 Over the years my expectations have really changed for BenQ. In the early days their stuff was cheap And I was basically pleased if the copy on the packaging was devoid of spelling errors and the display powered on But over the last few years BenQ has surprised me a number of times most notably with the XL24T-E A monitor that I declared to be the best gaming LCD that I had ever seen when I checked it out about a year ago And with their prices having risen along with their status as an incredibly well-regarded gaming monitor maker Today's look at the XL2420G will be from the perspective of a youtuber who really needs to see BenQ take things to the next level to really be impressed and Who has a video coming soon about whether it's possible to fake the performance results of one CPU with another completely different one So stay tuned for all of that From December 13th to 20th 2014 you can save on select Intel CPUs, NUCs and SSDs with special holiday rebates from select retailers Click now to learn more Physically I hoped for more from the XL2420G just like every other XL series gaming monitor It's got all the functionality you could want the base is adequately sturdy and wide enough that you can't tip it over There's a two-port integrated USB hub. There's a cable management hole through the stand to keep your desk tidy There's a headphone hook and a solid carrying handle that adorn the top of the stand on the back And it's got the full range of ergonomic adjustments height tilt swivel and pivot Along with a tool-less mechanism to detach the panel from the stand and screw it into a base amount should you so desire Well that sounded great Linus what more could you want? The answer lies in the just like every other XL series bit back there BenQ is asking for a lot of money for this display only a couple hundred less than Asus's ROG Swift 27 inch monitor And it feels like they didn't invest in many improvements to the ID or really any at all Even just thinner bezels and maybe upgrading the USB hub to USB 3 could have softened the blow a little bit here as far as The sticker shock is concerned, but you could also argue that this monitor is not about the looks This is an eSports and competitive gaming targeted product and should be treated more like a tool than a fashion accessory To which I would reply Touche, so let's get into the functionality then shall we at the front is a 24 inch 1920 by 1080 144 Hertz TN display with basically no input lag pixel response times in the 1 millisecond or less range support for 3d vision stereo gaming with optional active shutter glasses and shockingly strong performance when it comes to color vibrancy contrast and viewing angles especially Horizontal viewing angles to the point where if I didn't let you tilt the monitor way down or way up You may not actually realize it's a TN panel so far so good on the performance front The on-screen menu can be navigated either with the included control module that snaps onto the side of the base with a magnet or with The on-screen touch buttons and contains basically all the options I'd expect from a high-end consumer grade monitor brightness contrast and color Temperature including a custom mode with RGB adjustments And then there's also some fun stuff custom keys gives you one touch access to functions that you use most often Black equalizer is basically a monitor level gamma boost to give competitive players an edge when trying to spot opponents in dark areas Would suggest that casuals leave this one off for a more atmospheric gameplay experience It's got a low blue light mode which theoretically works with the flicker free DC backlight to reduce eye strain and finally The really cool stuff first is ULMB or ultra low motion blur mode It uses backlight modulation to fire bursts of light at the panel only when the pixels have finished Transitioning to reduce smearing on fast moving objects it works at 85 100 or 120 Hertz with pulse width Adjustments to find your optimal balance between image clarity and screen brightness And it works so well that you can actually read text as you drag a window across the screen try that with your monitor Right now good luck But it does have the drawback of reducing overall screen brightness and on my sample at least Introducing a little bit of noise in dark areas of the image that look kind of like very faint scanlines or something With that said with how well this monitor performs in the fast gaming picture mode the only drawback of which is Slightly subdued colors I didn't find it worthwhile to turn on ULMB due to the brightness trade-off and the fact that the second feature doesn't work At the same time and that second feature is G-Sync if you need a primer on G-Sync click here But if the summary is enough for you Then basically it works with your modern Nvidia graphics card to get all the benefits of V-Sync So no ugly screen tearing with the benefits of V-Sync off so very low input latency and no stutters Awesome, and then finally the thing that really caught my attention about this monitor Forcing me to revise my list of the only G-Sync monitors that matter which previously contained only The Asus ROG Swift and Acer XB280HK to include this one as well Unlike other G-Sync monitors the XL2420G contains a normal display processor too Which allows it through the use of their classic mode to enable some of BenQ's usual modes that aren't supported by the G-Sync module and to accept other inputs other than DisplayPort 1.2 specifically Dual-Link DVI and Dual HDMI a feature that is bound to be a must for anyone who doesn't have the space to set up Their game console on a separate display somewhere else and wants to easily switch between multiple input devices Bravo BenQ while this isn't a feature. I personally need on my gaming monitor on my rig. It's something that I recognize as The potential to be incredibly important to a great many other folks out there So this is a fantastic gaming monitor. It's tremendously responsive Phenomely beautiful considering. It's a high-speed TN panel that it's one of the best performers I've seen when it comes to motion blur even with AMA turned off all together in like sRGB mode and it's got a feature set that makes lesser displays tremble But it's not perfect the price is going to be a major turnoff for some shoppers because I have a hard time imagining much overlap between the Venn diagrams of folks looking for 1080p monitors and Folks looking to spend this much on a display Unless portability is a factor like if you would be regularly transporting your PC to lens, so that's the conclusion It's an awesome display, but I think the number of shoppers interested in it will increase dramatically when G-Sync module pricing comes down to knock a hundred bucks or so off the sticker price Speaking of awesome displays. 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