BenQ GW2490E 23.8” 1080p FHD 100Hz IPS Eye-Care Monitor
BenQ GW2490E 24 Inch Monitor, Gaming 100Hz, Full-HD, IPS, Eye-Care, HDMI, DP
GW2490E | BenQ 23.8“ 1080p 100Hz Eye-Care Monitor
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BenQ 1080P IPS Eye-Care Monitor
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars1,754 | 4.6 out of 5 stars1,754 | 4.6 out of 5 stars1,754 | 4.6 out of 5 stars1,754 | 4.6 out of 5 stars1,754 | 4.6 out of 5 stars1,754 |
| Price | £64.82 | £82.15 | £65.99 | £147.99 | £149.97 | £84.98 |
| Screen Size | 23.8 inch | 27 inch | 23.8 inch | 23.8 inch | 23.8 inch | 21.5 inch |
| Refresh Rate | 100Hz | 100Hz | 100Hz | 100Hz | 100Hz | 60Hz |
| Height Adjustment Stand | N/A | N/A | N/A | 110mm | 130 mm | N/A |
| Pivot | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
| Connectivity | HDMI, DisplayPort | HDMI, DisplayPort | HDMI, DisplayPort | HDMI, DisplayPort | HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C(65W) | HDMI, VGA |
| Built-in Speaker | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Weight: | 5.02 kg |
| Dimensions: | 18.2 x 54 x 40.8 cm; 5.02 kg |
| Brand: | BenQ |
| Model: | GW2490E |
| Colour: | Black |
| Manufacture: | BenQ |
| Dimensions: | 18.2 x 54 x 40.8 cm; 5.02 kg |
Good produc
Easy to use fingertip adjustment to the screen, tilting screen, well made. Downside: no vertical adjustment which meant I had to purchase a monitor stand. Despite that, I’m please with the quality.
Great Display
I do a lot of programming so can spend hours looking at a screen full of text.
I’ve got another Benq monitor that I have had for years and has been totally reliable so bought this to replace my main screen.
The recommended resolution is only 1920×1080, so the same as my 24″ screens, however the bigger screen size and very high refresh rate make the screen really nice to look at with the text being bigger and so much less strain on my eyes.
Excellent value for money and now considering upgrading my other screens.
Absolutely superb for the price. Bought for a family member but have had a chance to use it myself and it’s great as a second monitor or as a basic main display.
It wouldn’t be a good choice for gaming due to the refresh rate but for productivity work it’s fantastic!
Doesn’t have a USB hub or any fancy features like a KVM from a more upmarket display but that’s not an issue especially at this price point.
Screen quality is very good with no stuck or dead pixels visible and decent viewing angles as expected with IPS displays. IPS glow seems minimal.
Needs calibrating if it’s going to be used for photo/video work. Calibrating didn’t make a massive difference though which is good to see as it suggests the colours were reasonably accurate to start with, and usually with cheaper monitors the post calibration results are wildly different.
All in all it’s a great bit of kit and would easily recommend it for productivity work or as a secondary display.
Decent monitor for the price
I have always used Dell monitors but after one expired I thought I would try the BenQ, , good allround without being as good as the Dell for photo work, and anti glare, see no difference, for the money a decent monitor without being outstanding
Arrived well packaged and protected. Extremely easy to connect and get up and running. Impressed with full resolution picture quality which is comes on as a standard auto default. Menu is easy to use, but I am happy with what it has provided from when I first turned it on, so no need to mess about with settings. Monitor is easy to switch on and off with nice button with light on it. Excellent quality monitor, and very happy with it.
Does what it says....
Have used one of these monitors for quite a while now and really appreciate the eye car facilities as when in use for work – especially during covid period when working from home all the time – I was glued to it. Now and then you become of it managing light levels, especially where the environment around it changes rapidly like storm clouds coming over quickly and affecting ambient light levels, but otherwise its imperceptable in operation. I have in fact bought another three of these for various set-ups in the family becuase we have liked them so much. However on two of these I have gone for a different height adjustable stand to replace the one provided as it worked better for where thet were to be used.
