Wow, this is the best, detailed review I have seen on this monitor. Thank you for taking the time out to leave such a review as it's been really helpful.
You: "But since I am not using it for real work... i mean I have a fulltime job at an office downtown...while my home office is more for fun or occasional remote work, I don't think I would personally spend that much money on a monitor if I were to buy it" 2020: "Hold my beer"
Love the review. One question for you though? How far from the wall is the display? I have a narrow desk and am really trying to find a monitor to go as close to the wall as possible. Love your videos, keeping it as minimalist as possible.
Nice. Thanks a lot. I can't fin any alternate for this model. But may be we get a TB4 monitor like this? One question: what is the table light on the left. Looks pretty nice
Hi, this monitor looks perfect to me as I also need to connect both a laptop (usb-c) and an home pc. Assuming I also want to game, what is a better alternative ?
No matter what I do, I cannot access color mode along with many other options. They’re all greyed out. Also my thunderbolt only delivers 30hz for some reason.
Regarding the KVM, it looks like you have to press the button twice or two buttons. In other monitors you just change the USB assignment for each of the video input, and simply switch input (and the correct USB will follow). Can you remember how it works exactly? Thank you
Im planning to buy this monitor but you said you would look somewhere else for gaming. Eventhough I am not a professional gamer, I play a lot of games on my PC (battlefield 5 or age of empires 2) and on my PS4. Do you think this can be a problem for me? Is it just refresh rate or input lag noticeable? Thanks for the review. @minimalistik
Hi there... Could you comment on why you went with a single large pannel instead of two smaller ones? I'm a full stack software dev... and i'm considering getting a PD3220U instead od 2x27 inch screens because i'm becoming iritated by the wideness of a dualscreen setups. I multitask a lot but i have gotten used to using a bunch of virtual desktops and alt+tabbing a lot. Also... do you find high PPI of a 4k screen useful for reducing eyestrain when reading code?
I received my unit 4 days ago and I'm very disappointed with the build quality. At the lower end of the monitor, there is a separation between the bezel and the LCD with a rubber sticking out of it. I can see in the video yours got the same issue too. Absolutely unacceptable for a monitor marketed as "Pro Designers". As a designer myself, if I turn in a product to a client in such state, I will have no job until the end of my career.
Hi Great Review! Ive got mine couple of days ago. Are you using it at native 4k or downscale to 3008 x ? My mbp with 560x seems sluggish when Im scaling that down to 3008 resolution and its not comfortable to use.
hoow is this monitor treating you? I want to hvae a dual monitor setup but I'm not sure if I want this or a curve monitor. My use cases are similar to yours where I use windows for gaming and mac for work so plug and play is important to me with kvm. DO you have any alternative monitor suggestions that is cheaper with kvm?
Hello. Cell me, please about the video card that is recommended for this monitor / what you use or recommend. Stuffing your system? if you use the windows. I'm leaving with the iMac in 2017 and now I look towards the PD3220U, but I don’t know which way to look at the system unit! Respect your recommendations.
Thanks for the review! I got PD3220u one and it is great, but I found only on the screen sides the image disappear to black when you look from other angels, do you have the same issue? like you put your mouse curser on the side edge and let me know it fade to black when you shift your head.
A quick question why my Benq PD3220U hooked up to the macbook pro mid 2015 using display port has so blurry text in native resolution, 60Hz? It happens exactly the same with HDMI. Is it my 5 year old macbook pro, so I should change it to the newest macbook 16 with thunderbolt 3 or it’s normal due to lower ppi comparing to the macbook’s display with retina?
I can't tell from the off-screen video, but how sharp is the text? Is the downscaling good on mac? I ask because I probably would need to scale down to 2k?
This monitor has a trick: use dynamic contrast to get a better brightness. I almost return it because of its poor brightness before this configuration.
But can it keep your MacBook charged while it’s on full load? A bunch of thunderbolt 3 monitors can’t supply 87W/96W of power needed for the newer MacBook pros.
