BenQ PD3200Q Designer Monitor (AQCOLOR Technology, 32 inch, 2K WQHD 1440P, sRGB/Rec.709, KVM)

I've spent a while trying to find the right monitor to replace my ageing Dell Ultrasharp, as anything above a certain standard seems to cost a heck of alot of money. I was going to buy another dell but it was over £700 to buy another one so I thought I would look around first. I had read a few reviews about BenQ monitors and they always seemed to get good reviews.I did try reading some of the amazon reviews but I've never really taken them too seriously as they either seem to be by people who are more concerned about asthetics or how they run with the latest armageddon game than how the damn things work, so I thought I would have a gamble and ordered this monitor - and boy - was I surprised. In a very good way...It was very well boxed and protected, comes with an excellent stand, a puck and some excellent documentation plus a Cd with some software. I put it together quite quickly, plugged-in to the PC and wow.... the colour calibration on sRGB was almost perfect straight out of the box.I am a full-time photographer and the monitor is attached to a PC with win 10, a Ryzen 5 CPU and a graphics card with 6GB of RAM. The only software on the PC is Photoshop, Bridge, Lightroom, Premier, Aurora HDR and Portrait Studio 19. Anything else I need or use is on another office PC. This monitor will be used as my main screen next to my Dell Ultrasharp, which is now my 'second' monitor for the palettes etc.I haven't used the puck as I see no need for it. It’s in a drawer somewhere. I honestly dont need it because once I have my monitor profile then that's what i work with. I calibrate my monitors every two weeks using a Spyder X and use this PC for editing and nothing else. Once the monitor is calibrated there was a slight colour shift, but that shift was to bring the monitor into the gamut I use. The colours set at the factory were already good so if you dont have a monitor calibrator, you can get away with working straight out of the box. It really is that good.This monitor is perfect for me because it provides accurate colour, doesn't change any colours or tones over time, doesn't get too hot, doesn't have any dead pixels and doesn't have any light bleed. It does everything its supposed yo do - perfectly and with consistency. The stand it great, too. Its got a good range of travel up and down so it’s really easy to tilt, swivel, raise or lower the screen. Also, the USB connections and the cable connections are on the side of the monitor - which I thought strange at first, but have come to accept that this is where the sockets should be located as they are easy to get to, with no more scrabbling around underneath the monitor to plug something in or remove a cable. Take a note other manufacturers - BenQ have the perfect place for sockets...I now want my Dell to hurry up and die so that I can buy another BenQ and have two perfectly matched monitors side-by-side because it’s BenQ all the way for me now. I've tried Dell, and they're good and long lasting, but they’re maybe too expensive. And I've also tried Samsung, but all they're good for is office computers or gaming. As a photographer who spends most days pushing pixels around a screen, the BenQ is a perfect monitor. It's a photographers monitor which does all a photographer could ask for - with consistency, reliability and at an affordable price.What more could I ask for...?

