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"i usually use two monitors both at work and at home but this large led has more than enough space to be used as a single monitor which is my current home set up i'm very pleased with the graphic display: brightness sharpness resolution colours and contrast is excellent my only gripe would be the stand"

"the only issue i had was that it will not auto detect hdmi out of the box and it won't allow you to use the menu to change that until you have plugged it into a machine"

"if you do gaming 4k video or graphics work then buy a more expensive monitor"

"any dead pixels have to be in the centre of the screen"

"i bought this as an "imperfect model" but it was pretty much perfect except for one dead pixel"

"there is no built in speaker for the model we bought"

"after accepting that i realised why this monitor was so cheap because it's a cheap monitor"

"i really can't complain about this screen it gives me everything i need for a cheap price"

"***note to anyone with xbox or playstation*** this monitor is hdcp compliant meaning your console will work with it"

"not height adjustable"

"no matter what i try to adjust on the monitor it does not work it is the worst monitor i have ever owned"

"poor picture quality dead pixel poor sharpness"

"no matter what i try to adjust on the monitor it does not work it is the worst monitor i have ever owned"

"my one very insignificant issue is that i find the adjustment buttons on the right hand side a little stiff to press"

"the only mild downside is the quality of the built in speakers but to be honest most people who would want good sound wouldn't expect it in a monitor like this one"

"only downside is it only comes with a lame vga lead so a star missing for that"

"but after pressing enter it skipped a source input on screen and after another tap it was ready to go on my desk and have been using it all evening minus the silly mistake on my part"

"when i need to clear some space and push my keyboard towards the back of the desk it tends to always catch on this base which has now become quite scratched as a consequence"

"worse it failed with toxic smelling fumes that hung around for days although mercifully not in flames"

"instructions vague"

"the menu system is a bit fiddly as in it is not as easy or intuitive to use and it can be a chore using it"

"only real niggle is that the on off button is on the side and not bottom so it doesnt work too well in my multi monitor setup"

"the only negative issue at all is that its lighter than my other monitors with a smaller footprint so might be an issue for overactive kids"

"this is a dent monitor no problems in 18 months"

"anyone looking for a good monitor that's not some ridiculous price this is it"

"i almost thought i got a broken product the first time i turn it on after unboxing"

"awkward inputs if you having to move the monitor and plug in a lot"

"04 lts without any configuration voodoo"

"brilliant picture low lag deep blacks and vivid colours"

"this screen however has a nice matte finish to the screen with just a glossy bezel"

"the colours aren't right and i get severe ghosting especially with anything black"

"is not height adjustable and depending if i'm really hammering the keyboard the monitor moves a little but these faults are certainly within bearable limits i would recommend this monitor to anyone thinking of giving the benq brand a first try"

"with it's black glossy plastic it doesn't look as elegant as some other displays but that's not a reflection of it's capability as a display more the aesthetic appeal if you're at all bothered by that"

"this was completely unnecessary and unfair to the seller and was only due to the benq support being insufficiently comprehensive which caused me days of brain racking"

"i have not used benq since the late nineties and i am astounded by the way the have made leaps and bounds with the their products"

"after second day of using this monitor my eyes were strained and i started experiencing headache and so sadly i had to return"

"after second day of using this monitor my eyes were strained and i started experiencing headache and so sadly i had to return"

"brought as my monitor suddenly failed"

"i still haven't found that driver but windows 7 automatically installed the correct generic driver so it's working like a dream"

"i was not expecting this monitor to be as good as it is viewing angles are great colours are vibrant and the bezel isn't that big ive seen bigger lets get straight into the pros and cons pros: good viewing angles great vibrant colouring easy to use menu cons: the buttons are on the side meaning a multi monitor setup is awkward if you want to change the settings around attracts lots of dust and fingerprints all in all this is a great monitor but if your looking for gaming then i suggest you go elsewhere as only 60hz good be a slight issue"

