BenQ GL2780 Gaming Monitor 27" FHD 1920x1080p 75Hz 1ms Fast Response Time | TN | Eye-Care Tech | Low Blue Light | Adaptive Brightness | Anti-Glare | HDMI | Tilt Screen | Built-in Speakers,Glossy Black

UPDATE: Three months later (late Sept 2014) - I still love this monitor -- in fact, I just bought a second one so I can move the Thunderbolt display over and use it with my new MBP, so I will be connecting two of these to my mini.I have a Mac Mini (Late 2012, running Mavericks) -- I am using an Apple Thunderbolt display as my main display, (through the Thunderbolt port, of course,) and the BenQ monitor as my side monitor via the HDMI connector. (I mention this because there was a question about whether this display would work with a Mac Mini, so this review is mostly aimed at Mac users, although most of it probably applies to all users.)Overall, I'm pretty happy with this display - for the price, it has a nice picture, no missing pixels that I can see [your mileage may vary, of course,] and reasonably attractive glossy plastic black base, with tilt control.Things I really like about it:1) It comes with NO power or status LEDs on the front; I hate monitors that blink at me when I'm trying to watch a movie. My previous monitor had an eye-searing blue power LED, you know, just in case the picture on my screen wasn't sufficient indication that the monitor was truly 'on.' (There is a dim green LED on the side when it is powered on, but because of the shape of the screen you have to crane your head around to the side to see it, which is as it should be, IMHO.)2) it's almost exactly the same picture height as my Thunderbolt display (maybe 1/4" difference) which is a nice perq on a second monitor.3) The combination of flicker-free display tech and a configurable 'blue-light reduction' feature really does reduce eye strain when using this monitor. Nice.There are a few things to be aware of: not necessarily problems, but you'll be happier if you know about them up front.1) The monitor only comes with a 15-pin (VGA) D-Sub cable in the box, which is annoying in 2014 - you need to buy your own HDMI cable (you don't want to use this with the MiniDisplayPort->VGA adaptor, those adapters stink, and the colors will be crap) Fortunately, the cables are about $5 from Amazon Basics: (e.g.[...])2) The monitor does not seem to auto-detect which kind of cable is being used - at first this freaked me out, because my Mac detected a second display connected, but the monitor just showed a blank screen with an unhelpful 'no cable attached' warning, and I thought something was hosed, but once I manually selected the HDMI video input through the monitor's menu system, it worked fine.3) The monitor has a 'low-blue-light' setting that's nice (e.g. to turn down the blues while reading a lot of text on the screen, reduces eyestrain) but once you turn it on (easy to do) it's tricky to turn completely off: there's one menu to select what percentage of blue-reduction you want, but to go back to no blue reduction at all, you have to go into 'Picture Advanced'->'Picture Mode' and re-select 'Standard'. (Then again, the default 30% reduction looks nice, so I may just leave it there.)4) Audio: the device does support HDMI audio output to a headphone jack, but it has no speakers, and no microphone input; this is not a problem for me, but it's something to be aware of if this will be your main monitor. The headphone jack is rather inconveniently placed in the back, next to the video inputs, so it's fine for permanently connecting up some speakers, but you won't want to be frequently plugging and unplugging headphones into this jack. (Mac user note: you have to select the monitor as your primary audio output device in 'Sound' preferences to route the sound to the monitor; it's not automatic the way it would be if you plugged into the back of the Mac directly.)5) The base *does* have tilt capability, but no swivel. On the other hand, the footprint of the base is almost round, so it's really not a problem to just rotate the monitor if you need it - this seems like a sensible cost-reduction.

This is a review of BenQ GL2760H 27-inch HDMI LED-lit Monitor.Package arrived today with 2 day prime shipping as was offered.The package was a box with paper cushioning, the additional inside box included the monitor. The inside box was completely fine and had no damage. Both boxes were taped securely.When the monitor box was opened there was plastic and Styrofoam protecting all the pieces inside the BenQ box. After removal of the parts inside I began assembly.There is only 1 d-sub cable in the box. No dvi-i, or hdmi cables are included.There is 2 base parts , the stand base and the neck that connects to the monitor. Both are made of plastic and were protected from scratches by plastic sheeting. The base to the neck was connected with a lift type thumb screw and was very easy I needed no tools. The neck slid onto the monitor with ease. After checking the assembly of the base, neck and monitor, I set the assembly on my desk. The assembly is a little wobbly from the metal piece that slides into the monitor from the neck. This created a slightly off level monitor.I checked it with a level and sure enough the monitor sits about 1/8 of an inch off level to the left if you are facing the front of the monitor.I checked instructions to see if there was any way to adjust the level. There is not.The way I resolved this was to stick a wooded match head about 1/8 thick in the base between where the base screw connects to the neck on the left side to keep the base from pulling completely in place, like a shim would be.The monitor on the stand measures 19 1/2 inches high and 25 1/4 inches wide. The stand base measures about 8 3/8 inches front to back, and 9 1/2 side to side.The cable connections are on the back are vertical hidden out of the way. You can see this on the back side photo on the Amazon web site. This did create me needing a screw driver to connect the dvi cable as I could not turn the thumb screw on the dvi cables as there was not enough room for my fingers to turn the thumb screws on the dvi cable.After plugging in the monitor dvi cable in as this was my method, I plugged the monitor into a surge protector and turned on the monitor. The BenQ turned on a recognized the dvi cable. The colors were good right away with no adjustment. I am using windows 10, and a gtx 970 video card. This appears to be a good monitor and worth the price. I was not compensated in any way for this review,