Official BenQ FP241W Thread !!! Info, Pictures, Reviews

I see how this can be such an upset for those without the overscan fix, but don't give up hope.

If you bug them enough they will cave.

The ONLY reason for them not willing to do such an update is because if they say yes, that means that they open will be opening the floodgates for EVERYONE that wants the update.

This is just an after service they don't want to handle because of the hassle and that's pretty much it.

If anyone here has worked in the industry, you know.

I just hope that they'll finally give in.

My guess is that NCIX will finally get the firmware update and start updating at a small cost or something, which wouldn't bother me if I already had the monitor, because remember they're doing YOU a service by updating.

I swear I remember reading somewhere on NCIX's website or from some employee's response that they would update only the monitors that were purchased from them just as a customer satisfaction thing.

If you haven't purchased the monitor from them when and if they do start updating firmware for people, to tell the truth and just offer them money and I bet they will accept you.

Goodluck and maybe we should start a petition and send it off to BENQ or NCIX only after we find out they've received the firmware.

People already from the industry will have a better chance of getting a response or someone who writes for a review site, because those people get responses quicker than you can say GO.

I once shot an email off to Belkin about my Pre-N router that was acting up, and at that time I was an avid member of notebookreview.com, so I mentioned that I had written a couple informal reviews for that site to the Belkin representative and left my number as well.

Well I got an email back from them AND a phonecall from their Canadian representative directly. I was so shocked. He represents Belkin in Canada and he had time to call me about a lousy router.

They sent me a N1, which is newer, without any questions or proof of purchase.

They also didn't want the old router back and told me to dispose of it.

So there you have it.

Sorry I went off topic for a second to prove a point.

Cheers,
Mike
 
Well I guess this 1 second blackout thing is only related to ATI graphics cards, as I see people with nVidia cards are not experiencing the problem.

Well it doesn't bother me if it only happens once in a while. It happens maybe once or twice a week.
 
Well the Ati "flicker" is not a Problem, just something to do with it setting itself?

I have no idea, but that's the way they are.

If it happens AFTER you are already in Windows and are doing things then that is a problem.
 
RB30 said:
Good news guys!

I just came back from my cousin's place next door. He just purchased a FP241W from NCIX 3 days ago, and he didn't even know that he got the lastest firmware version. I asked him to show me the box, and indeed, it is Sep 2007 manufactored. He was still playing COD4 his original XBOX 360 via VGA on Full screen mode. I changed the mode to 1:1 and as expected, it only has black bars top and bottom only. So VGA 1:1 fix for XBOX 360 has been confirmed.
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That's incredible. BenQ has stepped up to the plate and hit a home run. Now the monitor has reached its true multimedia potential.

Just a thought: Yesterday I was messing around with my nVidia control panel on the 8800gts which is connected to my LG TV. I decided to set the card to perform scaling to 1920x1080 (the native resolution of my TV) to see how it stacked up to the TV's scaling algorithms which seem pretty good. I loaded up Gears of War and Oblivion and set them to 1280x720, but I kept the "scale by video card" setting going. I have to say the results were spectacular and the performance was equal to regular 1280x720 (ie. Oblivion in the forest was generally over 50 FPS except during hard drive access). The game looked almost as good as it would at 1920x1080/1920x1200 but without the performance penalty. In fact, it almost looked like AA 2x was on and this was WITH VSYNC enabled too.

So for those who might not have the horsepower to play some newer games at 1920x1200, try using the card's scaling and leave the monitor at 1:1. Hopefully you'll be as impressed as I was. Not sure if ATI cards scale the same, but it's worth a shot.

This obviously applies to any monitor, but with the FP241W and it's high resolution it may be a really good alternative to upgrading video hardware but still enjoying the monitor to almost its true potential.


Regards,

10e
 
Can someone with this benq please do me a huge favor and go to www.thumbzilla.com it is a porn website but it has neon green font on a black background so its a nice little test for "LIGHT on DARK" flicker...when you get in there go to the bottom of the page and click "CONTINUE TO THUMBZILLA" or whatever it says and then there is like ads with small neon green text..scroll up and down and see if it flashes/flickers or if it is smooth..also report on the severity it does this....this is the only reason i would concsider getting a benq over my LG...in games when there is a bright or white light on black background the light will flicker...i dont know if this is all all LCD monitors or what but please test for me i would be so greatful....thanks ..
 
