See your work in beautiful Ultra HD 4K resolution on our largest Dell UltraSharp monitor with PremierColor for exceptional colour accuracy and professional standards. With PremierColor, your monitor provides superb colour precision with four colour spaces, including 99.5% Adobe RGB, 100% sRGB, 100% REC709 and 87% DCI-P3 coverage - ideal to suit every colour professional’s needs. Enjoy every little detail with 3840 x 2160 Ultra HD 4K resolution. That’s four times the resolution of Full HD. Get complete peace of mind with Dell’s Premium Panel Guarantee and Advanced Exchange Service.
See your work in beautiful Ultra HD 4K resolution on our largest Dell UltraSharp monitor with PremierColor for exceptional colour accuracy and professional standards. With PremierColor, your monitor provides superb colour precision with four colour spaces, including 99.5% Adobe RGB, 100% sRGB, 100% REC709 and 87% DCI-P3 coverage - ideal to suit every colour professional’s needs. Enjoy every little detail with 3840 x 2160 Ultra HD 4K resolution. That’s four times the resolution of Full HD. Get complete peace of mind with Dell’s Premium Panel Guarantee and Advanced Exchange Service.
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Dell UP3216Q UltraSharp 32 Inch Ultra HD 4K Monitor
See your work in beautiful Ultra HD 4K resolution on our largest Dell UltraSharp monitor with PremierColor for exceptional colour accuracy and professional standards. With PremierColor, your monitor provides superb colour precision with four colour spaces, including 99.5% Adobe RGB, 100% sRGB, 100% REC709 and 87% DCI-P3 coverage - ideal to suit every colour professional’s needs. Enjoy every little detail with 3840 x 2160 Ultra HD 4K resolution. That’s four times the resolution of Full HD. Get complete peace of mind with Dell’s Premium Panel Guarantee and Advanced Exchange Service.
See your work in beautiful Ultra HD 4K resolution on our largest Dell UltraSharp monitor with PremierColor for exceptional colour accuracy and professional standards. With PremierColor, your monitor provides superb colour precision with four colour spaces, including 99.5% Adobe RGB, 100% sRGB, 100% REC709 and 87% DCI-P3 coverage - ideal to suit every colour professional’s needs. Enjoy every little detail with 3840 x 2160 Ultra HD 4K resolution. That’s four times the resolution of Full HD. Get complete peace of mind with Dell’s Premium Panel Guarantee and Advanced Exchange Service.
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Dell Ultrasharp Up3216q 31.5-inch 4k Uhd Monitor
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Dell UltraSharp UP3216Q 31.5-inch 4K UHD Monitor - Refurbished Excellent
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Dell UltraSharp UP3216Q 31.5-inch 4K UHD Monitor - Refurbished Excellent
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originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
This monitor replaced a nearly ten year old Dell 3007WFP 30 screen that I use for video and photo editing as well as everyday web browsing and general computer tasks. Compared to the old monitor, it has much higher resolution, brightness, and extensive color adjustments. The color reproduction is outstanding and adds a great deal of confidence to my image editing work -- as well as just having a visual pop that makes it a pleasure to look at. Pre-set calibrations for Rec.709 and DCI-P3 will be especially valuable when doing video work. The anti-glare treatment of the screen suppresses most reflections without interfering with perceived sharpness or contrast. I like the physical design of the screen and its mounting -- it looks very professional and provides an ... MoreThis monitor replaced a nearly ten year old Dell 3007WFP 30 screen that I use for video and photo editing as well as everyday web browsing and general computer tasks. Compared to the old monitor, it has much higher resolution, brightness, and extensive color adjustments. The color reproduction is outstanding and adds a great deal of confidence to my image editing work -- as well as just having a visual pop that makes it a pleasure to look at. Pre-set calibrations for Rec.709 and DCI-P3 will be especially valuable when doing video work. The anti-glare treatment of the screen suppresses most reflections without interfering with perceived sharpness or contrast. I like the physical design of the screen and its mounting -- it looks very professional and provides an adequate range of adjustments. The on-screen menu system and its controls are comprehensive and easy to use - compared to my previous monitor which had almost no adjustments at all. The LED backlight gives this monitor a wide color gamut but also makes the overall image appear much cooler than the old fluorescent backlit screens I've been using. This seemed off-putting at first, but as I've become used to it I certainly appreciate the vividness of photos and graphics displayed on this screen. There is a warmer paper mode that would be good for office work if you absolutely can't deal with this look. One thing I'm not impressed with is the grayish black level; large expanses of black on the screen always look a little bit hazy on this monitor. I understand this was a compromise to improve the overall grayscale linearity and color accuracy, but it is actually worse than on any of my older LCD monitors. There is also a little bleeding of the backlight around the outside edges of the display, especially on the bottom. A minor issue is that it takes a long time to turn on out of sleep mode. Overall, I'm pleased, and find it a pleasure to come home to this screen each day.
originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
This monitor will take up a good chunk of desk real estate. There is no two ways about it. However, it will also give that same real estate back in allowing applications to show a lot more information at once and unlike multiple monitor setups, there is no bezel to get in the way. This monitor is very effective for photo editing. The high resolution and size means that you are practically zoomed in on an image for some serious pixel peeping even when an image is set to fit to screen. It will definitely help spot problems such a DoF that an image will have when blown up that would not be visible on a smaller screen. For example, I had an image that I really liked and I really liked the conscious decision I made for the DoF when I captured the image. Then I saw it on ... MoreThis monitor will take up a good chunk of desk real estate. There is no two ways about it. However, it will also give that same real estate back in allowing applications to show a lot more information at once and unlike multiple monitor setups, there is no bezel to get in the way. This monitor is very effective for photo editing. The high resolution and size means that you are practically zoomed in on an image for some serious pixel peeping even when an image is set to fit to screen. It will definitely help spot problems such a DoF that an image will have when blown up that would not be visible on a smaller screen. For example, I had an image that I really liked and I really liked the conscious decision I made for the DoF when I captured the image. Then I saw it on this monitor. I still liked the image, but my decision to have some areas out of focus did not look as good with all the detail visible at once as it did when it was on a smaller screen or I had to zoom in to see the detail. This monitor will certainly have me thinking more aggressively about how much of any image I want out of focus. I have not calibrated the monitor yet. The colors look quite accurate to me out of the box. The probably are not perfect. My eye is not good enough to see any issues. The data sheet provided shows that the monitor was calibrated to a reasonably high tolerance at the factory. The downsides are not monitor specific. 4K resolution is hard on a computer. I am currently driving this monitor over display port under Windows 10 with the integrated Intel graphics card, HD 530, that is part of the 6700K processor. This works fine for day to day productivity applications. Anything that benefits from or needs graphics card acceleration is going to fall flat. Video games on a 4K monitor like this one are going to be a pretty poor experience even with the fastest graphics cards out today. Later this year, 2016, there is the expectation that new graphics cards that can truly drive 4K monitors will be released. Honestly, if your primary interest is video games you probably aren't looking at this monitor anyway. The other 4K concern is scaling. A lot of applications still use a fixed pixel size for their icons so the icons can appear very small. Some applications scale and have 4K monitor support. Windows 10 by default scaled my interface, including text, to 150% and I have found that very useable. I have no problem reading anything. If anything I may fiddle with the scaling to see if readability is still good down to 125% scaling in order to get even more screen real estate. Only one or two applications so far have had really tiny icons, but even those are plenty useable; it just looks a little odd. At this point I am not sure I could go back to a lower resolution monitor and still be happy.
