**A Comprehensive Review of the Ergo Arm Monitor**

I recently had the opportunity to put the BenQ Ergo arm monitor to the test, and I must say that it exceeded my expectations in every way. With its sleek design and advanced features, this monitor is tailor-made for MacBook users who want a premium viewing experience. But what sets it apart from other monitors on the market? Let's take a closer look.

**Space-Saving Design**

One of the standout features of the Ergo arm monitor is its space-saving design. Unlike traditional monitors that require a separate stand, this monitor comes with an autonomous desk that can be mounted to your existing desk surface. The desk itself is only about an inch thick and measures 29 inches in depth, making it incredibly compact. I was able to fit it on my desk without taking up too much space, which was a welcome surprise. In fact, I even didn't put the Ergo arm all the way in because I wanted to save even more space – it's clear that BenQ has designed this monitor with portability and flexibility in mind.

**Ease of Installation**

Installation was a breeze, and I was able to set up the monitor on my own (with a little help from a second person due to its weight). The Ergo arm is designed to be easy to install, and it comes with clear instructions that make the process straightforward. Once installed, the monitor can be adjusted to any position you desire, thanks to its advanced range of motion.

**Cable Organization**

One of the things I was most impressed with was the cable organization system built into the Ergo arm. This feature allows you to neatly route your cables behind the monitor, keeping your workspace tidy and organized. It's clear that BenQ has put a lot of thought into designing this feature, as it makes a huge difference in maintaining a clutter-free workspace.

**Display Quality**

The display quality of the Ergo arm monitor is exceptional. With its 4K resolution, I was able to enjoy crisp and vibrant images on my MacBook. The monitor is also designed specifically for Mac users, with features such as built-in color management and HDR support that make it an ideal choice for creative professionals.

**Additional Features**

One feature that caught my attention was the built-in speaker. While it's not a powerhouse of sound, it gets the job done – perfect for emergency audio situations or listening to podcasts. I also appreciated the affordable price point of $750, which makes it an excellent value compared to other high-end monitors on the market.

**Verdict**

In conclusion, the BenQ Ergo arm monitor is an exceptional product that checks all the right boxes. Its space-saving design, ease of installation, and advanced features make it a must-have for MacBook users who want a premium viewing experience. With its 4K resolution and built-in color management, this monitor is perfect for creative professionals or anyone who wants to enjoy crisp and vibrant images on their device. At $750, it's an excellent value that won't break the bank – especially when you can get two of these monitors for the price of one Studio display. If you're in the market for a new monitor, I highly recommend giving this one a try.