I had done lots of research into monitors before I finally decided to purchase this one; and I’m very glad that I did. For around this price point you can’t get too much better than this monitor in my opinion.
Firstly, the panel is a IPS panel which is rather different from the average screen. IPS panels have improved viewing angles which allows you to view the monitor at different angles (such as sideways on) and still have a clean picture as if you were viewing it straight on. In addition, the colours are improved on a IPS monitor which will result in everything including images and videos appear more vibrant than what you’d be used to on a standard screen. Moreover, this monitor supports RGB 0-255 which means the monitor can display darker black and brighter white than standard monitors you’d have say on a regular laptop. All these features are very noticeable when coming from a non-IPS screen and improves the experience. Furthermore, you may have heard of the problem “backlight bleed” in IPS monitors where the light from the screen leaks out the sides and produces a faded picture around the side of the screen; well, the monitor I received has none of this whatsoever which I can’t say about another IPS monitor I had before this one.
There are a few additional features this monitor offers on top of the quality panel: the first being the in-built speakers. These are definitely not the best quality speakers if you are looking for good quality sound; otherwise, these will do the trick. A lot of similar monitors don’t offer speakers at all so it’s hard to complain. Moreover, there is a non-glair finish on the screen, a brightness sensor (which can be disabled if you want), and two HDMI ports.
One downside I have come across from my personal use is that the eye-care technology does take away from the true colours of what it is being displayed on the screen. In the standard picture mode, the monitor is set to there is a slight blue light reduction which does slightly affect the way things look, such as games and images which can be detrimental when gaming or working on Photoshop etc. To remove the redness in the image this brings, go into the settings and select “user mode” where you can then set the image colour levels to be unaffected. Only one custom “user mode” can be made, so this makes it a bit less convenient to change the brightness on one setting. An additional con would be that there was no HDMI cable provided which means you have to purchase your own.
This is a great monitor for the price, and delivers in all the important areas apart from lacking in some more minor areas. Overall, all I can’t complain for the price, and would recommend.
Honest review by DM
I can’t give this monitor top marks as there are problems that come with it. I’m no screen expert like so many people here who must build monitors lol
The main ones for me is the viewing angles are terrible. A few inches to the right or left and it dims. Like a blur effect.
As some people have stated on other reviews the brightness isn’t the best, it’s not a true brightness. It’s like a dim light.
WARZONE. So I have tested this on warzone on high/ultra settings using a gtx 1660 6gb super.
Deep rock galactic on Ultra settings.
Killing floor 2, on ultra settings.
And it handles it Pritty well. The only problems I have had is for warzone in which the right side and bottom bleeds white light sometimes.
The monitor is alright. I’m not sure it gives any impact on gaming though. It’s just a monitor. I haven’t noticed much difference from 60hrz to 75hrz personally.
I think overall it works, and it’s not to bad picture wise. It’s just a little dim at times.its personal preference what you want out of a monitor and the model as well.
After much research I chose this Benq over the competing Samsung/LG/Acer, all at similar price points. The BenQ hands down has the best panel and the near bezel-less design looks fab!
When I first attempted to switch on this monitor it wouldn’t switch on. So I naturally gave the power lead a good wiggle and it started working, I thought nothing of it. Then the next day the same issue! The kettle lead was fully inserted but you only had to gently move it left or right to hear the power connecting and disconnecting.
I pulled out the power cable and compared it to a spare one I had. Well well! The picture tells the fulls story! The cable on the left came with the monitor and the one on the right is a spare one that I had. You can see clearly in the second picture that the pins are too far embedded into the adapter vs. the one I have on the right which means they aren’t mating in the socket of the monitor.
Now take a look at the first photo. You can see my cable on the right has an end so that you know you’ve pushed the cable in as far as it needs to go. The one on the left which came with this monitor doesn’t have that.
