BenQ BL2420PT 24 inch QHD 1440p IPS Monitor | 100% sRGB |AQCOLOR Technology for Accurate Reproduction for Professionals

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First off let me say i have owned BenQ monitors before and never had an issue with them my last one was a 27" 1080p model# GW2760S that works flawlessly still going strong but i wanted 1440p for clearer text and ips panel for more vibrant colors so i went with this model. when it got here unboxed it hooked it up and got massive light bleed from the top bezel of the monitor(see first 2 pictures). my biggest nightmare of online shopping came true I have to return it now :( went through the return process on here got the shipping label went to put the monitor in the box then heard 2 snaps as i was putting it back in the box. Then i wondered if the bezel finally snapped into place hooked it back up and it did, now all is fine(look at last picture) I got lucky. All i can say is i never had a problem with their product before, i was going to get the same monitor as a replacement anyway, colors look good, no dead pixels..

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2/17/17 Just received this monitor today and it looks great. The colors are fantastic and video games look so much sharper than when played on any of my acer 27" 1080p monitors. Unfortunately, my unit suffers from some severe backlight bleeding, which is exactly what I was trying to avoid in purchasing this specific model (I was initially going to purchase the ASUS PB277Q 27" but saw reviewers everywhere plagued with backlight problems). BenQ offers replacements free of charge. I will update my review when the new unit arrives. 2/22/17 I received my replacement monitor Sunday (2/19/17) but have been unable to fully test it until now. Unfortunately, the problem is not backlight bleeding but IPS glow. It is consistent on both of the monitors and is largely noticeable when any dark shades are in the corners. It produces a very milky gray and looks awful. Other color still looks fine but I honestly expected more from this monitor. I work mostly in dark settings so this monitor would not work for me. If you could get over the IPS glow then I would recommend this monitor.

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Pros: - The stand is very sturdy and easy to install, it has plenty of options for orienting it. - The display looks great, very crisp and bright, it looks gorgeous for gaming (I know this isnt a gaming monitor) - Not noticing any issues with the 5ms delay time, works fine for gaming - Display Pilot software allows you to save multiple presets (for example I have a gaming preset, a low blue light web browsing preset, etc.) - Has plenty of input options Cons - Display Pilot software is a little slow to change presets (takes around 20-30 seconds sometimes) but once you get used to it, it is a helpful program. - The back of the monitor is angled in such a way that adding bias lighting will be a bit more difficult. Overall, none of the things I dislike about this monitor warrant docking any stars, Final Fantasy 15 and PUBG both look excellent on it, 1440p video looks incredible, the options for customizing it are excellent. I know this isnt marketed for gamers, but it works for a gamer quite well. What was most important for me was that I could find a high quality IPS display that had low blue light modes for browsing, and I was able to find that with this. BenQ 23.8" IPS 2560x1440 Widescreen Designer Monitor (BL2420PT) 100% sRGB DisplayPort HDMI DVI D-sub 60Hz refresh rate

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I can promise you that there is NOT another monitor on the market—in this price range—that has all the features that this one has. I purchased the BL2420PT model and it is incredible. 100% sRGB coverage, 2560 x 1440, and the monitor itself has multiple hinges and points of articulation, for maximum adjustments. I work as a graphic designer and whenever I plug the monitor into my macbook, it looks absolutely stunning. You really cant tell the difference in the picture between this monitor and an apple one. Definitely recommend!!

