Quntis ScreenLinear Pro RGB Monitor Light Bar
A 95 CRI monitor light bar with RGB backlight at half the price of BenQ's ScreenBar Halo — the credible budget pick for desk lighting.
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What we like
- 95+ CRI rendering matches BenQ ScreenBar's color accuracy
- RGB backlight included — a $120 upcharge on BenQ
- Wireless remote keeps your monitor bezel uncluttered
- 3 color temperatures and 5 brightness levels cover most use cases
- Asymmetric optics keep glare off the screen
Could be better
- Build quality feels noticeably more plastic than BenQ
- Clip mount is less refined on thicker bezels
- Color temperature steps are fixed, not stepless
- RGB modes are gimmicky — most people use one and forget the rest
Full Review
The Quntis ScreenLinear Pro is the monitor light bar people buy when they’ve read every “best monitor light” roundup and noticed the same pattern: the BenQ ScreenBar wins on build, the Quntis wins on price, and most of the actual lighting performance is a wash. At $49, it’s roughly half what the standard ScreenBar costs and a third of the ScreenBar Halo with backlight. The question is what you give up.
Light Quality vs BenQ
Both bars hit Ra 95+ for color rendering, which is the spec that actually matters if you care about accurate color on documents, photos, or video editing. Side by side on a desk, the front-light output from the Quntis is genuinely close to the ScreenBar — the asymmetric optics push light onto your keyboard and desk surface without bouncing it back into your eyes. The 2700K warm setting is pleasant for evening work, and 6500K daylight is bright enough to read by.
Where BenQ pulls ahead is in the subtler stuff: stepless dimming versus the Quntis’s 5 fixed brightness steps, and stepless color temperature versus 3 presets. If you’re the kind of person who fine-tunes lighting throughout the day, you’ll feel it. If you set it once and leave it, you won’t.
The RGB Backlight Argument
This is where the math gets interesting. BenQ’s ScreenBar Halo — the one with the rear bias light — runs around $170. The Quntis includes a 15-mode RGB backlight at $49. The backlight isn’t a gimmick: a soft glow behind your monitor reduces the contrast between a bright screen and a dark wall, which is the actual cause of most evening eye strain.
The RGB color modes are mostly noise. You’ll find a warm white you like, set it, and ignore the rainbow patterns. But the bias-light function alone makes this a better deal than the non-Halo ScreenBar at the same price.
Build and Mounting
This is where you feel the price difference. The Quntis clip is plastic where BenQ uses weighted metal, and the housing creaks if you flex it. Mounted on a monitor, none of that matters — it sits there and works. But picking it up to move it between desks, you notice. The clip handles standard flat monitors fine; thicker curved bezels can be fussy.
The remote is a real upgrade over reaching up to touch the bar itself. Battery is a CR2032 coin cell, and it’s been responsive in months of use.
Who Should Buy This
Buy the Quntis ScreenLinear Pro if you want 90% of the BenQ ScreenBar Halo experience for under a third of the price, and you don’t need stepless dimming or premium materials. It’s the right answer for students, side-setups, and anyone equipping a second desk.
Skip it and buy the BenQ ScreenBar if build quality matters to you and you don’t care about a backlight. Skip it and buy the BenQ ScreenBar Halo if this is your primary work desk and you want the best eye-strain-reducing setup money can buy. For everyone else, the Quntis is the most defensible $50 you can spend on desk lighting.
