BenQ has been slowly entering the market of reliable monitors that ooze of style and are excellent in performance. It has launched its latest 24 inches widescreen V2400W HD monitor. The better part is that this monitor has recently won both the iF Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award. The monitor boasts of a slinky silver base stand that is firmly attached to a thin, jet black bezel body. BenQ brags that their monitor, the V2400W is the world’s thinnest 24-inch monitor. The monitor measures a mere 6cm at its thickest point. The base comprises an asymmetrically positioned mounting arm. The bezel is surrounded by silver color surround. The controls on the device are prominently displayed toward the bottom left of the screen. The controls on the screen are sensitive to touch and beep when activated. The controls are backlit by striking blue LEDs.
The back of the monitor houses VGA, DVI and HDMI ports. Also present is an earphone jack for the HDMI feed. However, the monitor lacks external speakers. The user can tilt the display 20 degrees upward and 5 degrees downward. The user however can not do any height adjustment on the monitor. The monitor offers a maximum resolution of 1920 × 1200. The picture modes offered by the monitor are Standard, Movie, Dynamics, Photo and sRGB, and auto mode. The user can use the monitor for entertainment purposes as well as for gaming. The monitor comprises a separate aspect ratio menu. This menu allows the user to select from Fill, 1:1 direct pixel mapping and Aspect. The downside about the buttons is that they are over sensitive to touch.
There is no glare issue with the monitor as the matte screen avoids this problem totally. The screen offers a brightness level of 250cd/rm. The picture can be viewed perfectly till a viewing angle of 160 degrees. The monitor displays amazingly sharp colors when the user plays a Blu-ray movie via the HDMI input. For all other type of pictures, the colors are sharp, crisp, clear and vivid in a very overwhelming way. The BenQ V2400W is available at a price of £330.