Locco said:
Can someone with this benq please do me a huge favor and go to www.thumbzilla.com...its a porn website but it has neon green font on a black background so its a nice little test for "LIGHT on DARK" flicker...go there and scroll up and down and tell me if you see the green text flicker or if it is smooth...this is the only reason i would concsider getting a benq over my LG...in games when there is a bright or white light on black background the light will flicker...i dont know if this is all monitors or what but please test for me i would be so greatful....thanks
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Your link is not working....
 
Just tried 1920x1080 over VGA for 360, using the MS VGA cable.

Auto adjust would not align the picture properly, I had to manually shift the picture vertically. Otherwise it's great.

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Nice so VGA works!!! We will see if it looks better than the component.

Doesn't look like NCIX has shipped my monitor yet so I'm guessing I'm not gonna get it until next week. :(

Daaaaaaaah.

So I walked into Bestbuy today to get 80 dollars back for my Samsung P2 mp3 player since futureshop has it cheaper by that much, then I walked over to the monitor section and noticed they had a FP241VW on display.

Well it wasn't setup properly and was connected via VGA, but overall I just wasn't impressed by it.

The construction in my opinion was pretty cheap and the delay in the OSD was too much. Picture quality over VGA looked pretty crappy as well, display looked dull.

I know it wasn't setup properly, but wow, what a disappointment. Maybe it was the source; the whole Bestbuy ad thing, but still.

I hope this monitor is all that it's cracked out to be.
 
shampoo said:
Nice so VGA works!!! We will see if it looks better than the component.

Doesn't look like NCIX has shipped my monitor yet so I'm guessing I'm not gonna get it until next week. :(
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Their system is just slow to update. Mine shipped but it was a couple of days before the information was available on the page. Look out for a tracking number under "Tracking Number" in the invoice. Mine showed up before I received any updates from them.
 
Yeah mine has no tracking number yet. :(

Oh I forgot to mention that my current BenQ FP202W V1, looks noticeably better with the PureAV Belkin DVI cable that I got for 19.99 (30 after shipping, originally 79.99 from NCIX).

I guess these cables are worth it after all.

I noticed this after walking into my room with the screen saver going through it's paces.

I have a bunch of high resolution wallpapers from devianart and other various sites and they normally just looked whatever, but now they're bursting with colour and popping out of my screen!

I'm liking my impulse purchase :D
 
Geek2 said:
I am a bit confused. This post http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1031720958#post1031720958 says that BENQ is now shipping the monitor with a fix to the various problems mentioned in this thread, yet almost all of the subsequent posts discuss that lack of a new firmware upgrade to fix the problems mention.

So which is it? Did BENQ release a fix to these issues or not?
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Basically, it comes down to which BenQ market you're in as to whether or not the fix is available to you. All BenQ markets save for North America have been offering recent firmware to fix overscan issues by providing an option to disable it. Phoning BenQ here (US and Canada have the same tech support number) gets you techs who swear that no more firmwares are coming. Recently, Canadian NCIX customers have reported that the Sept 2007 batches have new firmware built-in and includes an HDMI cable. However, BenQ here states that they have no idea where they'd be getting it from and are not offering to patch units beyond their sole 1:1 patch. I blame BenQ Global for not making sure each one of their markets where this is sold gets equal treatment. My best advice for new shoppers is to get it from NCIX Canada and confirm whether it's Sept 2007 and up before finalizing the purchase. (I imagine NCIX US has the same stock, but aren't sure.) An NCIX rep has said on their forums that they have contacted BenQ requesting the firmware and ability to update monitors again (as they did for the 1:1 patch earlier in the year) but have not yet received a response. Newegg is still pushing out old stock of the monitors, as shown in recent reviews on the site. I've yet to see word that any US shoppers have come upon the new firmware.
 
Ninjak said:
Basically, it comes down to which BenQ market you're in as to whether or not the fix is available to you. All BenQ markets save for North America have been offering recent firmware to fix overscan issues by providing an option to disable it. Phoning BenQ here (US and Canada have the same tech support number) gets you techs who swear that no more firmwares are coming. Recently, Canadian NCIX customers have reported that the Sept 2007 batches have new firmware built-in and includes an HDMI cable. However, BenQ here states that they have no idea where they'd be getting it from and are not offering to patch units beyond their sole 1:1 patch. I blame BenQ Global for not making sure each one of their markets where this is sold gets equal treatment. My best advice for new shoppers is to get it from NCIX Canada and confirm whether it's Sept 2007 and up before finalizing the purchase. (I imagine NCIX US has the same stock, but aren't sure.) An NCIX rep has said on their forums that they have contacted BenQ requesting the firmware and ability to update monitors again (as they did for the 1:1 patch earlier in the year) but have not yet received a response. Newegg is still pushing out old stock of the monitors, as shown in recent reviews on the site. I've yet to see word that any US shoppers have come upon the new firmware.
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This is a good summary. Somebody needs to edit the first post to include that.
 
