BenQ has launched a brand new 32-inch professional-grade show designed for photographers and post-production specialists. Dubbed the SW321C, the monitor is for professionals who want extensive shade areas just like the Adobe RGB and the DCI-P3, in addition to HDR transport assist. And, like many different modern shows, BenQ’s new LCD is supplied with a USB Type-C enter.
Under the hood, the BenQ AQColor SW321C makes use of a 10-bit 32-inch IPS panel that includes a 3840×2160 decision, a 250 nits typical brightness, a 1000:1 distinction ratio, a 5 ms GtG response time, a 60 Hz refresh price, and 178° viewing angles. The monitor makes use of a LED backlighting that’s tailor-made to make sure brightness uniformity throughout the entire floor of the display screen.
The LCD can show 1.07 billion colours and might reproduce 99% of the Adobe RGB, 95% of the DCI-P3, in addition to 100% of the sRGB shade gamuts, all of that are broadly utilized by skilled photographers in addition to video editors and animation designers who do post-production work. Meanwhile, the monitor has a 16-bit 3D LUT (look-up desk) and is calibrated to DeltaE ≤ 2 to make sure effective high quality of colours and shade gradients. The LCD may even show content material in several shade areas on the similar time side-by-side in PIP/PBP modes.
As for HDR assist, issues aren’t fairly as stellar there. The monitor helps HDR10 in addition to the comparatively unusual HLG transport format. However the monitor does not have the form of robust backlighting required for HDR, not to mention a FALD setup essential to ship something approaching pro-grade HDR. So the inclusion of HDR assist appears to be largely for compatibility and checking HDR content material, relatively than doing precise content material enhancing in HDR.
As far as connectivity is worried, the show is comes with one DisplayPort 1.Four enter, two HDMI 2.Zero ports, and a USB Type-C enter. The latter can ship as much as 60 W of energy to the host, which is sufficient most laptops. All the connectors assist HDCP 2.2 expertise that’s required for protected content material. In addition, the BenQ SW321C monitor has a dual-port USB hub and an SD card reader that’s definitely helpful for photographers.
Since we’re coping with an expert show, it’s naturally outfitted with a stand that may alter top, tilt and swivel in addition to work in album mode. In addition, the SW321C comes with BenQ’s hockey puck controller to shortly alter settings.
| Specifications of the BenQ AQColor SW321C | |
| SW321C | |
| Panel | 32″ IPS |
| Native Resolution | 3840 × 2160 |
| Maximum Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| Response Time | 5 ms GtG |
| Brightness | 250 cd/m² (typical) |
| Contrast | 1000:1 |
| Viewing Angles | 178°/178° horizontal/vertical |
| HDR | HDR10, HLG |
| Backlighting | LED |
| Pixel Pitch | 0.1845 mm² |
| Pixel Density | 137 ppi |
| Display Colors | 1.07 billion |
| Color Gamut Support | sRGB: 100% DCI-P3: 95% Adobe RGB: 99% |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 |
| Stand | adjustable |
| Inputs | 1 × DisplayPort 1.4 2 × HDMI 2.0 1 × USB-C |
| Other | Dual-port USB hub CD Card Reader |
| Launch Date | Spring 2020 |
The BenQ AQColor SW321C monitor is at present listed by BenQ Japan, so count on it to hit the market shortly. Exact pricing is unknown, however this can be a professional-grade show, so count on it to be priced accordingly.
