Enhanced BenQ EX3203R Monitor with FreeSync DisplayHDR - 31.5 Inch, 2560X1440P, Curved Design, HDMI Connectivity Review

Gaming monitors have too many flaws right now to spend so much money on them. Just buy something for $300 and accept the flaws. The main disadvantage of this monitor is the light spots. They can hardly be seen in dim ambient light, especially in colorful games. For games/movies/screens where most of the screen is black, white dots appear on the screen. My lower right is particularly prominent. That's just unacceptable for a monitor this expensive. When the conditions are right (which is about…

First off, I knew exactly what I was buying when I bought this monitor on Thanksgiving Day 2019. I needed a monitor with phenomenal colors, improved performance, and decent gaming performance. IPS monitors are all the rage, but I just can't get over "IPS Glow". This monitor does not disappoint. I used my color calibration cleaner (Spyder 4 Pro) and after calibration this monitor looks even better. At 100% sRGB, colors are great and a high contrast ratio makes this monitor look even better. I…

The monitor was packaged very well and arrived with no dead pixels or damage. It was a little tricky to set up since my last monitor had joystick-like controls, but once I figured out what all the buttons do, it became pretty easy after that. The advantages are as follows: 1. It has an ambient light sensor, so it gets dark at night and light when it's light. (I have a lamp next to it that doesn't make the screen bright) 2. At 2560 x 1440 it still looks just as good as it does on my 27 inch…

This monitor literally cost over $700 when it first went and now it costs about $500 and that's still Vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa What I mean is that when the game uses the entire screen the backlight bleed just fades out will, but it's still there. You can't tell for sure if a large gray or black area doesn't fill the edges of the screen or the entire screen. This is MAINLY suitable for gaming (not exactly because Doom Eternal has a lot of dark levels where bleeding is obvious). But

I love this monitor but I'm not sure about the Vesa mount as it doesn't seem to be available unless I get an adapter. Other people have said otherwise, so I'll wait for my mount to show up before making that call. I've been using this monitor for a couple of weeks and have bought two other monitors that I believe are in the same range. One was a Samsung monitor which I wasn't a fan of the included one year warranty and the other was a Dell monitor which was very cheap but didn't meet my needs…

Edit: You can get the USB ports to work by plugging a USB-C cable into them. I added a start back. However, adding more cables makes it unwieldy when I originally wanted my setup to be as simple as possible. I have 2 monitors at work but I just wanted one big screen at home so it was less of a hassle. For that it works great. There is plenty of screen real estate and I can have 2 excel spreadsheets side by side and see everything easily. I also hooked up my Xbox One, played Tekken 7 and it…

I've had this monitor for a month and a half now. I wanted to go back and review this monitor because I wanted people to know about my experience. Most importantly, this monitor has a beautiful picture and is very easy on the eyes with long hours of use. I am very concerned about this monitor as it is a VA panel and not an IPS panel like most monitors. VA panels have some downsides, both positive and negative. One of the positives is the excellent contrast ratio, and this monitor definitely has

This monitor looked stunning compared to the 32 inch curved monitor I have used before and it is the best looking monitor I have ever used. Once I adjusted the colors to my vision, some of the footage I was looking at was stunning. here and don't make them, but no, it comes with every product. There is ONLY a tiny piece of plastic I need to remove from the life jaw stand. So that's my only criticism. I was going to include that maybe the company can work on that next time. I would definitely…

Very good inexpensive monitor. First, adjustments were needed. The first was to find out what it takes to create the clearest possible text. With a native resolution of 2560x1440 and the size of text, applications and other elements, I set it to 125%. Then use "adjust human readable text". After that, the text will look almost perfect in most applications, programs and games. The next adjustment was to find the best picture quality for games and videos. An intuitive picture mode, accessed via a

The screen arrived in good condition and works well with my Macbook Pro. Although the box is quite large (beware), I think it could be a bit more compact if the stand could be detached from the screen. Also, the included USB-C cable doesn't fit my Macbook 16" very well, I have to fiddle around with it a bit to make it work, although I don't have this problem with my other devices.