I do not believe this has a true 10-bit panel like you say. Usually true 10-bit panel displays are VERY expensive (like 2-4 thousand USD and even more). Pretty sure this is a native 8-bit panel and uses FRC (firmware processing to make it appear to be 10-bit). I just checked, it indeed does not have a true 10-bit panel.
@minimalistik I have a question and I hope you can help me. So I have one Macbook pro which often runs Linux in vmware. Up until now I've had a dual monitor setup. One monitor with MasOS and one with Linux. I want a single monitor setup, but the problem is that I have to separate the VM from host OS by snapping them to each side, which never works as well as having dual monitors. With this monitor, do you think it would be possible to connect two USB-C cables from the Macbook TO the monitor on separate ports and split the screen with picture-in-picture mode?
It's expensive for some. But to me it's still very much you get for that money. If you compare it to an Apple Pro Stand to start with. This monitor is a steal.
If BenQ allow to download and use firmware or different versions of it, then it's a great monitor. But, for my personal experience the lack of firmware can be a huge problem for a user of a monitor that costs more than 1k bucks. The firmware of my ASUS Pa279Q was broken or hacked, nobody knows, the only one thing I know, is that - I will never gonna find a firmware for this kind of a professional IPS monitor and it's will remain as a secondary monitor till the end of his days, my current default firmware tells that: "manufacturer is - @@@ and a serial number is - 00000000" which means its could be hacked with an engineering tools
can you make a audio no peak treable..... because when i watch your video, i always get fuckoff because that peak treable audio. i always get volume down when i waching -_- please for better content on your channel
Nice review and I like the monitor. Just one thing... I dk if it's ur style, but you might want to make sure your hair is up to par, kind of ruins the nice review when you show yourself at the end... haha ;)
Wow, this is the best, detailed review I have seen on this monitor. Thank you for taking the time out to leave such a review as it's been really helpful.
You: "But since I am not using it for real work... i mean I have a fulltime job at an office downtown...while my home office is more for fun or occasional remote work, I don't think I would personally spend that much money on a monitor if I were to buy it"
2020: "Hold my beer"
Love the review. One question for you though? How far from the wall is the display? I have a narrow desk and am really trying to find a monitor to go as close to the wall as possible. Love your videos, keeping it as minimalist as possible.
Would you ever do a comparison video between the pd3220u vs pd3200u?
I have the same question. Thanks
Nice. Thanks a lot. I can't fin any alternate for this model. But may be we get a TB4 monitor like this?
One question: what is the table light on the left. Looks pretty nice
How about a monitor for general use which is what most people use?
Name of desk? Great review!
Even if you Say hi Can i know etc ..( for basics respect ) he not gonna reply .... He dont care about community
hi. is the text sharp and accurate. I need a very accurate monitor to display text among other attributes in your great video
Did you have scaling issues in windows? What graphic card do you use?
how is it like watching movies on it? and are you still using this monitor? when will this monitor be refreshed?
Hi, this monitor looks perfect to me as I also need to connect both a laptop (usb-c) and an home pc.
Assuming I also want to game, what is a better alternative ?
If you want to play games, this isnt the perfect monitor. This is more for designer/Video editor etc.
It is still possible and good asweel
No matter what I do, I cannot access color mode along with many other options. They’re all greyed out. Also my thunderbolt only delivers 30hz for some reason.
Hey, I liked your wallpaper. Can you send me the link to download it?
can you use a second monitor that is not the same brand and does not have a thunderbolt, just a regular monitor with HDMI?
Good night to that monitor you can put a the VESA mount?
Regarding the KVM, it looks like you have to press the button twice or two buttons. In other monitors you just change the USB assignment for each of the video input, and simply switch input (and the correct USB will follow). Can you remember how it works exactly? Thank you
could you tell us about your sweet keyboard? what brand is it?
Excellent review. I like that you show the OSD well.
Thanks, glad you appreciated it! 😃
Hi, do you think this monitor will work well with the new Mac mini? And Would you still use the thunderbolt input?
