PD2506Q is a new product of BenQ PD series display. As can be seen from its name, it is equipped with a 25-inch 2K resolution screen. Compared with the traditional 27-inch 2K monitor, this monitor has higher pixels per inch and clearer visual experience.
The size of 25 inches seems to be out of the mainstream of the market. What is BenQ's original intention in R&D? Over the years, BenQ PD series has made continuous efforts in the field of design. They observed that with the continuous improvement of the performance of the iPad, more and more professional users bought the iPad and even used it as the main productivity device. Considering this group's demand for small screen to large screen, BenQ developed this professional monitor with just the right size.
As a professional design product, BenQ PD2506Q not only has outstanding color performance, but also covers P3 wide color gamut. Its full-featured Type-C interface and M-book mirror mode are the golden partners of iPad. Below, I will give you a detailed evaluation of BenQ PD2506Q professional display.
0 1 Function Overview
Before the formal evaluation, the author summarized the most important features of BenQ PD2506Q display, thus establishing a preliminary understanding of this display.
AQcolor technology, accurate color professional certification
BenQ PD2506Q adopts AQCOLOR professional color management technology, with 95% DCI-P3 and display P3, 100% sRGB, 100% Rec.709 color gamut coverage and 8bit color depth. With excellent color performance, the monitor has passed the professional certification of Pantone/Calman, and is equipped with brightness and color uniformity technology. The screen is divided into 25 independent areas for correction, which ensures the consistency of color and brightness of the display screen and effectively avoids the problem of yin and yang screen. In addition, each monitor has undergone professional factory calibration, and the color calibration report is attached to the box to ensure that it has E LT2.
Full-featured Type-C interface for easy direct connection to mobile devices.
BenQ PD2506Q is equipped with Type-C interface, and its output power is as high as 65W. A cable can realize audio and video signal transmission and efficient power supply with mobile devices, which can ensure that the iPad can be connected to the big screen quickly and the desktop is simple.
M-book mode, restore apple's true colors
Display P3 and BenQ PD2506Q create an exclusive image display mode M-book mode for Apple users on the basis of covering the apple color gamut. After opening, it can make the picture display closer to the original color of Apple, and avoid the color difference of different devices from affecting the work efficiency and the presentation effect of the work.
02 out-of-box experience
The packaging box of BenQ PD2506Q continues the simple design of PD series, with the Logo of BenQ brand in the upper left corner and the product model in the lower right corner. The most striking word "designer monitor" on the box is a professional display product specially provided for designers and other content creators.
The display adopts frosted texture and is connected with the display screen through the buckle. This connection mode not only has high installation efficiency, but also has more stable support.
BenQ PD2506Q base and bracket are designed to be disassembled without tools. The tightening process is smooth and the installation experience is very good.
This monitor is equipped with enough wires. In addition to the power cord, there are also DP cable, Type-C cable and USB-B uplink cable, which can fully meet the external expansion needs of users' daily use.
BenQ PD2506Q's color calibration report is packed in a separate black envelope. As can be seen from the report, the average Delta E of this monitor is 1.77, and our average value is even lower. The lower the average value of e, the more accurate the color reproduction of the display. Generally speaking, a monitor with an average Delta E less than 2 is enough for me.
BenQ PD2506Q insists on "less is more", which embodies practicality and "balanced" design beauty in appearance and details. This monitor is mainly dark gray, which can reduce reflection while the atmosphere is calm. The front is designed with four narrow borders, and the ultra-high screen ratio can effectively reduce the visual interference of the borders, allowing designers to focus more on the display screen.
In addition to the keyboard and mouse, designers may also have desktop decorations such as drawing boards, books and materials, as well as handheld ones. Therefore, the flat small base design of BenQ PD2506Q not only saves more desktop space, but also has good practicability.
The appearance of BenQ PD2506Q follows the minimalist design concept. Compared with the traditional display that sets the brand Logo in the center of the bottom edge, BenQ PD2506Q moves the brand logo from the bottom edge to the lower left corner of the base panel. This design method will not only dilute users' brand knowledge, but also highlight brand confidence.
Next, we came to the back of BenQ PD2506Q. The whole back of this monitor is radian design, and the English Logo of mirror technology is in the center above. It highlights the brand logo by comparing with the matte texture, and the details are full of care.
The cylindrical bracket with the national certification patent can perfectly hide the screw hole and the rotating shaft structure, so that the back of BenQ PD2506Q has better visual integrity. The lower part of the bracket is designed with reasonable wire holes, which is convenient for users to quickly wire and obtain a clean and refreshing desktop environment.
04 functional experience
BenQ PD2506Q is equipped with ergonomic support, which supports multi-directional adjustment of up and down 1 10mm, 20 front and back pitch, 90 vertical rotation and left and right rotation, and can meet the requirements of different users for viewing angle.
In terms of video interface, BenQ PD2506Q has two HDMI 2.0 interfaces and a DP 1.4 interface, and is also equipped with a DP OUT interface supporting daisy chain function. When using multi-screen, multiple monitors can present the main screen at the same time through serial DP interface.
In terms of data interface, this monitor provides two USB 3.2 downlinks, one USB 3.2 uplink and one full-featured Type-C interface. Among them, the full-function C port is directly connected to mobile devices such as notebook computers through a single wire, which can realize the transmission of audio and video signals and data, and at the same time can charge the mobile devices up to 65W in reverse. The notebook computer does not need to be connected with additional power supply, creating a clean and refreshing office environment.
In addition, BenQ PD2506Q side also provides a Type-C, a USB-A and a 3.5mm audio output interface. Wired connection is within reach, and the device expansion experience is more comfortable.