**Final Thoughts**

If you guys enjoyed this video, please leave a like and a comment below. It means the world to me! If you'd like to watch more iOS, iPadOS, or MacOS-related content, be sure to check out my other videos by clicking on one of these links below. Until next time, I'm Fernando, and it was great having you along for the ride.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso everybody we got a brand new BenQ monitor in the studio which you can see right here and it has to be probably the best bang for buck monitor that you can get that's specifically made for creators and especially MacBook users I use this with my 13in M2 MacBook Air which hopefully turns into a 15-in MacBook Air sooner rather than later but this is the BenQ design view PD 3205 UA 32in Ergo arm 4k monitor and I know it's a mouthful but basically it's a 32in 4k monitor that comes on a super premium Ergo arm that can be clasped onto any desk but without further Ado let's talk about what makes this monitor so special and again this thing is an absolute Beast let's get into it so let's quickly talk about the actual specs of the display because it's important to know exactly what you're getting in terms of bang for your buck so this is a 32 in or 31.5 if you're being absolutely exact inch monitor and is an IPS panel it is a it is a 340x 2160 so a true 4k monitor and you can definitely tell with how crisp this thing is some of the things to take note of is that it does have a peak brightness of 350 nits it does support hdr10 has a 1,00 to1 native contrast ratio has some great viewing angles of basically 180° so no matter how far off to the right or left you're looking at this monitor you're not going to see any dip in color any weird saturation you're going to be able to see the entire thing in its entirety now again this is made for the Creator in mind for the max MacBook user this is not a gaming monitor so it is stuck at 60 HZ if you do want a gaming monitor with 120 or 144 Herz or more I will leave some link down in the description below for you guys to check out but this one is with the Creator in mind and it still works for casual gaming like I play a little bit of NBA 2K a little bit of Marvel Strike Force I even play some Retro Bowl on here on my iPad which is great to see so being able to use a monitor for some casual gaming is more than enough and then lastly you are getting a 140 PPI on this 4k 32-in monitor which is absolutely amazing amazing with that anti-glare coating is absolutely outstanding because you're able to see all the correct colors even when I have this big window open from behind me it doesn't really get in the way doesn't give me too much reflection when actually using the computer so I absolutely love the anti- glare coating it does give you this feeling that maybe the brightness isn't super duper high but that goes away pretty quickly and you get used to it right away and it is plenty bright enough even when you are in the middle of the day with windows that are as big as these kind of shining as much light throughout the middle of the day you can see everything perfectly fine so now let's talk about the actual screen and what makes it actually buildt for Creator so you are getting pretty much 99% of the srgb color palette as well as the 99% of the rec709 color spaces so basically what that means in a nutshell is that it's going to be very color accurate to the MacBook that you're using again this can be used with any computer whatsoever but they do put a big emphasis on the compatibility on the Mac side so we using an M1 MacBook Air M2 MacBook Air any of the MacBook Pros with the mini LED display now it is more comparable to the display that you get from the M2 MacBook Air versus that mini LED D on let's say one of the MacBook Pros but it's still very color accurate the 4K display and the brightness really makes sure that you get the exact colors that you want out of your MacBook as an extended display because I know if you guys have used maybe cheaper monitors in the past and you plug in a very premium laptop like the MacBook Pro the M1 Max MacBook Pro and you plug it into another monitor once you get to the nitty-gritty and getting some actual video editing done or some photo editing done you can't really trust the actual colors on the monitor but with this one you can absolutely trust it and there's even an book mode which they're calling their MacBook mode which I'll show in a little bit that really kind of brings all the colors together the brightness together the saturation together the way that Apple intended it to which I love to see and now in terms of connectivity on the rear you get a bunch of I/O pretty much anything that you would ever need when connecting to an actual MacBook now keep in mind with the M1 and the M2 MacBook Air by default from Apple those chips can only support up to one exteral monitor so if you're using it with your M2 MacBook Air like I am unfortunately unless you have a dock that has display link built into it which still not even super steady and I wouldn't recommend it you're not able to have a secondary or third monitor versus with the M1 Max and the M1 Pro MacBook Pros you are able to daisy chain these monitors alt together but to give you an idea of the type of IO that you get you get a full HDMI port a full display port you get one full USBC which gives you up to 90 wats of power delivery and data you get two USB type B Upstream ports you get another USB type c Downstream Port three USB 3.2 Downstream ports and then the allinone connection USBC Port so you have a mult multitude of I/O again this is a single cable solution for me personally so the monitor is plugged into power and then I have a thunderbolt 3 cable going from the actual backside over to the actual MacBook Air and that is what's going to charge and make sure that I have power on the MacBook it also supplies all the audio and video output directly from the MacBook Air over to the display itself and I'm a big believer in a single cable solution one thing that I will say is that the Thunderbolt cable is relatively short I believe it's only a foot and a half long so if you need a 3ft cable you might have to look elsewhere with the cable that it came in the Box itself but it is a very tried andrue and very capable cable like the cable I had before on my last monitor was a little bit finicky it kind of broke whenever went into clamshell mode but this is a true Thunderbolt cable that you can trust with pretty much all of your Thunderbolt needs and then another thing that I really like about this monitor at least one of the accessories that it comes with is the actual Puck G2 so this