark areas of the image that look kind of like very faint scan lines or
something with that said with how well this monitor performs in the fast gaming
picture mode the only drawback of which is slightly subdued colors I didn't find
it worthwhile to turn on ulmb due to the
brightness trade-off and the fact that the second feature doesn't work at the
same time and that second feature is g-sync if you need a primer on g-sync
click here but if the summary is enough for you then basically it works with
your modern NVIDIA graphics card to get all the benefits of vsync so no ugly
screen tearing with the benefits of vsync off so very low input latency and
no stutters awesome and then finally the
thing that really caught my attention about this monitor forcing me to revise
my list of the only g-sync monitors that matter which previously contained only
the ASUS Rog Swift and Acer xp28 HK to
include this one as well unlike other
g-sync monitors the xl2420g contains a normal display processor to which allows
it through the use of their classic mode to enable some of benq's usual modes
that aren't supported by the g-sync module and to accept other inputs other
than DisplayPort 1.2 specifically dual
link DVI and dual HDMI a feature that is
bound to be a must for anyone who doesn't have the space to set up their
game console on a separate display somewhere else and wants to easily
switch between multiple input devices Bravo Ben Q while this isn't a feature I
personally need on my gaming monitor on my rig it's something that I recognize
as the potential to be incredibly important to a great many other folks
out there so this is a fantastic gaming
monitor it's tremendously responsive phenomenally beautiful considering it's
a high spe TN panel that is one of the best performers I've seen when it comes
to motion blur even with AMA turned off altogether in like srgb mode and it's
got a feature set that makes lesser displays tremble but it's not perfect
the price is going to be a major turnoff for some Shoppers because I have a hard
time imagining much overlap between the then diagrams of folks looking for 1080p
monitors and folks looking to spend this much on a display unless portability is
a Factor like if you would be regularly transporting your PC to lens so that's
the conclusion it's an awesome display but I think the number of Shoppers
interested in it will increase dramatically when g-sync module pricing
comes down to knock a hundred bucks or so off the sticker price Speaking of
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