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Solid monitor. Beautiful colors, though it does come a little warm (Turning the color temperature up in your graphics control panel helps a little, but its nothing major in the first place). However, it seems to suffer from some minor build quality issues and QC issues. The first 3 units I received all had dead pixels (with the worst being a cluster of 5-20 pixels if I remember correctly), but amazon is a brilliant company, so exchanging it isnt an issue. The one I have now has been going strong for a few months, but has been developing stuck pixels. If I look closely, there seem to be some really bizarre stuck pixels/pixel light bleed (is that even a thing?). It looks like light from the backlight is leaking through the green sub pixels, and its dotted all around the screen. Its not noticeable on anything other than black, and it depends on the angle you view it at, but its certainly annoying once you notice it. However the one stuck pixel is definitely not a back light bleed issue, or whatever the hundreds of others are. The green sub-pixel is stuck on, and the "flashing random colors fix" and such arent working. Its a minor annoyance but, an annoyance none the less. Thankfully you dont notice it on anything other than black (so far), so its only really annoying when watching dark video content. Also something Ive only recently noticed, the bottom right corner (where the OSD buttons are) the display/panel itself is loose. There was a bit of backlight bleed/ips bleed there, and I just assumed it was due to the nature of how IPS type displays work. (Most will have at least a little BLB). But if you gently push down on the display, it moves, a lot. It also causes a huge glowing spot there. Its really noticeable when wiping off your screen with a microfiber cloth. Otherwise it just appears as negligible BLB/IPS Bleed. But it is indicative of poor build quality. Im sure if youre the DIY type, you can probably dismantle the thing and glue the display to the bezel, but Im not willing to try that. The stand itself is pretty good. Rotating it is easy, and moving it up and down is easy as well. No issues here. 1440p is wonderful, and going from 22" to 27" is pretty mindblowing at first. Im torn, I want to give it 5 stars, and if you had asked me yesterday, I wouldve. But now Ive discovered the stuck pixel, and its annoying enough to warrant a 4 star rating. (After all, while it can happen, its not supposed to. It is a defect with the panel). Its a brilliant monitor, but the loose panel, and pixel issues are worth considering. If youre thinking about buying this one, Id still recommend it in the price range its in. But look closely at your screen when you get it, nothing worse than buying a monitor, and finding out its got a stuck/dead pixel or horrible BLB a day after the RMA period is up. Other noteworthy info: Ive had this monitor for about 10 months. Which isnt very long for it to already be dying (having pixel issues). The screen is very bright out of the box. I have the brightness set to about 60 (default is 100). You should probably go a bit lower, but I prefer slightly brighter screens. Turn off the dynamic contrast ratio features. Also make sure your HDMI color range is set to full. Compared to my last monitor (which I owned for several years without issue), a 1080p 22" panel, its a great upgrade. I love it, and you will likely love it as well. I may update the review in the future if the display suffers any more/worse issues. Though Id hope it wont have any. As I said, I currently still recommend it. Oh before I forget. The display port connection may have died. It may be the cable, as I dont have another displayport cable to test with, so for now Ill just assume its the cable that broke.

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ITS SAD THAT $300 DOESNT BUY A BUG FREE PRODUCT ANYMORE. I purchased this monitor to replace an ASUS 1080p 1 ms TN panel. The backlight bleed, flicker, and off axis picture degradation were causing eye strain and massive headaches. I researched monitors exhaustively for a month before purchasing this one. When it hit $ 289 I bought it. THE GOOD: QHD is a nice upgrade. Good build quality Mine came with 2 HDMI, 1 DVI-D. and VGA cables. Lucky Me No dead pixels. No back light bleed AT ALL. THE BAD: The display port cable is only 4 feet long but at least I got one unlike so many other people. Display port has" ISSUES". does not recognize the computer all the time. When turned off then on the display reverts to factory preset low blue light not my preferred settings of RGB. RETURN IT: Probably not. I am hoping a driver patch will solve the DP issue. I can leave the monitor on all the time to keep my settings. OBSERVATIONS: Works fine with AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D. Works fine for gaming but is a step down from a 1ms monitor. You only notice the lag when trying to aim accurately in FPS games. 100% srgb really means 70% ADOBE RGB, fortunately almost ALL web content is in sRGB. 4ms grey to grey really means up to 16ms actual response time. Do yourself a favor and put 4 fingers on the top 4 menu key, you dont scroll through the menu but push the corresponding button. This frustrated me when trying to switch from the default HDMI to DP. WRONG ANSWERS TO ANSWERED QUESTIONS I READ: Yes it comes with a display port cable but it is 4 feet long. as of 8/17 2007 Yes the base swivels. put your hand under the base and turn the monitor the metal base does not move only the cover. DAY2: DISPLAY PORT IS DEAD HDMI WORKS FINE. Its not possible to overclock past 60hz on HDMI so it is POOR for gaming.