hotkey Puck is exactly what it sounds like normally when you have to deal with the settings or the actual built in settings of the monitor you got to like click around kind of blindly look behind the actual monitor itself see if it's exactly where you want go in the settings menu if you're pressing the right buttons If you're pressing okay if you're pressing up and down correctly but the actual G2 hotkey Puck pretty much solves an entire issue and it looks good it looks aesthetic and it's basically just a controller to actually control all the different settings inside of your BenQ monitor now again in the settings menu there's a bunch of different settings on how you want to actually color correct and make sure you have the correct color gamut when displaying on this external monitor again I deal with the mbook mode because it's the most true on to one when it comes to my MacBook Air display to the actual display on this monitor but you have an abundance of other ones if you do want to play with those as well and then another nice feature with this monitor is it has a built-in KVM switch which is something that's very rare in a monitor at this price point the KVM switch is actually used to be able to use this single monitor with two different computers or two different ways to actually output video and audio so for instance let's say you have an Xbox that you want to have directly plugged in at all times but then you also have your MacBook directly plugged in the KVM switch allows you to just quickly switch with the hotkey puck which is great to have between your Xbox and your MacBook but same thing goes with two computers let's say you have a Windows desktop kind of tower on the left hand side that you use for maybe Windows tasks but then you have your MacBook for Creative tasks then you can easily switch between those two without having to unplug replug move HDMI cables without having to power up anything else you literally just do a little switch on the actual hockey puck and you're good to go so that KVM switch is very very important to people that use two different operating systems or two different video apps essentially and then finally let's talk about the design and the fact that what makes this one of the newer actual monitors is that Ergo arm so I actually this is the first time that I've personally used an ergo arm to mount any type of display usually with the monitors that I use I use whatever stand that comes kind of pre-installed in the box and then I just use that and live with whatever that actually entails but this Ergo arm has really changed how a i cable organize everything how much actual desktop space I have when actually using the computer because with a normal computer or a normal monitor that actual monitor stand is going to take up space on your desk itself but with the Ergo arm all of that changes now I am using an autonomous desk it's about an inch thick and I've had zero issues with the Ergo arm and I even didn't even put the Ergo arm all the way in because I wanted to save even more space so I actually have some room to work with on the desk itself this desk is about 29 in in terms of depth so I get about 29 in of depth and it only takes of about 2 Ines in the rear if you guys really look at it it's very easy to install it is a little bit heavy so if you know you can't pick it up you might need a second person but for the most part I was able to install it fully by myself you just actually tighten up the Ergo arm and then clip on the actual monitor itself and then you have full range of motion so you're able to pull this all the way out push it all the way in if you need to angle it up and down if you need to angle it on the y axis on the x- axis and even a little bit of the z-axis as well so you have full range of motion with this monitor whatever position you need to put it in it's very easy to move and for a monitor that's on the heavier side this actual Ergo arm is designed so well that it moves super seamlessly it's easy to move around but not so easy that you're kind of like knocking it out of the way so keep that in mind that this is the Ergo ARM version so this does not come with a stand this with the arm that you need to actually mount on a desk itself very easy to mount very self-explanatory and once you get it all set up and cable organized through the actual Ergo arm it works extremely well and that is pretty much everything we have or everything we need to know about this BenQ monitor all all you really need to know is that it's tailor made and built for MacBook users whether it is an entry-level MacBook Air or a fully loaded M1 Pro or M1 Max MacBook Pro you can use it with your Mac Studio you can still use it with Mac Pro if you're still using a Mac Pro so it's built to be used with Max but it can be used with anything else as well so it's not just dedicated for Mac it just has a couple of extra settings to really conform to a Mac User from a design and creative standpoint the Ergo arm is very easy to use I love just how fluid it is the display is very crisp the 4K actual resolution has made it very very easy for me to be able to use multiple apps at once at all times and it's handled everything that I need to Oh and it does have a built-in speaker now again now the built-in speaker isn't anything crazy it is pretty tiny doesn't have too much bass but if you just need it for emergency audio or maybe you're listening to a podcast it's going to get the job done and what I like about this is the actual price so for $750 you get pretty much all the way up to that studio display type of kind of quality I mean the studio display I believe is 5K this is 4K but overall from a quality standpoint you're saving what $8 maybe $900 to go with this one you can get yourself two of these monitors for the price of one Studio display and just be able to have as much as you want in terms of screen real estate versus the studio display yes it is a 5K monitor but at the end of the day not a lot of people need that 5K monitor the 4K is more than enough because I edit everything in 4k I'm not using any 8K or even 5K footage for that matter but that is going to do for this video if you guys do want to check it out I'm going to link it down in the description below I just think it's a great alternative to what else is out there the Ergo arm is very very premium the actual display itself gets the job done it works well with MacBook users and MacBook Pro users there's really nothing negative to say about this thing and for 750 it's hard to go wrong everybody but that's going to do it for this video If you guys did enjoy leave a little dolphin in the comments down below so