***April 2018 RMA UPDATE***I'll have to hand it to BenQ - after sending their help desk a complete explanation of my frustrations, they RMA'ed the BL2711 with a brand-new (not refurbished) PD-series monitor which I chose from a most generous selection they provided me. It arrived quickly and its performance on Day 1 has already been an improvement over the BL2711.This said, I'm not changing my opinion about the BL2711U - it's still a pile of crap - but thankfully, BenQ was willing to do right by me (and it seems to be an isolated piece of crap given the new PD-series monitor).***March 2018 UPDATE BELOW******ORIGINAL MAY 2017 REVIEW***I've had this monitor since January of 2017. It's May now, and my POV is from the standpoint of this roughly 5-month timespan of ownership.I do video editing and 3D design with this monitor and I must give praise to the color accuracy and depth of this panel - in addition to the overall look and feel of the casing and stand itself. In fact, it completely blows away any of the cheaper BenQ products of the past - which nearly kept me from buying it. Simply from a look and feel perspective, it gives Dell's professional monitors a run for their money - even if the BenQ design is more about function than looks.Despite being initially overjoyed with this unit, within 3 months (2 months and change, really), the panel would occasionally flash a large vertical green band (about 1/3 of the total width of the monitor, and not centered) across the screen. This flicker would happen for no more than 1/30th of a second or so before disappearing as fast as it came (I've run it on both 59Hz and 60Hz).However, this flicker has proceeded to become more and more prevalent in that I can now expect some form of it at least every hour, and tonight, upon waking the monitor from sleep, I found an entire half of the screen to be uniformly lit darker than the other half - as if that entire side of the panel had the LED backlights dimmed - and it didn't go away until I shut the monitor down and restarted it again.Of note, I can jiggle the DisplayPort cable to no ill effect, and I have already tested it on a different Nvidia Quadro to the one I presently have installed, and it'll do the same thing. Also, I run this monitor paired with two other older, used monitors (another BenQ and one Dell), and neither of them have even once flickered when the BL2711U has.Ironically enough, I've had FAR more long-term reliability out of the high end, but second-hand monitors I generally tend to get, and I find myself burned and wasting time trying to troubleshoot this one.***MARCH 2018 UPDATE***I ultimately RMA'ed the original panel back in May. After waiting no less than two weeks for Ben Q to process and send a replacement, I was shipped the replacement. In BenQ's defense, the packing was the best I've ever seen for any monitor - but that really meant nothing, as the replacement has the SAME EXACT issues as the first. Same flickering and 50/50 brightness split.Now, since I needed the screen ASAP, I didn't RMA it again and tolerated the flickering for the last 10 months. But tonight, I found the monitor displaying a major reverse color/resolution issue, which I've attached. It didn't go away by unplugging the DisplayPort cable, but it did go away after I pulled and re-inserted the power cord.Quite frankly, this is just unacceptable for a $450+ monitor to A. Give trouble from the start, and B. In the case of the replacement, begin giving possible signs of failure within 10 months. If it was possible, I'd give my two back teeth just to get my money back for this thing and go spend the cash on a comparable 2K Dell monitor capable of 144Hz refresh rates.