Gadgetory

this is going to be one of those unboxings where basically I'm just guessing the whole time because this is something that we should have had ages ago but it took until now for BenQ to pull the trigger and develop this product this is the e w 2420 this is an LED backlit LCD monitor okay none of that sounds very interesting yet but I assure you we're getting there we're getting there it is a 24 inch monitor and I would love to get this tape off see this is what happens when I get distracted talking about the product you know then I can't even open a box all right there we go I'm just excited sorry okay so I'll show you very little until we actually have this is a 1920 by 1080 monitor 1080p and there goes the stand which I hope is still okay and I still haven't given away the secret yet of why this is so interesting and why this is so exciting well I'll tell you now because this is a VA panel with an LED backlight so this is pretty much the first legitimately premium monitor that we've seen with an LED backlight because LED backlighting is is fine and good you know it it gives you better color reproduction it gives you better overall brightness it gives you better energy efficiency it's a very good thing but here we go the world's first va LED monitor but VA gives you better color reproduction a wide viewing angle and a generally more pleasing viewing experience so you combine those two things together and all of a sudden you've got just a crazy product now I realize it doesn't look all that special because the bezel design is quite straightforward no it's just it's very slick it's very functional you know it doesn't have a lot of the bells and whistles like height adjustable stand swivel all that stuff but if what you're looking for is a value priced LED backlit VA panel monitor this is it it's got a couple HDMI inputs so you've got all the features that matter okay there's like wow there's like so much plastic on this thing I'm just going to peel it all off so I can show you what the product looks like here why don't you just pause it for a second there so I found this in the box I'm not quite sure where it goes but we finally got the monitor unplastered so we can show you all the different accessories comes with this little guy who appears to be some kind of teddy bear it obviously clips on to the monitor somewhere but I can't I can't quite find where it goes and I'm not gonna consider myself to much with it comes with a power cable comes with a USB a 2b cable for the built-in 4 port USB hub you've also got an audio cable because yes this thing has everything it has all the practical features so it has built-in speakers you see them right there and we can also see all of the inputs so I'm just gonna lean over so that I can actually point to all they live all the relevant things so we've got our two HDMI inputs one DVI input one VGA input been ques only included a VGA cable with this particular monitor so if you are buying it make sure you grab a DVI cable or an HDMI cable there's your USB be in two USB ports then moving on to the side of the monitor we have two more USB ports and a headphone jack that's cool too because now all of a sudden you've got your speaker's on your monitor you don't want your speaker's you plug in your headphones right in the side of your monitor I actually haven't seen that before so that's outstanding all of your on-screen display controls are over here on the right-hand side of the monitor so I'm assuming oh yeah the labels are on the front so you got your auto adjust menu up down as well as enter or select so that's the confirm button just want to come around and have a look at the back so it's quite slick looking actually you got your glossy plastic here which matches the front then you've got kind of a leathered look on the plastic right at the back you got your four screw holes for the VESA mount so if you wanted to arm mount this or notice however it is that you want to do it then that is where you would do that here's a little cable management clip alright and then there's a little piece here that covers up a great part of the stand and ok let's just go through sort of the last thing so here's what they have to say for themselves about it wide viewing angle of truly authentic colors as I said be a panel LED backlight the best of every possible world then we've got it true it's a true 8 bit panel so once again that's more colour depth better good 8 millisecond graded response very respectable but bear in mind then DEA panels will never be as fast as TN panels for a strictly gaming so if you don't give two hoots about your image quality and all you want is the fastest possible panel then a VA panel is not really the answer for you although personally I would never compromise the better image quality that you get from a VA or an IPS panel versus a TN panel up here we have 11 multimedia connections which we've already had a look at and dual 1.5 watt built-in speakers which we've already looked at so this is a very cool product I am very happy to present it to you today and actually here's another thing to talk about this isn't quite a glossy screen it's kind of it's kind of a hybrid it's not quite flat but it's not quite that mirror reflection glossy either and one of the reasons those glossy screens showed up in the first place and this is my conjecture I don't know this for sure but is because everyone was cheaping out on the panels and laptops so they were using cheapo TN panels so they were like okay well how can I make the colors look vibrant put a glossy screen on it there you go so really there are very very few high quality panel monitors that use glossy screens because it's not necessary because they're capable of producing all those colors all that vibrance all that crispness on their own just fine so that would be why doesn't have one