BenQ GW2765HT Eye Care 27 inch IPS 2560 x 1440p Monitor | Optimized for Home & Office Low Blue Light Technology

Out of the box, this is not a good monitor for doing photo editing. Significant detail is lost in the shadows and highlights, which makes it very tricky to know if part of an image is truly over-exposed or under-exposed. In fact my 15 year old Sony monitor does a better job of showing detail in the far reaches of the histogram than this monitor does. There are various settings you can choose (standard, picture mode, low blue light, CAD, SRGB, movie, etc...). But no explanation for what they do. Very frustrating when what I wanted out of my "designer" monitor was simply to see my photos EXACTLY as they truly were. There is no manual that comes with the monitor packaging nor a reference to one you can download. Eventually I did google and find this. This provided detailed information for a range of monitors in these series...and was somewhat helpful but not completely. For "picture mode" it just said this was meant for viewing pictures... Eventually after some tinkering, it appeared that "SRGB Mode" was best and also you HAVE to change the "HDMI RGB PC Range" which otherwise by default clips the highlights and low lights. Once I corrected this, the image accuracy improved dramatically. It still isnt top notch, but I assume that it is about the best you can do for a monitor in this price range. My other qualms are somewhat minor. You can easily adjust the monitor height and angle easily enough, but the max-height it too short for optimal ergonamics and taller people. Im 511" and I had to use an additional monitor stand to get the middle of the screen to eye height. Being able to adjust the monitor 90 degrees is slick and the components mostly snap into place without screws which is nice. The menu system is decent, but in a dark room it can be tricky to see which light to initially press (super minor). The low-blue light mode is nice...basically you switch to it when doing a lot of web browsing to reduce eye strain (you do lose color accuracy, but for web browsing this doesnt matter). For a monitor like this, obviously you dont want to use VGA (although you can and many dual monitor users might be tempted to do this). I tried this and and the max resolution for VGA appears to be about half of DVI or HDMI, so choose you cable connection wisely.

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This monitor is beautiful. It looks fantastic, and finally going to 1440p has been so worth it. Everything is crisp as hell. Some people say this isnt a good monitor for gaming, but Im loving it. I have only seen tearing in one game during a cut-scene that I think was pre-rendered or something as the rest of the game had none. No dead pixels. BUT. Like a bunch of others with this monitor, Im having display port issues. Basically every time you turn on the monitor or wake it up, theres like a 3% chance it wont detect a signal. Ive had this happen twice in 24 hours, and Ive had it not happen for like 3 weeks. In order to fix it you have to keep unplugging the monitor and plugging it back in, and keep trying to turn the monitor on again until it detects the signal (usually takes about 2 mintues). Im moving in a week and plan to exchange this for another. If not for this problem Id give this monitor 5 stars.

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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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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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