WEBVTT 00:00:07.399 --> 00:00:15.599 welcome to my unboxing and first look at the BenQ 00:00:11.440 --> 00:00:20.680 gw2750 this is a pretty unique product 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:21.880 in that it is a 27 in monitor it has a 00:00:20.680 --> 00:00:28.279 an H it has a VA panel it uses an LED 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:35.480 backlight which means a lot of things so you should have excellent viewing angle 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:35.480 and color reproduction great power 00:00:35.559 --> 00:00:41.320 efficiency and a really really low price 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:50.239 point I know I never really talk about price in these videos but this monitor 00:00:44.120 --> 00:00:53.199 is around three bills for a 27 in VA LED 00:00:50.239 --> 00:00:58.559 back lit monitor now monitor unboxings are kind of tough to film live because 00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:02.160 there's a whole lot of unpackaging and assembling that needs to be done but 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:06.840 what I'm going to do is I'm going to unbox all the components and stuff that 00:01:04.839 --> 00:01:10.560 we're finding here and then I'm going to assemble it off camera and then I'll 00:01:08.759 --> 00:01:14.280 show you we'll fire it up really quick here and I'll just kind of show you guys 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:18.560 and give you my impressions of of how the image actually looks because you 00:01:16.439 --> 00:01:22.759 know it's one thing to say okay it's got a VA panel or it's got an IPS panel or 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:27.759 whatever other kind of good panel technology that's well really anything 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:32.200 but TN at this point um but it's a whole other one to actually fire it up and 00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:37.600 have a look and see how impressive it is so there's the base glossy base um I 00:01:35.320 --> 00:01:45.159 mean I wish we'd I wish we'd get away from glossy but it is what it is and 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:48.680 here's the ARM so because this is more 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:50.399 of a value priced high-end panel monitor 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:54.280 you're not going to see things like high adjustable stand or anything like that 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:59.200 it's a pretty so it's a pretty basic uh pretty basic stand but personally I 00:01:57.600 --> 00:02:04.280 believe that the image quality of the monitor is is priority number one and 00:02:02.119 --> 00:02:08.920 then if you can afford the luxuries of things like you know pivot and height 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:14.560 adjustable stand and all that then good for you like that's 00:02:10.640 --> 00:02:18.160 great but good panel first don't get a 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:20.000 fancy TN monitor because it doesn't make 00:02:18.160 --> 00:02:25.760 sense you're the part that you're going to be staring at is the 00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:28.440 part between the bezels not the part on 00:02:25.760 --> 00:02:33.440 the outside of the bezels and the depending on you know 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:39.000 sort of how your uh how your personal tastes go I'd rather have a really nice 00:02:36.519 --> 00:02:43.640 image sitting on top of like you know a video card box to get it up a little bit 00:02:41.440 --> 00:02:48.440 higher than a crappy image that's not exactly the right level for me to look 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:50.599 at it I mean if you look at my desk 00:02:48.440 --> 00:02:56.519 though it's fairly evident that it's pretty ghetto so I guess uh that's 00:02:53.040 --> 00:02:59.319 that's all to be expected so here we go 00:02:56.519 --> 00:03:06.080 here's the monitor itself uh you got okay 78° viewing angle it's a VA panel I 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:08.840 I believe it 5,000 to1 native contrast 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:14.799 ratio now you see contrast ratios out there that are like 1 million to one 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:20.799 that's a dynamic contrast ratio it is it is a bit of a trick 5,000 to1 is a very 00:03:17.959 --> 00:03:26.200 good contrast ratio and especially if it's a true contrast ratio 16 by9 okay 00:03:24.720 --> 00:03:30.159 this is pretty much to be expected and check this out this is another thing 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:35.840 that you don't find at this price point matte screen 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.840 matte 00:03:35.959 --> 00:03:43.560 Ballin so finishing unpackaging the product so we got our power cable our 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:47.799 audio cable our CD for whatever reason probably just has a manual on it um 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:52.920 brought to my attention that the one display cable included with this 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:57.480 monitor is a VGA cable sad face I've seen this from BenQ 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:03.239 before if you're going to include one cable I'd really appreciate if it was a 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:05.040 DVI cable as opposed to a VGA cable I 00:04:03.239 --> 00:04:09.760 understand why they did it because the VGA cable means that no matter what 00:04:07.760 --> 00:04:13.560 especially for like big box retail customers who might maybe not aren't as 00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:19.199 educated or don't have as high-end a machine as like an NC customer would 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:21.000 have um it'll prevent returns because 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:26.520 they will have the cable that they need to run the display even if it's not 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:32.039 optimally but it just makes me sad to see a beautiful panel beautiful monitor 00:04:29.919 --> 00:04:35.600 like this and think that someone somewhere is running it off of 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:41.960 VGA okay moving right along side buttons 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:46.720 are here Auto menu up down enter and power so nothing out of the ordinary 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:50.919 there um inputs on the bottom again nothing out of the ordinary so you got 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:56.280 your power in you've got your audio pass through