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Good contrast performance overall with strong static contrast and plenty of brightness if you need it
Contrast performance on the BenQ XL2411T was good with an average contrast ratio of 1090:1 using the ‘Standard’ picture mode. A static contrast of 1022:1 was also good to see following the adjustments made for the ‘test settings’. Very respectable contrast ratios were also recorded for the ‘sRGB’ and ‘Eco’ picture modes (>1000:1) with a slight drop to under 950:1 for the FPS and RTS modes. A more significant drop to just under 800:1 occurred when using the ‘Movie’ and ‘Photo’ modes, however. On the plus side the lowest white luminance could be achieved in these modes by settings the brightness to ‘0’ (not shown in table) – 110 cd/m2 in movie mode, for example, is significantly lower than the 163 cd/m2 minimum recorded under standard mode. At the upper end the monitor was brilliantly bright at 436 cd/m2 – plenty enough for viewing using Nvidia 3D Vision glasses. This gave a luminance adjustment range of 326 cd/m2 which is good – but it would be nice to see a minimum luminance less than 110 cd/m2. There was no silver bullet, but we found the following gave the most pleasing image. This was the case for both the AMD Radeon 7950 used for the review and the Nvidia 670 used to assess possible vendor-specific differences, both GPUs connected using the DVI cable supplied. It is important to remember that different individual monitors will differ, especially if BenQ provide revision changes at a later date. On the second game title, Dirt 3, performance was good overall with varied and natural-looking vegetation and environments. Some of the lush forest greens could have done with a touch more depth but the overall balance was good. A good degree of vibrancy seen on the cars’ bodywork. Good deep reds and blues were perhaps the most impressive colours. The colours on the vehicles didn’t have the kind of smooth ‘painted on’ look you get on a glossy monitor but were lively nonetheless. The bezel is chunky by modern standards, 17mm wide all around. The anti-glare layer is set inside the frame and competently rejects ambient light, rendering a well-saturated image free of grain or artifacts. Our overall gaming experience with the XL2411P was a positive one, but we’d rather see FreeSync support than be forced to resort to a blur reduction feature for smooth motion. The reduction in brightness may be an issue for some users, as it's limited to 180 nits peak. But turning it on created a tad more color saturation, making the monitor look a little better.
Fluid & Flexible Adjustment – More Comfort In-Game
The coloured contrast gradients were decent. The upper two red and pink bands seemed to blend in a bit too well but distinct brightness steps were visible elsewhere.
Our biggest criticism of the OSD is simply that cycling through the presets is very cumbersome, as you can see in the video. You can’t simply skip to your desired preset and activate it; you must go through each individually and wait for them to be applied. You must scroll all the way up the long way when you reach the bottom, too. This could be frustrating if you frequently change presets and one of the reasons the ‘S-Switch’ of the 20T was so useful. Small relief can be found from the ability to store 3 custom presets, though, which are much easier to cycle through and can of course be customised to your liking.The colour gamut corresponds approximately to sRGB, fitting particularly tightly for red and blue shades with just a small extension beyond. There is under-coverage of some green shades with extension beyond for other green shades. It is very difficult to capture subtle changes that can be observed across the screen, such as those observed above, on camera. The following video explores some of the more pronounced changes that can be observed in image composition as the viewer’s position is changed relative to the monitor. The first section of the video highlights the shifts between red and green on the Lagom text test. The second section shows some of the changes that can be observed on a mixed image – note in particular the bleaching and colour inversion that occurs vertically. The third and final section of the video shows the golden glow that can be observed off-angle as mentioned in the ‘Contrast and brightness’ section.
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