Just Got a BenQ XL2311 144hz Monitor. The Colors are not the best.

[InfamousMango]

Hello, I just got my first 144hz monitor basically 20 minutes ago. Installations was easy, when I turned on the monitor and set it to 144hz, the colors were terrible, switching from fps to movie mode helped but it still looks weird. And another note, it looks more pixelated then my older 1080p 24" monitor for some reason, but I'll get used to it. I am not going to use the CD installation it came with because it could be out of date. What should I do to get the colors looking amazing?

 

[aznricepuff]

What do you mean the colors are "terrible"? Are they tinted, washed out, too dark, too bright...?

Also I can't find the XL2311 listed anywhere - do you mean the XL2411Z? If so, that is a TN monitor, which means that it will have not-so-great viewing angles (if you look at it from any angle other than head-on, the colors will shift). Additionally, it may be a 6-bit panel with FRC to emulate 8-bit color depth; if so, depending on the quality of the FRC implementation color accuracy may be off.

Finally, the monitor could just have horrible color calibration out of the box, and this is the reason why it looks off to you. I'm not sure how extensive the OSD controls are for this monitor, but you may be able to partly calibrate the monitor yourself through that.

If you want more thorough calibration and assuming you do not have the proper hardware/software to do it yourself, you can grab an ICC profile from here: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm#the_database

The XL2411Z isn't listed but you should be able to use the ones for the XL2420, since they both use the same panel. Download the icc profile and have windows apply it through color management settings.

 

[InfamousMango]

What do you mean the colors are "terrible"? Are they tinted, washed out, too dark, too bright...?

Also I can't find the XL2311 listed anywhere - do you mean the XL2411Z? If so, that is a TN monitor, which means that it will have not-so-great viewing angles (if you look at it from any angle other than head-on, the colors will shift). Additionally, it may be a 6-bit panel with FRC to emulate 8-bit color depth; if so, depending on the quality of the FRC implementation color accuracy may be off.

Finally, the monitor could just have horrible color calibration out of the box, and this is the reason why it looks off to you. I'm not sure how extensive the OSD controls are for this monitor, but you may be able to partly calibrate the monitor yourself through that.

If you want more thorough calibration and assuming you do not have the proper hardware/software to do it yourself, you can grab an ICC profile from here: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm#the_database

The XL2411Z isn't listed but you should be able to use the ones for the XL2420, since they both use the same panel. Download the icc profile and have windows apply it through color management settings.

Yesterday I fixed it, I just downloaded an icc profile that I liked and tweaked my colors in the menu too, it looks better than my old Dell 24" 60hz monitor now.