REVIEWS BENQ PG2401PT MONITOR
Considering BenQ has a knack for producing
consistently good monitors, it’s unsurprising that
the PG2401PT feels like a monitor built on
experience, with some choice features specifically
aimed at designers thrown in.
One of the big talking points is the 360-degree
rotatable screen, which is fantastic both for a
dual-display, or a single monitor. For anyone
crafting a portrait in Photoshop, it’s very handy to be
able to switch the display to best suit your
approach, and it really is little things like this that
make the PG2401PT such a competent, yet
user-friendly monitor.
It’s the same story with the definition. With
monitors now moving to 4K, the 1920x1200 display
of the PG2401PT might seem modest, but the
colour quality more than makes up for it. The
Monitor comes with Palette Master Software,
co-developed with X-Rite, and it can reproduce 99%
of the Adobe RGB colour space. The monitor has an
average Delta-E value of two and below, whichXRITE i1 DISPLAY PRO
If you’re looking to get the best out of any
monitor, and you’re prepared to spend within
the region of £185/$279, a calibrator can be
exactly the piece of kit for the job.
Generally, monitor calibrators can seem both
costly, and tricky things to set up, but consideringmeans that colours are truer to life, and gradients
are smoother, plus there’s a 14-bit 3D Look Up Table,
meaning there is a superb colour mixture with over a
billion colours to choose from.
The monitor also tackles brightness in
subsections of the screen’s display, rather than as
a whole, which means that there’s more accuracy
and consistency to image lightness. It’s details
like this that help to bridge the gap between print,
and the PG2401PT’s screen. On top of this, there’s
the option to set your own calibration presets for
the monitor, which is essential for any artist.Brightness Uniformity function: Able to maintain a
consistent image across the entire display, giving the user
a more consistent viewing experienceFull range of connectivity: are kept neatly hidden round the back and sideThe screen’s many ports and plugsDisplay quality: It may be 1920x1200 rather than 4k, but
the PG2401PT’s colour gamut more than compensatesyou can use the X-Rite i1 Display Pro on more than
one monitor, it’s definitely an investment. It can tune
your new PG2401PT, bringing the colours further in
touch with how they’d look in print, with gamma and
contrast adjustments, and its Automatic Display
control gets the job done without fiddling with
individual settings.
In just over a minute’s processing time – over
three times’ faster than many calibrators – the i1
Display Pro can reduce the Delta-E value of the
PG2401PT from 2 to just under 1. It takes ambient
lighting into account, and with Flare Correct, it can
measure reflections on the display. If you’re an
artist always looking for a quick colour touch-up
in your artwork, why not touch up your monitor as
a whole?