originally posted on newegg.com
Obviously, the few cons I have with this display are not enough to mar my otherwise great experience. I use this monitor for work with Lightroom for outputting photos to the web, and I calibrate my displays with a Datacolor Spyder 4. In terms of sRGB color accuracy and overall image quality, there is little to complain about, so long as you're willing to go through the effort to calibrate this monitor. People looking for Adobe color accuracy might want to look at more professional offerings available. I can't really speak to performance beyond what I primarily use this monitor for, so please look to other reviews for comments on how it behaves when gaming or watching movies (I generally only watch the occasional YouTube video, which always look horrid in full-screen ... MoreObviously, the few cons I have with this display are not enough to mar my otherwise great experience. I use this monitor for work with Lightroom for outputting photos to the web, and I calibrate my displays with a Datacolor Spyder 4. In terms of sRGB color accuracy and overall image quality, there is little to complain about, so long as you're willing to go through the effort to calibrate this monitor. People looking for Adobe color accuracy might want to look at more professional offerings available. I can't really speak to performance beyond what I primarily use this monitor for, so please look to other reviews for comments on how it behaves when gaming or watching movies (I generally only watch the occasional YouTube video, which always look horrid in full-screen due to compression). I also can't speak to using this monitor when daisy-chained to another monitor - though it looks like all one needs to do is read the manual to make that work and not hook it up to a Surface Pro 3. (Why anyone would do that is beyond me, anyway.) The only previous complaint that I can give credence to is the slightly non-uniform backlighting across the screen. This appears to be an issue across most large LED displays, regardless of their origins. Even though I mapped the hot/cold spots on my monitor, just to know where they were, the difference overall wasn't great enough to warrant a mention as a con. Most CRT displays weren't perfect in this respect, either, so the fact that it's still an ongoing issue with LCD panels is nothing new to me. Again, overall, this is a fantastic monitor, and certainly a good value.
| Display | |
| Screen shape | Flat |
| Backlight type | LED |
| Color gamut | 99.5% |
| Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) | Y |
Dell Ultrasharp Up3216q 31.5-inch 4k Uhd Monitor
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Dell UltraSharp UP3216Q 31.5-inch 4K UHD Monitor - Refurbished Excellent
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Dell UltraSharp UP3216Q 31.5-inch 4K UHD Monitor - Refurbished Excellent
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This monitor replaced a nearly ten year old Dell 3007WFP 30 screen that I use for video and photo editing as well as everyday web browsing and general computer tasks. Compared to the old monitor, it has much higher resolution, brightness, and extensive color adjustments. The color reproduction is outstanding and adds a great deal of confidence to my image editing work -- as well as just having a visual pop that makes it a pleasure to look at. Pre-set calibrations for Rec.709 and DCI-P3 will be especially valuable when doing video work. The anti-glare treatment of the screen suppresses most reflections without interfering with perceived sharpness or contrast. I like the physical design of the screen and its mounting -- it looks very professional and provides an ... MoreThis monitor replaced a nearly ten year old Dell 3007WFP 30 screen that I use for video and photo editing as well as everyday web browsing and general computer tasks. Compared to the old monitor, it has much higher resolution, brightness, and extensive color adjustments. The color reproduction is outstanding and adds a great deal of confidence to my image editing work -- as well as just having a visual pop that makes it a pleasure to look at. Pre-set calibrations for Rec.709 and DCI-P3 will be especially valuable when doing video work. The anti-glare treatment of the screen suppresses most reflections without interfering with perceived sharpness or contrast. I like the physical design of the screen and its mounting -- it looks very professional and provides an adequate range of adjustments. The on-screen menu system and its controls are comprehensive and easy to use - compared to my previous monitor which had almost no adjustments at all. The LED backlight gives this monitor a wide color gamut but also makes the overall image appear much cooler than the old fluorescent backlit screens I've been using. This seemed off-putting at first, but as I've become used to it I certainly appreciate the vividness of photos and graphics displayed on this screen. There is a warmer paper mode that would be good for office work if you absolutely can't deal with this look. One thing I'm not impressed with is the grayish black level; large expanses of black on the screen always look a little bit hazy on this monitor. I understand this was a compromise to improve the overall grayscale linearity and color accuracy, but it is actually worse than on any of my older LCD monitors. There is also a little bleeding of the backlight around the outside edges of the display, especially on the bottom. A minor issue is that it takes a long time to turn on out of sleep mode. Overall, I'm pleased, and find it a pleasure to come home to this screen each day.
