 This video is sponsored by BenQ monitors which often weighed even heavier than the actual PC. We now live in the era of sexy curved displays, high color accuracy, high refresh rates, great viewing angles, and displays which reduce eye strain. Whether you are a professional or a gamer, we are all attracted to thin monitors which not only look great on a table but also deliver an immersive in-depth experience. Hi, I'm Rafael from Hardware Sugar and this is the EX2710R from BenQ. I have been using a curved monitor for six years now and there is no way I'm going back. This is my new normal and I feel like it will be for many years to come. You essentially feel like you are seeing more with less screen space. I have a Samsung 34 inch and an MSI 32 inch both of which are curved displays and are much larger than the EX2710R. However, I have always advocated that if you are on a budget or wish to get great value for money, invest in a curved 27 inch monitor. I have been using the EX2710R as my daily driver for three weeks now and while I missed my MSI 32 inch at first, I grew accustomed to the slightly smaller display because BenQ delivers on fantastic color accuracy and smooth visuals so much so that I didn't miss my 32 inch as much. In terms of design, the EX2710R might be made out of plastic but it sure doesn't look like it. The choice of a matted gun metal gray for its exterior and its stand makes it appear as though the monitor is much more premium by having metal flesh. Personally, I prefer this design because it means the monitor is lighter to carry around but also looks premium. The back also has four fully customizable LED ships which can be programmed to emit various colors and effects such as static hardware, sugar, pink or pulsing. I think this is quite generous as a lot of other monitors within this price range skim on equally distributed RGB backed lighting. The stand itself is quite versatile as it twists from side to side, goes up and down and tilts upwards and downwards. The EX2710R has a resolution of 1440p and a maximum refresh rate of 165Hz. Without getting too technical, I believe that this is what 90% of gamers should be using if budget is an option. Even with my RTX find the ATTI, it would be impossible for me to generate a refresh rate of 165Hz with Warzone, PUBG and other AAA games. For competitive gaming, higher refresh rate is much more important than resolution. However, what I want to highlight in particular about the EX2710R is its amazing color accuracy and quality. You see, BenQ is a monitor brand which artists and video editors choose precisely because they need to work with displays that are as color accurate as possible. Unlike Samsung and LG, which has a plethora of other products other than monitors, BenQ is a company which chooses to specialize on just displays for the most part. Just like how I would choose Team Group's RAM products because they specialize in memory in particular. I would pick a BenQ in the future because displays are their specialty. My 34 inch Samsung is showing signs of age with its 60Hz refresh rate and my MSI monitor, while I believe great value for money, fails in comparison to the rich colors and customizations offered by the EX2710R. There are several color modes to choose from. However, one of my favorites is ePaper. I'm a big fan of the Kindle eInk screen and while this isn't exactly like that, it nevertheless makes surfing on the web during late nights much more bearable. I can easily switch it to a much more vibrant color palette such as FPS on the fly. Sometimes we don't know how much damage we do to our eyes until it's too late. As a 33 year old, I can tell you that I had 20-20 vision up until I became a heavy gamer. In relation to this, the EX2710R has a special feature called eye care in which the monitor's external sensors adjusts the brightness of the monitor based on the amount of light within the room at a given time. In simpler terms, the monitor automatically dims down when there is less light and becomes brighter if there is more light. You can turn this feature off such as if you really intend to look at eye popping graphics at the cost of your eyesight but I leave it on for the most part because it allows me to work and game for longer hours overall. One of the reasons why the visuals of the EX2710R stand out more so than most is because of HDRI which is BenQ's proprietary built-in technology which adjusts the visuals of a game to greatly enhance color performance and heighten small details within games themselves. In short, the EX2710R helps out your graphics card further by acting as a second piece of hardware which smoothens out what you see on screen. The EX2710R sports a VA panel. This means that unlike an IPS panel, the color black is much richer. This is achieved by the fact that VA panels have a higher contrast ratio. So if you are the type of gamer who likes to game within a dimly lit room, then you'll definitely be able to notice the richer blacks through the EX2710R. While it is said that VA panels suffer from more motion blur and ghosting issues than IPS panels, as a casual but frequent gamer, I never felt or noticed any of this in game. Note that I'm not a professional gamer but I do spend at least 6-8 hours a week gaming and it never once occurred to me to be bothered by what I experienced with the EX2710R. In fact, I quite liked what I was looking at for the most part. I want to point out that visuals from one other can be very personal and what I think is vivid and clear in my mind might not meet the standards of others. However, I have found that if enough people agree on the quality of a product, the higher the chance that you might agree as well. So I checked out reviews of the EX2710R on Amazon.com and it currently has a 4.5 star rating review from a collection of 842 regular consumers. By the way, BenQ offers 32 and 34 inch variants of this monitor just in case you feel like going big time. As a bonus, the EX2710R has built-in front-facing speakers which, while they won't be able to compete with dedicated speakers, deliver good enough quality sound for those who are still saving up for dedicated speakers of their own. In conclusion, the BenQ EX2710R offers a lot of visual customizability in terms of display styles, is quite sleek and attractive on one's desk, and delivers on vibrant colors with practically no ghosting or motion blur that I could detect. Again, the 27 inch curved monitor size is the sweet spot for gamers who want to see more without having one's wallet feel too empty after the end of the day. I want to give a special thanks to BenQ for sending this monitor over for us to experiment on. Thanks guys. 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