How Do You Change the Settings on Your Gaming Monitor to Get the Look You Want?

In 5 minutes or less, you can get the image that fits your game, your style, and your preferences.

Some gaming monitors only support Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) content but with many HDR games and content now available, be sure to look at monitors that support High Dynamic Range, or HDR. All MOBIUZ monitors automatically detect HDR content and apply HDR colors without any extra steps. Additionally, these monitors also include BenQ’s exclusive Game HDRi and Cinema HDRi modes. By studying over 100 different gaming color styles and conducting research with expert gamers, these two color modes were created to allow for an ultra-realistic survival game, a soul-stirring RPG, or a heart-stopping space horror experience.

Learn more: How BenQ HDRi increases your sense of immersion

Fine-tuning the contrast level is a great way to increase the depth of an image but overdoing it will result in a loss of detail. MOBIUZ’s exclusive Light Tuner allows for high precision fine tuning of contrast. Developed by BenQ’s color lab experts in collaboration with a number of dedicated gamers, Light Tuner allows for adjustment of the brightness, contrast, and saturation of an image altogether. With 20 different adjustment levels, you can easily choose just the right contrast level for your game.

Learn more: Light Tuner

Even subtle differences in color can affect an individual’s perception of the visual details; MOBIUZ gaming monitors are equipped with an exclusive Color Vibrance feature that allows you to make small adjustments for color. This feature also supports 20-level adjustment so gamers can quickly adjust based on the desired visuals of the game.

Via the Quick OSD menu, click  right and you can easily switch color modes.

Learn more: Quick OSD

Learn more: Quick OSD menu

For optimal results, set the base tone first with Light Tuner for contrast settings. For this step, you can set a value of -10 to -1 to strengthen the details of an image while simultaneously boosting its depth. This type of adjustment is suitable for horror games or games that feature stunning landscapes where you’ll feel a greater sense of immersion while you play. On the other hand, Light tuner values from 1 to 10 boost the details in dark areas while ensuring that the image does not become over-exposed. This is suitable for first person shooter (FPS) games, increasing your ability to spot partially hidden enemies lurking in the darker scenes.

In the Color Vibrance setting, the default value is set to 10 and the higher values will make the colors more vivid, suitable for games where more striking visuals are preferred. The lower values of Color Vibrance reduce the saturation according to preference. 

If you want to go to the next level of tuning, you can manually set the values for brightness, contrast, gamma, and color temperature. If you go too far, or get to a point you didn’t expect, simply hit the reset function, and start over. 

With a BenQ MOBIUZ gaming monitor, setting the right look for every game you play can be easier than ever before. Whether you choose one of the HDRi preset modes, use Light Tuner or Color Vibrance to adjust, or get into the detailed settings of gamma and color temperature, you have the ability to set the image the way you want it to be.