Monday, September 5th 2022
BenQ Unveils PD2506Q 25-inch 1440p Monitor with USB Power Delivery Input
BenQ introduced the PD2506Q, a 25-inch monitor for creative professionals. The monitor offers several features useful for pros, such as 10bpc color, AQColor calibration, a "Darkroom" mode that adjusts settings to an image post-processing environment, Design and CAD-CAM modes that appear to add certain edge anti-aliasing to the screen; etc. Its key specs include WQHD (1440p) resolution, DisplayHDR 400 / HDR10 readiness, 178° viewing angles, and 350 cd/m² brightness. A stand-out feature is its set of inputs, which include HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4, and USB type-C. The monitor supports type-C for display input (as in DisplayPort passthrough), USB upstream input, and power delivery (USB-PD 65 W needed). It also supports daisy-chaining of up to two monitors. If you lack a USB-PD power source, you can just use the included power brick.
4 Comments on BenQ Unveils PD2506Q 25-inch 1440p Monitor with USB Power Delivery Input
Briefly going through the product page, I can easily find out that it supplies up to 65W PD to a connected device via USB-C Displayport, usually a laptop or maybe even a USB PD powered mini PC/NUC or a smartphone. It doesn't use USB PD as a power source. It even doesn't have a power brick like the article implies. It connects directly a kettle plug into the monitor.
Want to confirm this further? Read the quick start guide or the manual. It only says to power the monitor is to plug in the included kettle plug into the monitor. No mention of USB-C PD at all.
Hurry up W1z, hire and certify that proofreader quick.
I'm still waiting for the day when we can power our monitors and show audio/video data with one USB-C cable going from the motherboard and nothing else. No bricks, no thick cables.