This monitor will take up a good chunk of desk real estate. There is no two ways about it. However, it will also give that same real estate back in allowing applications to show a lot more information at once and unlike multiple monitor setups, there is no bezel to get in the way. This monitor is very effective for photo editing. The high resolution and size means that you are practically zoomed in on an image for some serious pixel peeping even when an image is set to fit to screen. It will definitely help spot problems such a DoF that an image will have when blown up that would not be visible on a smaller screen. For example, I had an image that I really liked and I really liked the conscious decision I made for the DoF when I captured the image. Then I saw it on ... MoreThis monitor will take up a good chunk of desk real estate. There is no two ways about it. However, it will also give that same real estate back in allowing applications to show a lot more information at once and unlike multiple monitor setups, there is no bezel to get in the way. This monitor is very effective for photo editing. The high resolution and size means that you are practically zoomed in on an image for some serious pixel peeping even when an image is set to fit to screen. It will definitely help spot problems such a DoF that an image will have when blown up that would not be visible on a smaller screen. For example, I had an image that I really liked and I really liked the conscious decision I made for the DoF when I captured the image. Then I saw it on this monitor. I still liked the image, but my decision to have some areas out of focus did not look as good with all the detail visible at once as it did when it was on a smaller screen or I had to zoom in to see the detail. This monitor will certainly have me thinking more aggressively about how much of any image I want out of focus. I have not calibrated the monitor yet. The colors look quite accurate to me out of the box. The probably are not perfect. My eye is not good enough to see any issues. The data sheet provided shows that the monitor was calibrated to a reasonably high tolerance at the factory. The downsides are not monitor specific. 4K resolution is hard on a computer. I am currently driving this monitor over display port under Windows 10 with the integrated Intel graphics card, HD 530, that is part of the 6700K processor. This works fine for day to day productivity applications. Anything that benefits from or needs graphics card acceleration is going to fall flat. Video games on a 4K monitor like this one are going to be a pretty poor experience even with the fastest graphics cards out today. Later this year, 2016, there is the expectation that new graphics cards that can truly drive 4K monitors will be released. Honestly, if your primary interest is video games you probably aren't looking at this monitor anyway. The other 4K concern is scaling. A lot of applications still use a fixed pixel size for their icons so the icons can appear very small. Some applications scale and have 4K monitor support. Windows 10 by default scaled my interface, including text, to 150% and I have found that very useable. I have no problem reading anything. If anything I may fiddle with the scaling to see if readability is still good down to 125% scaling in order to get even more screen real estate. Only one or two applications so far have had really tiny icons, but even those are plenty useable; it just looks a little odd. At this point I am not sure I could go back to a lower resolution monitor and still be happy.
Obviously, the few cons I have with this display are not enough to mar my otherwise great experience. I use this monitor for work with Lightroom for outputting photos to the web, and I calibrate my displays with a Datacolor Spyder 4. In terms of sRGB color accuracy and overall image quality, there is little to complain about, so long as you're willing to go through the effort to calibrate this monitor. People looking for Adobe color accuracy might want to look at more professional offerings available. I can't really speak to performance beyond what I primarily use this monitor for, so please look to other reviews for comments on how it behaves when gaming or watching movies (I generally only watch the occasional YouTube video, which always look horrid in full-screen ... MoreObviously, the few cons I have with this display are not enough to mar my otherwise great experience. I use this monitor for work with Lightroom for outputting photos to the web, and I calibrate my displays with a Datacolor Spyder 4. In terms of sRGB color accuracy and overall image quality, there is little to complain about, so long as you're willing to go through the effort to calibrate this monitor. People looking for Adobe color accuracy might want to look at more professional offerings available. I can't really speak to performance beyond what I primarily use this monitor for, so please look to other reviews for comments on how it behaves when gaming or watching movies (I generally only watch the occasional YouTube video, which always look horrid in full-screen due to compression). I also can't speak to using this monitor when daisy-chained to another monitor - though it looks like all one needs to do is read the manual to make that work and not hook it up to a Surface Pro 3. (Why anyone would do that is beyond me, anyway.) The only previous complaint that I can give credence to is the slightly non-uniform backlighting across the screen. This appears to be an issue across most large LED displays, regardless of their origins. Even though I mapped the hot/cold spots on my monitor, just to know where they were, the difference overall wasn't great enough to warrant a mention as a con. Most CRT displays weren't perfect in this respect, either, so the fact that it's still an ongoing issue with LCD panels is nothing new to me. Again, overall, this is a fantastic monitor, and certainly a good value.
