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Thank you for posting this. I've recently been considering buying one (Dell 43 Ultra HD 4k Multi Client Monitor P4317Q, right?) However, this negative review i

Thank you for posting this. I've recently been considering buying one (Dell 43 Ultra HD 4k Multi Client Monitor P4317Q, right?) However, this negative review is holding me back. Is there any merit to its claim? This monitor has glorious resolution made totally useless because the backlight uses PWM Pulse Width Modulation to adjust the backlight brightness. This leads to eye fatigue and, in some cases, severe headaches. One would be hard pressed to find other monitors in Dell's lineup with this outdated technology since it has almost entirely been removed from all modern monitors. As a business monitor, it is expected to have "Comfort View" aka "low blue light" mode to reduce eye stress during a long day of use. Fix these problems and you will sell more of these than you could make. http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-43-ultra-hd-4k-multi-client-monitor-p4317q/apd/210-ahsq/monitors-monitor-accessories http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-43-ultra-hd-4k-multi-cli... I'd be hooking one or two up to my late 2013 MacBook Pro Retina 15, btw, which has a miniDP, so I believe I'll be able to get full resolution at 60Hz.

Clubber 9y ago
Yes, that is the model. I'm sure different people have different sensitivities to different things. I work in front of them all day. The only complaint I have is they are so tall (I'm using arms) that I tend to look up more than usual. Also, you can't daisy chain them. Each one needs a dedicated port on your card (I'm running a single GForce 1080) The real estate is amazing. I have my main one set to VS taking up about 2/3rds of the screen, then two large windows stacked next to it. The secondary monitor is divided by 6 portions, so I have Pandora, Email, Browser, Postman, Excel (for billing), Windows Exploder, SSMS, whatever. I'm typing on this in one of the 6 portions with VS opened on the main monitor. I rarely fill everything up. Also, I can make VS full screen and do split windows within it to compare code. I think the Dell Display Manager only works on Windows though. Having said that, it's 4K, but it's so large, you don't get a retina PPI. You get a regular PPI but many more pixels, which, as a coder, is much more useful to me. Like I said, I'm very happy with them. I've finally realized maximum useful resolution, and I work on them all day and many nights.
nirv 9y ago
I got my P4317Q in Aug 2016, it was that early faulty A00 revision with PWM (flicker) issue. I took a flickering video on the phone camera with lowered exposure and filed a warranty ticket. Local (EU) Dell service center picked up the display, confirmed an issue and one week later I got a new screen of A01 rev. from Germany with no issues. Superb monitor, just make sure to get A01 rev.

Clubber 9y ago

Yes, that is the model. I'm sure different people have different sensitivities to different things. I work in front of them all day. The only complaint I have is they are so tall (I'm using arms) that I tend to look up more than usual. Also, you can't daisy chain them. Each one needs a dedicated port on your card (I'm running a single GForce 1080) The real estate is amazing. I have my main one set to VS taking up about 2/3rds of the screen, then two large windows stacked next to it. The secondary monitor is divided by 6 portions, so I have Pandora, Email, Browser, Postman, Excel (for billing), Windows Exploder, SSMS, whatever. I'm typing on this in one of the 6 portions with VS opened on the main monitor. I rarely fill everything up. Also, I can make VS full screen and do split windows within it to compare code. I think the Dell Display Manager only works on Windows though. Having said that, it's 4K, but it's so large, you don't get a retina PPI. You get a regular PPI but many more pixels, which, as a coder, is much more useful to me. Like I said, I'm very happy with them. I've finally realized maximum useful resolution, and I work on them all day and many nights.

nirv 9y ago

I got my P4317Q in Aug 2016, it was that early faulty A00 revision with PWM (flicker) issue. I took a flickering video on the phone camera with lowered exposure and filed a warranty ticket. Local (EU) Dell service center picked up the display, confirmed an issue and one week later I got a new screen of A01 rev. from Germany with no issues. Superb monitor, just make sure to get A01 rev.