Simply put, the best monitor I have owned or even seen in nearly 50 years of computing.I am running it from two computers :A. Older home build with i7-4930 and a pair of GTX760 driving DisplayPortB. DELL Workstation with 20 thread XEON and NVidia Quadro P5000 driving DisplayPortI have both connected by DisplayPort cables to the DP and mDP sockets on the PD3200U. Switching between them is very easy with the OSD and even easier when you attach the Input function to one of the three programmable switches on the front lower bezel. I'm also using the USB part of the KVM switch to share one keyboard and one Microsoft wireless bluetrack mouse between the two computers, and switch over is faultless between the two.The monitor has effectively a four port USB 3.0 hub, the input of which can be programmed to be either computer A or computer B. The display input and the KVM usb input are switched separately with the OSD (display first, then usb). The USB KVM switching is also programmable onto one of three custom touch buttons, so the whole changeover between two working machines is much easier than I have made it sound!. you also have another two USB 3.0 ports free which attach through the KVM to the currently selected machine, which are very useful. There's an SD card socket next to the USB ports which is also (you guessed it) switched to the currently selected PC/USB. As far as I can see it is so far bombproof. I've tried all combinations of PC;s being off or asleep or awake, and all situations are handled fine. Be aware of the "USB Awake" function under the OSD "System" menu. It sets USB power to remain off or on when the monitor is asleep. It defaults to OFF, so you may well want to change it to ON if you are using the KVM at all seriously.The Display itself is breathtaking. Pin sharp at 3840x2160 32bit colour, with an excellent colour rendention they feel able to supply you with an individual calibration chart for. It locks onto a PC very quickly when switched between PC's. I can see zero dead pixels on a bright display, and zero "always on" pixels on a dark screen. I also haven't yet noticed any backlight bleedthrough when the room is darkened.If you want an all round monitor to give you a great picture on anything from CAD through graphics to watching video clips or browsing, you really don't need to look any further. It's completely at home with any of those situations. There is also a "darkroom" function for dimming the display and changing the colour balance when the lights are off, which works very well. I'm not a gamer, but I don't think this would be first choice as a gaming monitor for an enthusiast, as it doesn't do higher sync frequencies or G-SYNC or Freesync type functions.The OSD is easy to use, having five touch buttons for function which turn into <, >, V, ^ and OK after selecting a menu function. The function attached to the first three switches is up to you, they are programmable from many different available functions. . There is an interesting "hockey puck" which is a "wire & plug" connected device, about 60mm in diameter which will nest in the base of the stand or can be put anywhere on your desk. It has three programmable switches again, and Back switch in a quadrant around the top, then an inner quadrant of four switches to select up, down, left and right on menus, and a final OK button in the center. An unusual addition, but could be handy, especially if you can't find the monitor OSD switches in the dark!.The inputs are conveniently placed in three different places on the 32 inch PD3200U. There is a large shallow box on the rear of the monitor enclosure. Looking though the monitor from the front, the main AC power socket is on the left bottom edge of this box, with a power on/off hard switch next to it. On the middle/right lower edge is an audio line input and some of the USB connections. There are the two USB hub inputs (USB Upstream 1 & 2), and the first two USB 3.0 hub outputs. There is also the connector for the "Hockey puck". On the right hand side of the box, top to bottom) are the four display input connectors, HDMI1, HDMI2, DisplayPort and mini DisplayPort. Then there is another small box on the rear of the enclosure. On it's rightmost edged, from to bottom, it has the SDCARD reader, the last two USB 3.0 hub ports, and audio out for driving external speakers of headphones. The monitor also has internal speakers which are very clear. In summary of the connections to help plan you wiring - as you sit at the monitor, the main AC "kettle" socket is low left. Mid to right are two USB 3.0 "hub" inputs and two of the four hub outputs. They all emerge pointing down. On the right, half way up, and emerging to your right, are the four display input signals. At low right, and emerging right, are the SDcard socket, 2 more USB 3.0 sockets and Audio out. These are conveniently at the edge of the monitor for easy access for inserting pen drives etc.I can't praise this high enough. It's the best 600ukp I ever spent and the best monitor I have used. There's 200ukp worth of DisplayPort/USB 3.0 KVM thrown in there too. The only thing that surprised me rather than disapointed me was that the five function switches at the bottom right bezel are touch switches and not mechanical switches as the apeared in the literature. And one small thing that again is a shame rather than a disappointemnt, is that there are three prommable switches not four. Would would have allowd shotcuts for dusplay selection and usb connection. beteer still would have been the ability to bind two commands to one key, so then just two switched would select all of display and usb or machine A or machine B.A superb monitor for 600ukp which I doubt you would better with 1000ukp.Optician

O Monitor é excelente e compensa bastante para quem está procurando algo com um bom custo benefício. Acho que fica devendo na qualidade e controle do som. Pelo preço um som minimamente bom não adicionaria tanto no custo, mas acrescentaria muito na experiência e na qualidade geral da compra. Recomendo, assim como também recomendo comprar fones/caixas de som auxiliárias para pode aproveitar esse monitor completamente.

Très bon écran. Achetez les yeux fermés

Ich habe zwei Monitore der Marke BENQ. Im Vergleich zu vielen anderen Marken, sind die Monitore von BENQ sehr hochwertig verarbeitet, robust und standfest und die Bildqualität ist brillant. Über die Halterung am Standfuß lässt sich die Höhe und die Neigung variieren. Die Monitore nutze ich täglich ca. 8 - 10 Stunden für Bild- und Videobearbeitung aber auch Officeanwendungen. Trotz Dauerbetrieb von mittlerweile mehreren Jahren sind keine Schwächen erkennbar.