they know you made it to the end and if you guys want to watch some more iOS iPad Os or Mac OS videos click on one of these right here but until next time I'm Fernando out of here everybody peaceso everybody we got a brand new BenQ monitor in the studio which you can see right here and it has to be probably the best bang for buck monitor that you can get that's specifically made for creators and especially MacBook users I use this with my 13in M2 MacBook Air which hopefully turns into a 15-in MacBook Air sooner rather than later but this is the BenQ design view PD 3205 UA 32in Ergo arm 4k monitor and I know it's a mouthful but basically it's a 32in 4k monitor that comes on a super premium Ergo arm that can be clasped onto any desk but without further Ado let's talk about what makes this monitor so special and again this thing is an absolute Beast let's get into it so let's quickly talk about the actual specs of the display because it's important to know exactly what you're getting in terms of bang for your buck so this is a 32 in or 31.5 if you're being absolutely exact inch monitor and is an IPS panel it is a it is a 340x 2160 so a true 4k monitor and you can definitely tell with how crisp this thing is some of the things to take note of is that it does have a peak brightness of 350 nits it does support hdr10 has a 1,00 to1 native contrast ratio has some great viewing angles of basically 180° so no matter how far off to the right or left you're looking at this monitor you're not going to see any dip in color any weird saturation you're going to be able to see the entire thing in its entirety now again this is made for the Creator in mind for the max MacBook user this is not a gaming monitor so it is stuck at 60 HZ if you do want a gaming monitor with 120 or 144 Herz or more I will leave some link down in the description below for you guys to check out but this one is with the Creator in mind and it still works for casual gaming like I play a little bit of NBA 2K a little bit of Marvel Strike Force I even play some Retro Bowl on here on my iPad which is great to see so being able to use a monitor for some casual gaming is more than enough and then lastly you are getting a 140 PPI on this 4k 32-in monitor which is absolutely amazing amazing with that anti-glare coating is absolutely outstanding because you're able to see all the correct colors even when I have this big window open from behind me it doesn't really get in the way doesn't give me too much reflection when actually using the computer so I absolutely love the anti- glare coating it does give you this feeling that maybe the brightness isn't super duper high but that goes away pretty quickly and you get used to it right away and it is plenty bright enough even when you are in the middle of the day with windows that are as big as these kind of shining as much light throughout the middle of the day you can see everything perfectly fine so now let's talk about the actual screen and what makes it actually buildt for Creator so you are getting pretty much 99% of the srgb color palette as well as the 99% of the rec709 color spaces so basically what that means in a nutshell is that it's going to be very color accurate to the MacBook that you're using again this can be used with any computer whatsoever but they do put a big emphasis on the compatibility on the Mac side so we using an M1 MacBook Air M2 MacBook Air any of the MacBook Pros with the mini LED display now it is more comparable to the display that you get from the M2 MacBook Air versus that mini LED D on let's say one of the MacBook Pros but it's still very color accurate the 4K display and the brightness really makes sure that you get the exact colors that you want out of your MacBook as an extended display because I know if you guys have used maybe cheaper monitors in the past and you plug in a very premium laptop like the MacBook Pro the M1 Max MacBook Pro and you plug it into another monitor once you get to the nitty-gritty and getting some actual video editing done or some photo editing done you can't really trust the actual colors on the monitor but with this one you can absolutely trust it and there's even an book mode which they're calling their MacBook mode which I'll show in a little bit that really kind of brings all the colors together the brightness together the saturation together the way that Apple intended it to which I love to see and now in terms of connectivity on the rear you get a bunch of I/O pretty much anything that you would ever need when connecting to an actual MacBook now keep in mind with the M1 and the M2 MacBook Air by default from Apple those chips can only support up to one exteral monitor so if you're using it with your M2 MacBook Air like I am unfortunately unless you have a dock that has display link built into it which still not even super steady and I wouldn't recommend it you're not able to have a secondary or third monitor versus with the M1 Max and the M1 Pro MacBook Pros you are able to daisy chain these monitors alt together but to give you an idea of the type of IO that you get you get a full HDMI port a full display port you get one full USBC which gives you up to 90 wats of power delivery and data you get two USB type B Upstream ports you get another USB type c Downstream Port three USB 3.2 Downstream ports and then the allinone connection USBC Port so you have a mult multitude of I/O again this is a single cable solution for me personally so the monitor is plugged into power and then I have a thunderbolt 3 cable going from the actual backside over to the actual MacBook Air and that is what's going to charge and make sure that I have power on the MacBook it also supplies all the audio and video output directly from the MacBook Air over to the display itself and I'm a big believer in a single cable solution one thing that I will say is that the Thunderbolt cable is relatively short I believe it's only a foot and a half long so if you need a 3ft cable you might have to look elsewhere with the cable that it came in the Box itself but it is a very tried andrue and very capable cable like the cable I had before on my last monitor was a little bit finicky it kind of broke whenever went into clamshell mode but this is a true Thunderbolt cable that you can trust with pretty much all of your Thunderbolt needs and then another thing that I really like about this monitor at least one of the accessories that it comes with is the actual Puck G2 so this hotkey Puck is exactly what it sounds like normally when you have to deal with the settings or the actual built in settings of the monitor you got to like click around kind of blindly look behind