I just purchased this monitor last week from Newegg. I just wanted to let all of you know that apparently Newegg is now shipping this unit with the Sept. 2007 1:1 firmware upgrade. I know mine has the newest firmware and I looked at the reviews of this monitor on Newegg's site and several others said that they had received monitors with the new firmware also. :cool:

So far I have just used this monitor with my PC attached by DVI. I am very impressed with the vibrant colors, the deep blacks, the good viewing angle and the stand which allows tilt, pivot and horizontal movement. I was concerned after reading that the stand did not allow the monitor to lower all the way to the desktop. This was not a problem with my set up since the monitor does go down fairly low and unless you are using a really high desktop it should not be a problem.

I played some first person shooters on my PC and they looked fantastic. I saw no ghosting or smearing and could not notice any lag, just an awesome widescreen picture that my friends are going to be jealous of. I do have a 360 but I have not hooked it up just yet. I also plan to run my Dish HD signal through this unit to see what it will do.

I hope this info helps.
 
Has anyone bought the FP241W in the UK recently, with it having the Sept 2007 firmware? The sites i've been watching for the past few days seem to have their stock decreasing quite rapidly, so when they order more, does that mean that the benq manufacturer will ship the newest available stock (Spet 2007 firmware) to the online stores?

Also, anyone found some good deals? The lowest price seems to be £434.99.
 
Brymo said:
I just purchased this monitor last week from Newegg. I just wanted to let all of you know that apparently Newegg is now shipping this unit with the Sept. 2007 1:1 firmware upgrade.
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At least that's some good news. Now the question is, what do we have to do to convince BenQ NA that these things actually exist without them saying "Oh, well, those had to have come from overseas markets"? They seriously need to get in step and do something about this. And that begs the following question: What if your system fails under warranty? If you had a bad one from Newegg or NCIX, at least you can be more assured you'll get a newer unit now. But if you're beyond the store's return period and have to do it via BenQ NA, who's to say you won't get one back with a current manufacture date yet still lacks this update? This doesn't make a lot of sense, but I think most of us agree the whole situation stopped maknig sense a long time ago. Anyway, kudos to BenQ Global to at least getting new monitors out to the stores. But I won't be fully impressed til they better support existing customers. I know I'd hate to buy one the same day someone else does, not get the update while the other person did, then be told that 1) I can't exchange it because it's not defective (restocking fees aside) and 2) the manufacturer acts as if the update is in our imaginations.
 
If you are in a position to wait for a month or two you can follow the user reviews on Newegg to see if additional customers are getting the newer firmware and if they are then you pull the trigger. I don't think there are any guarantees unless you deal with a company that is willing to check the outside of the box (which does list the manufacture date). I would think that if you called a smaller company you might get someone willing to check the box for you.
Just a thought.

It does seem logical that as stock of the older units eventually runs dry that new units will have the new firmware. The question is, which companies have the new firmware. I would think companies that sell lots of monitors would be more likely to run through their stock that smaller companies, but I don't know.
 
branana said:
This is a good summary. Somebody needs to edit the first post to include that.
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awesome comment!!!

couldnt agree more

too bad this is a forum

things like that just dont happen here

you are supposed to browse 213 pages to know what's up ;)
 
Brymo said:
If you are in a position to wait for a month or two you can follow the user reviews on Newegg to see if additional customers are getting the newer firmware and if they are then you pull the trigger. I don't think there are any guarantees unless you deal with a company that is willing to check the outside of the box (which does list the manufacture date). I would think that if you called a smaller company you might get someone willing to check the box for you.
Just a thought.

It does seem logical that as stock of the older units eventually runs dry that new units will have the new firmware. The question is, which companies have the new firmware. I would think companies that sell lots of monitors would be more likely to run through their stock that smaller companies, but I don't know.
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I'm not concerned much about the new stock existing so much as the fact that I shouldn't have to try to convince BenQ that people have it and ask what they're gonna do for pre-existing warranteed owners who need the fix. I don't think they'll have much a loyal customer base left here if their solution is to tell us there's no updates despite the evidence and essentially force us to buy new ones instead of working to update the existing ones under warranty.
 
