Grand plan = a matched pair of Benq XL2430T monitors for £500 (missed the Amazon prime sale but saw a lighting deal for monitors at £239.99 - tried to order two but Amazon limited the order to one per customer so had to select another provider but they were offering them at £260.11 -job done - ordered them both on the 9th August)



Amazon delivery is the standard other companies should hope to achieve. The amazon ordered one arrived on time (or even early) and the monitor itself is superb. The other company and Amazon re seller I selected to buy from chose a crap courier and failed to meet their delivery promise completely. missing all delivery targets (despite me waiting in the house for delivery) and eventually stating they had 'lost' the parcel completely.



So here I am sat with an old IIyama E2407HDS and a new XL2430T and the color difference and image quality between the two is staggering. I always thought the IIyama was a good monitor but compared to the xl2430t the white looks yellow (believe me I have tweaked the be'jesus out of it in an attempt to get it near the clarity and brilliance of the Benq offering to no avail.) and the image lacks the sharpness and clarity of the Benq.



Running games on the Benq at 144hz is a joy (note:New driver installation and DisplayPort are necessary evils - this Monitor does not work optimally straight out of the box - mine was too bright and too vibrant but soon calmed down with a bit of tweaking) and the number of different profiles makes having separate setups for word /FPS / RPG etc easy and swapping between them using the 'monitor mouse switch thing' a doddle.



As I have now been let down badly by the other seller and their poor choice of courier (Box.co.uk in case you are wondering) I now have the choice of keeping the two 1920x1080 monitors (one 60hz and one 144hz) I have but I am not sure I can stand noticing the persistent differences between them. A matched pair would be so much better - although unfortunately it will now cost me £35 more than 9 days ago, when I ordered the two, to achieve this, but I think I am going to have to go for it when the refund finally hits my bank account - the Benq is that good.



Bitching aside - the monitor is perfect, the amazon delivery is perfect. I only got to see just how good the Benq monitor is because of the comparison I have been forced to make between my old and new monitors and it just reinforces the decision to go XL2430T.