14 DAY TRIAL // The past few months, this whole year really, has been a time when monitors and television sets have progressively integrated health-related technology in their blueprints. BenQ is making its rather more "caring nature" a bit more official now.
Which is to say, the company has formally released a collection of LCD monitors featuring certain assets that will reduce eye strain.
You see, even if we humans stick to the healthy guidelines when using a display (an arm's length away from the screen, with hourly breaks of 5 minutes), prolonged use will have an impact anyway.
That means that reduced blue light and flicker-free technologies are a nice boon to those who spend many hours in the office or working at home.
Maybe in the future, these things will become a default element of all LED-backlit liquid crystal display products, and maybe OLED too.
For now, though, companies, in this case BenQ, are using the features to make their new creations stand out from the rest of the crowd.
Case in point, BenQ has announced the Eye-care Series monitors, which have BenQ's own Flicker-Free tech, as well as four Low Blue Light Modes.
You'll get different intensity adjustments for web surfing, multimedia playback, reading, and office work (though the last two will overlap somewhat).
Normally, the screen flickers at 200 times per second, ensuring that the flashing effect is never seen by the naked eye.
The Eye-care monitors from BenQ, thanks to the De-flickering Backlight Circuit Controller, supposedly eliminate the phenomenon entirely.
Meanwhile, the Low Blue Light modes we have mentioned before came about due to the assessment provided by BenQ engineers and certain users. Since the intensity of the blue light affects the color calibration, it was deemed necessary to have more than one option. We wouldn't want movies to look washed out after all.
Reading mode simulates real paper, as you might have guessed. It cuts blue light by 70% or so, reducing eyestrain from prolonged use. Office Mode cuts things by 60%, while Web-surfing mode and multimedia mode cut blue light strength by 50% and 30%, respectively.
BenQ didn't provide specs in its announcement, because they are mostly the same across the board, and size and price will vary by region.
"As the first brand in the world to launch a full range of eye-comforting, Flicker-free monitors, we are deeply committed to create and build a viewing experience that matters to the eye health of our users," said Peter Huang, general manager of BenQ's technology product center.
"It is our Eye-care commitment that helps us strengthen our Eye-care Series monitors with vision-friendly features that truly makes a difference in people's lives and we will definitely continue to commit the necessary resources to support our innovation efforts in bringing people better Eye-care Series monitors."