Well I have just bought an FP241W here in the UK. Hoping for a September build, got a March 2007. It has the 1:1 fix for DVI-D, looks great on Apple Mac / PC ....... but putting Xbox360 or PS3 through component or HDMI at 1080p and it looks rough. It is heavily overscanned, not 1:1. You can't read all the stuff near the edges, very poor.
I believe it needs another firmware update....... I think I may send it back! :mad:

Oh and I have had a blackout...... poor quality......

Can't someone build a multi purpose 24" LCD that works!!!

I have also tried PC at 1920 x 1080 through HDMI and that is perfect 1:1 with black bars top and bottom as it should be. Why doesn't the PS3 do that?
 
My main concern is banding - bleeding - input lag - "LIGHT ON DARK" text flicker....have you guys seen any of these? I read the majority of the posts and im getting mixed reviews...not many people even know what banding is...
 
I saw a FP241VW at Bestbuy with VGA being used and it wasn't too impressive, but judging from the pictures branana was kind enough to provide us with on pg 209? or 210? you can see banding is not a problem. Every monitor has a bit of banding, but this monitor seems just fine.

I'm impressed with the picture quality of the FP241W that branana has, I can only hope mine looks just as good when I get it.

That one picture of the PS3's menu or game menu or whatever that sand coloured background was, was really impressive. It looked like a photo hung on a wall, even at that angle.
 
I'm in the states, and yesterday I received a FP241W September 2007 build with 1:1 and overscan options. Finding this was difficult because I am unaware of any nearby brick-and-mortar retailers with this product, and most U.S. online retailers cannot verify build dates. I was not aware of ncixus.com, so I called the top 12 retailers that show up on nextag. 10 of 12 not only couldn't tell me build dates – they also couldn't tell me when they received their stock. One retailer could tell me they were selling stock from April, and I obviously ran the other way.

But the last retailer could tell that their earliest product was received September 11:eek: Of course that could be the September build or not. So I then asked if I could be sent more recent rather than older stock? While this retailer could see that they did receive several shipments since September, he could not pick out one for me from a more recent shipment. Unlike all the other retailers, however, this one actually understood and empathized with my need for the September build. So while it was impossible for him to send me a particular box, he did guarantee me this: If upon receipt it's not a September build, I can immediately call him and have it picked up free of charge. That was good enough for me and I made the order!

This retailer is thenerds.net, 1-888-566-6373, and the helpful associate is Jeff Sbado extension #128. Per above, Newegg has shipped some September 2007 builds, but when I called them, they explicitly could not guarantee me a particular build date. You could try your luck, and be lucky like Brymo. thenerds.net does not have the lowest price point (but neither is it overpriced), but I was happy to pay a bit of premium for some peace of mind on the September build. Maybe ncixus.com can make this guarantee.

Regarding usage, I'm only using DVI from my computer and S-video from my satellite TV receiver. I have one quibble that I don't believe has been raised before: The pdf manual page 28 says you can only PIP HDMI-DVI-VGA-component in one window versus S video-composite in the other window. In doing so, they call component a PC source rather than a video source:confused: But has anyone actually tried to PIP component along with a computer source? I was eventually hoping to PIP component from a sat receiver or DVD player along with my DVI computer in the main screen. But I guess I'm out of luck on this one. Otherwise I'm loving my September build!

P.S. No blackouts yet (knock on wood) and I'm DVIing my Apple G4 PowerBook.
 
The funny thing is I was telling my cousin about here in Canada he got the first patch of Sept 07 build FP241W. He used to operate a small computer store in Vancouver, and said because those Taiwanese computer hardware's suppliers and distributers are all based in Vancouver, so all those shipment coming into North America, Vancouver is the first stop, before they were being shipped to United States (even though US has larger sale volume). So NCIX, based in Vancouver, naturally would be getting the first shipment before the rest of North America.
 
@randyf:
PC Inputs: DVI HDMI VGA COMPONENT
Video Inputs: SVID COMPOSITE

You can only have Video Inputs in PIP when using PC inputs fullscreen
vice versa, you can only have PC inputs in PIP when using Video Inputs fullscreen.

The combination of DVI + Component in PIP is therefore impossible with the current firmware.