"i had not overloaded the speaker and it was not a cable issue as i used both a dvi and hdmi cable both with the same buzz"

"my only problem is the placement of the headphone jack i have to awkwardly reach behind the monitor to plug it in and out it would have been much more convenient on the side or closer to the front"

"the build quality is resonable but very worryingly if you put a little pressure on the screen the material in front of the pixel screen actually warps"

"the low blue led also stops the effects of blue light from leds such as upsetting your sleeping pattern and being harsh on your eyes after prolong periods of use"

"if you are lazy like me and hoping to use it to work from your bed note that if you increase the font size massively in your word documents it becomes pixelated so probably isn't very good for this purpose"

"i had to replace this to start off with because there was a stuck pixel it was red and really annoyed me"

"as with all monitors the menu navigation leaves a little to be desired with the small buttons on the right hand side but then how often do you actually change your monitor settings once it is set up how you want?"

"first problem was on initial setup as without any actual input connected to this monitor via dvi or vga ports you can't change the input method to hdmi"

"i would still recommend this brand to other users despite these two flaws one of which is small and might not occur with all products"

"i don't game and haven't done too much fine work on pictures yet so not given a very stern test"

"i have 4 of these and not a single error"

"the 2 new monitors both came with a broken pixel but i was able to fix them on my own google "fix stuck pixel" if this happens very simple fix "

"have had it for just under 2 years now never had a single problem with it"

"monitor is pretty wobbly that’s my only complaint"

"it's not the most fully featured monitor but its full hd resolution 3 inputs is fine for the majority of users me included"

"large bezel"

"the only negative i can think of for this monitor is that the speakers aren't great"

"however they accepted my complaint and traced my original monitor now repaired and returned this to me"

"if you are lazy like me and hoping to use it to work from your bed note that if you increase the font size massively in your word documents it becomes pixelated so probably isn't very good for this purpose"

"replaced a g2420hdbl which was still in good working order but had a couple of marks through use over 4+ years"

"plain matte finish would be better"

"my only complaint is the awkward mains on off switch on the side"

"turned down the brightness and contrast so the power consumption will also be lower"

"lovely looking screen i've took a star off as takes a couple of seconds to turn on if you switch it on but that could be bacause of energy saving i don't know just slightly bugs me"

"get some cheap logitec speakers to improve the sound"

"now that's a little daft i reckon"

"the display doesn't show signs of use mabye noticing more light bleed not sure if it was there to begin with"

"if you just need a cheap replacement or want a cheap multi monitor set up then this monitor will do the job for you"

"either i had set my expectations too high or the producer of some youtube reviews understanding of "awesome" and mine were miles apart"

"my only complaint is its lack of auto power off when my pc is turned off most monitors will flash up to say signal lost and a minute later will go to sleep this monitor doesn't seem to do that meaning you can't just set your pc to shut down and walk away you have to turn the monitor off to"

"is not height adjustable and depending if i'm really hammering the keyboard the monitor moves a little but these faults are certainly within bearable limits i would recommend this monitor to anyone thinking of giving the benq brand a first try"

"this monitor lacks a couple of things as mentioned above but for it's price you probably wont get a better one so if your budget is not bigger than it's price and you don't mind you can't rotate it then do not hesitate and buy it you wont regret"

"although its weight is very heavy cons: the factory default color settings is way way off"

"i can't tell the difference with my partner's dell ultrasharp although i'm no expert the price seriously it's really cheap low input lag some nice presets which i toyed with before reverting to the default profile which i find just fine multiple inputs with auto swicthing pretty standard nowadays but you'll be happy to know you don't have to touch anything when you switch from a dvi pc to an hdmi laptop for example"

"i had not overloaded the speaker and it was not a cable issue as i used both a dvi and hdmi cable both with the same buzz"

"one thing i would warn about"

"was skeptical at first when looking into this product but when it arrived it easily delivered from it's price tag"

"unless you want to spend a lot more cash you probably cant go wrong here"

"however beware setting it up!"