Im planning to buy this monitor but you said you would look somewhere else for gaming. Eventhough I am not a professional gamer, I play a lot of games on my PC (battlefield 5 or age of empires 2) and on my PS4. Do you think this can be a problem for me? Is it just refresh rate or input lag noticeable? Thanks for the review. @minimalistik
Do you need to unmount the SSD drives before switching between different machines?
Nice video but the colors look extremely washed out compared to the macbook display. How's the contrast ratio?
I’m after a 4K 49inch curved monitor for my Mac Pro for games and movies, can you help?
I am looking for a glossy screen. I heard this might be one. is it glossy?
I have read some users present a flickering issue. Could you please tell me if you show any issue?
Hi there... Could you comment on why you went with a single large pannel instead of two smaller ones? I'm a full stack software dev... and i'm considering getting a PD3220U instead od 2x27 inch screens because i'm becoming iritated by the wideness of a dualscreen setups. I multitask a lot but i have gotten used to using a bunch of virtual desktops and alt+tabbing a lot.
Also... do you find high PPI of a 4k screen useful for reducing eyestrain when reading code?
would have been great if the the stand support wireless charging too
thank you so much for your review.. i is very detailed and helpful. I just subscribed to your channel
Mate, are you able to rotate 90 degrees?
I received my unit 4 days ago and I'm very disappointed with the build quality. At the lower end of the monitor, there is a separation between the bezel and the LCD with a rubber sticking out of it. I can see in the video yours got the same issue too. Absolutely unacceptable for a monitor marketed as "Pro Designers". As a designer myself, if I turn in a product to a client in such state, I will have no job until the end of my career.
Can you rotate it to the vertical position?
Yup
Hi Great Review! Ive got mine couple of days ago. Are you using it at native 4k or downscale to 3008 x ? My mbp with 560x seems sluggish when Im scaling that down to 3008 resolution and its not comfortable to use.
Mannn all these review make me excited to get my "overpriced" new tech setup asap T_T
hoow is this monitor treating you? I want to hvae a dual monitor setup but I'm not sure if I want this or a curve monitor. My use cases are similar to yours where I use windows for gaming and mac for work so plug and play is important to me with kvm. DO you have any alternative monitor suggestions that is cheaper with kvm?
great video! beautiful looking monitor.
Thanks 🙇♂️
Great Review. Thank you!
Hello. Cell me, please about the video card that is recommended for this monitor / what you use or recommend. Stuffing your system? if you use the windows. I'm leaving with the iMac in 2017 and now I look towards the PD3220U, but I don’t know which way to look at the system unit! Respect your recommendations.
Thanks for the review! I got PD3220u one and it is great, but I found only on the screen sides the image disappear to black when you look from other angels, do you have the same issue? like you put your mouse curser on the side edge and let me know it fade to black when you shift your head.
Via which port is your pc connected: Thunderbolt 3, displayport or HDMI?
is this monitor good for editing photos or videos in adobe software?
yes
When in PBP can you drag the mouse from one computer to the other? Or how do the inputs work in PBP?
I wan to see the dual view, can we see both computer screen in same window?
Nice review! Thanks! Can you plug a ssd drive to the daisy chain thunderbolt port?
What computer case do you have?
can you please link that wallpaper
A quick question why my Benq PD3220U hooked up to the macbook pro mid 2015 using display port has so blurry text in native resolution, 60Hz? It happens exactly the same with HDMI. Is it my 5 year old macbook pro, so I should change it to the newest macbook 16 with thunderbolt 3 or it’s normal due to lower ppi comparing to the macbook’s display with retina?
Good video man! My PC does not have HDMI port or Display port. Can I connect it using the usb type-C port?
Yes
What lamp is that on the far right side of the desk?
How is the Text Sharpness on the MacBook Pro?
What keycaps are those?
Thank you for the review I might get the benQ if the new LG 32UN880 is not flicker free.
I can't tell from the off-screen video, but how sharp is the text? Is the downscaling good on mac? I ask because I probably would need to scale down to 2k?
Scale with 32" monitor?
Did they fix the flickering & image corruption issue that plagued PD3200U and many other AOC panel based models?
Benq told me fixed long ago.
