Better than OLED? - BenQ Zowie XL2566K Review

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00:00 - Intro
00:59 - Panel/Response Times/Gaming Performance
06:06 - Is it better than OLED?
07:50 - Colors Accuracy/Grayscale/Contrast/Etc.
09:02 - Should you get it?

[BijanJamshidi]

I'm alive? WHAT?! I STILL POST?!?!?!?

[astrea]

Still making the best reviews I see. Love the mix of indepth testing and then general info about Dyac/BFI and how it works and why it's important, and how it relates to gaming and your experience as an actual gamer.

[triskai]

Can't wait for the new LG OLED review! We really need more unbiased reviewers like you

[Ico]

Welcome back! Be sure to test the 240hz oled in HDMI as well as displayport as there's some reports it performs better in HDMI.

[RafaelSilva-yvoh]

I have this, I've had OLED (LG CX 4K 120hz), I also have a secondary IPS. The XL2566K is my favorite purchase out of all my monitors. It is just soooo good for Overwatch and CoD!! Like damn!!

[bener.b]

Welcome back, was craving for your videos. Was checking new videos regularly. Finally!

[lw]

The thing I really like to compare the 2566k to is playing on a CRT monitor. Even a 100hz CRT has far better motion clarity than a 240hz LCD. This benq actually comes close to a CRT. Even in terms of input lag. Not quite as good, mind you, but so damn close it's like I have my old nuclear warhead of a monitor back.

[tdsifers]

Great video, glad to see you back. I would like to see you put a run down of all your monitor settings you are using to get what you think the best image quality is on the Zowie. That would be extremely helpful!! Thanks!

[miguelfontoura]

Your reviews are exactly what we need. Thank you so much for the detail.

[adamochi]

Main issue is that horrendous matte coating, I've removed the ag coating on my xl2546 and much much happier, I always felt like I could never find the right picture settings before, but now it's great for a tn, definitely not on par with my lg g2, but nothing is more important than motion clarity for me, hence this thing is staying on my desk for now, as it has the past 4 years.

I love that DyAc works perfectly all the way down to 100hz for those harder to run games. The key with any of these strobing tech is matching the refresh rate to your frame rate. Setting it to 100hz is as good with motion blur as 200hz (minus the obvious frame rate difference). 4k 120hz oled is terrible compared to DyAc at 100hz.
Seriously, try it with scanline sync at any refresh you can match with a frame rate! (RivaTuner)

[MrRezQ]

You’re not late Bijan, you’re just in time and just the review I wanted to see about this monitor 🤝

[Zenbeau]

this was a good review. i like hearing about these high refresh rate monitors from the esports gamers themselves like you for example. cuz it's important to be playing and participating in the games to give a informed opinion

[singhsahab]

Long time,

Great review as always, can't wait for your upcoming reviews.. 👍

[toldto]

It’s great to have you back man, fantastic video as always. 🙂

[enthusiasticgmgaming]

Yay!!! He's back and better than ever! Can't wait for more videos! 🤩

[daviddave]

nice review. actually brought new info to the table.

[TheGarlique]

Thanks Bijan. Another banger video! I think I’m gonna pull the trigger on this monitor. Although I’m never gonna go pro, I always play to win and want every advantage possible. Can’t wait to get back from work with this beast of a monitor waiting for me!

[XIMCentral]

Bijan in past monitor reivews you often showed a picture of how OD/BFI performed on lower framerates such as 60 or 120Hz. Or you mentioned if a monitor can even do it on a lower refresh rates. Would it be possible to do that in the future again? You are the only Tech YT channel who did that. And for those who sometimes play raytracing games or on consoles, which both means 60-120Hz, these information are extremly valuable! I only bought my XL2546K after your review video confirmed how well its OD/BFI works on sub-240Hz refresh rates! :)

[Ken-zgze]

Hope to see u review the 540hz coming out in a few months!

[yoked]

I HAVE WATCHED THIS several times, review is off the charts 👌👌👌