The sound is especially rich in dialog and music content. It’s not quite large enough to earn that title, but with five watts of power, it fills in the bass frequencies well. Also here is the third speaker, which BenQ bills as a subwoofer. Color and effect are controlled from the OSD. You can see the LED lighting here in its familiar X pattern. The back is a medium gray that tapers smoothly from side to side. The base is silver with red trim, while the upright and panel front are finished in black. Styling is in keeping with the entire Mobiuz line. You can also control the monitor with a handheld remote. Under the panel is a power toggle with LED, OSD joystick and a key for input selection. On the right is BenQ’s HDRi button, which engages three different HDR emulation modes for SDR content.
The bottom trim is wider, nearly a full inch, but houses two of the three speakers behind a molded grill. The front bezel is flush and thin, just 8mm around the top and sides. It doesn’t distort the image, but there is a slightly greater sense of immersion when playing games or watching videos. Now that is a revolution!ġ000R is a relatively tight curve and you’ll notice it from all angles. Samsung recently announced a VA-based 4K monitor running at 240 Hz. VA is under-represented in the speedy high-res categories, but that may be about to change. That’s a major visual difference that can easily be seen in a side-by-side comparison. The best IPS monitors can hit 1,200:1, but VA is just getting started at 2,000:1. Most fast gaming monitors today are IPS based and while this is a good thing if you’re concerned about viewing angles, it is not a good thing if you’re looking for high contrast.