Conclusion: Freakin great monitor for the price but would rather pay a pound more for a decent cable! It’s a pretty essential part of any monitor and the quality shouldn’t have been skimped on here!! I’ll still give you 5 stars though…
The product description should be changed, as this is not an LED but an LED-backlit LCD monitor. So on that front, I am annoyed and disappointed as the display is not as crisp as I expected. That aside, the build quality is outstanding, the thin edges look great, monitor controls facing downwards are well placed are clear and easy to use (though the meaning of all the options are not always obvious), and cords running inside the neck is a nice touch. The ‘eye care functionality’ seems clever and may prove to be good value. When it is on, it seems to be sensing the ambient light and making incremental adjustments and will not allow the brightness to be adjusted, which is probably better, because when I turn the eye care off, and turn the brightness to where I think I like it (high) I get eyestrain pretty quickly. So I’m accepting the eye care, as despite long hours in front of it I feel no eyestrain at all. The height not being adjustable is a bit of a downside, but the trade off is the rigidity and stability of the base, which is better than many I’ve had, and having found a solid, adjustable height metal stand for 12 it all works well because I can put things under it. All around, a fine monitor for a really good price. But not LED.
I’ve seen several people review monitors recently complaining about the display being fuzzy when connected to their Mac. This is going to happen due to the pixel density of a MacBooks retina display vs. your regular monitor. If you’re after a crisp monitor such as your Retina on a Mac then perhaps consider a 4K or HiDPI display as this will produce a result like the inbuilt display in terms of the crispness of text, etc. Note that those monitors come with a hefty price compared with this.
I bought this monitor when it became obvious I would be working from home for quite some time. At 149 at the time of purchase and with option to make five monthly payments at 0% via Amazon’s own Instalments offering this was a no brainer. At 27″ the display is rather large, but it’s perfect for providing enough screen real-estate to not need or want a second monitor, nor have your laptop to act as the latter. In fact, I also bought a TwelveSouth BookArc stand for my MacBook so I could sit it behind the monitor out of the way during my daily use.
The monitor’s near bezel-less design on three sides is truly excellent and reduces the overall bulk of the display. The max resolution is 1080p so sitting quite close to the monitor can reduce the clarity of text versus a 24″ monitor at 1080p but I find it absolutely fine! For reference, the screen is sat about 45cm into my desk meaning my eyes are about 60-65cm from the display. You wouldn’t want to be sat any closer than that to be entirely honest with you.
The monitor has it’s own blue light reducing modes as well as colour blind options should you require them. I really wanted to like the former setting but found it make the screen too orangey for me to do my daily work. Personally I make use of the f.lux app on Mac to dim/change the colour of the display with the time of day and this works greatly to reducing eye fatigue towards the end of a 9 hour day.
I really liked the cable tidy facility in the stand at the back! It’s a tight squeeze though with anything other than the power and a HDMI lead in there, although I did manage to feed the speaker-to-speaker cable from Bose Companion 2 Series 3 speakers into it though which helps out slightly with taking any messy cables out of my eye-line when sat at the desk.
All in all, a great buy for the price.
I did find the colour/brightness settings etc to be a bit odd when I first powered on the monitor but after some playing came to a combination that works well. For reference these are:
Brightness – 85%
Contrast – 50%
Sharpness – 5
Gamma – 3
Color Temperature – Normal
Picture Mode – Standard
The monitor has a light sensor in the front of it which can adjust the brightness etc depending on ambient conditions, but I found this to have an adverse impact given the varying light condition in the location I sit so disabled it. Others may find it useful though. Just a tip on that point, when you unbox the monitor be sure to remove the plastic film over the light sensor. It’s not immediately obvious it’s there but it’ll cause constant brightness adjustments when you use the monitor if you don’t — as I learnt! hah.
All in all, would buy again.