@RB30
Probably because Vancouver has the most Asian population (Asian, not just Asian descent) of any city in North America and is the 2nd largest West Coast port. A friend of mine that works at a Vancouver computer store, directly competing with NCIX locally, tells me that NCIX is so big they get to make deals and get shipment directly from the likes of Asus, EVGA, XFX, Gigabyte, BenQ, OCZ etc, and other stores usually don't get to deal with the companies directly and have to go through a supplier chain. This is also why NCIX sometimes has the exclusive rebates and low prices and early stock on hot ticket items such as 8800GT.
 
With this seemingly new flood of US and Canadian distribution of Sept 2007 releases of the W, I phoned BenQ NA again tonight in hopes of getting some encouraging news about firmware updates. After all, they might have finally gotten some and they can't deny all this proof a fix exists and is on sale here. Well, they still know nothing about it at customer support. I told them that, as a warrantied customer, it'd be idiotic for me to repurchase a monitor just to get a firmware update, but the guy was nice enough to forward me to their sales department so that I might be able to confirm this new release. After explaining my plight, she bumped me up to some sort of manager who was very happy to listen to me, take down my name and number to call me back, as well as give me his email address that I might provide him with more info. So I sent him various links to posts on the forum, including ones showing how the monitor behaves without the firmware. He also has images of the Sept 2007 box and its "overscan: off" option on the OSD plus references to other regions having it as early as May. I'm hoping I'll be able to get them to exchange the unit if, for some now-inexplicable reason, I'm told they still can't update mine. He's supposed to get back to me on Friday, so i'll let you know how it goes..
 
Ninjak said:
With this seemingly new flood of US and Canadian distribution of Sept 2007 releases of the W, I phoned BenQ NA again tonight in hopes of getting some encouraging news about firmware updates. After all, they might have finally gotten some and they can't deny all this proof a fix exists and is on sale here. Well, they still know nothing about it at customer support. I told them that, as a warrantied customer, it'd be idiotic for me to repurchase a monitor just to get a firmware update, but the guy was nice enough to forward me to their sales department so that I might be able to confirm this new release. After explaining my plight, she bumped me up to some sort of manager who was very happy to listen to me, take down my name and number to call me back, as well as give me his email address that I might provide him with more info. So I sent him various links to posts on the forum, including ones showing how the monitor behaves without the firmware. He also has images of the Sept 2007 box and its "overscan: off" option on the OSD plus references to other regions having it as early as May. I'm hoping I'll be able to get them to exchange the unit if, for some now-inexplicable reason, I'm told they still can't update mine. He's supposed to get back to me on Friday, so i'll let you know how it goes..
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You should also tell the BenQ manager that on their North American website, the FP241WZ manual for download already has "overscan option" included back in September or October, so they can't really deny it doesn't exist or not going to be available in North America.
 
branana said:
@randyf:
@RB30
Probably because Vancouver has the most Asian population (Asian, not just Asian descent) of any city in North America and is the 2nd largest West Coast port. A friend of mine that works at a Vancouver computer store, directly competing with NCIX locally, tells me that NCIX is so big they get to make deals and get shipment directly from the likes of Asus, EVGA, XFX, Gigabyte, BenQ, OCZ etc, and other stores usually don't get to deal with the companies directly and have to go through a supplier chain. This is also why NCIX sometimes has the exclusive rebates and low prices and early stock on hot ticket items such as 8800GT.
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It is ironic that when NCIX was only a small store in Vancouver, my cousin was operating his computer store here in Richmond. He later lost money because his partner was eating up the company's money and had to close down; on the other hand, NCIX slowly became larger and kept on expanding to become largest online etailer in Canada. He said the reason why NCIX is being able to grow because the NCIX's owner wrote a real time program in their computer system for other distributer and supplier to place their products in NCIX's inventory that increased sales.
 
shampoo said:
Well the Ati "flicker" is not a Problem, just something to do with it setting itself?

I have no idea, but that's the way they are.

If it happens AFTER you are already in Windows and are doing things then that is a problem.
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Yes, it happens after I've logged in. Not sure if it's the monitor or the GFX card (ATI X1950 Pro). If it gets bad...like 10 blackouts per day...then I'll get it replaced or fixed.

Also with regard to the UK stock. I think mine would come from the UK, as I'm in South Africa.

My FP241W is June 2007 - Rev. B5-128.

DVI-D looks fine, but XBox 360 over component and VGA don't look so great up close. As people saw with the previous pictures I posted that the edges seem very jaggered. Like there is no anti-aliasing. To me it looked much sharper on my 50" plasma running at 720p. The BenQ running through VGA or Component doesn't look like 1080p at all.

