About this deal
For a budget monitor, the BenQ GL2780 is unusually well fitted out when it comes to connections. Here’s a list of the video inputs you get: READ NEXT: The best 1080p, 1440p, 4K and 5K monitors to buy Are there any other features I should know about? If you have selected recycling, please ensure your existing appliance is disconnected (and defrosted where relevant) before our team arrive. That’s it for video inputs but you do also get 3.5mm inputs and outputs, positioned underneath the monitor in the bottom left corner so you can hook up a pair of PC speakers or a headset. How good is the image quality?
Colour performance is absolutely spot on, too. I measured the BenQ GL2780 using a colorimeter and found sRGB gamut coverage to be 92.4% (good) and the average deltaE measurement to be 0.99, which is superb for a budget display. Delta E is a measurement of colour difference: the lower the number, the less difference there is between colours on screen and the colours in real life and any result of 2 or below is very good. Stretching a resolution of 1080p across 27in means things can look a little pixelated but this is far from a deal-breaker because, otherwise, the picture quality is remarkably good. It’s a TN panel so if you look at it from the side or above, the colours do shift a bit. However, it goes pretty bright – all the way up to 326cd/m2 – and the contrast ratio is an excellent 1,316:1. This means images don’t look washed out. In addition to the monitor itself, BenQ supplies a desk stand – which you have to attach yourself using a small thumbscrew – an HDMI cable and a kettle-type mains lead.