BenQ RL2460HT Gaming Monitor
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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1,139 words · ~5 min read
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I feel like Gamers either get treated like the most Discerning customers a
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perfect example being the way that the vast majority of mechanical keyboards a
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product category that is just better all around not just for gamers are targeted
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at Gamers and then other times they get treated like Chumps who will buy
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anything with LEDs on it and words like
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optimized for gaming on the box and I could point at any number of horrible
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Cheapo gaming peripherals to make that point so what is the BenQ RL 2460 HT
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gaming monitor is it optimized for gaming in some meaningful way or are you
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expected to drop your hard-earned money on a product that's made for gaming in
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the same way that a particular energy drink might claim to be made for gaming
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because in my experience unless that energy drink doesn't make you have to
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pee in the middle of a match it ain't any better for gaming than anything
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else Cooler Master nepton Series CPU coolers
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are available in a variety of radiator sizes to perfectly suit your next build
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click now to learn more all right so let's start with the
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specs for this followup to Ben Q's highly successful
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rl2455 hm it boasts a 24in 1920 x 1080
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60 HZ TN panel with a flicker-free so that is to say DC controlled LED
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backlight and 1 millisecond gr gr pixel response times that seems pretty
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believable given how little smearing I noticed both in and out of games during
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my time with the monitor first up is ergonomic adjustments to the completely
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inadequate just tilt on the 2455 the
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2460 adds swivel height adjust and even
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pivot all that stuff helps make the relatively narrow viewing angles
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inherent to TN monitors more tolerable
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since you can adjust it easily to look at the monitor as straight on as as
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possible and for someone who might be carrying the monitor with a PC or a
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console to game in different locations it's a big bonus from both an ergonomic
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and a convenience standpoint because I don't know about you but when I need to
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plug in something to the bottom of a monitor I'm always thankful if it's got
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pivot so I can much more easily reach everything and I guess since we're down
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here um optimization number two is the inputs there's power in and an analog
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audio pass through for you know the unsp special but convenient integrated stereo
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speakers then moving over to display inputs things get more interesting
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however you might feel about PC Gamers or console Gamers the reality is that
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lots of people use both so benq's inclusion of a couple of Auto selecting
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HDMI inputs to go along with DVI and VGA
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is a nice touch I would have liked to see DisplayPort since that's the
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direction the industry is headed but this third HDMI plug here is actually
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more interesting in some ways it's a straight pass through connector that can
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be used in a few ways if you're a game streamer and you want to capture footage
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it allows you to go directly from the source to the monitor to eliminate any
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potential latency from a capture device without creating cable clutter with an
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HDMI splitter if you're say for example a competitive fighting game player and
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or you hate screen sharing then you can have whoever you're playing with plug in
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a separate monitor this one's just running straight through this one to the
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HDMI out and sit across from you or next to you looking at their own screen
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whatever works for you and finally if you just want to broadcast what you're
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doing to a nearby TV or projector let's
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say you're organizing a small tournament at a land with some Spectators well this
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is a super easy way to handle that as well all of this would just be for show
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though if the pass through added any leg or was a bear to configure but it's cool
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it just automatically clones which ever of the two HTMI inputs is active and
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adds no latency that we were able to measure with our Leo Bodner input leg
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tester pretty cool not everything about the monitor is perfect though the
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on-screen display has a ton of useful options including the usual you know
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brightness contrast Etc full RGB for PCs
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or limited RGB for consoles and media devices instant mode which reduces input
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leg and automatic switch option for HDMI inputs motion blur compensation
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adjustment that I'd recommend leaving at default settings a variety of scaling
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modes for old school Gamers and a wide variety of preset image profiles that
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you can check out if you're into making the image look generally like ass to get
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a Competitive Edge something some people are into but in spite of all of those
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options being really good I just found it kind of cumbersome and slow to
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navigate this is aided by the ability to assign custom functions to three of the
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buttons for things that you use often but I just wish navigation was snappier
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overall especially coming from the Rog Swift's Lightning Fast onscreen menus of
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course comparing it to a monitor that costs several times more isn't exactly
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fair so let's evaluate the rl2460ht for
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what it is a TN monitor targeted at Gamers who are willing to trade higher
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refresh rates something that will definitely give you a competitive
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Advantage for Creature Comforts like better ergonomics and IO but who aren't
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interested in the color and viewing angle advantages that an IPS or a VA
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display will give them so not my personal Top Choice but I definitely see
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the value of it particularly for console Gamers who won't benefit from higher
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refresh rates anyway guys thanks for
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