This monitor has a trick: use dynamic contrast to get a better brightness. I almost return it because of its poor brightness before this configuration.
Great video! Which desk is this????
It's the Ergonofis Shift, I have a video dedicated on it if you're interested 🙂
Is 32 is too big to sit so close ?
what kind of mousepad do you have? don't see it on your amazon gearlist
Logitech MX
But can it keep your MacBook charged while it’s on full load? A bunch of thunderbolt 3 monitors can’t supply 87W/96W of power needed for the newer MacBook pros.
90W power delivery over TB3, yes.
where i can find some desktop pictures like yours?
When a content creator dont care about community
Really like how u misused the mb pro as a mouse pad :D
The monitor is great btw
it looks beautiful
Vraiment cool le KVM Switch intégré. Très bon review!
Not one freaking reviewer rates the best monitor for non content users and non gamers.
VA 60hz?
I do not believe this has a true 10-bit panel like you say. Usually true 10-bit panel displays are VERY expensive (like 2-4 thousand USD and even more). Pretty sure this is a native 8-bit panel and uses FRC (firmware processing to make it appear to be 10-bit). I just checked, it indeed does not have a true 10-bit panel.
Nice mànider! i think i will buy it
not bright you can adjust it on the graphics card nvidia menu it does the same job
why not the 5K LG Ultrafine? almost the same price.
LG Ultrafine apparently doesn't play as nice with Windows as it does a Mac.
I'm thinking the same thing. But I also want a monitor that will play nice with PS5...
@@halfalligator6518 Me too, which one would that be?
@minimalistik I have a question and I hope you can help me.
So I have one Macbook pro which often runs Linux in vmware. Up until now I've had a dual monitor setup. One monitor with MasOS and one with Linux. I want a single monitor setup, but the problem is that I have to separate the VM from host OS by snapping them to each side, which never works as well as having dual monitors. With this monitor, do you think it would be possible to connect two USB-C cables from the Macbook TO the monitor on separate ports and split the screen with picture-in-picture mode?
Sweet keycaps on your Anne Pro though!
The blue & gray ones
Hey thanks! :D These are from Maxkeys, with an SA profile!
Nice review... but, dang $1200!
Yeah it's expensive 😅
It's expensive for some. But to me it's still very much you get for that money. If you compare it to an Apple Pro Stand
to start with. This monitor is a steal.
Why don't you let the laptop or the tower sit on a serapate stand, bro? That'd free up your desk even more.
If BenQ allow to download and use firmware or different versions of it, then it's a great monitor. But, for my personal experience the lack of firmware can be a huge problem for a user of a monitor that costs more than 1k bucks. The firmware of my ASUS Pa279Q was broken or hacked, nobody knows, the only one thing I know, is that - I will never gonna find a firmware for this kind of a professional IPS monitor and it's will remain as a secondary monitor till the end of his days, my current default firmware tells that: "manufacturer is - @@@ and a serial number is - 00000000" which means its could be hacked with an engineering tools
As a recent BenQ user ( 3 x 27" 4k monitors ), I can say that BenQ DOES NOT stand behind their products. I suggest people look elsewhere.
Your keycaps are changing through the video
Not that expensive if just give up thunderbolt; some $400 less!
300 nits? Can that still be considered HDR?
Yes, according to Microsoft. support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4040547/windows-10-display-requirements-hdr-video
Yikes homie that backlight bleed is terrible. That’s unacceptable for a $1000 monitor.
can you make a audio no peak treable..... because when i watch your video, i always get fuckoff because that peak treable audio. i always get volume down when i waching -_- please for better content on your channel
why so high price for such a bad build quality monitor
1000 dollar monitor with 300 nits? What a joke, 500 is minimum
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Overpriced! Get the BenQ PD2700U instead.
That is apples and oranges!
Too much glare
300nit brightness is not HDR. True HDR starts at 500nits.
Microsoft says 300.
first again hehe
Nice review and I like the monitor. Just one thing... I dk if it's ur style, but you might want to make sure your hair is up to par, kind of ruins the nice review when you show yourself at the end... haha ;)
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