The BenQ XL2410 is an interesting project, aimed at gamers, but with more offered here than just fine-tuning your Crysis experience.
Its appearance is pleasingly discreet, with understated black casing that wouldn't look out of place in an office.
Look closer and you'll see the curious texture of the casing, or the delicately curved panel at the bottom, the giving the BenQ more appeal. It's functional too - the stand is height adjustable and can be pivoted.
A trio of ports - one each of D-Sub, DVI and HDMI - covers most connectivity options.
One of the BenQ's key specs is its 120Hz refresh rate. This can enable 3D use. Should you find an extra £120 to buy nVidia's 3D Vision kit, you can create the complete 3D experience.
The BenQ works well here, with vivid and smooth 3D that rarely strained the eyes. From the films Bolt and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs to the Metro 2033 game, we found its 3D most inspiring. It's worth remembering that the 120Hz refresh rate creates a smoother effect in PC graphics too, and you will see the difference in everyday tasks.
An advertised 2ms grey-to-grey response time helps smooth gameplay too.
You can scale the image size up or down. You also have a choice of precise colour settings. The BenQ's image quality is generally very good, with strong and vibrant colours and smooth refreshes that keep the effect pristine.
It does have some flaws, mostly owing to standard twisted-nematic panel; viewing angles are particularly disappointing given the high-calibre performance elsewhere. As with all TN panels, you'll be wanting to sit in front of the screen - not necessarily a good thing if you're gaming.
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John Young said: The BenQ XL2410T is a superior gaming monitor If you areserious about first person shooter games this is the replacement for your CRTscreen and the reason is because this monitor will perform with low input lagand 120hz similar to CRT screens The strength of the new 120hz screens is thatthey are much thinner they save tons of space and like the XL it is much morerefined then old CRTs It also uses LED backlighting which is extremely brightand clear with details Although its a TN panel the colors and sharpness isquite good The viewing angles are decent for a TN based monitor Functionalwise the XL is very flexible with side viewing shifts and portrait shifts andyou can mount it to the wall via VESA mount The on-screen display is simpleand functional The one thing that I wish they would have changed about theXL2410T is if they didnt make that extra extension on the lower right side ofthe monitor for the on-screen display buttons because it would be really niceto do eyefinity set up with the monitors The monitor is quite good for allpurpose uses and all purpose gaming as it has three ports One vga one hdmiand one dvi No on-board speakers so youll have to get external speakers forsound