BenQ SW270C

[Rankrotten]

Anyone using a BenQ SW270C 27inch 1440p photographer's monitor?

I have had mine for over a year, fabulous display using the calibrated AdobeRGB mode, and just noticed that my unit has a 4K panel with default res of 3840x2160 but have always driven it at what I believed was the default 1440p. Be interested to know if this is indeed a 4K panel being driven at a lower resolution or mine is a one-off.

A quirk with Apple Silicon means I can't get an accurate bit depth reading from MacOS Ventura. The monitor is 10-bit with a 16-bit LUT but Better Display indicates 8 bit output from my M2 Pro Mac mini.
10 bit test ramps seem smooth with no visible banding in Photoshop so hope this is cosmetic.

 

[kvic]

BenQ seems to have a model named SW271C which is 27-inch 4K

 

[Rankrotten]

BenQ seems to have a model named SW271C which is 27-inch 4K

This is definitely the SW270C with odd specs.

 

[kvic]

This is definitely the SW270C with odd specs.

Sorry to say the obvious..I hope you're capable of seeing the difference between 2k and 4k IPS panels by sniffing the pixels.

The photo of the OSD menu shows you indeed got a SW270C but it doesn't tell 4k. On the contrary, it's a 2k panel exactly as it's manufactured.