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with its Factory tuning and data center DNA an Intel 730 series SSD is an

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amazing choice for gamers and performance enthusiasts this video is

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actually going to cover a lot of new ground for me first up is that this is

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the first amva panel that I've had the pleasure of using second is that this is

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the first 32in 2560x1440 monitor that

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I've used and finally this is the first time I've ever seen a truly premium

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monitor aimed at professionals from Ben Q something I wasn't really expecting

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given their recent focus on Gamers so let's kick things off with a physical

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tour of the bl3200 PT holy actual balls

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this my friends is a 32-in monitor with height adjust tilt swivel and yes pivot

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a 32in monitor with pivot as much as

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most people won't care about this feature for folks who use multiple 90°

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monitors in surround or I don't know consume a lot of content on Reddit or

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for whatever reason like pivot this will be an absolute godsend of course if the

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stands construction wasn't up to Snuff this feature wouldn't count for Jack but

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this is the best built monitor I have ever seen from Ben q and considering

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it's only $800 I know only $800 it just

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is straight up really impressive the screen uses a Just Right light

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anti-glare coating and the front bezel is a reasonably thin plastic adorned

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only by a small BenQ logo a QHD badge

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that sits next to the ambient light sensor and human motion sensor and a row

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of capacitive touch buttons that illuminate when you put your hand near

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them the base and back Ed that brushed plastic I'm so fond of that looks like

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brushed aluminum but doesn't stain like brushed aluminum and the stand itself oh

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man that solid piece of curved aluminum adds both strength and beauty to the

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design in a that I just wasn't expecting it would feel like a crime to take it

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off but in case you wanted to there's also a standard vase amount hiding back

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there so you can put it on whatever ARM you wanted inputs are mounted on the

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right a configuration that's becoming more common on TVs and one that I really

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like compared to digging around under a display and to go along with the

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included dual link DVI DisplayPort and VGA cables we've got dual link DVI

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DisplayPort 1.2 and VGA inputs HDMI is

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also present but it ends up being a bit of a redheaded stepchild since Ben Q

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doesn't include an HDMI cable with the Monitor and I can see why since I really

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wouldn't recommend using it for anything other than maybe like a secondary input

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for like a game console or something since you'll be stuck at an interpolated

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1920 x 1080 resolution due to HDMI bandwidth limitations speaking of

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limitations this seems like a good time to mention that there is no support for

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picture in picture or picture by picture so you can just switch between the

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inputs but that's about it I personally never use these features but your

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mileage may vary also on the right is an SD card reader two usb3 ports and an

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almost cleverly positioned headphone jack it's better than putting it on the

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bottom but given that most headphones have the connector on the left ear cup

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this solution may need to be routed across your peripherals to reach it oh

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well baby steps towards Perfection right like to see it on the left next time Ben

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Q finally on the bottom we've got a usb3 input two USB 2 ports and a weird little

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micro b connector that leads to a more stylish variation of the controller that

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we've seen BenQ include on some of their gaming monitors it allows you to

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navigate the onscreen display basically speaking of the onscreen display it's

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fairly intuitive and offers a ton of different options you can toggle Auto

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pivot set the usual picture controls cycle through a wide variety of display

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profiles including a blue light reduction mode that's supposed to

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improve Comfort but I personally found just looked a bit too orangey for me to

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get used to you can set a periodic reminder to look away from your monitor

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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

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brightness for different ambient light levels with the onboard sensors and more

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it is a little bit slow to navigate especially when using the display mode

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controls to emulate different display sizes but fortunately most people will

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take a set and forget approach here and for those who don't there's always the

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ability to change the quick access buttons on the control Puck for fast

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access to those frequently used submenus now it's time to talk panel this monitor

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is seriously unusual in a way that for some people will be a huge selling point

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at about 92 pixels per inch its pixel density is only a tiny bit lower than

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that sweet spot 24 in 16 by10 that I'm

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always talking about but at 32 in

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diagonally it offers a ton more real estate both physically and in terms of

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resolution its amva panel with DC

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backlight control makes it surprisingly comfortable to use in spite of its

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massive size it delivers clear crisp

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high contrast text comfortable flicker-free performance in

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bright and dim environments and on top of that very strong viewing angles for a

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VA with only a noticeable vertical contrast shift at moderate to extreme

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angles to take marks off for for gamers I measured 27.5 milliseconds of display

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leg with my brand new Leo Bodner display leg tester but TFT Central brought my

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attention to one simple tweak turning AMA to high that can bring that down to

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only 23 milliseconds or about a frame and a half at 60 HZ that combined with

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reasonable smearing or ghosting compared to other VA monitors makes it an okay

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choice for gaming especially if you want a very large display but certainly

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nowhere near fast 120 or 144 HZ TN

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panels speaking of it not being TN this monitor's 10bit panel can handle the

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entire srgb color space which is plenty unless you're working on some seriously

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specialized content but most folks won't use VA monitors for crazy high-end color

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work anyway due to the slight reduction in contrast when viewing straight on

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this is really picky stuff though it looked great in day-to-day use out of

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the box and running it through a basic color calibration routine with an x-r

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color monkey only resulted in slightly subdued oranges and boosted gamma

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revealing some more details in the shadows the before and after looked

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pretty darn similar so looks great out of the box all of that well-deserved

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positivity aside for some reason it just didn't click for me my daily drivers are

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a 2560 X 1440 27 in a 3440 X 1440 34 in

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and a 1080p 12 in and while I did find

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that I could comfortably read text and whether it was due to the flicker-free

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non pwm backlight or something else I wasn't sure of it wasn't nearly as

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fatiguing to use as my old 30in I think I've just become accustomed to sitting

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closer to a smaller higher pixel density display and it was too hard for me to go

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back which isn't to say it's a bad monitor in fact truthfully I can think

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of a lot of people who would love it it's closer to TV size for a dorm than a

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monitor size so movie watching is very

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satisfying even if the built-in speakers are nothing special you can always hook

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up other speakers to your PC so you turn it this way to watch a movie Turn it

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this way back to your chair you sit in it awesome the high contrast with no IPS

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glow makes reading a treat and the fact that it offers truly class leading build

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quality in ergonomics will appeal to many professionals I mean I don't know

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what else to say the issue with my conclusion here is that I'm saying it

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doesn't work for me but I can't come up with a better solution at all if you

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want a massive monitor for productivity use since on Windows anyway right now 4K

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monitors aside from being very expensive still at this kind of a size have some

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issues with readability and UI scaling unless you have eagle eyes so let's do

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this let me know your thoughts in the comments am I just totally off base here

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and this is the best thing since sliced bread or would you spend your money on

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something else either way I want to give kudos to Ben QQ for bringing a truly

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different product to Market even if it's not one that floated my personal boat

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2560 by 1440 but at the same pixel

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density as a 24 in 1920 by 1200 all

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right well I think that's pretty much it guys thank you for watching don't forget to like dislike or share this video

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