I'd say after a good calibration of the XL2720Z strobe (and with new firmware) AND combined with a Vertical Total of 1350 in Custom Resolution, AND combined with the upcoming Blur Busters Strobe Utility, the strobe clarity becomes as good as the VG248QE LightBoost=10% clarity, but with more contrast ratio (closer to 1000:1).
There was always more ghosting effect at the bottom edge than in the center, for example, with LightBoost - you need to use a Full Screen "Alien Invasion" test at while Chrome is running in full screen mode - in order to compare the top edge of the screen versus the bottom edge of the screen. Strobe crosstalk occurs on the VG248QE too. I know the admins here have access to the new firmware - but will we? (even at our own risk). The process does not intimidate me at all, but the added cost is what annoys me.
So my question is - with the fixed firmware, is it as clear as the Asus? I've debated how I want to approach the issue and I'm leaning more and more towards getting the tool to update the firmware. There not enough improvement in the blur reduction with this monitor to sacrifice the light output. The BenQ Xl2720Z the alien looks blurry still - although slightly improved looking, overall the blur reduction (the key reason I bought the monitor) is worthless. The Asus it just perfectly clear down to 2 pixels (chasing squares). Compared to the Asus it looks horrible, I have multiple aliens being drawn over each other in the tests with no clearly definable details. So I have to go back and forth to the nVidia control panel and disable 3D Vision and then select my preset.Īnd then theres Blur Reduction. for video editing I use the calibrated sRGB mode), for one of my presets.
Now, in the nVidia control panel if I have 3D enabled for the monitor, even if Im not gaming and just using windows normally the 3D light on the monitor is off (great!) but ALL my options are greyed out except brightness & contrast - why BenQ? I understand when I start a game that the monitor needs to run a specific way - but when your using windows the 3D is not even actually on, its in a standby state ready to engage - so I should be able to have the monitor run any of my normal profiles (eg. See, I have a Spyder 4 Elite and like keeping everything calibrated or at least close to calibrated on one of my 3 'gaming' profiles so I can switch quickly. Obviously in 3D mode (I have the nVidia 3D Vision 2 kit) options are disabled but I cannot use the black equalizer, low blue light or even blur reduction unless I'm in some weird fandangled FPS mode.
And thats my next issue with it - half the time my options are all greyed out.
I WISH they had all the monitor modes listed so I could actually make custom profiles without using the monitor to do it. Its only use is to switch color modes and brightness - other than that its worthless. The Asus though have very poor color accuracy at high refresh rates so I bought the XL2720Z last week and have been using it for 4 days now (with flawless color at 120Hz), but I too am affected by the firmware issue, but in more way than just the 'Blur Reduction' mode. I found this site after self-educating myself on the benefits of the 120/144Hz, I used the strobe light utility on them and was blown away watching that alien just become crystal clear with strobe. Short story, I have 3 Asus VG248 3D displays that a friend is letting me hold for a couple months until they move that I was using.