This is a big, beautiful monitor for editing photographs in Lightroom and Photoshop. Since I replaced a smaller monitor all I had to do was plug in the power and HDMI cables and turn it on! I did use my Datacolor Spyder Elite to calibrate the monitor. No significant difference noted from the factory settings.One of the reasons I got this monitor was to get larger graphics, text and documents for ease of viewing. I set the display to be 175% rather than the recommended 150% from Windows 10. Now I can see!!You do need a deep enough workstation to get it far enough away for the best visual viewing experience. I have a 30 inch work surface and it is position about 18 inches from the front edge. However, I also have an under the desk, pullout keyboard tray that adds ... MoreThis is a big, beautiful monitor for editing photographs in Lightroom and Photoshop. Since I replaced a smaller monitor all I had to do was plug in the power and HDMI cables and turn it on! I did use my Datacolor Spyder Elite to calibrate the monitor. No significant difference noted from the factory settings.One of the reasons I got this monitor was to get larger graphics, text and documents for ease of viewing. I set the display to be 175% rather than the recommended 150% from Windows 10. Now I can see!!You do need a deep enough workstation to get it far enough away for the best visual viewing experience. I have a 30 inch work surface and it is position about 18 inches from the front edge. However, I also have an under the desk, pullout keyboard tray that adds 9 or 10 inches, putting my eyes a little over 30 inches from the viewing surface. This minimizes the head turning to see the entire screen.
there are a couple considerations before purchase. I bought the Dell 31.5 monitor to supplement the screen on my new MacBook Pro 16 inch while processing images with Lightroom and Photoshop. First, the aspect ratio of the monitor and the screen on the MacBook are different forcing a choice of being able to view the laptop at an acceptable aspect or being able to view the monitor to full advantage. It takes some adjustment to find an acceptable viewing aspect on both screens at the same time. I chose the monitor aspect with some scaling to be able to see the MacBook properly. (As far as I could determine, there was no way to adjust the aspect ratio on each device individually.) Second, after working on the glossy iMac screen for year, I found it took some getting ... Morethere are a couple considerations before purchase. I bought the Dell 31.5 monitor to supplement the screen on my new MacBook Pro 16 inch while processing images with Lightroom and Photoshop. First, the aspect ratio of the monitor and the screen on the MacBook are different forcing a choice of being able to view the laptop at an acceptable aspect or being able to view the monitor to full advantage. It takes some adjustment to find an acceptable viewing aspect on both screens at the same time. I chose the monitor aspect with some scaling to be able to see the MacBook properly. (As far as I could determine, there was no way to adjust the aspect ratio on each device individually.) Second, after working on the glossy iMac screen for year, I found it took some getting used to, to work with a matte screen when working with images and Photoshop. I think, however, the matte screen has been a lot easier on my eyes. Finally, I had considered purchasing the 27 inch BenQ for my image work but decided that the overall size difference of the Dell was more important to me than the BenQ even though the BenQ may have had a slight advantage over the Dell screen for image processing. Overall, I am happy with the decision and purchase.
I'm using it on a 2010 MacPro, with a GTX1080, running MacOS Sierra. It's connected DP port on the card, to the mDP on the monitor, because that's the cable that came with it. Bought it for my photography workflow, but it's main monitor on my main computer, so I use it for everything. It's calibrated from the factory for color, so games look a little washed out, but that's expected and even then it looks really nice. The pixel density is somewhere between retina and normal. Sierra treats it as a non-retina display, which is probably the correct way to configure it so the UI elements and default font sizes are teeny bit small on this massive spread of display. For my development work, I was able to compensate with 14 point fonts instead of the default 9/10. The USB ... MoreI'm using it on a 2010 MacPro, with a GTX1080, running MacOS Sierra. It's connected DP port on the card, to the mDP on the monitor, because that's the cable that came with it. Bought it for my photography workflow, but it's main monitor on my main computer, so I use it for everything. It's calibrated from the factory for color, so games look a little washed out, but that's expected and even then it looks really nice. The pixel density is somewhere between retina and normal. Sierra treats it as a non-retina display, which is probably the correct way to configure it so the UI elements and default font sizes are teeny bit small on this massive spread of display. For my development work, I was able to compensate with 14 point fonts instead of the default 9/10. The USB hub worked without a flaw and has enough ports for the controllers on my desk. Seriously, the only complaint I have is that the bezel is pretty wide, like a monitor from 15 years ago, which is pretty inconsequential nit to pick. My dream was to have three of these, but the second monitor is a 30 Cinema Display, and together these things are so wide I can't see the far edge of in my peripheral vision. If you are going for a multi-monitor setup, I'd suggest sticking with 27 inch screens.
