When comparing BenQ SW271 vs ASUS PB278Q, the Slant community recommends ASUS PB278Q for most people. In the question“What are the best monitors?” ASUS PB278Q is ranked 58th while BenQ SW271 is ranked 188th. The most important reason people chose ASUS PB278Q is:
Headphone jack and microphone port available.
Specs
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pros
Pro Supports wide color space
The BenQ SW271 can display more colors than the overwhelming majority of the professional monitors on the market. In fact, it entirely supports Adobe RGB, which is the largest color space used by the today's photography artists.
Besides, this monitor is a perfect solution for the artist that print their work, since it can display 100% of the CMYK colors that are used by the majority of printers and printing houses.
Pro Audio I/O
Headphone jack and microphone port available.
Pro QuickFit Virtual Scale
PB278Q has the ASUS exclusive QuickFit Virtual Scale that allows for previewing documents as they would appear when printed.
Pro Sharp, color rich screen
ASUS PB278Q is among the first non-Samsung monitors to use PLS. PLS (plane-to-line) is a Samsung-developed update on IPS. It has a 5ms (grey-to-grey) response time, 16.7 million colors, 1000:1 contrast ratio and is LED-backlit.
Pro DVI, DisplayPort, VGA, HDMI connections
DVI is dual-link with HDCP.
Pro Lightweight
ASUS PB278Q weighs about 8kg. Because of this it is easier to find VESA mounts.
Cons
Con No USB ports
There are no USB ports.
Con Poor stand
Although the footstand is wide it's rather flimsy.