Thanks everyone! My 16 year old son wants this for Call of Duty! Great answers but they vary. Any more input knowing his intent for the benQ?
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I'm a 54 yr old business man. I play call of duty every day! It starts my day out, gets me going! I love this monitor, crystal clear, best I have had! No issues with it! Get it!
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My son is 19 years old and an avid gamer and graphic design major ! I purchased this monitor for him and he loves it he tells me the quality is even better then he thought it would be ! I would highly reccomend this monitor for a gamer or graphic design student !
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I had the exact same monitors I was debating between xD lol the RL is specially designed for consoles and has 2 HDMI ports. Whereas the GL was designed moreso for PC's and only has 1 HDMI port. The only thing honestly holding me back was the HDMI thing. But I would honestly suggest getting the GL because it's $40 cheaper (at least when I bought it), the bezils are thinner, and it overall just looks a lot cleaner. The 1ms difference isn't even noticible honestly, and you save yourself $40 to sacrifice an HDMI port. In all honesty I'm going to get 2 more of these later down the line. They work FLAWLESSLY on the Xbox One and 360 and you don't truly realize how much input lag you had until it's gone lol
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I'm not much of a gamer, but I have used this console to play with my PS3. I have nothing negative to say about this projector. Just so you know, it will not display in 1080p, the best resolution you will get is 720p. It supports 1080p but the screen will scale the image to 720p. Still pretty good definition IMO.Hope it helps.
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Asking about contrast ratio is asking the wrong question. The contrast ratio of this monitor will not tell you how good or bad it looks. This is a beautiful LED monitor. I use this monitor for fast paced gaming with my PS4 and on my custom built PC, as well as every day typing and browsing tasks. It is gorgeous. Not the best that is out there (samsung makes a 3k version of this), but still amazing. It will makes your games incredibly detailed and your normal browsing generally enjoyable, especially since it is stinkin huge!
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this projector is not great quality. You can hook up any ps3 xbox one , ps4 game up to it because it has an hdmi port. But if you want a projector thats has full hd you need one that has 1920x1080 thats full hd. or the game will not show clear at all. so Buy a projector that is atleast 1920x1080 full hd The best brands to buy are Ben Q, Optima, and and acer. thats full hd I bought an optima full hd projector thats also 3D.
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Compared to an IPS the BenQ is ugly; the colors are washed out, etc. 2 things: 1) this is a gaming monitor pure and simple--and THE BEST monitor for gaming (other then old CRTs). It has 120hz, black equalizer, the fastest response time, etc and 2) you can calibrate the colors (see http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm) which makes a significant improvement! But sitting next to an IPS benq will always fall short in picture quality.
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Kurt,Thanks for your help.We liked the reviews on the KDL-52V5100 better than the kdl-46V5100 and bought it as a bundle with the PS3 hope we didn't make a mistake, I don't know why the 52 inch tv in this model had better reviews than the 46 inch. I hope this isn't a stupid question but what is a 8-bit panel and a 10-bit panel and should we have gone with the 10-bit panel tv?Thanks Dede
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I would say no as its a 60 hz monitor. I've had this monitor for a while and it just is straight up not as smooth as u would want if u want to play competitively. If you want a good monitor for FPS games, I just got the BenQ XL2420TE which is a 144 hz monitor and it was a huge change from 60. Much smoother and just a better experience.
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Dude, I've been running my 360 on this. And what can I tell you, it's everything that's on paper, and then some... I've been running games at 720p and 1080i and it's just Liquid Crystal CLEAR. So far, no, it does not introduce any lag. I'm still waiting for the 1080p games that aren't out yet. I expect to be blown away.
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thats the reason i purchased this monitor,it is only 60hz but it works as well for gaming as my asus monitor at 144hz refresh rate, I think the picture quality is better with the benq cad monitor, most games dont run any faster than 60hz
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Has anyone played games on it?I just bit the bullet and bought the Samsung LN40A550 based on reviews. (Got ps3 for blue ray discs and I watch A LOT of movies.) I also like to play FPS and other games with a lot of movement and action. Has anyone noticed any sort of ghosting or blurring when they play games on it? Bad thing to wonder about AFTER I buy the tv, but I'm sure it'll still be worth it when I see my movies in a new-1080p-light.
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See calibration results here: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/content/benq_xl2420t.htm (note: the brightness will be quite low for gaming, adjust to your liking) And here: http://www.flatpanelshd.com/review.php?subaction=showfull&id=1344844562 You can also download presets for specific games from BenQ here: http://gaming.benq.com/downloads/ BF3 I think is too bright, but NFS has nice color contrast for racing games.
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I've used it with a PS3 and a PS4 and I'me very pleased with the image quality, latency etc..2 things to not are that this TV, like most modern sets, has a game mode that you should use. I'm assuming that this helps with lag issues. The other thing is that the speakers on this tv are fine but not great. if you like enjoying the sound in your games as much as the graphics you'd be served well by getting a soundbar or a more involved speaker setup.
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Absolutely, I use it almost exclusively for gaming :P Most gaming consoles will pick it up by default, as well. Streaming from the PS4 using the Blue Snowball is a dream.
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I would have to say about 25 to 30 inches and the picture quality is low as well Cynthia. I would say look for a good refurbished BenQ or something of that sort. I found one for a little over $500 and it was very worth it. Hope that helps you out, just really think the Vigrand is a cheaply made unit and not worth buying so I advise against it.
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Did you go with the TX-SR606? I got it a few months ago and love it. It's a bit large but it handles all audio formats, so I'm happy with it. With HDMI cables (as with speaker cables) name brand means nothing. You will save a bundle if you just go with the cheapest ones you can find. Best Buy tries to sell the Monster brand HDMI cables for a hundred bucks or more. That is robbery. I got my three Belkin HDMI cables at Target for $40 each and I paid too much. Just get anything you see that is version 1.3 or better. As far as Blu-Ray goes, the PS3 is the best thing out there. It's a bit expensive though. So if you're trying to save some money, I have seen some good reviews for the Sony BD-S350. The DMP-BD55K looks nice too, as does the Samsung P2500. When it comes to deciding which one to buy, it all boils down to cost vs. benefit.
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I have had this monitor for about 3-4 months and it looks really good with the Xbox360 and PS3. Don't judge it right away if you buy it though, I think there was "burn in" period of a couple days because I remember comparing it to a Samsung monitor I have right next to it and wondering to myself why I just spent 400 bucks on this thing. When I look at it now the color is amazing and looks so much better than my other monitor.Plus the monitor has speakers (nothing amazing) but very handy when hooking up to a console.