BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ review (2023) the 48-inch gaming monitor

If you ask a lot of people, you’ll get different answers. Competitive gamers like small, fast games, while immersive gamers like big, colorful games. That’s why big gaming displays have always been so interesting to me. The BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ tries to be both a fancy OLED TV and a gaming monitor. The EX480UZ is a huge 48-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor that can support HDR10 and has a refresh rate of 120Hz. This monster OLED did a great job of making my favorite PC games pop and looked like one of those fancy new TVs. we recently gave up my TV in favor of a big OLED gaming monitor, so we was curious to see what else was out there.

BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ: Description

Connectivity is the biggest difference between these large OLED monitors and TVs. The DisplayPort is great for PC gaming, but there are only two HDMI 2.1 ports, which makes it hard to use this as a TV replacement. If you count all of my games consoles and streaming devices, I probably have more HDMI devices than most people. So, in an ideal world, we would have liked one or two more HDMI ports. The EX480UZ also has two USB 3.0 ports, a USB Type-B port, a 90W USB Type-C downstream port for charging your devices, and a S/PDIF jack.

Then I didn’t have the worst loadout, and because we was going downstream, we could charge the Steam Deck. The Mobiuz doesn’t work well as a PC monitor because it isn’t easy to use. The legs take up a lot more space than I’d like, so if you were thinking of putting this on a desk, you might want to think again unless you have a really big space. It doesn’t tilt much, so we can see how it might be hard to find the best viewing angle without some creative VESA mounting.

BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ: Pros and Cons

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BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ: Design and Features

In terms of design, the BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ looks just like any other Mobiuz gaming monitor. The usual mix of black and silver plastics with orange accents are there. Also, like other Mobiuz models, the huge EX480UZ has thin bezels on three sides of the screen, a fairly thick chin, and a couple of RGB lighting strips on the back. Overall, the quality of the build is good, and the atmosphere is “gamey” without being too young.

But it is very big, so big that it makes it hard to use. It might not be a good idea to use this display as a desktop monitor because it takes up so much space. But if all you really want is one of the best gaming TVs, why pay more for features that are meant for PCs? About those, they mostly have a DisplayPort 1.4 port and a USB-C port that can send 90W of power, neither of which you are likely to see on an OLED TV. The USB-C port, of course, lets you connect a laptop with a single cable to drive the display and charge the laptop itself.

The EX480UZ also has two HDMI 2.1 ports that support the full 4K resolution at 120Hz. In that way, this monitor is great if you need a big screen for one of the best gaming PCs and one of the latest Sony or Microsoft consoles that can handle 4K 120Hz.When you add support for both AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync adaptive refresh, you have a strong set of features for gaming. It promises good video playback and accurate performance in Windows because it covers 98% of the DCI-P3 digital cinema gamut.

BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ: Setup

The BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ gaming monitor has a mostly gamer-friendly design, with thin bezels on the top and sides of the screen and a larger chin at the bottom. This makes the monitor look sleek and up-to-date, which is great for immersive gaming. Even though it is very big at 49 inches, this doesn’t take away from its overall high-quality look and feel. The quality of the build adds to the high-end look that most gamers will like.

The BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ is easy to set up. With the screws and screwdriver that come with it, you can attach the foot to the back of the monitor, and then the cover. But because it’s so big, the monitor might not fit on everyone’s desk without a little rearranging. In my case, we had to move things around on my desk in order to make room for the monitor. You should give it a lot of thought before deciding if a monitor this size is right for your setup.

The display’s controls are in a handy place at the bottom right of the screen, making it easy to make changes. Also, the monitor comes with an easy-to-use remote control, although once everything is set up, many people may not use it very often. The BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ gaming monitor has a lot of ports so that it can be used with a variety of gaming setups. These include two HDMI 2.1 ports, a DisplayPort 1.4 port, a USB-C port with 90W power delivery, a USB Type-B port, and two USB 3.2 ports. With so many ports, the monitor works with a wide range of devices and accessories, making it a good choice for gamers who want to upgrade.

BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ: Picture Quality

The Mobiuz EX480UZ has a 4K OLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, 98% DCI-P3 coverage, compatibility with both AMD FreeSync and Nvidia GSync, and a GtG response time of 0.1ms. To get the best picture quality out of the box, the EX480UZ will need to be tuned. You get a number of picture presets, such as Standard, FPS, RPG, M-Book, sRGB, DCI-P3, and more. The RPG preset looked the best for SDR content, but we noticed that most of the presets leaned quite heavily toward warm colors. Almost all of the presets lock the color temperature and other color settings, so it will be very hard to change the image quality to your liking.

This becomes a big problem very quickly when you watch HDR content. Warm color temperature gives the default HDR preset a strong yellow tint that can’t be changed or turned off in the settings. This is good for watching movies, but the yellow tint is distracting and makes the colors look wrong when playing games. For example, in Spider-Man: Miles Morales, the snowy streets of Manhattan look very yellow and dull. This makes the whole game feel sad when it shouldn’t.

The only way to fix this is to use BenQ’s HDRi technology, which is an image processing feature that analyzes the image and adds its own HDR formula on top. You can choose between two HDRi presets: Game HDRi and Cinema HDRi. The Game HDRi almost completely gets rid of the heavy yellow tint, but it adds an unnaturally “cool” color temperature and blows out the whites, which changes the way a game looks.

Display and Performance

The BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ has a 48-inch OLED screen with a resolution of 3840 x 2160, a refresh rate of 120Hz, and a response time of 0.1 milliseconds. It has a brightness rating of 450 cd/m2 and a contrast rating of 135000:1. This model works with HDR10, and it has a feature called HDRi that uses a brightness sensor to make the screen look its best. The high number of pixels in 4K screens makes them look great no matter what size they are.

But a screen this big can be too much for a desktop setup if you use it for work or browsing. Sitting the right distance away from it or setting it up as a couch can help with that. 100% of the sRGB gamut and 94% of the DCI-P3 mode were covered by the BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ. The default FPS mode, on the other hand, gave it high color accuracy, with an average deltaE of 5.41. Using the DCI-P3 mode brought that average dE down to a more pleasing 1.89, so we recommend using that instead.

After the monitor was calibrated, its dE average went down to a more even 1.03, which is better than any of the filters. The only problem is that you’ll need to buy a colorimeter to get the same results. That’s not useful for gaming, so we can only suggest it if you work with colors a lot. The monitor’s brightness peaked at 151 cd/m2, but the OLED panel made it possible for the contrast to reach 151450:1. It can do HDR well, just like every other OLED gaming monitor out there. It doesn’t do a good job of blocking out bright ambient light, so use curtains or turn off your room lights while you play.

Final Words

The BenQ Mobiuz EX480UZ stands in a peculiar place. In and of itself, the monitor is very powerful and full of features that should meet most gamers’ needs. But at AED 6,600, it’s expensive and doesn’t compare to OLED TVs, which are only slightly bigger but much cheaper. So, it’s hard to recommend the EX480UZ at that price when you can spend that money on a display that’s about as good or better. But if you’re looking for a 48″ OLED display in particular, the EX480UZ is one of the few options, and it should satisfy your need for an OLED display quite well.

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