Though I encountered a few unique challenges during setup, the BenQ Mobiuz EX271UZ performed at the highest level for gaming, entertainment and productivity. It’s BenQ’s first-ever OLED gaming monitor and it’s also one of the best.
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Is coming late to the party a bad thing? The best OLED gaming monitors have been available in many sizes and shapes for a few years, and you’d think by now that every major manufacturer would be offering them. But who has heard of a BenQ OLED gaming monitor? The answer is no one, until now.
For its first effort, BenQ introduces the Mobiuz EX271UZ. It features a QD-OLED panel with 4K (3840x2160) resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, blur reduction, HDR10, DisplayHDR 400 True Black, wide gamut color, and some unique features. Let’s take a look.
BenQ Mobiuz EX271UZ Specs
Swipe to scroll horizontally Panel Type / Backlight Quantum Dot Organic Light Emitting Diode (QD-OLED) Screen Size / Aspect Ratio 27 inches / 16:9 Max Resolution and Refresh Rate 3840x2160 @ 240 Hz Row 3 - Cell 0 FreeSync and G-Sync Compatible Native Color Depth and Gamut 10-bit / DCI-P3+ Row 5 - Cell 0 HDR10 Row 6 - Cell 0 DisplayHDR 400 True Black Response Time (GTG) 0.03ms Brightness (mfr) 250 nits SDR Row 9 - Cell 0 1,000 nits HDR (3% window) Contrast Unmeasurable Speakers None Video Inputs 1x DisplayPort 1.4 Row 13 - Cell 0 2x HDMI 2.1, 1x USB-C Audio HDMI eARC Row 15 - Cell 0 3.5mm headphone output USB 3.2 2x type C, 3x type A Power Consumption 38w, brightness @ 200 nits Panel Dimensions WxHxD w/base 21.2 x 17-21 x 8.8 inches (538 x 432-533 x 224mm) Panel Thickness 3.3 inches (84mm) Bezel Width Top: 0.28 inch (7mm) Row 21 - Cell 0 Sides: 0.43 inch (11mm) Row 22 - Cell 0 Bottom: 0.75 inch (19mm) Weight 16.38 pounds (7.45kg) Warranty 3 years
BenQ is the last major company to add OLED to available displays, but the EX271UZ is by no means a version 1.0 product. With 4K resolution, a 240 Hz refresh rate, and Quantum Dot color, it incorporates all the latest tech. It goes a bit further with an included handheld remote control, KVM, local contrast enhancement, easy-to-access settings memories, unique styling, and premium build quality.
That 240 Hz refresh rate comes with Adaptive-Sync, which works on both FreeSync and G-Sync platforms. It also includes blur reduction, which you don’t often see in OLED monitors. If you have enough graphics card horsepower to run 4K past 200fps, it isn’t necessary. But at lower frame rates, the black frame insertion eliminates blur. It works instead of Adaptive-Sync.
OLED’s deep contrast is fully represented, and BenQ does something I haven’t seen before outside the Full Array Local Dimming genre. It’s called local contrast, and it does something akin to zone dimming and it has a profound effect on the image.
Also in abundance is color volume. The EX271UZ is a Quantum Dot display and covers over 102% of the DCI-P3 gamut. That’s a bit below average in the QD category but more saturated than a non-QD monitor. There are accurate color modes as well for both Display P3 and sRGB specs, along with interpretive presets like Fantasy and Cinema, more on that later.
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