Friday, January 11th 2013
BenQ Introduces New RL2455HM Gaming Monitor With Blazing-Fast Response Time
BenQ America Corp., an internationally renowned provider of digital lifestyle innovations, today announced the expansion of its RL Series of professional gaming monitors with the launch of the new RL2455HM.
Built on the advanced technology of the RL2450HT - featured on the Major League Gaming (MLG) 2012 championship circuit - the RL2455HM has been enhanced thanks to feedback directly from the gaming community. Gamers now get a blazing-fast 1-ms GTG response time, 2-watt stereo speakers, and dual HDMI ports for the ultimate in connectivity and control. The monitor also comes packed with advanced custom settings, such as BenQ's Black eQualizer, Display Mode, and Smart Scaling to give players an edge over their opponents.
"As the official MLG gaming monitor sponsor, players relied on our RL2450HT to deliver unprecedented levels of accuracy and control in a number of tournaments across the U.S.," said Bob Wudeck, Director of Retail and e-Commerce at BenQ America Corp. "With the RL2455HM, we've taken all the advanced technologies of the RL2450HT, incorporated feedback from MLG pros, and created a powerful gaming monitor. Now home gamers can get the same experience as the pros, enabling an entirely new level of player performance."
Designed specifically for console gaming, users get the ultimate experience for fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) games such as the new Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and popular fighting games like Mortal Kombat with an ultra-low input lag that renders action without ghosting or latency from mouse motion. The monitor's dual HDMI ports provide full HD connectivity with PCs, cameras, Blu-ray players, and more, allowing users to enjoy their digital A/V entertainment effortlessly. The RL2455HM also features a 60 Hz refresh rate tuned to match console video output for seamless connectivity, a 24-inch widescreen (16:9) full HD LED screen, LED backlighting for great color and low power consumption, and a 12 million to 1 contrast ratio for the best in picture quality.
To give players a competitive edge, the RL2455HM features BenQ's Black eQualizer to enable total visibility by allowing gamers to adjust the screen brightness without over-exposing white levels - revealing critical combat details with improved visibility in darkened areas. To accommodate individual viewing preferences, a Display Mode allows gamers to switch between seven monitor screen sizes while the Smart Scaling feature gives players the ability to scale the screen on-the-fly to virtually any custom size - ranging from a 24-inch 1080p display to a traditional 17-inch 4:3 format - without impacting controller sensitivity. The monitor provides custom settings for color enhancement, and features 2-watt internal stereo speakers.
The new RL2455HM gaming monitor will be available in March 2013 at an MSRP of $229. Information on the full line of BenQ gaming monitors is available at gaming.benq.com.
Built on the advanced technology of the RL2450HT - featured on the Major League Gaming (MLG) 2012 championship circuit - the RL2455HM has been enhanced thanks to feedback directly from the gaming community. Gamers now get a blazing-fast 1-ms GTG response time, 2-watt stereo speakers, and dual HDMI ports for the ultimate in connectivity and control. The monitor also comes packed with advanced custom settings, such as BenQ's Black eQualizer, Display Mode, and Smart Scaling to give players an edge over their opponents.
Designed specifically for console gaming, users get the ultimate experience for fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) games such as the new Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and popular fighting games like Mortal Kombat with an ultra-low input lag that renders action without ghosting or latency from mouse motion. The monitor's dual HDMI ports provide full HD connectivity with PCs, cameras, Blu-ray players, and more, allowing users to enjoy their digital A/V entertainment effortlessly. The RL2455HM also features a 60 Hz refresh rate tuned to match console video output for seamless connectivity, a 24-inch widescreen (16:9) full HD LED screen, LED backlighting for great color and low power consumption, and a 12 million to 1 contrast ratio for the best in picture quality.
To give players a competitive edge, the RL2455HM features BenQ's Black eQualizer to enable total visibility by allowing gamers to adjust the screen brightness without over-exposing white levels - revealing critical combat details with improved visibility in darkened areas. To accommodate individual viewing preferences, a Display Mode allows gamers to switch between seven monitor screen sizes while the Smart Scaling feature gives players the ability to scale the screen on-the-fly to virtually any custom size - ranging from a 24-inch 1080p display to a traditional 17-inch 4:3 format - without impacting controller sensitivity. The monitor provides custom settings for color enhancement, and features 2-watt internal stereo speakers.
The new RL2455HM gaming monitor will be available in March 2013 at an MSRP of $229. Information on the full line of BenQ gaming monitors is available at gaming.benq.com.
29 Comments on BenQ Introduces New RL2455HM Gaming Monitor With Blazing-Fast Response Time
"Designed specifically for console gaming"
"ultra-low input lag that renders action without ghosting or latency from mouse motion"
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being a PC monitor the ghosting is important since you can turn a lot faster than consoles.
but it also has built in speakers so this is most likely what they mean by designed specifically for console gaming...
This is 2013 BenQ, get with the program...120hz minimun spec or gtfo!!
The industry also needs to upgrade the HDMI spec so that it can actually handle 120hz instead of just dual-link DVI being able to, I hate having only 1 choice.
Yeah, sure. :laugh:
LightBoost eliminates all motion blur and makes a 120Hz monitor a killer gaming device way better than the old CRTs which were way better than any regular LCD monitor for gaming. See that link to see why.
Still, it's got a couple of nice features.
Thing is, the strobing effect of LB is also great for the desktop, since it elminates motion blur when moving windows around, or watching video, too. There's no flicker or eyestrain either, because it's flashing at 120Hz. Hence, I leave LB on the whole time now.
We really need a generic industry standard version of this which can be turned on or off at the monitor, independently of any graphics card manufacturer.
NVIDIA's engineers who designed LB will already know about all this. It's odd that they don't play up this feature as a major selling point and any single user contacting NVIDIA about it will fall on dead ears. Like any big organization they'll simply ignore it or give some useless boilerplate reply.Ditto for Asus' response.
You're insisting that a regular backlight is better than an LB one without having seen it. Therefore, I think you should see it for yourself and then you'll be able to talk about it properly.
Generally speaking, I know what you mean about personal attacks on TPU though. :ohwell:
You can't compare the light output of an LCD monitor to that of a CRT, because of the way that light is produced (electrons hitting phosphors to make them glow isn't especially easy on the eyes partly because it has a bit of ultraviolet light coming off it). A CRT will inherently cause eyestrain, while an LCD backlight does not (don't turn it up too brightly). Hence, you could have a 1000Hz refresh on a CRT and it will still fatigue you eventually; glowing phosphors just aren't that easy on the eyes.
Hence, a 120Hz flashing backlight doesn't tire you out - I can speak about this from over a month's experience with it.
Where did you get the idea that turning on LB shortens the life of the monitor? Even if it does, it's well worth it! :D
Anyway, what CRT monitor did you have that gave you a sharp picture at 120Hz at a decent resolution? Must have been pretty high end. Heck, even the analog VGA output of a graphics card doesn't look especially sharp at that speed.
...I think this is one of the main reasons that an Nvidia certification is needed.
So your monitor might be certified to do this but only for limited periods of time, while playing 3D content. Now that you're using it all the time like this it will shorten its lifespan, by a lot I think...
Once again, where do you get this idea for a limited time only? What if someone plays games in 3D mode a whole lot? I think you're plucking that out of thin air just like the rest of your arguments.
120Hz oscillation is nothing for modern electronic circuits. Heck, your CPU oscillates billions of times a second and lasts for years!
Thank You.
But whatever. Everything you say on TPU must and will be turned into a long argument it seems, in which you will be attacked for expressing an opinion. Especially if you're trying to help out...