"either i had set my expectations too high or the producer of some youtube reviews understanding of "awesome" and mine were miles apart"

"it is indeed full hd but initially runs not quite fill screen"

""low brightness" button on bottom right is too easy to press accidentally"

"this wasn't explained in the manual and had me confused for a few minutes"

"it's tinny and underpowered but ok for the odd video clip or whatever"

"i have not been able to get the speakers working despite connecting to my laptop via hdmi this hasn't been a problem as the speakers in my laptop provide the audio"

"nothing is wrong with the screen no dead pixels no delay has good colours and it has lasted for ages"

"it is nice and robust quite lightweight and the black bezel surrounding the screen is small and unobtrusive"

"image clarity is incredible and the colour spectrum is something else"

"three different inputs d sub dvi hdmi even conveniently coincide with cables from three existing computers w2000 linux linux which had previously shared 2 large crt monitors with cable swapping"

"i'm still giving it 5 stars forever because a lot of monitors at this price don't have hdmi input or speakers"

"the base of the monitor is a large oval black glossy plastic disc which sticks out in front of the monitor"

"the packaging was great and not hard to open it protected the product perfectly so there's no need to worry about packaging"

"i guess they're nice to have as backup too but don't rely on the speakers"

"you don't loose any sound quality from connecting speakers through the headphone jack as some seem to have that impression"

"the built in eyecare which lowers the blue in the monitor display is a need for late night gamers and works so much better than the downloadable softwares available like flux"

"i was a little suspicious when i found the cd was only an instruction book not an installer but the screen at least came on ok after i had managed to adjust the resolution"

"the build quality is resonable but very worryingly if you put a little pressure on the screen the material in front of the pixel screen actually warps"

"controls are a little clunky but performance is decent"

"the only bad thing i can say about this product is that the speakers are pretty awful about a decade ago i bought some portable speakers for £1 that worked better than the ones on this"

"major mistake as now i can't seem to find a stand for this"

"i had the added problem that my laptop needs a converter to connect to vga and the monitor just doesn't seem to see a signal unless it's a straight connection"

"not happy but im lucky to have a husband that could make something to fit so didnt have to go through the whole return procedure"

"as you'd predict the image was not great quality as it had been stretched"

"audio output can go in via hdmi or aux input which i like but the speakers are only really good enough for speech video calls perhaps?"

"however the speakers are absolute pants : i mean they are bad real bad and they are rear facing!"

"t made electrical noises and the screen would flicker on and off due to power being lost"

"the new one is just about okay but it isn't dead straight"

"no complex setup or hassle to deal with"

"the only real downside for this monitor is that the colours are just not"

"i booted up and after choosing hdmi in the monitor settings you need to tell the monitor you are in hdmi mode or it tells you you have no leads attached"

"got this today hdmi in to the ps4 and this while i wait for my new pc to turn up no signal"

"as it was a birthday present i can't even get it returned as the month period is lost"

"i gave the workstation it stands upon a "bump" and indeed it wobbled"

"this monitor is lovely white is white not a light tone of yellow"

"we planned to return it but it was too big to handle when busy"

"than from the manufacturer who must have been aware that no sound could be a problem"

"so you shouldn't worry too much about their support if you need it"

"i learned far more from the amazon benq problem forum about updating drivers etc"

"the only real negative is the lack of labels for the buttons on the side of the monitor this requires a bit of trial and error to find what you need"

"other than that i've had no other issues with these monitors"

"the built in speakers are actually very good with frequency response being ok but no rumbling or distortion"

"only one minor complaint i have a dead pixel but it was just the one and was too close to the edge of the screen and so benq would not replace the monitor"

"cons: all bearing in mind that i am giving this monitor 5 stars none of these should prevent you from buying this monitor unless it's a feature you really need or want"

"the only downside to this is the screen brightness 250cd m2 which is a little low in a dark room"

"i haven't had any trouble with picture lag most likely due to the 2ms response time"

"ok the speakers are perhaps not the best in the world but for me that is not an issue"

"negatives: poor quality speakers very reduced bass excessive mid range "

"the sound just isn't that good"

"as with all monitors the menu navigation leaves a little to be desired with the small buttons on the right hand side but then how often do you actually change your monitor settings once it is set up how you want?"

