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Viewing Angles, Uniformity, Response & Lag

Viewing Angles

IPS panels always impress us with their off-axis image quality with AHVA screens offering the best possible performance. The PD2710QC is not one of those, but its photos seem much better than run-of-the-mill displays. Light falloff to the sides is about 30% at most with a slight but barely noticeable blue shift. Detail is well preserved with all steps clearly visible. From the top, color moves to red with a 60% reduction in output and a loss of detail in the shadow areas.

Screen Uniformity

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Monitors in this category rarely have a uniformity compensation feature, but our samples obviously don’t need any help. Our PD2710QC returned a top level result in the black field test and is one of the best screens we’ve measured to date. There is no IPS glow or backlight bleed here. The white and color tests show equally impressive numbers with errors far below the visible threshold.

Pixel Response & Input Lag

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This isn’t a gaming monitor review, but if one were to boot up a copy of Far Cry, the BE270U can provide 75Hz and FreeSync operation. That’s why it takes the top spot here, but the PD2710QC is right there with the rest. At 60Hz, a 23ms draw time and 63ms total lag is about as good as it gets. That’s fast enough to keep motion blur at a minimum and provides good control response for all but the most skilled players. We had no complaints when engaging in a few frag-fests during the review.

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Christian Eberle is a Contributing Editor for Tom's Hardware US. He's a veteran reviewer of A/V equipment, specializing in monitors. Christian began his obsession with tech when he built his first PC in 1991, a 286 running DOS 3.0 at a blazing 12MHz. In 2006, he undertook training from the Imaging Science Foundation in video calibration and testing and thus started a passion for precise imaging that persists to this day. He is also a professional musician with a degree from the New England Conservatory as a classical bassoonist which he used to good effect as a performer with the West Point Army Band from 1987 to 2013. He enjoys watching movies and listening to high-end audio in his custom-built home theater and can be seen riding trails near his home on a race-ready ICE VTX recumbent trike. Christian enjoys the endless summer in Florida where he lives with his wife and Chihuahua and plays with orchestras around the state.