BenQ GW2480 24 inch Full HD Eye-Care Business IPS Monitor

BenQ GW2480 24 inch Full HD Eye-Care Business IPS Monitor

BenQ GW2480 23.8 inch frameless monitor combines ultra slim bezels with hidden cable management. Complementing BenQ exclusive Eye-Care Technology with Low Blue Light Technology and Flicker-Free performance for extended viewing comfort, industry-leading Brightness Intelligence Technology delivers exquisite details in any ambient lighting environment. With the ideal combination of LED and IPS technologies, GW2480 delivers a new level of visual enjoyment with truly authentic colors, deeper blacks, higher contrast, and sharper details. On the other hand, it has FHD (1920x1080) resolution. Expansive 178° horizontal and vertical viewing angles ensure uniform viewing for multiple people in the room. BenQ Eye-Care Monitors are certified by TUV Rheinland, global leader of technical and safety certification, for Flicker-Free, and Low Blue Light performance truly benefitting human vision. The first brand of Eye-Care monitors in the world, BenQ is committed to safeguard vision health at the forefront of viewing comfort and enjoyment with this permanent addition to its monitor product line. BenQ’s Color Weakness mode allows users who with color vision deficiency, the color to customize the amount of red or green displayed on the monitor with red and green filters. Once the red and green are neutralized, the mode ensures a comfortable viewing experience for all users and helps users to clearly distinguish between different colors. Additionally, BenQ’s color weakness mode also helps improve the viewing experience for people with Protanomaly (red-weakness) or Deuteranomaly (green-weakness) while allowing users to adjust the level of color weakness mode. It also have variety of connectivity like HDMI & Display port.benq-gw2480-fhd-monitor.

BenQ GW2480 Monitor Review

The BenQ GW2480 is a very affordable 1080p monitor designed to satisfy your everyday computing needs at home, in school, or the office. The bezel-free display is excellent for most uses which include office tasks and some casual gaming. There is an ocean of choices in the BenQ GW2480’s segment, but can its qualities place it at the top of the list?

Performance

The BenQ GW2480 provides a 24-inch IPS panel with a 1920 x 1080 resolution, 60 Hz refresh rate, and 5 ms response time. A contrast ratio of 1000:1 is also listed along with a modest 250 cd/m2 backlight which doesn’t offer a lot of room for adjustments, but is more than sufficient for daily use. These specifications are basic, but the monitor doesn’t represent specialized uses such as photo editing or competitive gaming.

The BenQ GW2480’s size is perfect for its resolution since there is no need for scaling and details look balanced and crisp enough. Smaller 1080p monitors will look slightly sharper, but we think they look too cramped for daily use. 24-inch 1080p monitors is still widely considered as the universal format, so you can’t go wrong with this model.

The BenQ GW2480 does a decent job when it comes to image quality considering its a very affordable monitor. The IPS panel is only able to produce 93% of the sRGB gamut, but its accuracy falls within an acceptable Delta E of 2.9. Color temperature is very close to the ideal 6500k point, giving us a well-balanced image that isn’t too warm or bluishly cool.

The 27-inch variant, the GW2780, fares a bit better with accuracy, but the BenQ GW2480 posts better contrast. The monitor reached 900:1 at around 40% brightness, reducing the grayish look you would normally get from IPS displays. Gamma is slightly off at 2.1, but it doesn’t wash out the colors up to a noticeable degree.

One prominent issue on the BenQ GW2480 is its IPS bleed, which can be seen on its lower corners. The defect dropped the contrast in that area considerably, plus it creates some visible clouding in dark or all-black images. Take note that this characteristic varies between unit to unit, so be sure to purchase the monitor from a seller with excellent returns and exchanges policies.

The BenQ GW2480 isn’t the fastest monitor the brand can offer, but it can keep up in reducing blurring and ghosting up to a certain degree. You will mostly see trailing and pixel persistence if you swipe the screen too fast, but laid back instances in casual games do not have visible flaws. The monitor has an overdrive feature, but we recommend avoiding its maximum level since it induces massive overshoot which will be detrimental to your viewing experience.

The BenQ GW2480 doesn’t have FreeSync and G-Sync compatibility, so gamers cannot rely on VRR to keep frames smooth and tear-free. But if you think about it, 1080p 60 Hz doesn’t take a lot of GPU horsepower in games, nor is it difficult to tweak the in-game settings for a stable FPS output. Input lag sits at 10ms, so delays won’t be more noticeable than the limited refresh rate.