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Viewing Angles
It’s a good thing that professional gamers don’t share screens often because the XL2546K is a poor tool for that task. Its TN panel shows typical performance with an obvious red/green shift to the sides. On the upside, light falloff is only about 20%, better than most TN monitors. From the top, detail is almost non-existent with a major gamma reduction. The best place to be is front and center and, with a 25-inch screen, that’s not difficult to achieve.
Screen Uniformity
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Our XL2546K sample aced the black field uniformity test with one of the lowest scores we’ve ever recorded. When viewed in a completely dark room, there are no instances of bleed or glow; the pattern looks absolutely perfect. Brighter patterns revealed no examples of color shift or aberration. This is one of the cleanest panels we’ve reviewed to date.
Pixel Response and Input Lag
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Though the XL2546K doesn’t have a huge feature list, it delivers speed and video processing quality commensurate with other 240 Hz monitors. A 5ms draw time means that you’ll see almost no motion blur even without the DyAc+ backlight strobe running. Turning it on eliminates blur completely. Input lag is similarly low and in line with the other 240 Hz screens here. If the $500 price tag is an issue, you can save a bit of cash by going for 144 Hz. The MSI and other BenQ aren’t that much slower for control lag, but their 7ms draw times mean a little more motion blur.
