So right now, I'm in the process of upgrading my system from the 2019 Mac Pro to the new
Mac Studio with the M2 Ultra chip in it.
So the question that would be asked is, what monitors am I going to use with this?
So what we're going to do is we're going to focus on this new monitor from BenQ.
And just to get it out of the way, I am a BenQ ambassador.
I'm not paid to do this specific video, and I'm not told what to say or anything like
that.
My main monitor is the 32 inch BenQ SW 321 C. But the one I really want to focus on today
is my latest monitor and this is the 27 inch.
It is the PD2706 UA.
And the PD means professional designers.
There's a few things I found very exciting about the PD2706 UA, and one of them is this
ergo arm.
If you look at this arm, I can put my monitor into just about any position I want.
I can bring it forward, I can push it back, I can move it side to side.
Right now, I've actually moved it off to the side so the camera can see through, but I
can just articulate it however I want.
The other thing I love is how easily I can quickly flip it vertical.
This is great for creating things like TikToks and Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts where
a lot of the short form stuff now is vertical.
I can flip it vertical, I can set the monitor to display vertically.
So a lot of the time I have my main monitor in front of me horizontal and then I have
the second monitor vertical.
I also like it for scrolling emails and writing and different things like that.
I'll flip it around, but it's very easy to do that.
But as you can see with the Ergo arm, it also contains all the cables.
You can put everything in there so you don't have these massive cables.
Now, one of the things you might have noticed is I've got a little bit of wood there because
I've got it on a glass top table.
Now, I was talking to a contractor.
He said, Hey, timpered glass, you really don't have to worry about it.
It's very strong, particularly when you've got it on the curved surface.
But I just wanted to be extra sure, so I went down Home Depot, I got a little extra piece
of wood, and then I put that on the arm just to spread the weight and even that out because
I'm just super paranoid about that.
And I've had absolutely no issues with that with it on the glass.
So if you are going to put it on glass, make sure that it's properly tempered and you install
it properly.
Another thing I love about this is the KVM mode that stands for keyboard, video, and
mouse.
So what I'm actually able to do is set up one mouse.
I'm actually using a Logitech mouse here.
And so I put the USB reader onto the monitor, and you can do the same thing with the keyboard
if you wish.
I'm attaching it to an HDMI and a USB.
Now, I'm able to take a USB C cable and attach it to different devices.
Say, for example, my MacBook Pro.
And at one touch, I can change the monitor, display the MacBook Pro, or I can tap and
go back and use it on my MacBook Pro.
It also works on Windows.
Here, I'm using my MSI laptop and it works perfectly.
And it even works on an iPad.
And so the USB C is actually 90 Watts, so I can actually charge any of my laptops, my
iPad, or just plug a phone in there and also charge it.
Now, there's a hot key pack that I can use that has buttons, fully programmable, and
a rotation dial that I can use for switching between different monitors.
I can even do things like picture beside picture or picture in picture where literally I could
have my Mac and a Windows on the same screen at the same time.
I can also go through different color modes.
There are some interesting color modes.
We have an ePaper mode which represents what you would see on a Kindle or something like
that.
Animation mode where it enhances the clarity of dark areas without over exposing light
regions.
Then there's cam mode, which gives you more contrast between lines in shape for technical
illustrations, and that's also good for text and different things like that.
The monitor itself is the Ultra HD 4K IPS LED monitor, and it supports 95 % P 3 color
space, which the P 3 is the color space used in the MacBook Pro iPad, so we've got nice
compatibility with the colors.
It also supports 99 % of the SRGB and Rec 709.
Rec 709, of course, is for video.
It also has HDR 400, so we can see some of those really bright areas and we can also
view and work with some of the HDR content.
If you're a Mac user, one of the nice features is the inbook mode.
The inbook mode, when you connect to a MacBook Pro or Air or whatever, it's actually going
to sync the colors.
So the color management is going to be the same on the monitor as what you see on the
display on your Mac.
So it's going to be very consistent.
So as far as color consistency, BenQ is known for its color consistency from edge to edge.
Some monitors you're going to see different variations from the middle towards the edges
of the monitor, whereas it's very consistent all the way from the corners to the inside
on the BenQ monitors.
And this particular one here has Delta 3 color accuracy.
Now, all the BenQ monitors come factory calibrated with a calibration chart right out of the
box.
We can also be calibrated and it even supports the brand new color bright display plus HL,
which is high luminance.
So if you're working with a MacBook Pro and you want to be able to dock it, or you're
looking for something for the Mac Studio or maybe the Mac Mini, and you're looking for
some kind of a display, I feel like this is a great display to consider because of its
flexibility and the different things that you can do with it.
So this monitor is a great monitor for a designer or somebody working with graphics or even
doing social media, creator, a serious hobbyist.
You're working with graphics, you're working with photographs, you're not really printing,
you're mostly sharing your stuff online, doing a lot of digital work.
This is going to be a great monitor for you.
If you're doing a lot of print work as a photographer and you need very accurate colors for print,
then consider the SW series of monitors, which are really designed specifically more for
that towards the AdobeRGB color spaces.
But for everything else, this monitor is just going to be really great.
So check it out.
And currently, BenQ are partnering with Pantone or promotion, where you get one year of Pantone
Connect premium for free.
And if you've bought a qualifying monitor before, you can actually still get that as
well.
So I am going to be doing some speed tests and some comparisons between different systems
with the Max Studio M2 Ultra.
If there's anything you'd like me to test or you're curious about, just drop that in
the comments underneath and I'll see if I can accommodate that in an upcoming video.
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Until next time, I'll see you at the cafe.