BenQ Gaming Monitors: What’s So Special? (XL2420T, RL2240T & RL2450T)
BenQ launched its professional gaming monitors — XL2420T, RL2240H and RL2450H, with a Counter Strike Tournament on 31st August 2012 in Malaysia. The gaming monitors are co-developed with professional gamers to include special features for gamers.
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BenQ XL2420T

XL2420T is the BenQ flagship gaming monitor suited for FPS (First Person Shooter) game play. Co-developed with Counter-Strike professional gamers, the 24-inch LED monitor (1920 x 1080 at 120 Hz, 2ms GTG response time) offer gaming friendly features:
Black eQualizer
Black eQualizer brightens game’s dark scenes without over-exposing the bright areas to preserve vital details, enabling gamers to spot their enemies easily.
S Switch

S Switch is a monitor remote controller with 3 preset buttons and scroll button. You can quickly switch between customized display settings, example: gaming, work, entertainment, using the preset buttons. The scroll button allows you to quickly navigate and change OSD settings.
Game Mode Loader
You can download and save the monitor settings used by professional gamers. Now you see what the pros see.
FPS Mode
2 preset FPS modes tailored by Counter-Strike Legends, offer optimal brightness, contrast, sharpness and color tint.
Display Mode & Smart Scaling
Allows you to change the screen sizes to simulate any game play and practice under different display sizes for tournaments.
Other features:
- A holder at the back of monitor for ease of carrying the monitor. Example: bring your own monitor for tournaments.
- A headset hanger at the back of monitor to hold your headset.
- NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 ready.
- Dusk cover included.
BenQ XL2420T retail price is RM1699 (~USD$566)
BenQ RL2240H and RL2450H

BenQ RL2240H and RL2450H are the World’s first RTS (Real-Time Strategy) gaming monitors.
RL series have RTS Mode feature that was co-developed with leading StarTale players to automatically fine-tunes your monitor accordingly for optimum RTS gaming.
RL series shares some BenQ XL series (mentioned above) gaming features, such as Black eQualizer, Display Mode & Smart Scaling, 2ms GTG response time.

RL2240H (RM699) is 21.5-inch LED monitor with glossy white design. RL2450H (RM899) is 24-inch LED monitor in black.
All the above mentioned BenQ gaming monitors are now available now via retailers.
Very interesting, didn’t know there was such a thing as “gaming monitors”.
Ya, gaming monitor is new. but no surprise, since we already have gaming keyboard, gaming mouse, etc :)
Don’t forget gaming laptops, i.e. Razer Blade :) Have you reviewed it yet?
P.S. I haven’t come into your blog for a long time and it looks like you did some spring-cleaning. Very nice theme :)
of course, gaming laptops. Haven’t get a chance to review gaming laptop yet. I am not a gamer, by the way. :)