Ich habe mir den Monitor gekauft, um einen evolutionären Fortschritt zum bisherigen HD Monitor zu haben, da dieser schon 10 Jahre alt ist.Mein bisheriger Monitor hat 24“, 1920 x 1080 Bildpunkte und eine Reaktionszeit von 8ms IPS Display entspiegelt mit einem maximalen Kontrast von 2 Mio :1 und 16:10 er Bildschirmverhältnis.Also sollte ein neuer 4K Monitor mit besonders brillantem Bild und einer All-In Ausstattung her. Nach zahlreichen Recherchen im Internet bin ich dann auf den BenQ PD2700U mit 27“ Bildschirm-Diagonale und einer Auflösung von 3840 x 2160 Bildpunkten bei 60 Hz und einer Reaktionszeit von 5 ms IPS, EyeCare, Flicker Free und besonders kontrastreich gestoßen.Das Ergebnis des ersten Eindrucks war schon sehr gut, jedoch erschienen mir die Symbole und Bedienelemente extrem klein.Ein Blick in die Grafikeigenschaften verriet mir, dass der Monitor tatsächlich die Maximalauflösung fährt allerdings nur mit 30 Hz und 8 Bit Farbtiefe. Also jenseits der erwünschten 60 Hz und 10 Bit. Ich musste auf 150% vergrößern, um normal arbeiten zu können und damit wiederum hatte mein Screenshot Tool echte Schwierigkeiten.Zu meinem Computer oder besser Laptop: Ich nutze einen Core i7 mit 16 GB Speicher und einer Intel HD Grafik 520, die ca. 8 GB Speicher adressiert. Das reicht auf dem Laptop Display zu einer brillanten Auflösung von 2560 x 1440 Pixel (QHD).Stelle ich diese Auflösung am Monitor ein, schafft er auch die 60 Hz und ich kann mit 100 % Skalierung normal arbeiten. Also stelle ich mir jetzt die Frage, ob es tatsächlich ein 4K Monitor sein musste oder ob auch ein QHD 27“ Monitor ausgereicht hätte.Zurück zu diesem Monitor. Nutzen tue ich den Monitor für Office Arbeiten, Web Design, Video- und Bild- Bearbeitung, Social Networking und Filme schauen. Bei allen diesen Tätigkeiten leistet der Monitor sehr gute Dienste und besticht durch ein angenehmes Bild, scharfe Konturen und brillante Farben. Die Bedienung ist im Vergleich zu anderen Monitoren übersichtlich und durch Taster an der rechten Unterseite des Monitors schnell erreichbar. Der Sound klingt allerdings wie in eine Blechbüchse gesprochen und hat nichts von Klangqualität, wie ich sie mir bisher gegönnt habe. Also muss eine Soundbar drunter. Da ist dann wieder dieser komische Sensor, der in der Mitte des unteren Randes nach unten herausragt im Weg. Keine Ahnung wozu ich das Ding überhaupt brauche, aber es ist dran und ich muss damit leben. Positiv ist, dass das HDMI-Soundsignal direkt auf die am Monitor angebrachte 3,5 mm Klinken Buchse durchgeschleift wird, sodass die Soundbar einfach anzuschließen geht und das Signal auch mit dem Monitor ausgeschaltet wird. Ich spare dadurch ein Kabel zum Rechner.Im Vergleich zu dem anderen 4K Monitor, den ich parallel zum Vergleich bestellt hatte, wirkt dieser Monitor etwas weicher auf die Augen. Auf den Low Blue Light Effect kann ich allerdings verzichten, der vergilbt nur das Bild. Ich finde aber den HDR Effekt sehr gut und nutze den Monitor hauptsächlich im HDR oder sRGB Mode. In voller Auflösung nutze ich ihn allerdings nur für die Bildbearbeitung und für den Rest im QHD Mode. Der QHD Mode hat sich besonders bei Videos bewährt, da bei voller Auflösung der Monitor sonst ab und zu abschaltet und erst nach ca. 1s Pause wieder an geht. Was mir fehlt ist eine ausklappbare Web Cam mit einem guten Mikrophon dran oder zumindest eine Halterung dafür. Da muss jetzt meine alte Webcam wieder ran.Alles in allem bin ich sehr zufrieden mit dem Monitor, besonders mit der Bildqualität und werde ihn auch behalten.Mein Tipp an alle, die sich Wunder vom Monitor in Sachen Auflösung versprechen: Checkt vorher was Eure Grafikkarte überhaupt kann. Wenn es der Rechner nicht schafft, den Monitor auszureizen, sind die nicht nutzbaren Mehreffekte vielleicht Geldverschwendung. Wenn Ihr ne tolle Grafikkarte habt, könnt Ihr mit diesem Monitor nur alles richtig machen.

This is a perfect monitor for my long extended work sessions. If you spend 10 hours everyday in front of the computer, you can blindly buy this. Your eyes will thank you for it in the long run.