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Hi guys, a brief review here for the BenQ V2400 Eco LED Backlight 24 incher, let's start with some basic specs:
Here are some unboxing pictures:
The box is probably as minimalistic as it gets and it's also a good deal smaller than most 24 incher packagings.
Upon opening, you can see there are no Styrofoams here, it even boasts on the packaging regarding it's environmental friendliness. The whole packaging is recyclable.
Made in China on Oct. 2009, Rev-00
All the items inside the box laid out. VGA Cable, Power Cable, Manual/Warranty Card, and notice that little round green thingy.
The apparatus goes at the base of the panel. I guess they're going for a faux grass look here and going with the whole thing of the unit being eco friendly, I guess you can put business cards and post-its on there for convenience, It kind of kills the clean white look IMO, you can always just leave the thing out I suppose.
Back of the unit, you can see the unit is really thin indeed.
From left to right, Power / HDMI / VGA. Notice the joint is not swivel-able though. Only up/down tilts.
A quick thickness comparison here to a 3gs. Also notice the controls are actual buttons not touch sensitive areas like a lot of panels these days.
The power button and the 5 button functions.
Now powering up the actual unit, going to put it through some multimedias and test patterns:
Going into Win7, first impression is pretty good, the default settings looks decent, not too bright like most other panel defaults.
The blacks doesn't crush at all in real life, just bad lighting and picture taking skills...
Again, the 0,1,2,3,4 blacks on the top row are actually distinguishable and doesn't crush in real life.
Vertical viewing angle, here you see pretty bid discrepencies as it is a TN Panel after all.
Here is the horizontal view.
Another set of head-on, vertical, and horizontal viewing angle tests.
Actual usages:
Some Left 4 Dead. Obviously being a TN there is no noticeable input lag at all.
Here is the panel hooked up to the PS3 via HDMI.
A series of PS3's Demon's Souls shots. Notice the unit is 16:9 and not 16:10, so if you play console games and watch movies you probably get a slightly bigger picture compare to 16:10 24 inchers.
Star Trek (2009) in 1080p Bluray x264 encode. The dynamic contrast performance in movie viewing is pretty good, the dark is definitely dark and there are definitely less uniformity problems compare to CCFL solutions.
Overall, the BenQ V2400 Eco has a unique aesthetic in all white and is thin and energy efficient to boot. The LED Backlight provides the user with a very uniform picture for multimedia usages such as gaming, movie playing and just general web browsing. The V2400 Eco will provide a pleasant experience for multimedia users.
And of course that brings us to the dreaded TN viewing angle as a major mark against the Eco, it's also missing a DVI port but it's nothing a simple converter cable won't fix.
After all it's said and done though, the unit performs admirably as the initial waves of LED backlit monitors coming are onto the scene.
Screen Size 24.0"
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Product Color White
Resolution 1920x1080
Pixel Pitch 0.276
Brightness 250 cd/㎡
Contrast Ratio 1000:1 (DCR:5,000,000:1 )
Response Time 5ms
Display Area 531.36x298.89 (mm)
Display Color 16.7 million
Viewing An 170/160 (L/R;U/D) (CR>=10)
Input Signals D-sub / HDMI 1.3/ Headphone Jack
Horizontal Frequency 24~83 (Hz)
Vertical Frequency 50~76 (KHz)
Color Temperature Reddish / Normal / Bluish / user mode
Power Consumption 28W
OSD Language 17 languages
Adjustments Tilt (down/ up) -5 / 20
Dimensions 435.5x579.4x181.2
Weight 4.9 (kg)
Accessories VGA
The spec is pretty standard here, a couple points that stand out from other units is obviously the LED Backlight and the claimed 5mil to 1 dynamic contrast ratio. Also notice the main panel is thinner than most units.Aspect Ratio 16:9
Product Color White
Resolution 1920x1080
Pixel Pitch 0.276
Brightness 250 cd/㎡
Contrast Ratio 1000:1 (DCR:5,000,000:1 )
Response Time 5ms
Display Area 531.36x298.89 (mm)
Display Color 16.7 million
Viewing An 170/160 (L/R;U/D) (CR>=10)
Input Signals D-sub / HDMI 1.3/ Headphone Jack
Horizontal Frequency 24~83 (Hz)
Vertical Frequency 50~76 (KHz)
Color Temperature Reddish / Normal / Bluish / user mode
Power Consumption 28W
OSD Language 17 languages
Adjustments Tilt (down/ up) -5 / 20
Dimensions 435.5x579.4x181.2
Weight 4.9 (kg)
Accessories VGA
Here are some unboxing pictures:
The box is probably as minimalistic as it gets and it's also a good deal smaller than most 24 incher packagings.
Upon opening, you can see there are no Styrofoams here, it even boasts on the packaging regarding it's environmental friendliness. The whole packaging is recyclable.
Made in China on Oct. 2009, Rev-00
All the items inside the box laid out. VGA Cable, Power Cable, Manual/Warranty Card, and notice that little round green thingy.
The apparatus goes at the base of the panel. I guess they're going for a faux grass look here and going with the whole thing of the unit being eco friendly, I guess you can put business cards and post-its on there for convenience, It kind of kills the clean white look IMO, you can always just leave the thing out I suppose.
Back of the unit, you can see the unit is really thin indeed.
From left to right, Power / HDMI / VGA. Notice the joint is not swivel-able though. Only up/down tilts.
A quick thickness comparison here to a 3gs. Also notice the controls are actual buttons not touch sensitive areas like a lot of panels these days.
The power button and the 5 button functions.
Now powering up the actual unit, going to put it through some multimedias and test patterns:
Going into Win7, first impression is pretty good, the default settings looks decent, not too bright like most other panel defaults.
The blacks doesn't crush at all in real life, just bad lighting and picture taking skills...
Again, the 0,1,2,3,4 blacks on the top row are actually distinguishable and doesn't crush in real life.
Vertical viewing angle, here you see pretty bid discrepencies as it is a TN Panel after all.
Here is the horizontal view.
Another set of head-on, vertical, and horizontal viewing angle tests.
Actual usages:
Some Left 4 Dead. Obviously being a TN there is no noticeable input lag at all.
Here is the panel hooked up to the PS3 via HDMI.
A series of PS3's Demon's Souls shots. Notice the unit is 16:9 and not 16:10, so if you play console games and watch movies you probably get a slightly bigger picture compare to 16:10 24 inchers.
Star Trek (2009) in 1080p Bluray x264 encode. The dynamic contrast performance in movie viewing is pretty good, the dark is definitely dark and there are definitely less uniformity problems compare to CCFL solutions.
Overall, the BenQ V2400 Eco has a unique aesthetic in all white and is thin and energy efficient to boot. The LED Backlight provides the user with a very uniform picture for multimedia usages such as gaming, movie playing and just general web browsing. The V2400 Eco will provide a pleasant experience for multimedia users.
And of course that brings us to the dreaded TN viewing angle as a major mark against the Eco, it's also missing a DVI port but it's nothing a simple converter cable won't fix.
After all it's said and done though, the unit performs admirably as the initial waves of LED backlit monitors coming are onto the scene.
