BenQ GW2475H Computer Monitor 24 FHD 1080p | IPS | Wide-Viewing Angle | Low Blue Light | Eye-Care Tech | Flicker-Free | ePaper Mode | Tilt Screen | Headphone Jack | HDMI | VGA

I love everything about this monitor except what I bought it for. HDR will not work. Cannot stream 4K or HDR from Vudu. Cannot stream 4k HDR from Netflix or Amazon Prime. Ive tried 3 different Displayport 1.4 cables to rule them out. I have a GTX 1080 which i know has dispalyport 1.4. BenQs website and several reviews say the monitor is comes with Displayport 1.4 connection, but other reviews say its only Displayport 1.2, which cant handle the data needed for HDR. I can turn HDR on in Windows 10, but the selection to stream in HDR is grayed out and cannot be turned on. I dont know if its a Windows problem or BenQ is lying about its Displayport capability or its HDR capabilities. Other than that....its a nice monitor. Update 2-10-19: Turns out there was a Windows 10 update that completely screwed up HDR streaming. Its become an issue for a lot of people. And Vudu doesnt support HDR or 4K to desktops. Games that are HDR capable WILL display proper 4K HDR.

El monitor tiene muy buena calidad de imagen para editar fotos,videos y ver películas o series y tiene un buen lHDR lo único que no lo recomendaría utilizarlo para juegos pero para lo demás es excelente

I bought it on sale for $349. If it still were that price, I would have given it 5 stars. Its 60 Hz refresh rate is great for media content, productivity and fine for casual gaming, but those into competitive gaming may want something with a higher refresh rate. Then again, 32 4k monitors with 144 Hz refresh rates are nearly 3X the price at this time. Mine came with USB C cable and a mini-DP to DP cable, neither of which work with my video card. If you buy a new cable, make sure that it is good quality and supports 4K. A couple of old DP cables I had used for 1080P monitors did not work properly (a short one caused flickering and a long one did not work at all), but a newer DP cable I had lying around worked perfectly.

This was a real letdown, coming from a 6 year old LG IPS panel (27EA31). Its a good size for gaming, movies and graphical work and the color performance is good right out of the box, but the nature of the VA panel and iffy uniformity just kills it for any kind of art, video or photo applications. Sitting in front of this display, even at dead-on center with a 50% grey full screen image, is like looking down a well of shadow. Oddly reminiscent of Samsung AMOLED phone screens, true black pixels never shift or suffer from off-angle issues because theres no light coming through, so if you have a color or monochrome image that has any real black, that part will remain jet-black while the rest of it shifts and lightens if you move off-center. Its a little weird -- and I assume its how they claim those amazing contrast numbers. Theyre tricking the tests. Color is accurate as long as you stay absolutely still and face the monitor with optimal angles, but if you so much as incline your head a bit in any direction the levels shift. Its almost like a TN or ancient STN display, like you got on old PDA devices where the viewing angle was different from your left eye to the right. It really is that bad. HDR is funky and changes settings, most of which you cannot adjust to taste, so it has limited practical use. Backlight uniformity is lacking, too. A grey image showed dirty screen effect and there were obvious darker bands/lines running vertically. Not sure if this is due to the coating/texture of the matte screen or what, but Ive noticed other BenQ models get dinged for this issue. If all I was ever going to do was play games and watch movies, this might be fine. The display is bright enough, despite that being a common criticism and contrast is good as long as you dont incline or move your head too much... But any time I load Photoshop or any other graphic editor the color-bleaching viewing angles and uniformity problem are dealbreakers.

I was a little nervous about this VA panel, since I was used to IPS, but I didnt need to worry. I found that the colors were quite good out of the box even without calibration, and that viewing angles were wide enough that I could forget about them during use. In my quest for screen real estate, I previously had a 39 4k flat panel, which caused me some neck strain, but this 32 panel is a more practical size for me. Its light enough to move easily on my VESA arm (I never used the included stand). I have a 15 mid-2014 MBP, which drove this display at 4k via the included mini-DP cable with no noticeable input lag. The monitor also included DP and USB-C cables. I turned off scaling for better compatibility with Parallels Desktop so things look much smaller, but text is still very legible.

This monitor is good if you’re not going to take gaming to serious and runs good on PS4. However something inside is rattling around must have been dropped during delivery but it still runs fine not bad for 185$

This is what Id call just an okay VA panel. It looks pretty good on axis at a distance but the viewing angle is not good enough at regular seated desk distances. Even straight on, youll see some color shift in the corners of the display. I find this very distracting in any darker content, games, photo editing, dark themed text editors, etc. Its far from the worst VA panel in this regard but I have also seen better. In testing this, I found the color depth reported in the EDID table is 8-bit, which is rather disappointing for a 10-bit panel. Its not clear if this is actually a 10-bit VA panel or 8-bit with FRC, but if your input device only connects with 8-bit you cant take advantage of either. When I did override the EDID, I was able to get a 10-bit input displayed but I imagine most users of this monitor are simply using it in 8-bit mode. The stand is bad but also easy to replace. The monitor itself is pretty well built so just plan to replace the stand if you need any flexibility and things should work fine. If you are mostly using this at TV distances, Id recommend it for use in darker rooms due to the low peak brightness. Its got very good color range and contrast if you are far enough away to stay in the viewing angle sweet spot. 10-bit color isnt needed for most uses. HDR is pretty useless here but it does technically work if you override the EDID color depth and dont expect accurate brightness representation (no LCD can do this without full array local dimming and this monitor is uniformly backlit).

This monitor is a must have for console gamers. The 4k clarity is great, and the HDR makes colors really pop! In a dark room the screen is more than bright enough. In a brightly lit room, its on par with most TVs. It also makes a great 4k computer monitor as well, only 60hz so not best for PC gaming, but a very nice general purpose PC monitor. Not the best build in speakers, but thankful it even has them.

I would definitely recommend this monitor to anyone who cares about the quality of their games. I’ve had this monitor for a few months now, and it works amazing. I don’t have a single dead pixel yet either. It definitely provides beautiful images, especially with bright colorful games. The only thing I could complain about is the built in speaker quality, but it’s not even that bad, only mediocre.

For the price of this monitor, you really cant go wrong. It is very bright in standard and HDR, and the response time is great for gaming. The blacks arent the best in the world and its only 60 Hz, but those are the two things I was willing to give up for 1440 HDR at this price.