I'm not a gamer so I don't know how to rate this gaming monitor. I got it because it was highly rated for picture quality, size and color. I can confirm that all of these properties work as advertised when connected to my Mac Mini. I wanted it to be displayed at a non-native resolution. My eyes aren't what they used to be and I find that 3440/1440 makes it difficult to see many things (like the mouse pointer). I tried setting the monitor to a more comfortable 2560/1080 but the monitor reminds…

I had it for a month or two. i like this thing It takes a minute to get used to the curve, but it doesn't detract from the experience. The monitor is very easy to adjust to keep your head centered. You will NOT get 144Hz with HDMI. With HDMI you get 120Hz. 144hz is for the displayport but when my pc boots up there is no message on the monitor when using it. I haven't researched this. I can see my post screen in bios with HDMI with no issues. Brightness, color, pretty much everything I need from

I was initially excited about this monitor based on the great reviews, but returned after a week of use. I have used this monitor for both work (Macbook Pro) and gaming (PS4). Maybe I'm just being picky, but the text isn't as clear when connected to my laptop via USB-C. Gave me vision after a few days of use. I had to set the font larger than usual to be able to use it all day. I thought it might just be my retina display setup but it actually isn't as I haven't experienced this with the new…

It turns out that this monitor is very good at doing a little bit of everything. This is great for gaming as there is enough room to see what's going on around me. It replaced an ultra-wide display that was great for opening multiple programs. At first I couldn't get it to work properly, everything was on the dark side and I couldn't get the onscreen controls to fix it. Freesync2 worked fine with the cable that came with the display but didn't work as advertised ie. 144 Hertz. I bought a better

If you want to run 10-bit HDR all the time, this is only a 120Hz panel as it can't run 10-bit 144Hz. I measured this panel with testing tools, both physical and software, and the brightness came in at around 450 nits. Considering the 3000:1 VA contrast ratio and the ability to reach that peak, it's great for that HDR you want to see without burning your retinas. The mode does have jet black anti-aliasing, but that's okay and not a huge sacrifice compared to always-on HDR. It also improves…

I bought this BenQ monitor as an upgrade from the Asus 27 inch 1080p IPS display. I mainly use it for gaming, both on PC and Xbox One, as well as streaming Netflix/Hulu and general web browsing. I've only been using this for 6 days at the time of writing this review, but I'll make a few key points from my experience. FPS games make a big difference. 2. There are no built-in speakers, but there is an extra port so you can easily use your own speakers or headphones. 3. This is NOT an IPS panel…

I was looking for the best monitor to replace my previous dual Asus PA248 8 years ago. I want to use it mainly for CAD and web browsing, but I also play games, so gaming performance is good. The most important criteria are no backlight, crisp text display, no flicker and no dead pixels on arrival. I looked through four other monitors in a month, all with issues, before settling on this one. Samsung 43, 34, 34 with quantum dots and Dell U3818DW. VA panels are better IMO. IPS is great, but rich…

I use this monitor for gaming and watching videos and sometimes movies. Gaming: Pros - HDR is really nice - The curved screen is beautiful - The wide screen allows you to see further to the side than with the normal aspect ratio - Since HDR never blooms again, that sun gets real color against the shadow of the building directly Before you leave it Cons - with HDR many games use light/dark values which makes some textures look bad - with HDR you literally can't see what's in some shadows where…

I originally bought an Alienware monitor but was disappointed with the picture quality. Basically, I need image quality for photo editing, so this is important to me. I read reviews online and came across this one. I love it. I kept the box so I can ship it instead of selling or buying it back when I move. It's way better than the Alienware monitor or any of the monitors I've had at work be it Samsung, LG and another one I forgot.

I'm not a gamer, so I can't confirm gaming performance, but I like it for office applications like opening multiple spreadsheets or text documents side-by-side. Indeed there is a lot of space on this screen. I also use it for music and video editing where the extra wide screen allows me to see more of the scrolling area on the timeline. The brightness is very good and the colors are accurate enough for photo editing. My eyes aren't what they used to be, my Radeon RX5600 XT desktop resolution is