Note: This did not come with a UK plug however any kettle lead will work but bare it in mind if you order it! (I have plenty around so no problem for me but it might be for some!)
Where to start! What a gem. I’ve tried a few monitors lately including this guys brother the 2280 VA panel which was utterly horrendous. And what a surprise! This little IPS monitor does the job very well. I use it for a bit of email type stuff and some console gaming and for the price I paid (75) it’s a little gem.
Make sure to use the “user” profile if you want full picture adjustment options and make sure your black level (full or limited) are set on the monitor correctly for the device you are using and you will get a rich yet balanced picture. As per usual the pre set profiles are pretty bleh so ignore them.
I had no dead pixels or light bleed on my unit. This can vary obviously and likewise while there is some IPS glow (you cannot avoid this) it is minimal and one of the better results I’ve had experience with. This CAN vary unit to unit however but for me I got lucky in the panel lottery.
Connectivity is fine, 2 x HDMI 1.4 and a er vga..also audio in and out to hook up some speakers. The onboard audio is predictably bad but thats monitors for you and solved with some external pc speakers.
Zero perceivable ghosting issues in Apex or forza on xbox with overdrive in the middle although using the extreme setting does incur some overshoot but again that’s pretty normal on any monitor and not needed as this hoovers around 10MS input (INPUT LAG, grey to grey is typical IPS at 5ms) lag on normal overdrive.
Out of the box as usual the brightness is set to full wack. Personally I reduce this way to to 15-20 but I prefer a dimmer screen while putting contrast up a tad. I’m still messing with colour balance but at the moment neutral setting is fairly balanced to the eye (warm is overly red even for warm and cold is terrible lol)
Considering the alternatives from other brand companies are atleast twice the price at the same size this thing has taken me by surprise and for the budget end you cannot go wrong. The only difference between this and others I’ve found is the lack of freesync support but that is not worth the 60 pound difference.
Anyway fully recommend this as a cheap console monitor or for day to day use. Is there better..yes but at 65 I’d love to see a alternative that beats this even equivalents at twice the price.
thumbs up!
This is my second Benz monitor, so I can vouch for their quality over time. I use my monitor for general stuff like Word, browsing etc. (having recently moved from using a Surface tablet) but I wanted a second monitor for use with my music software Reason 10 (which is fantastic by the way). Reason allows to use multiscreen, which is great as you can split the program into sequencer, rack and mixer and each will have more space.
My other Benq is 21″ so I decided to up the ante and go for 27″, and I’m really glad I did. The 21″ is only on for rack or mixer duties when using Reason and this model I now use for everyday tasks. The extra size is really useful in ways I hadn’t considered, for example having a whole A4 page open in Word or PowerPoint – so less scrolling, and it’s great being able to see the whole design of a slide without having to reduce the size. So a bonus there for me.
This monitor is very clear, and the Eye Care allows me to use them for extended periods with no eye strain or head aches (unlike my work monitors). The picture is detailed and the colours natural. It’s different from my Surface or Samsung S7 AMOLED screens, they are arguably more detailed but also more harsh if that’s the right word. Some of my deck top wallpapers look 3D. Very impressive. I don’t play games, so I can’t comment of screen refresh rates etc. I have noticed a big difference when working at night, as this screen is much easier on the eye than the above mentioned. Also, this monitor is near a window with lots of sunshine, (not directly on the screen), but I have no issues at all with reflections, and the screen always seems even in terms of details and brightness.
I use this monitor via HDMI, and the other on DVI due to the configuration of my HD7000 graphics card, and I can’t tell any difference, just in case you have to use one or the other. You do need to use the manual buttons under the screen to pick the input first time (it’s not auto), but after that it recognises the monitor every time.
Having a bigger screen, with this level of clarity, at this price has been a revelation for me. It has helped with my workflow, and makes time at the PC a pleasure. If you want a quality 27″ monitor at a great price (and looking through ratings before buying this I noticed Benq would reply to all complaints in good time), you will definitely be more than happy with this model. Highly Recommended.