There is no DVI input which means I have been unable to use my second PC with it as it only has DVI. I thought some sort of adapter would work but not the ones I have recently bought.I was expecting to be amazed by the screen. But actually it is a bit shiny and dulls unless you look straight on (I guess the technical spec of 178 degrees must mean you can still see the screen from 178 degrees, not that is has the same quality as zero degrees). My 8-year-old Dell PLS monitor that this replaces actually had more visible impact. So I think it must be something to do with IPS technology. The image you see on the screen is as if there is a thin layer of silvery material on top of it slightly clouding the view.I like to listen to sound through PC speakers usually but ... MoreThere is no DVI input which means I have been unable to use my second PC with it as it only has DVI. I thought some sort of adapter would work but not the ones I have recently bought.I was expecting to be amazed by the screen. But actually it is a bit shiny and dulls unless you look straight on (I guess the technical spec of 178 degrees must mean you can still see the screen from 178 degrees, not that is has the same quality as zero degrees). My 8-year-old Dell PLS monitor that this replaces actually had more visible impact. So I think it must be something to do with IPS technology. The image you see on the screen is as if there is a thin layer of silvery material on top of it slightly clouding the view.I like to listen to sound through PC speakers usually but late at night use the monitor soundbar so as not to disturb people. The soundbar only connects through USB which means using unreliable Windows sound settings to get it working with both PC speakers and the soundbar. These seem to regularly stop working which means a trip to control centre of Windows 10. My previous display soundbar used a phono connection that just always worked reliably. And it had an off switch which is lacking in this version of the soundbar.The USB connections are all around the back and inaccessible. I have bought 50cm USB extensions to bring the connections to within reach but this is inelegant and it would be much more useful if the ports were on the side of the monitor. Dell cannot say they did this to enable people to join multiple monitors together because they have put the memory card reader on the side.If you turn the screen off by the monitor power button, then the power to the USBs also goes. This means you cannot turn the monitor off if all you want to do is charge a phone or copy files to a backup external drive. So this is wasteful of energy.Also annoying touch controls on the screen. It is sad that buttons are still unfashionable.Screen runs quite cool which is good.You can turn the power button light to always off in the settings which is nice.
The first monitor I received had a red pixel width line straight down the middle so I sent it back and BH shipped a new one. Second one was perfect. I am a web designer, and the color accuracy was excellent in the sRGB space. I calibrated the monitor using a ColorMunki and there was no color shift from the factory settings, just a need to turn down the brightness. Uniformity is fine. No dead pixels. This is an excellent monitor and Dell seems to have worked out many of the kinks reported earlier with the power buttons. I think this is the best 30+ mid range 4K UHD LCD 10-bit monitor out there. You either have to bump down to an NEC/Eizo 27 or way up in price to their 30 uber expensive monitor to get something better.