I've turned off over-scan and set to 1:1...but still looks the same. So not sure if it's just me...or the monitor.
 
RB30 said:
You should also tell the BenQ manager that on their North American website, the FP241WZ manual for download already has "overscan option" included back in September or October, so they can't really deny it doesn't exist or not going to be available in North America.
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Please provide us a link, because I went to the US and CA sites and the Z series model is not available. The manual for the 24" on the US and CA sites do not mention the overscan option. I see the WZ model on the UK site, but no mention of the overscan option in the manual.
 
Geek2 said:
Please provide us a link, because I went to the US and CA sites and the Z series model is not available. The manual for the 24" on the US and CA sites do not mention the overscan option. I see the WZ model on the UK site, but no mention of the overscan option in the manual.
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Here is the link in BenQ USA support:

http://www.benq.us/support/downloads/downloads.cfm?product=884&page=downloads&dtype=M

Kind of interesting to see this manual is version 1.0 made in July 18 2007. On page 26, there is the "overscan option" on/off. On the same page, Perfect Motion only has on/off selection which is wrong, because it actually has 0,1,2,3 levels. So that means whoever was writing this manual doesn't know what the hell he is talking about.
 
RB30 said:
Here is the link in BenQ USA support:

http://www.benq.us/support/downloads/downloads.cfm?product=884&page=downloads&dtype=M

Kind of interesting to see this manual is version 1.0 made in July 18 2007. On page 26, there is the "overscan option" on/off. On the same page, Perfect Motion only has on/off selection which is wrong, because it actually has 0,1,2,3 levels. So that means whoever was writing this manual doesn't know what the hell he is talking about.
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Okay, I see it, however, if you pull up a list of products, the Z series is not available in the US, however, at least this manual shows the overscan option and can be presented to the BENQ people so they can finally acknowledge it's existence.
 
just bought this monitor, (april 07 manufacturer's date) and ive just tested it with a hd trailer and it looks awful!! blocky textures etc.

bwolfsmall.jpg


link to bigger image: http://www.junkokuma.com/bwolf.jpg

system specs:
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
Corsair DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (4x1GB)
BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC2 512MB

ive tried differant modes, aspect/1:1 etc and all look awful!!
ive tried a few other hd trailers and im getting the same problem....

any thoughts...should i send monitor back
 
What are you using to play the trailer and what source?

What's the resolution of the trailer?
 
it was a hd 1080 trailer and it was played through quicktime.

ive tried other 1080 trailers through powerdvd and windows media player all with the same result...blockiness...especially in shadows.

dvd's played on the pc with powerdvd (hardware acceleration enabled) look very poor too.

drivers are up to date on gfx card.

its depressing :(
 
remember, sometimes even though they say it's a high resolution, it could still be the source.

try playing around with the settings in your display driver.
 
It is the source, here's a screengrab:
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By the way, trailers are really compressed even if they are 1080p HD.

@loci, your brightness levels are really messed up, my fp241w doesn't have the super bright black borders. The black levels are not noticeably different from true black (turned off parts of the LCD). You probably should try playing a real HD source. HD DVD or BluRay.
 
branana said:
@loci, your brightness levels are really messed up, my fp241w doesn't have the super bright black borders. The black levels are not noticeably different from true black (turned off parts of the LCD). You probably should try playing a real HD source. HD DVD or BluRay.
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I agree your brightness is off. The super bright black borders should not be.
 
Last night my wife wanted to watch "Earl" and "30 Rock" and I wanted to watch the Cowboys vs the Packers. I still wanted to be in the same room with them and didn't want to go hide away in the basement "Man Cave" in which I have 57" HD TV and four networked computers. So I took the new BenQ FP241W upstairs and hooked it to the HDMI output of my HD Dish Network receiver. I turn the second receiver to the BenQ to watch the football game and first receiver to "Earl".

I have to say the BenQ looked great even compared to my 50" Samsung which has a very nice picture in its own right. Later I put the game on my 50'' and hooked my 360 to the BenQ to play some Madden 08 at the same time. Once I got the right settings on the 360 and the BenQ it looked great. It was kind of weird to watch football at the same time I was playing but it was pretty cool.

To sum up, I do not intend to continue to use this monitor in this way because I will usually keep it attached to my computer. However I do know that in the future if I want to use it as a TV or play 360 games on it I can do so and be very, very happy with the picture.
 
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