the actual monitor itself see if it's exactly where you want go in the settings menu if you're pressing the right buttons If you're pressing okay if you're pressing up and down correctly but the actual G2 hotkey Puck pretty much solves an entire issue and it looks good it looks aesthetic and it's basically just a controller to actually control all the different settings inside of your BenQ monitor now again in the settings menu there's a bunch of different settings on how you want to actually color correct and make sure you have the correct color gamut when displaying on this external monitor again I deal with the mbook mode because it's the most true on to one when it comes to my MacBook Air display to the actual display on this monitor but you have an abundance of other ones if you do want to play with those as well and then another nice feature with this monitor is it has a built-in KVM switch which is something that's very rare in a monitor at this price point the KVM switch is actually used to be able to use this single monitor with two different computers or two different ways to actually output video and audio so for instance let's say you have an Xbox that you want to have directly plugged in at all times but then you also have your MacBook directly plugged in the KVM switch allows you to just quickly switch with the hotkey puck which is great to have between your Xbox and your MacBook but same thing goes with two computers let's say you have a Windows desktop kind of tower on the left hand side that you use for maybe Windows tasks but then you have your MacBook for Creative tasks then you can easily switch between those two without having to unplug replug move HDMI cables without having to power up anything else you literally just do a little switch on the actual hockey puck and you're good to go so that KVM switch is very very important to people that use two different operating systems or two different video apps essentially and then finally let's talk about the design and the fact that what makes this one of the newer actual monitors is that Ergo arm so I actually this is the first time that I've personally used an ergo arm to mount any type of display usually with the monitors that I use I use whatever stand that comes kind of pre-installed in the box and then I just use that and live with whatever that actually entails but this Ergo arm has really changed how a i cable organize everything how much actual desktop space I have when actually using the computer because with a normal computer or a normal monitor that actual monitor stand is going to take up space on your desk itself but with the Ergo arm all of that changes now I am using an autonomous desk it's about an inch thick and I've had zero issues with the Ergo arm and I even didn't even put the Ergo arm all the way in because I wanted to save even more space so I actually have some room to work with on the desk itself this desk is about 29 in in terms of depth so I get about 29 in of depth and it only takes of about 2 Ines in the rear if you guys really look at it it's very easy to install it is a little bit heavy so if you know you can't pick it up you might need a second person but for the most part I was able to install it fully by myself you just actually tighten up the Ergo arm and then clip on the actual monitor itself and then you have full range of motion so you're able to pull this all the way out push it all the way in if you need to angle it up and down if you need to angle it on the y axis on the x- axis and even a little bit of the z-axis as well so you have full range of motion with this monitor whatever position you need to put it in it's very easy to move and for a monitor that's on the heavier side this actual Ergo arm is designed so well that it moves super seamlessly it's easy to move around but not so easy that you're kind of like knocking it out of the way so keep that in mind that this is the Ergo ARM version so this does not come with a stand this with the arm that you need to actually mount on a desk itself very easy to mount very self-explanatory and once you get it all set up and cable organized through the actual Ergo arm it works extremely well and that is pretty much everything we have or everything we need to know about this BenQ monitor all all you really need to know is that it's tailor made and built for MacBook users whether it is an entry-level MacBook Air or a fully loaded M1 Pro or M1 Max MacBook Pro you can use it with your Mac Studio you can still use it with Mac Pro if you're still using a Mac Pro so it's built to be used with Max but it can be used with anything else as well so it's not just dedicated for Mac it just has a couple of extra settings to really conform to a Mac User from a design and creative standpoint the Ergo arm is very easy to use I love just how fluid it is the display is very crisp the 4K actual resolution has made it very very easy for me to be able to use multiple apps at once at all times and it's handled everything that I need to Oh and it does have a built-in speaker now again now the built-in speaker isn't anything crazy it is pretty tiny doesn't have too much bass but if you just need it for emergency audio or maybe you're listening to a podcast it's going to get the job done and what I like about this is the actual price so for $750 you get pretty much all the way up to that studio display type of kind of quality I mean the studio display I believe is 5K this is 4K but overall from a quality standpoint you're saving what $8 maybe $900 to go with this one you can get yourself two of these monitors for the price of one Studio display and just be able to have as much as you want in terms of screen real estate versus the studio display yes it is a 5K monitor but at the end of the day not a lot of people need that 5K monitor the 4K is more than enough because I edit everything in 4k I'm not using any 8K or even 5K footage for that matter but that is going to do for this video if you guys do want to check it out I'm going to link it down in the description below I just think it's a great alternative to what else is out there the Ergo arm is very very premium the actual display itself gets the job done it works well with MacBook users and MacBook Pro users there's really nothing negative to say about this thing and for 750 it's hard to go wrong everybody but that's going to do it for this video If you guys did enjoy leave a little dolphin in the comments down below so they know you made it to the end and if you guys want to watch some more iOS iPad Os or Mac OS videos click on one of these right here but until next time I'm Fernando out of here everybody peace\n"