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Benq EX2780Q Review
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Critics praised the BenQ EX2780Q’s refresh rate, color, speakers, HDR, and FreeSync. They agreed it works well as both an office and gaming monitor. It’s held back by poor black uniformity, a lousy stand, and a poor port selection.
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Product Snapshot
Overview
The BenQ EX2780Q is the brand’s mid-level model released in 2019. It promises to deliver better color accuracy than other mid-level models thanks to its excellent coverage of the sRGB color space. It’s also easier to control than its competitor, the Gigabyte Aorus FI27Q, because of the included remote control. It’s an excellent monitor for those working on a variety of multimedia projects. In addition, the BenQ EX2780Q has excellent SDR peak brightness, a large screen size, and powerful speakers. Keep reading our BenQ EX2780Q review, and don’t forget to check out the best-ranked computer monitors available now.
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The BenQ EX2780Q has a great refresh rate, color depth, and speakers, plus good HDR performance and FreeSync. It’s a great choice if you want a monitor for both office and gaming. But it has poor black uniformity, a bad stand, and limited port selection. If you’re looking for professional color accuracy and aesthetics, the Asus ZenScreen Touch (MB16AMT) is a great alternative.
ReasonS to Buy
- Good Refresh Rate
- Fantastic Color Depth
- Great Speakers
- Good HDR Performance
- Comes with FreeSync
Reason to Avoid
- Bad Black Uniformity
- Terrible Stand
- Bad Port Selection
Benq EX2780Q Specs
Display Type | LED | |
HDMI Inputs | 2 | |
HDR Format | HDR10 | |
Max Resolution | 2560 x 1440 | |
![]() | Panel Type | IPS |
Refresh Rate | 144 Hz | |
![]() | Response Time | 5 ms |
Screen size | 27" | |
![]() | Sync Technology | AMD FreeSync |
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Brightness (nits) | 277.6667 |
Contrast Ratio (as ratio, x:1) | 1,107 |
Color Gamut/Accuracy % (DCI P3 xy) | 86.7 |
Color Gamut/Accuracy % (DCI P3 uv) | 0 |
Color Gamut % (Adobe RGB Coverage xy) | 86.3 |
Color Gamut % (sRGB Coverage xy) | 99.75 |
Color Gamut % (Rec. 2020 Coverage xy) | 68.4 |
Color Gamut % (Rec. 709 Coverage xy) | 0 |
Input Lag (ms) | 5.25 |
Response Time (ms) | 7.7 |
Reflections % (Total Reflections) | 5.1 |
Horizontal Viewing Angle (Washout Left) | 46 |
Horizontal Viewing Angle (Washout Right) | 51 |
Vertical Viewing Angle (Washout Above) | 33 |
Vertical Viewing Angle (Washout Below) | 24 |
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- 75BenQ’s EX2780Q is primarily a gaming monitor, but its punchy sound system and deft handling… Read More
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Tony Hoffman - 80The BenQ EX2780Q is a jack of all trades. It handles pretty much everything well… Read More
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Geraint Evans - 70The BenQ EX2780Q is a decent mainstream option thanks to solid colours and great speakers… Read More
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Dan Thorp-Lancaster - 70The BenQ EX2780Q is a gaming monitor fused with a professional monitor, so it’s geared… Read More
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Rob Dwiar - 90An excellent monitor that oozes quality and elegance in design, as well as picture quality… Read More
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Unknown - 90The BenQ EX2780Q is an impressive monitor for gaming. It has nearly everything that gamers… Read More
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