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The PG2401PT is built with all the quality you’d
expect from a company that has built some of the
best monitors around for the last few years. It’s a
sleek-looking, smooth-running machine, and the
flexible tilt and rotation are huge selling points for
anyone wanting to improve on how they edit in
portrait format. It’s a meticulously accurate monitor,
with just the right number of cool extras to satisfy
its user, but not too many to look like a gimmicky
first roll of the dice for BenQ.
As far as downsides go, there aren’t many either.
It could perhaps do with a higher resolution and
despite the brightness uniformity, it’s not as bright
as some of its competitors. That’s the kind of thing
that you would expect from a company’s first colour
critical monitor though, and it’s something you’d
expect BenQ to improve on in the future. Besides,
it’s more than made up for in that fact that BenQ is
including a five-year warranty on the PH2401PT,
and there’s even a zero pixel defect guarantee for

Features:9/10

Ease of use:10/10

Qualityofresults:8/10

Value for money:9/10

VERDICT

FINAL SCORE:9/10

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your first six months of using the product.

The PG2401PT is a clear statement of intent

from BenQ. It competes well against many

established names, and it’s one of the most

user-friendly and eye-catching monitors out there,

thanks to its adjustment capabilities, colour

coverage and generous 16:10 display. If you’ve

never used a colour-critical monitor before, but

you’re looking to take your colours a little further,

the PG2401PT is the perfect choice.

Tilt:screen makes this monitor The variable angle of the

ideal for home studios where lighting can be inconsistent

during the day

LG 34UM95

http://www.lg.com

£893/$1000 – Over two and a half times bigger than

your average 16:9 monitor, the 34UM95 is lusciously

spacious, with a huge 21:9 display over 34 inches:

that’s a 3440x1440 resolution. It has 100% sRGB,

which might make it more attractive than the BenQ,

but bear in mind that there’s no adjustable height on

it, let alone screen rotation.

EIZO COLOREDGE CS240

http://www.eizoglobal.com

£564/$870 – The Eizo Coloredge has a similar

resolution to the PG2401PT, and 99% Adobe RGB

colour space, but really excels with its wide-gamut

GB-R LED backlight and colour accuracy and its

sheer simplicity. It’s an entry-level monitor for

anyone wanting a step-up in quality, and it’s a solid

choice for any artist or designer.

NEC MULTISYNC P242W

http://www.nec.com

£710/$749 – With considerably lower specs than

any of the aforementioned monitors, the NEC

Multisync’s 75% Adobe RGB coverage isn’t up with

the very best, but it does boast a 16:10 workspace

and 176 degree viewing angle. It’s a robust, reliable

monitor, but it is an expensive choice, considering the

quality of the opposition out there.

talking points of this screen. It will give artists the Rotation: The rotatable screen is one of the big

ulitmate flexiblity for drawing and creation