Connectivity

In terms of video inputs, the EIZO FlexScan EV2795 is equipped with a DisplayPort 1.3, a HDMI 1.4, and a USB-C 3.1 Gen 1 port. It also has a USB-C 3.1 Gen 1 video output, which can be used for daisy-chaining. Meaning, if you have another monitor with a USB-C input, you'll be able to connect it to the EIZO FlexScan EV2795 to extend your desktop with only the FlexScan EV2795 itself connected to your computer with a single cable. This reduces cable clutter, as you'll have one less cable going from your PC to your secondary monitor.


Of course, the aforementioned USB-C input is much more than just an ordinary video input. It is also used for data transfer between your PC and whichever devices you plugged into the three USB 3.1 Type-A ports on the left side of the monitor, as well as power delivery. It can deliver up to 70 watts of power, which is enough to charge the battery of any modern laptop you might connect to the monitor, as long as said laptop has a USB-C port. Thanks to all of this, the EIZO FlexScan EV2795 essentially acts as a docking station. Combining it with a laptop boils down to connecting a single cable, which will extend your desktop, enable the use of any and all peripherals and external drives connected to the monitor, and charge the laptop's battery. The monitor also has a gigabit Ethernet port, which is internally wired to its USB-C interface, so you can enjoy the benefits of a wired connection to your home network without worrying about your laptop being too thin to host an Ethernet port. You can't beat this level of convenience.


In case your computer doesn't have a USB-C port, you can still use the monitor's integrated 3-port USB 3.1 hub by utilizing its USB 3.1 Type-B upstream port and connecting it to a regular USB Type-A port on your PC. These two upstream ports (USB-C and USB Type-B) also let you connect the monitor to two computers at once and seamlessly switch between them with a single set of peripherals. Let's say your work machine is a USB-C laptop and you're also using a standard desktop PC for entertainment. You'll connect your laptop to the EIZO FlexScan EV2795 with a USB-C cable and your home PC with a regular USB Type-B to USB Type-A cable, and a DisplayPort or HDMI video cable. Finally, you'll connect your keyboard and mouse to the side-mounted USB 3.1 ports on the monitor. After doing that, all you have to do is switch between the USB-C and DisplayPort/HDMI inputs on the monitor; the built-in KVM switch will swap your peripherals between active video interfaces. Meaning, when you switch to USB-C, your mouse and keyboard will control your laptop. After switching to DisplayPort/HDMI, your peripherals will automatically control your home PC.

Just in case you're interested in the time it takes the monitor to switch from one input to the other, as well as display a picture after you press the power button on your PC case, here are the measurements of those parameters.

Power Consumption

The power supply unit is integrated, so there's no external power brick we need to deal with. A simple IEC power cable will be enough to power it. There's a power switch next to the IEC connector. Use it when you want to completely cut the power going to the monitor; i.e., when leaving your home or office for an extended period of time.

I used a power meter to determine the power consumption of the monitor at various brightness levels, as well as in Sleep mode. Assuming you set the "Power Save" option in the OSD to "On," Sleep mode activates as soon as the PC goes to sleep. It can be found in the Preferences submenu. If you keep it off, the monitor won't enter sleep. which will consume 20 W of power even when your PC is turned off. My power consumption measurements are summed up in the chart below. They've been made after resetting the monitor to factory defaults and with the Auto EcoView and EcoView Optimizer 2 features turned off.



Actual brightness is not even close to being linear in relation to the percentile brightness values chosen via the OSD. The range starting from 0% and going all the way up to 75% covers only 116 nits of brightness. The remaining 25% of the total range cover the remaining 200 nits. What that means is that small increments at higher percentages result in significant changes in actual screen brightness. These power measurements tell us that you shouldn't set the brightness of this monitor below 70%, as the picture simply becomes too dark and the vividness of colors is consequently lost. They also tell us that the EIZO FlexScan EV2795 is quite energy efficient. Not drawing more than 25 W of power at maximum brightness is a noteworthy result.


As for the Auto EcoView function, it uses a built-in EcoView Sensor to actively measure the level of ambient light and automatically adjust the screen brightness accordingly. In my moderately bright environment, the sensor was far too aggressive—it kept lowering the screen brightness to about 40 nits, which renders the monitor next to unusable for anything other than typing e-mails or writing this review in Word.

The EcoView Sensor is accompanied by the EcoView Optimizer 2 feature, which aims to further reduce backlight brightness while increasing the gain of darker content, which should result in no perceivable loss of brightness but lower power consumption. My power meter showed a drop of 3 W in power draw with EcoView Optimizer 2 activated, but the loss of brightness was clearly visible. I was also able to confirm it with my colorimeter: the brightness went from 249 to 182 nits. With that in mind, unless you're exceptionally worried about your electricity bill and/or suffer from extreme eye strain when working on a PC, you're better off manually adjusting the brightness to a preferred level and avoiding the Auto EcoView and EcoView Optimizer 2 features.