BenQ SW271 27-Inch Monitor Review: Nearly Perfect

[ceberle]

When does a monitor go from professional to reference? When it’s as accurate as BenQ’s SW271. The 27-inch UHD IPS panel comes HDR and a wide color gamut.


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[fool20]

Nice monitor. The weight in kg might be 10.5 instead of 105.kg.

 

[mischon123]

The 27 is great. TH peddling old ware? This one is better:

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/benq-pd3200u-32-inch-uhd-monitor,4983-6.html

Use it for proofing, grading, CAD, gaming. 4k at 27 is too small. 32 better.

 

[Kridian]

A thousand dollars of color accuracy! Imagine if all vendor monitors just f*#** had color accuracy? I grow weary of these "professional" tagged products holding the color accuracy carrot in our face.

 

[LordConrad]

If only it was an 8:5 (16:10) screen. Until someone releases a 4k screen in 8:5, I'll stick with my 30" screen at 1600p.

 

[Nintendork]

HDR with a shitty IPS with piss poor contrast can not compute.

 

[Nintendork]

The "old" 16:10 being the perfect upgrade from 1600x1200 CRT's.

 

[Ninjawithagun]

minus one star for not being offered in 32-inch form factor. It absolutely makes no sense whatsoever to own or use a 27 inch 4K monitor.

 

[mransom]

Please review the NEC PA271Q. I am interested to see how it compares to the BenQ SW271

 

[pipette]

There's a question in the forum here from a while back regarding this monitor and color profiles, that hasn't been answered yet and that I'd be interested in as well.
When calibrating the monitor the calibration is stored and performed in the monitor hardware. At the same time a color profile is generated that is saved in a (Win10) system profile folder. Do these system color profiles actually serve any purpose? As the calibration happens in hardware shouldn't these profiles just perform a null (=identity matrix) operation?

 

[Dan_S98]

any change you will be reviewing the the SW240 sometime soon? It seems like it is a much more realistic option cost wise for those that need a 2 or 3 monitor set-up!