"just a warning i got really bad eye strain after the first couple of hours sitting in front of it"

"i've not had any problems so far except for when i turned my monitor on i had a 'stuck' pixel which is not much of a problem to fix as it is not a dead pixel so i won't have to rma it yet"

"was ok but thought that sound would be linked to it but does not appear so"

"my one very insignificant issue is that i find the adjustment buttons on the right hand side a little stiff to press"

"i am not a sound buff but the speakers now seem quite adequate to me even with the volume at 50%"

"excerpt i lost the hand book and trying to get the speakers working"

"it is very annoying that a"

"i was using it as my second monitor for my macbook pro and also the screen for my gaming consoles"

"i was planning on getting acer g246 247 at first but due to various changes in price it was no go"

"for gaming its awful"

"make no mistake the speakers are no better than a laptop and have no base"

"if you are using hdmi to connect to your pc you may notice a border or even a lack of display quality"

"not a gamer so can't report on that"

"i cannot verify that because i don't use the monitor for gaming"

"on screen menu is somewhat difficult to use"

"the seller did exchange it but this made no difference"

"the screen has a matte finish to it so unlike those glossy screens you won't see your own reflection which is good news for some"

"speaker quality is poor but i always connect via a speaker system"

"the next one also had a stuck pixel but it didn't show up as badly"

"one ha a blurred screen i replaced everything buy the monitor"

"11 months in this monitor started to have an intermittent hum it has been returned under warrenty other than this issue i have zero complaints for the price"

"***note to anyone with xbox or playstation*** this monitor is hdcp compliant meaning your console will work with it"

"t made electrical noises and the screen would flicker on and off due to power being lost"

"poor design i feel"

"if you are lazy like me and hoping to use it to work from your bed note that if you increase the font size massively in your word documents it becomes pixelated so probably isn't very good for this purpose"

"bad customer service!"

"it offers all of the adjustments you could ask for and probably some you didn't and will never touch "

"this was completely unnecessary and unfair to the seller and was only due to the benq support being insufficiently comprehensive which caused me days of brain racking"

"and no this does not overclock very well at all all i acheived was 65 hz instead of 60 seen monitors go from 60 to 93 before soo i was kinda disappointed but these things are amazing anyway"

"benq seem to have taken a step back with the controls as they are press button as opposed to touch and the controls are down the side which make it difficult to use them"

"i've been using this for low power gaming and day to day pc use"

"put doubts aside and buy"

"became a headache because of clashing colours yellow and green "

"if you need a good monitor for graphics work then this is not it"

"the only downside to this is the screen brightness 250cd m2 which is a little low in a dark room"

"three different inputs d sub dvi hdmi even conveniently coincide with cables from three existing computers w2000 linux linux which had previously shared 2 large crt monitors with cable swapping"

"spoke to benq who said that if an item was over 3 weeks old they replace with a refurbished one mine was 22 days old "

"the only reason for 4 * and not 5 is some people might think it is a bit plastic specially the base"

"after 8 years of service my old iiyama monitor died and i chose this as an upgraded replacement"

"i noted from other reviews that the stand was substandard and wobbled"

"once setup to your liking i think it would be difficult for anyone to complain"

"easy to install but the only gripe is a lack of connectivity options with only a single dvi and hdmi port"

"only issue i have is when a video advert plays on a browser even if the browser is tucked away on the taskbar the screen flickers blinks like crazy took me a while to figer out it was that that was causing it and closing the videos corrects stright away but werid all the same other then that is lovley super thin and lignt and all round great for the moneys"

