BenQ V2410T review

There’s plenty of choice in the display market when it comes to cheap all-rounders or screens aimed at media and gamers, but the business market has a rather limited choice by comparison.

BenQ’s new V2410T seems clearly aimed in this direction, and though its 16:9 aspect ratio and 1920x1080 native resolution might initially suggest otherwise, we can see it having serious appeal for the modern office.

The monitor has a rather bland, no-nonsense design. For example, its matt-black bezel is devoid of distinguishing features and finishing touches and simply sports a circular on/off button at the bottom right, with menu controls oriented along the right-hand side. It’s also delivered pre-mounted in a rather heavy, wide, flat base, and though this takes up quite a bit of desktop space, it does make the large 24in screen extremely stable.

The flexible design allows for height adjustment up to 21.5cm, a 90 degree range of swivel motion and -5 to 20 degree tilt, and can be rotated to portrait orientation if needed. The 2410T is extremely solidly designed so each of these adjustments is smooth and easy to make with one hand, and our only real issue here is that when rotating the orientation of the screen it ‘settles’ a little off-centre, so rather like straightening a picture frame on a wall, you may need to nudge the display round to an even position after adjustment.

This is an LED-backlight screen and as such is pretty thin at 2cm around the bezel, though a protruding section at the rear means it’s not as slim as some rivals. This feature is necessary to offer the required degree of support for smooth adjustment and to avoid the need for a separate power adapter.

There’s a limited array of connectivity that includes VGA and DVI-D input, but a lack of HDMI, built-in speakers or USB ports makes this a rather basic display. There is a nice array of flexibility when it comes to adjusting the image quality however, and as is typical of BenQ the on-screen display (OSD) menu is well laid out and easy to browse.

Image presets include standard, sRGB, eco, movie, game and photo modes, and the latter three can be previewed using BenQ’s helpful Senseye technology, which splits the screen image into ‘before’ and ‘after’ views. While these quick adjustments are undoubtedly useful, those looking to establish accurate or optimum reproduction for specific tasks will need to play with the default settings to improve the image.

In doing so it is possible to boost the performance of the display, but as it stands we did see noticeable banding across colour levels and a slight blue hue over images, and though contrast levels are fairly good the viewing angle isn’t, so those gathering around the display will notice contrast shift fairly quickly, culminating in a rather narrow field of view.

None of these issues is nearly serious enough to be detrimental in an office environment though, and while the V2410T is suitable for gaming and media if necessary, it really is more at home here. Additional benefits can be found from energy savings and with 28W consumption during standard use dropping to 22W in eco-mode – which should be suitable as the default in all but brightly lit environments – this is a reasonably efficient display considering its size.

24” LED-backlight display
1920x1080 native resolution
1000:1 contrast ratio (5,000,000:1 dynamic)
5ms response time
VGA, DVI-D inputs
420x580x220mm
6.9kg