Firstly, I’ve previously purchased and returned x2 PG279QR IPS ASUS monitors, and I’ve also returned a PG278QR TN Panel ASUS monitor because the quality control is so poor imo. They both cost well above 500. The IPS on those panels had terrible backlight bleeding, and the high refresh rate and G-Sync still didn’t justify the price. I decided to settle for this. A sub -200 24 inch IPS monitor in the meantime, and I’m so glad I did. I’m so impressed! I’ve overclocked it to 84hz on my 1080ti to make things a little smoother, and the screen is beautiful to look at. For 119 it has the tiniest of back light bleed on the top left, it’s not even noticeable check my pictures. On previous expensive monitors back-light bleeding is a terrible eye sore it ruined everything good.
I have 2 small cons, and they aren’t even big. The screen could be a tiny bit brighter, so that during bright summer days it stands out a bit more. But it’s perfect in the dark and again not even really an issue. And the speakers are quiet and tinny. But to be honest. I don’t care, I have speakers plugged in for that exact reason, but the fact it has them at all is still really nice. Dropping from 2k to 1080p I thought I’d notice too, but to be honest, after adjusting the picture and sharpness, I can honestly live with it. The colour depth is lovely and I’m just impressed. I’m tempted to get a second and have a dual monitor display. The stand can be a tiny bit wobbly, but as long as you’re not banging around again, it’s firmly supported and not a problem.
Cable management is a nice after thought. Supports Displayport. Nice matte screen finish. Anti scratch surface (I have a pet hate of shiny surfaces).
Screen tearing isn’t even that bad, maybe running at 84hz helps. But I’m enjoying gaming on this and I’ve tried 2 different gaming high refresh rate monitors before this!
If you’re in doubt go for it.
** Update 2 Weeks later **
I’ve decided to sadly drop this to 4 stars. All the pros I’ve mentioned still stand strong. I ordered a 2nd monitor and now I have an excellent duel monitor setup. However viewing a black screen I have noticed the backlight bleed along the top and left hand side are considerably more noticeable now especially when warm – and I’m pretty picky. However, at this price, and since backlight bleed is obviously unavoidable when it comes to an IPS screen I feel it’s a good compromise. But just worth mentioning.
** UPDATE AGAIN IN 2020 ** – I bought the first two a few years ago. I recently settled for a 3rd monitor to accommodate my gaming/multitasking and work. I’ve placed the new monitor in the middle and the two previous monitors either side, I have to say, I’m impressed. Over time the backlight bleed in the top left corner of my original two I would say got a tiny tiny bit worse, but not catastrophically, and it didn’t ruin the image for me at all (I nit-pick so I do seek it out when I’m presented with a black screen in some sort of weird hope that it’s rectified itself which of course is wishful thinking). But this new monitor has a definite improvement in BLB. It’s barely there at all. I notice the bottom bezel of the screen wasn’t as tight fitting to the panel (concerned me at first). But I suspect it’s in an attempt to put less stress on the panel and allow less light to leak. I’ve noticed as well this screen seems much richer in contrast and colour. The blacks are much, much improved showing almost no glow. Something I didn’t even notice on my previous monitors. So I’d say there’s been an improvement in quality/control since I bought my first two. The buttons are slightly less tactile but I barely use them. It’s almost a bit annoying now the main middle monitor is slightly better than the other two. However – I’m keeping an eye out for a Spyder 5 pro 2nd hand to try and match the colour profiles/look across all 3 screens anyway. So hopefully after that they’re all as close to each other in terms of picture as possible – Long story short, I still love these monitors. I’d bump it to 4.5 stars if I could, since the backlight bleed has been significantly reduced. My new monitor can clock to 77HZ, anything over that and it fails. I have them setup on a 3 monitor arm (which I’d highly recommend as the stand can be a tiny bit wobbly).