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Great monitor! Allows for DVI input, which I needed to have compatibility with my 7-year-old MBP. In that setup, I had to use a dual-link DVI adapter, and a dual-link DVI cable. I now have 1440p on my [this] external monitor, and Im very pleased. Ive also tested the HDMI input with a Roku 3 and with a Raspberry Pi 3, and both worked great. Additionally, DisplayPort was tested via my Early 2011 MBP, but I couldnt reach full claimed (monitors) resolution via that port, due to hardware limitations on my MBP. Color, clarity and contrast all seem fine to me, out of the box. I compared this side-by-side with dual 24" HP IPS-panel monitors I had been using for years, and this one was visibly brighter and easier to read. I like the button setup on the side, but Im currently using the monitor rotated 90-degrees, which places those buttons either on the "bottom" or "top" of the display (usually on the right side, towards the bottom, but rotating the monitor changes the relative location of the buttons). Just something to keep in mind if you feel you may have clearance issues with cabling or accessibility of the buttons. Overall, very happy with purchase.

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Coming from a FHD (1920x1080) monitor to a QHD(2560x1440) obviously there is a quality upgrade. After playing a while on this, I think this may be one of the best shots at a IPS 2K monitor. You can find cheaper and fast TN panel monitors but this is great for gaming at 2k, sure its 60hz but 4ms response time makes up for that. But then again I am coming from FHD 6 or 7 ms response time, so its a bit of an upgrade. The stand it comes with is really nice which is unfortunate because I use VESA mounting. All around I would recommend this monitor!

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Really wanted this monitor to work, but within hours of setting it up I ran into an ongoing issue. The monitor periodically cuts out. That is, the display goes completely black. Checked and rechecked all cables, using display port connection between computer and monitor. So, they are latched in. Tried turning the monitor off and back on. Would display the BenQ logo and a brief flash of the desktop before going black again. Eventually, I found that if I toggled the resolution of the monitor down to 1920x1080, applied the settings, then toggled it back up to 2560x1440 and applied the settings, it would temporarily restore the display. In fact, while typing this review the monitor has once again cut out. UPDATE: Received a replacement unit and it appears to be doing the same thing. Dropping the review to 1-star due to two (apparently) defective units. UPDATE - 5/25/16: Seems the periodic display cut out was due to a bug in the firmware of my laptops dock (Thinkpad Pro Dock). After upgrading the firmware the periodic cut outs have disappeared.

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I picked up the QHD version of this monitor about 8 months ago for my dedicated gaming PC (i5 3570k + 970 SLI). I went with this monitor over the Asus PB278Q mainly because I also have a BenQ GW2750 (27" 1080p VA panel) on the family PC which I have been very pleased with, and the Asus had some recent reviews complaining about Quality Assurance issues. This monitor was as perfect for my gaming setup as I could get at the time. The only thing its missing by todays standards is a higher refresh rate and adaptive refresh rate technology. But IPS monitors with both of those features, and a QHD resolution are nearly twice the price. The IPS panel is beautiful in any game with bright colors. I picked up Borderlands: The PreSequel as soon as I got this setup and I was in heaven for a good 70 hours. The only game that was a bit of a drag was Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. Dark Souls has its moments where youre wandering around in the dark, and the IPS panel has a hard time providing enough contrast to see what youre doing. It just cant handle black levels like a VA panel can. But other than that one game, its been pure pleasure to use. The increased pixel density over a 27" FHD monitor (what I was previously using via a KVM switch with the family PC) is striking. "Jaggies" are significantly reduced, even with the same AA settings. Obviously it takes a lot of GPU power to run modern AAA games at QHD, but if youre willing to invest in a big beefy video card or two, the step up from FHD to QHD is certainly worth it. Everyone keeps talking about 4k like its right around the corner, but if you look at any current gaming benchmarks youll see that major sacrifices have to be made to graphics options to get close to a playable frame rate. Personally, I think people would be better off sitting closer to a QHD screen and enjoying smooth frame rates right now. Besides, by the time we get a single video card that can handle AAA games at a solid 60fps, other technologies like OLED, adaptive refresh rate (FreeSync & G-Sync), 144hz, Ultrawide, etc will all have gotten cheap enough that they may be included. Im satisfied enough with this monitor that Ill be waiting a few years until we get 32" OLED 4K screens for a reasonable price. Until them, the GPU power needed to drive a QHD monitor will just get cheaper and cheaper.

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