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BenQ ScreenBar Monitor Light Bar
The simplest way to light a desk properly at night, and still the reference monitor light bar.
- Setuplify score
- Setuplify score: 8.4/10
- Value score
- Value score: 7.6/10
- Best for
- Evening work and coding sessions at the monitor
Price
$92.65at BenQ StoreIn stock
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What we like
- No glare on the screen
- Auto-dimming ambient light sensor
- 2700 to 6500 K white with 15 brightness levels
- Powered by a single USB port
What to know
- Clip only fits monitors 1 to 3 cm thick at the top
- No backlight or wireless controller, unlike the Halo 2
- Pricey next to a basic desk lamp
Specifications
| Type | Monitor light bar |
|---|---|
| Colour temperature | 2700-6500 K |
| RGB | No |
| App / smart control | No |
| Power | 5 W |
About the BenQ ScreenBar Monitor Light Bar
The ScreenBar sits on top of the monitor and aims its light down at the keyboard and papers, not at the screen, so you get an evenly lit desk without reflections. It gives 930 lux at the center from 45 cm, with a color rendering index of 95 or more, 15 brightness levels and 8 color temperatures from a warm 2700 K to a cool 6500 K. An ambient light sensor can top up the room light to about 500 lux on its own.
It runs from a USB port (5 V, 5 W max), so there is no extra power brick, and the weighted clip fits flat or curved monitors from 1 to 3 cm thick. It is a work light only: no color effects, no app. The newer Halo 2 adds a wireless controller and a backlight, for about twice the price.
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