BenQ BL3201PT 4K Monitor Review

BenQ have really gone out their way to make the most premium looking and feeling 4K 32″ monitor here, the panel – while TN – is great, and looks beautiful, especially while gaming!

This BenQ 4K monitor is pretty awesome, and I’ll show you why. Lets start with the overall look – it’s more office than gaming, but still looks stylish in any setting. The on-screen-menu is operated by white LED capacitive buttons (which work really well), and a single hardware button for power. Along the front of the monitor you’ll find some subtle but classy BenQ branding, a UHD tag in the middle, next to the two sensors I’ll get to later.

Looking further down, you’ll find the cable management hole in the thick metal stand (which looks really cool), and the cup holder type thing for the Mini-USB remote – I’ll come back to that. The base itself is faux brushed aluminium, and is quite wide but thin – great for me as the desks I have aren’t very deep! The remote I was talking about is a relatively small circular remote, with four outer buttons, 4 arrow buttons and a central ‘OK’ button – and allows you to change from the ‘User’ defined settings, to the Low Blue Light setting, and change the brightness easily (and access the entire menu quickly and easily!). It’s a cool addition and genuinely helped me navigate through the well laid out on-screen-menu.

I did say I’d come back to those sensors in the center, so here’s the explanation. While I’m not sure if they are IR or a different type of motion sensor, what they do is after about 30 seconds of you not being in range of them, is turn the monitor off! So, if you walk away from your desk, say, to go to the toilet or whatever, after 30 seconds, the monitor will turn itself off to save power – a cool feature that ended up getting annoying for me. It’s an awesome idea, but if you are watching a film in bed, or aren’t dead on (or even close enough) the monitor will continuously turn itself off – so perhaps a button on the remote dedicated to turning that feature on and off would be cool.

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Just before we finish up, I’ve got to point out the random glossy plastic on the back? Why BenQ? I also should mention the stand comes off very easily (not dangerously easily), to reveal a 100x100mm VESA mount, so no worries there!

Something I’d like to mention is that this monitor (combined with the Zotac 970 which we will be reviewing on Monday), provided me with the most immersive gaming experience I’ve likely ever had. The size yet stunning resolution meant I could get most of my peripheral vision still viewing the screen, and made it one of the best gaming experiences I’ve ever had. But anyway, here is some info on a few other technologies the monitor offers.

BenQ, in their press event last week, prided themselves with their Anti-flicker technology, which – at low (or anything under 100%) brightness levels – reduces or eliminates the flicker caused by the backlight PWM signal slowing down to reduce brightness. It’s a clever technology and works well, as I didn’t notice any flickering at all!

The other technology I’d like to mention is their ‘Low Blue Light Feature’ which, personally I didn’t use – since I use F.lux – but is a nice addition as it does add a warmer tone, but helps you use the monitor for longer including gaming!
So, to conclude. I love the monitor, and while it’s a little too big for me right now, I do love it – and would happily accept it as my next monitor once I move (*cough* BenQ.. *cough* 😉 ). While it does come in at a rather high price point, it’s certainly justifiable, and I’d say worth the cash – if you did want to grab it, take a look at the Amazon links below!

Would you go 4K? Let me know in the comments below!