with its Factory tuning and data center DNA an Intel 730 series SSD is an
amazing choice for gamers and performance enthusiasts this video is
actually going to cover a lot of new ground for me first up is that this is
the first amva panel that I've had the pleasure of using second is that this is
the first 32in 2560x1440 monitor that
I've used and finally this is the first time I've ever seen a truly premium
monitor aimed at professionals from Ben Q something I wasn't really expecting
given their recent focus on Gamers so let's kick things off with a physical
tour of the bl3200 PT holy actual balls
this my friends is a 32-in monitor with height adjust tilt swivel and yes pivot
a 32in monitor with pivot as much as
most people won't care about this feature for folks who use multiple 90°
monitors in surround or I don't know consume a lot of content on Reddit or
for whatever reason like pivot this will be an absolute godsend of course if the
stands construction wasn't up to Snuff this feature wouldn't count for Jack but
this is the best built monitor I have ever seen from Ben q and considering
it's only $800 I know only $800 it just
is straight up really impressive the screen uses a Just Right light
anti-glare coating and the front bezel is a reasonably thin plastic adorned
only by a small BenQ logo a QHD badge
that sits next to the ambient light sensor and human motion sensor and a row
of capacitive touch buttons that illuminate when you put your hand near
them the base and back Ed that brushed plastic I'm so fond of that looks like
brushed aluminum but doesn't stain like brushed aluminum and the stand itself oh
man that solid piece of curved aluminum adds both strength and beauty to the
design in a that I just wasn't expecting it would feel like a crime to take it
off but in case you wanted to there's also a standard vase amount hiding back
there so you can put it on whatever ARM you wanted inputs are mounted on the
right a configuration that's becoming more common on TVs and one that I really
like compared to digging around under a display and to go along with the
included dual link DVI DisplayPort and VGA cables we've got dual link DVI
DisplayPort 1.2 and VGA inputs HDMI is
also present but it ends up being a bit of a redheaded stepchild since Ben Q
doesn't include an HDMI cable with the Monitor and I can see why since I really
wouldn't recommend using it for anything other than maybe like a secondary input
for like a game console or something since you'll be stuck at an interpolated
1920 x 1080 resolution due to HDMI bandwidth limitations speaking of
limitations this seems like a good time to mention that there is no support for
picture in picture or picture by picture so you can just switch between the
inputs but that's about it I personally never use these features but your
mileage may vary also on the right is an SD card reader two usb3 ports and an
almost cleverly positioned headphone jack it's better than putting it on the
bottom but given that most headphones have the connector on the left ear cup
this solution may need to be routed across your peripherals to reach it oh
well baby steps towards Perfection right like to see it on the left next time Ben
Q finally on the bottom we've got a usb3 input two USB 2 ports and a weird little
micro b connector that leads to a more stylish variation of the controller that
we've seen BenQ include on some of their gaming monitors it allows you to
navigate the onscreen display basically speaking of the onscreen display it's
fairly intuitive and offers a ton of different options you can toggle Auto
pivot set the usual picture controls cycle through a wide variety of display
profiles including a blue light reduction mode that's supposed to
improve Comfort but I personally found just looked a bit too orangey for me to
get used to you can set a periodic reminder to look away from your monitor
and rest your eyes you can tell the monitor to save power when you're not in front of it or even self adjust its
brightness for different ambient light levels with the onboard sensors and more
it is a little bit slow to navigate especially when using the display mode
controls to emulate different display sizes but fortunately most people will
take a set and forget approach here and for those who don't there's always the
ability to change the quick access buttons on the control Puck for fast
access to those frequently used submenus now it's time to talk panel this monitor
is seriously unusual in a way that for some people will be a huge selling point
at about 92 pixels per inch its pixel density is only a tiny bit lower than
that sweet spot 24 in 16 by10 that I'm
always talking about but at 32 in
diagonally it offers a ton more real estate both physically and in terms of
resolution its amva panel with DC
backlight control makes it surprisingly comfortable to use in spite of its
massive size it delivers clear crisp
high contrast text comfortable flicker-free performance in
bright and dim environments and on top of that very strong viewing angles for a
VA with only a noticeable vertical contrast shift at moderate to extreme
angles to take marks off for for gamers I measured 27.5 milliseconds of display
leg with my brand new Leo Bodner display leg tester but TFT Central brought my
attention to one simple tweak turning AMA to high that can bring that down to
only 23 milliseconds or about a frame and a half at 60 HZ that combined with
reasonable smearing or ghosting compared to other VA monitors makes it an okay
choice for gaming especially if you want a very large display but certainly
nowhere near fast 120 or 144 HZ TN
panels speaking of it not being TN this monitor's 10bit panel can handle the
entire srgb color space which is plenty unless you're working on some seriously
specialized content but most folks won't use VA monitors for crazy high-end color
work anyway due to the slight reduction in contrast when viewing straight on
this is really picky stuff though it looked great in day-to-day use out of
the box and running it through a basic color calibration routine with an x-r
color monkey only resulted in slightly subdued oranges and boosted gamma
revealing some more details in the shadows the before and after looked
pretty darn similar so looks great out of the box all of that well-deserved
positivity aside for some reason it just didn't click for me my daily drivers are
a 2560 X 1440 27 in a 3440 X 1440 34 in
and a 1080p 12 in and while I did find
that I could comfortably read text and whether it was due to the flicker-free
non pwm backlight or something else I wasn't sure of it wasn't nearly as
fatiguing to use as my old 30in I think I've just become accustomed to sitting
closer to a smaller higher pixel density display and it was too hard for me to go
back which isn't to say it's a bad monitor in fact truthfully I can think
of a lot of people who would love it it's closer to TV size for a dorm than a
monitor size so movie watching is very
satisfying even if the built-in speakers are nothing special you can always hook
up other speakers to your PC so you turn it this way to watch a movie Turn it
this way back to your chair you sit in it awesome the high contrast with no IPS
glow makes reading a treat and the fact that it offers truly class leading build
quality in ergonomics will appeal to many professionals I mean I don't know
what else to say the issue with my conclusion here is that I'm saying it
doesn't work for me but I can't come up with a better solution at all if you
want a massive monitor for productivity use since on Windows anyway right now 4K
monitors aside from being very expensive still at this kind of a size have some
issues with readability and UI scaling unless you have eagle eyes so let's do
this let me know your thoughts in the comments am I just totally off base here
and this is the best thing since sliced bread or would you spend your money on
something else either way I want to give kudos to Ben QQ for bringing a truly
different product to Market even if it's not one that floated my personal boat
2560 by 1440 but at the same pixel
density as a 24 in 1920 by 1200 all
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