"• 24 inches at 1080p leaves a great looking image and while colors aren't going to be as accurate as on some more expensive monitors this monitor still offers a good quality for anyone looking for an affordable display"

"the bezel is very small which is great for a sleek look and no dead pixels to report"

"• this monitor has no sound no built in speaker this option has been removed to save costs to reduce the price of this product"

"apart from this problem it's a good cheap monitor"

"hdmi cable does not work"

"i an only assume the idiot who missed the vesa connection on the back has now been fired and the cheap price is because hp are clearing the warehouse of this idiotic mistake"

"really disappointed in amazon complete waste of my time!"

"very disappointed"

"this is for the money a cracking little monitor i would of given it 5 stars but it did nt come with a vga cable not a huge problem as i already had one and tbh a hdmi cable was supplied which is what i am running it of"

"due to past bad and baffling experiences i am now always wary about buying hp products and this item did not fail to bewilder me the instructions were in apparently turkish and the monitor controls instead of being on the side or the bottom are on the back of the monitor the most inaccessible location once set up!"

"the colours are pretty poor and having worked on a variety of monitors i’d say this is at the bottom end"

"stand is cheap wobbly plastic that will wont last long"

"it sacrifices power for fashion it’s a sick thing to do"

"it's false advertising and rather discusting to state such things and it is the description for 27f model with no mistake"

"only disadvantage i've found is that the buttons are a bit awkward to use as you can't see them behind the monitor when looking straight at it and so may not know which one you're pressing but it's a very minor issue and doesn't affect it much as most people like me will just use the bottom button to turn it on and off"

"the viewing angle is surprisingly limited at my normal distance from the screen about 580mm a white background is noticeably dimmer at the right and left edges"

"it sacrifices power for fashion it’s a sick thing to do"

"+ the thin bezel makes this monitor suitable for a multi screen setup"

"very thin panel with thin bezels"

"but it's not working too well side by side with my laptop"

"the product gains four not five stars because the stand is relatively inflexible and too low to use at the same level as the keyboard"

"only disadvantage i've found is that the buttons are a bit awkward to use as you can't see them behind the monitor when looking straight at it and so may not know which one you're pressing but it's a very minor issue and doesn't affect it much as most people like me will just use the bottom button to turn it on and off"

"over all value for money is okay but if these lacking was known before then would have bought a little higher priced monitor for the expected functions"

"most other monitors had thicker bezels than this one"

"power socket needs to be seated carefully and casual movement of screen pulled power cable out rather easily"

"the problem i have is the advertising it states that it has 22 watts in sound and has a retractable camera which it does not have"

"secondly the light bleed along the top edge of the screen is horrendous especially when the you are working in windows dark mode games movies thirdly the box was delivered repackaged with messy sticky tapee around the openings to keep it secure somebody didnt even attempt to carry out this task with care' purchased a few months ago and i wasn't going to write this but the more i use it the more it annoys me"

"just a shame the first monitor i had didn't last long i expected better from hp"

"over all value for money is okay but if these lacking was known before then would have bought a little higher priced monitor for the expected functions"

"cons: this monitor isn't height adjustable"

"just received the monitor and sending it back tomorrow"

"looks better in real life virtually no bezel"

"screen it self is very clumsy designed with control buttons in a very unacceptable place nearly at the back of the screen"

"really cannot fault this monitor"

"screen it self is very clumsy designed with control buttons in a very unacceptable place nearly at the back of the screen"

"bought this to replace a dell monitor that we'd had for years and simply broke"

"• with the anti glare screen you won't have any issues with reflections even if you put the monitor close to your window"

"the base does not screw on horizontally nor does the screen swivel"

"ame with a scratch towards the top center of screen cannot notice it when in use but a white scratch on a black off screen doesn't look nice"

"it doesn't even have built in speakers to produce sound so these statememts are lies"

"monitor is hellishly heavy you can work out with it"