After reading so many reviews about the lack of color and brightness uniformity with this monitor I must really have been feeling lucky when I decided to order it. I was not lucky. The issues that have plagued this monitor since its introduction have never been corrected. My Dell WFP-3007-HC, at least a decade old, outperforms this model on both counts.Let me be more specific. This particular monitor had a subtle pink spot on the right hand side of the screen that covered at least 1/3 of it. My wife, a teacher, saw it right away. The luminance uniformity was no better with subtle vertical streaks across the width of the screen. The cherry on top was the fact that the monitor didn't even sit level on the stand; it tilted visibly to one side. I've never seen this on ... MoreAfter reading so many reviews about the lack of color and brightness uniformity with this monitor I must really have been feeling lucky when I decided to order it. I was not lucky. The issues that have plagued this monitor since its introduction have never been corrected. My Dell WFP-3007-HC, at least a decade old, outperforms this model on both counts.Let me be more specific. This particular monitor had a subtle pink spot on the right hand side of the screen that covered at least 1/3 of it. My wife, a teacher, saw it right away. The luminance uniformity was no better with subtle vertical streaks across the width of the screen. The cherry on top was the fact that the monitor didn't even sit level on the stand; it tilted visibly to one side. I've never seen this on any monitor at any price.I don't know what it is about 4K monitors in this size but it seems like anything under $2K has issues. How can that much money not get you a decent product? I compared this monitor to the HP Z32x which has its own problems. (The panel in the Z32x has very similar specs but a distinctly different look that leads me to believe it is not the same one used by Dell.) Of the two I would chose the Z32x as the lesser of two evils—though I may just go back to my decade old Dell and hope that a better option eventually comes along.
I am a hobbyist photographer, I edit on an iMac (not the 5k one sadly) and now on this new screen. I used to have a pretty good ASUS screen from its day (2160x1440 27" I think) but this is night and day better. Colour is really better, more accurate, to be fair I had a bit of a red bias in the old ASUS and now and in this Dell feels like blues and greens are just richer somehow, but it is more than calibration, it is somehow the range and subtlety. I hesitate to think I can see a bigger colourspace and I am still working in sRGB anyway but it's what I'm thinking.It comes factory calibrated and tested with its own individual report for your Gamma, Delta E. If you really care you can individually calibrate it. I doubt I ever will.You can sit really close and not ... MoreI am a hobbyist photographer, I edit on an iMac (not the 5k one sadly) and now on this new screen. I used to have a pretty good ASUS screen from its day (2160x1440 27" I think) but this is night and day better. Colour is really better, more accurate, to be fair I had a bit of a red bias in the old ASUS and now and in this Dell feels like blues and greens are just richer somehow, but it is more than calibration, it is somehow the range and subtlety. I hesitate to think I can see a bigger colourspace and I am still working in sRGB anyway but it's what I'm thinking.It comes factory calibrated and tested with its own individual report for your Gamma, Delta E. If you really care you can individually calibrate it. I doubt I ever will.You can sit really close and not strain your eyes because of the high DPI, it's so big you have to turn your head to look in a corner when you are that close, but it allows you to really pixel-peek and view a decent high-res raw file at 1:1 and see the whole image. I have had no issues from the high DPI in terms of microscopic text appearing in Windows Apps, I run at 125% to 150% (recommended in Windows) and it is really like you are used to on a lower res screen.It is so good it makes me regret I didn't get the 4K capable Phantom Drone (I got Advanced not Professional) and I am so glad I got the GoPro that does 4K because since I got this screen I have got back into home movies and editing for the first time in years. Watching 4K Youtube clips of Costa Rica is just stunning, truly. I am seriously looking at 4K projector for upstairs home theatre now I have "seen the 4K light" in this monitor.I use a good PC (6700K) but only the stock Displayport output and a USB 3.0 - no graphics card, doesn't seem to matter at all.The card reader I think is slow, I have a Micro SD USB 3.0 adapter I plugged straight into my PC directly and got 125 to 135 Mbps, when I use an SD card adapter to connect via the monitor I think I was at 75 to 85 (not a scientific test but pretty sure it was slower). But having a USB hub is useful, I am putting a Creative Roar 2 under it for some sound soon and I can power it locally to the monitor via the USB so no mains cables.Why not 5/5 Value - just because of what is available that is so much cheaper. This is a lot better and it is way more as well. If it had G-Sync or Adaptive Sync, if it was prettier (it is fine but not fancy to look at) basically they could have done some gamer stuff too, then it would be everything to everybody and 5/5 Value. I give 5/5 for Overall because it is doing what I bought it to do to almost the highest possible standard, much better than even professional equipment of only a few years ago.
| Display | |
| Screen shape | Flat |
| Backlight type | LED |
| Color gamut | 99.5% |
| Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) | Y |