you've got your HDMI DVI and 00:04:53.440 --> 00:05:00.160 sadf face connector uh the assembly is very very quick for this monitor so you 00:04:57.919 --> 00:05:05.080 just slide this piece into here screw this in and then the 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:08.360 usual fingertight screw thing on the 00:05:05.080 --> 00:05:10.400 bottom that sets the base up to that you 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:15.000 got your ventilation holes in the top there that are keeping I mean it's not 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:19.160 as much of a concern with LEDs as it was with cold cathodes because cold cathodes 00:05:17.320 --> 00:05:23.840 kick off a lot more heat for the amount of light that they produce compared to 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:25.560 LEDs so internal power supply and just a 00:05:23.840 --> 00:05:29.759 little bit of ventilation is no problem you can also see just in the thickness 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:35.440 even though it's a 27in panel it's still quite thin if I could find my iPhone and 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:44.600 we'd do the old iPhone comparison so you can see exactly the thickness of the 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:46.800 uh connector um just a sec now slick and 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:51.280 I are actually both pretty impressed with the monitor overall 1080p monitor 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:56.800 so you don't have that additional resolution that uh you know personally 00:05:54.280 --> 00:06:02.600 I'd like to see once we get above about 24 in 27 to 30 in I'd like to see 2560 00:06:00.400 --> 00:06:08.520 by 1440 or by 1,600 but it's not the end of the world 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:10.240 and what you do get with the VA panel is 00:06:08.520 --> 00:06:14.360 the viewing angle that you need because these large format monitors okay is this 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:18.360 one perfect the answer is no but it's a $300 monitor so you have to keep your 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:24.479 expectations in line with what you're paying for it's very very good compared 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:28.800 to anything with a TN panel what it'll ever be in terms of the color depth 00:06:26.919 --> 00:06:32.680 which is very noticeable on cheap monitors where even watching a video 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:36.880 like this you'll be able to see that there's no color depth in things like 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:41.160 the jeans everything turns to blockiness on things like a black box where it 00:06:39.280 --> 00:06:45.240 doesn't have it can't pick up enough detail to show you the uh the 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:49.560 differences in color between the slightly less black and the slightly 00:06:46.919 --> 00:06:53.960 more black so it's got that going for it however you know if you get a little bit 00:06:51.080 --> 00:06:59.280 up high on it then you can you can see a bit of a shift in the in the brightness 00:06:56.440 --> 00:07:03.280 more than anything else from the low up is not nearly as bad and side to side is 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:06.919 excellent so there are very few scenarios where you'd ever run into this 00:07:04.960 --> 00:07:11.280 now the most important thing because this is a monitor it's not like you're 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:14.639 going to have six people watching it like a TV you know from all kinds of 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:24.720 different angles a monitor you're going to sit here and you're going to look at it like this with a large format monitor 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:26.240 never buy a TN because tn's will distort 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:30.240 the color and the brightness at as at as little of an 00:07:28.840 --> 00:07:38.039 angle as this right here which is a big problem 00:07:35.039 --> 00:07:40.479 because it means that by the time you 00:07:38.039 --> 00:07:45.800 look at the edge of your screen you're seeing color loss or Distortion at the 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:51.840 edge of the screen up and down large panel monitors must be VA IPS or PLS 00:07:50.159 --> 00:07:58.840 that is the only way to go so if you're looking for a value monitor in a 27 in 00:07:55.599 --> 00:08:00.280 1080P don't get a TN get something like 00:07:58.840 --> 00:08:06.759 this for maybe doesn't have the height adjustable stand all it's pretty much got is tilt no pivot nothing like that 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:10.360 but it's a good panel so I mean you've always got the option of getting a 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:14.199 better mounting ARM for it or something because it's got Visa mounts on the back 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:18.199 in the future if you do want to go that route something to bear in mind about 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:23.000 the whole resolution thing is as much as I might harp on 1080p monitors that are 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:26.960 larger format sizes that's not necessarily going to be the case for 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:33.479 everybody because just cuz I like a 30in high density monitor doesn't mean that 00:08:29.840 --> 00:08:35.039 my you know my in-laws want one actually 00:08:33.479 --> 00:08:39.719 they recently complained about their 23in 1080p monitor saying they wanted 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:43.080 something bigger but more magnified in which case something like 00:08:41.839 --> 00:08:46.680 this would be perfect for them when your eyes aren't as good anymore it's helpful 00:08:45.160 --> 00:08:51.560 to actually just have everything be a little bit bigger so the same resolution 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:55.680 but a larger Monitor and 27 in you'll start to see the gaps between the pixels 00:08:53.920 --> 00:08:59.640 a little bit but let's face it if you need the magnification you probably 00:08:57.640 --> 00:09:04.200 aren't seeing that anyway so thanks for checking out this unboxing and first 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:07.200 look at this actually incredibly good 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:09.760 value monitor this GW G 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:12.760 gw2750 from BenQ don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips for more 00:09:11.079 --> 00:09:15.760 unboxings reviews and other computer videos