"whilst not used for gaming or anything i wouldn't complain about using this monitor for light gaming"

"dont buy this monitor if you expect that you can connect it to a monitor arm"

"the ips claim holds up poorly as side by side with a similarly priced asus ips display it looks just like any standard back lit display"

"on a very low budget i needed a new monitor quickly using the system mainly for photo editing pretty amazed at the quality giving a much better quality to the picture which believe it or not makes less editing hope the attached photo helps"

"secondly the light bleed along the top edge of the screen is horrendous especially when the you are working in windows dark mode games movies thirdly the box was delivered repackaged with messy sticky tapee around the openings to keep it secure somebody didnt even attempt to carry out this task with care' purchased a few months ago and i wasn't going to write this but the more i use it the more it annoys me"

"after a huge amount of hassle with hp and amazon they were refunded"

"but they're not quite true to colour which is slightly annoying"

"it doesn't even have built in speakers to produce sound so these statememts are lies"

"on a very low budget i needed a new monitor quickly using the system mainly for photo editing pretty amazed at the quality giving a much better quality to the picture which believe it or not makes less editing hope the attached photo helps"

"i've given them 4 stars for gaming and picture quality only because i've played world of tanks blitz with no issue and that they're not quite as sharp as a retina display however being 21"

"the stand is more of a problem as there is no height adjustment and the monitor is set too low for me the top edge is 400mm from the desktop a good 50mm below my eye level"

"people are wrong when they say it does not have vesa mount holes it does i use them as i have mounted it on an amazon monitor arm"

"i have never seen so much detail in a 1080p monitor and there is very little difference between this and a 2k panel"

"brilliant tv but send it back as i did not no longer need it as all that android boxes on the market nowadays but i was using it for a load of rubbish as for the tv though cannot fault it"

"the monitor does not support control of brightness and contrast using operating system software like other branded monitors"

"due to past bad and baffling experiences i am now always wary about buying hp products and this item did not fail to bewilder me the instructions were in apparently turkish and the monitor controls instead of being on the side or the bottom are on the back of the monitor the most inaccessible location once set up!"

"i was going to order another but after discovering this i've changed my mind rather disappointed to be honest"

"i did and now im stuck with one that there is not single monitor arm on the face of this planet that is compatible"

"don't use for games so can't comment on this but expect to be good"

"this was to replace an old small pc monitor so that i can use it with my laptop as a second screen"

"if you are looking for an apple thunderbolt display alternative this isn’t even close"

"the vga cables as described in the "the package contains" section is missing"

"feels like i never changed from my old acer"

"low power consumption and a very thin bezel makes them perfect for putting them side by side"

"gaming is ok on it but if you plan to use dual monitors in extended view and would have expected to have a very thin bezel you would be disappointed"

"for more money you can get better resolution or more color accuracy but at this price point i have not found anything major to complain about"

"due to past bad and baffling experiences i am now always wary about buying hp products and this item did not fail to bewilder me the instructions were in apparently turkish and the monitor controls instead of being on the side or the bottom are on the back of the monitor the most inaccessible location once set up!"

"on a very low budget i needed a new monitor quickly using the system mainly for photo editing pretty amazed at the quality giving a much better quality to the picture which believe it or not makes less editing hope the attached photo helps"

"if the screen is not tilted back quite a way the limited viewing angle means that the lower edge is noticeably dimmer"

"however hp don’t supply or sell them"

"best monitor i’ve owned in a long long time !"

"am told it could be an office problem but have yet to face another helpline"

"there is no sound but i did not need sound"

"the bezel is very small which is great for a sleek look and no dead pixels to report"

"after discussing this with them they offered a refurbished unit as a replacement which in unacceptable"

"ame with a scratch towards the top center of screen cannot notice it when in use but a white scratch on a black off screen doesn't look nice"

"hp service is abysmal and from here on out would stick to any other company to purchase computers or computer accessories"

"1080p in 27 inch screen looks a little bit blurry"