The OSD menu control area of BenQ PD2506Q is located at the right front and back of the screen, and is adjusted by the five-dimensional rocker and keys. Among them, the five-dimensional rocker not only feels smooth, but also is more accurate and efficient in adjusting the detailed parameters. These two buttons are display mode and signal source switching function respectively, and users can also customize the button function through OSD menu.
Next, let's see what other display functions are built into the OSD menu of BenQ PD2506Q.
BenQ PD2506Q, as a professional monitor, has rich color modes. There are not only preset color modes such as sRGB, DCI-P3, and display P3 to choose from, but also various professional modes such as M-book, CAD/CAM, animation design, darkroom and ePaper. So as to meet the requirements of three-dimensional modeling, animation design, video editing and other professional fields for detail presentation.
SRGB mode
Display P3 mode
DCI-P3 mode
Suggested 709 mode
Mobile book mode
CAD/CAM mode
Animation design mode
Low blue light mode
Electronic newspaper mode
Darkroom mode
DICOM mode
User status
BenQ PD2506Q, as the golden partner of Apple devices, is well compatible with MacBook and iPad. By connecting the Type-C interface, you can directly display the image of the Apple device on the display, and then turn on the M-Book mode of the display, so that users can get the image color close to the Apple device.
CAD/CAM mode can highlight the differences between lines by enhancing the sharpness and contrast of lines in engineering drawing, and help architects to complete drawing efficiently. Darkroom mode is more suitable for use in dark environment. By enhancing the brightness and contrast of the scene in the dark part of the picture, more details of the picture can be shown. Animation design mode can provide animators with a brightness level of 10, which can not only improve the brightness of dark scenes, but also ensure that bright parts are not exposed.
Electronic paper book mode, also known as electronic newspaper mode, is the first time that BenQ has added comfortable reading mode to PD series. After the monitor enters this mode, the screen can only appear in black, white and different degrees of gray, providing a reading experience similar to an e-book. Reading words in electronic paper book mode can reduce the influence of harmful blue light on eyes and get a more soothing viewing experience.
Turn on electronic message mode.
Newsletter mode is not turned on
As a professional display, the HDR technology carried by BenQ PD2506Q has passed the professional certification of VESA DisplayHDR 400. After opening, the brightness and contrast of the picture can be greatly improved, and the color performance is more delicate and transparent. With 95% dual P3 wide color gamut, it can provide a better viewing experience for post-editing.
BenQ PD2506Q is equipped with KVM function, which supports simultaneous access of two hosts. By switching display signal sources and controlling two hosts with mouse and keyboard, the number of plug-in interfaces can be effectively reduced and the efficiency can be improved.
BenQ PD2506Q has two built-in speakers with power of 2.5W, which can provide clear and bright stereo effect. Whether editing videos or watching movies, you can easily get a comfortable audio-visual experience.
05 scene experience
As mentioned earlier, BenQ PD2506Q can realize daisy-chain function through its DP OUT interface, so what kind of experience will this function bring? Next, the author will show you the presentation effect of dual screens in different scenes through two monitors connected in series.
Dual screen can provide two display modes: copy and expansion. When copying and displaying, you can adjust the display mode of each monitor separately and compare the picture effects of different color modes.
When expanding the display, you can perform color matching operation on one screen and find data on another screen, thus obtaining an efficient working experience. Thanks to the narrow frame design of BenQ PD2506Q, the picture will not have obvious tearing feeling whether in the state of double horizontal screen or one horizontal screen and one vertical screen.
06 color test
Next, we use professional instruments to test the color performance of BenQ PD2506Q. The instrument of this test is Spyder X Elite color calibrator, and the test items include color gamut, tone response, gray scale, color temperature consistency, color uniformity and color accuracy. Before the test, the monitor has been restored to the factory settings and warmed up for one hour.
The measured results show that the color gamut coverage of BenQ PD2506Q is 100% in sRGB, 88% in Adobe RGB and 96% in P3.
In terms of hue response, the measured black curve should be bent with light blue quot luminosity 2.2 quot as far as possible. It can be seen that the measured black curve is almost the same as quot luminosity 2.2 quot, and the timbre response is very good.
In terms of gray scale, the brightness of BenQ PD2506Q display is stable at 40%-85%, and the overall color temperature is maintained at about 6700 K.
In terms of color temperature consistency, when the brightness of BenQ PD2506Q is 0- 100%, the white point color temperature is always between 6500 and 6800, which is slightly cooler than the standard color temperature.
In the color uniformity test, it can be seen that the 5th quadrant of BenQ PD2506Q is closest to the D65 standard, and the 1 quadrant of the display panel has a certain gap with the standard color temperature value, with a difference of only 2.4. The overall color uniformity of the display is very good.
In terms of color accuracy, the average e value of 48 colors tested by BenQ PD2506Q is 1.5438+0, when 0.
07 evaluation summary
Thanks to AQCOLOR color precision technology, BenQ PD2506Q has 95% dual P3 color gamut and E LT2, which fully meets the strict color standards of designers, editors and other creators. But compared with the color performance, the performance of this monitor in practicality surprised me even more.
BenQ PD2506Q is equipped with a full-featured Type-C interface, which provides a more convenient experience for users to connect mobile devices such as laptops and iPad. The addition of professional exhibition modes such as M-book can also provide excellent functional support for design work in different fields.
In addition, for dual-screen users, BenQ PD2506Q has a 25-inch screen, which can easily accommodate common office desktops even if two monitors are placed side by side in a horizontal state. Users can also easily realize the serial use of two screens through the DP-OUT daisy chain function. If you need a professional monitor with accurate color and strong practicability that supports Apple devices, BenQ PD2506Q must not be missed.
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