BenQ PD3200U 32 Inch 4K Graphic Design Monitor, 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS,100% Rec.709, sRGB, CAD/CAM

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Technical information

Brand BenQ

Colour Black

Screen size 32 Inches

Manufacturer BenQ

Connectivity technology USB, HDMI

Item weight 12.5 Kilograms

Series PD3200U

Refresh rate 60 Hz

Human interface input TrackPoint pointing device

Resolution 4K UHD 2160p About this item

AQCOLOUR technology: factory-calibrated100% sRGB and Rec.709 colour space of accurate colours for professional creative work

• Dualview function: Work in two modes such as sRGB and darkroom mode without the need for two screens

• Darkroom, CAD/CAM and animation display mode: Revolutionary modes bring out the details of intricate designs into view

• Keyboard video mouse (KVM) switch: Display contents from two PC systems using one set of keyboard and mouse

• Eye-care technology: Flicker-free technology reduce eye discomfort. Card Reader: SD/MMC type, support Format: SD/SDHC/SDXC/MMC. LED backlight. Brightness 350 cd per metre square

• Mac Compatible : Yes, Solidworks : Yes, Windows Compatible : Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7
  

Costumers Product Reviews

Pros

I compared this screen side-by-side with the BenQ EW3270U. It is worth the extra money.

The picture quality is mindblowingly good. This was particularly apparent when comparing side-by-side with the otherwise excellent ED3270U.

The key thing that's worth paying for with the PD3200U is that it's an IPS screen. It makes a huge difference. Because the monitor is so large, your viewing angle into the centre of the screen is quite different from your viewing angle to the edge of the screen. This means that it's important the colours/brightness don't differ that much with viewing angle. The IPS screen delivers this. Sitting directly in front of the screen, slightly above or below it, or to the left or the right, the whole screen looks uniform across its whole area. This was not the case with the ED3270U which is a TN panel.

The PD3200U is ideal for design work as it covers 100% of the sRGB gamut and is colour accurate with top-notch factory calibration. This makes a noticable difference. Not a single colour is over- or undersaturated, too bright or too dark. Your design work appears to you exactly as it should. With the ED3270U, colours were noticably different – in particular much greener.

For entertainment, the monitor is also pretty fantastic. Other monitors that don't care so much about colour accuracy may shunt around the gamut so that games and films seem to pop even more. But frankly I don't need them to pop any more than they were meant to pop. They already look brilliant on this monitor. Personally I could only spot a minor difference at all between this monitor, on its normal setting at 50% brightness, and the ED3270U monitor in 10bit HDR mode (on HDR content).

The PD3200U also comes with a media card reader (useful) and USB 3.0 hub (useful) which can be switched between two computers (maybe useful?). The ED3270U has none of these – a minor point, but you will probably end up having to buy a card reader and USB hub separately, so that is an extra hidden cost there. One thing I will note: the Hotkey Puck is useless. Either you store it on the stand, placing it further away than the front-panel buttons (so why would you reach further for it?); or you keep it closer, cluttering your desk with a windy mess of cable. If they had been smart enough to make it wireless, it might have had a use potentially.

The stand is extremely sturdy and well made, and allows for a lot of flexibility in positioning. However, I am 6ft2in and found it couldn't rise high enough for me, so I mounted it on a separate VESA mount. I will note here that the provided bolts are already screwed in place (confused me for a moment) and actually aren't long enough to go through a VESA mount and form a solid connection, due to a slightly poor countersunk design. I found it necessary to swap in my own M4 15mm bolts. It now hangs well from an Ergotron LX arm – but note, this monitor is heavy, so you will need to adjust the tension (and don't go for any flimsy arm).

Overall, this is the more expensive monitor, but for what you are getting the price feels like good value. In my opinion, once a screen is this big, viewing angle becomes a major issue and so that means only an IPS will cut it. You will notice the difference.

Cons

This monitor is great, beautiful color image and decent port selection, I'd love to keep it.

But unfortunately, it suffers from "black screen/flickering" that are fairly widespread (see other reviews here and on the US amazon website). Every so often the screens just goes black for a second and then comes back on. Sometimes this happens after a few hours, other times it happens every 5 minutes. I had read that this issue was fixed in more recent versions but sadly not for me, so I guess I have to return it.

I'm using it with a MacBook Pro Touch Bar USB C -> DisplayPort. Every few minutes the screen goes black for about a second and then comes right. This is extremely irritating in what would otherwise be a fantastic setup.

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