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Dell's newest is the P2421 (near the low end in terms of cost, at least - I believe they've got a 30" for roughly a thousand dollars). I have three U2415 monito

Dell's newest is the P2421 (near the low end in terms of cost, at least - I believe they've got a 30" for roughly a thousand dollars). I have three U2415 monitors that I've been very happy with, and the P2421 seems to be the recent evolution of that model.

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metaphor 5y ago
The P2421 suffers from same dilemma as legacy 16:10 displays: they're still just single-link WUXGA. Furthermore, it's not a UltraSharp series display, which suggests (at a minimum) no proper color calibration out of the box...perhaps not just a personal nit given desktop productivity users tend to use them in multi-display setups almost exclusively. A decade-ish ago when the U2412M was in production, shit color calibration was a particularly egregious trend that Dell eventually corrected with their U2415 offering. Now the best they have to offer is U2421E, which eliminates the bottom bezel (nice for portrait mode users) and throws a USB-C hub on, but still no progress on the native resolution front and panel quality is reported to be inferior to its U2415 predecessor. So I'm also stuck with U2415 for now, but I'd really like to see if coding on higher resolution displays truly squares with all the hype. Might have switched to 16:9 a while ago, but the substantial loss of vertical coupled with excessive horizontal when working in CAD has been a showstopper for me.
- justin66 5y ago
  > panel quality is reported to be inferior to its U2415 predecessor Ah, that's disappointing. Those monitors fill a nice niche. I remember buying monitors 20 years ago, and I remember what stuff cost back then, so I don't complain too much (we've got a lot of bargains) and I accept that "you get what you pay for." The disappointing thing is the nonsensical nature of monitor pricing. It tends to be a pretty bimodal distribution and it often takes some research to figure out why something is cheap or expensive.

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metaphor 5y ago

The P2421 suffers from same dilemma as legacy 16:10 displays: they're still just single-link WUXGA. Furthermore, it's not a UltraSharp series display, which suggests (at a minimum) no proper color calibration out of the box...perhaps not just a personal nit given desktop productivity users tend to use them in multi-display setups almost exclusively. A decade-ish ago when the U2412M was in production, shit color calibration was a particularly egregious trend that Dell eventually corrected with their U2415 offering. Now the best they have to offer is U2421E, which eliminates the bottom bezel (nice for portrait mode users) and throws a USB-C hub on, but still no progress on the native resolution front and panel quality is reported to be inferior to its U2415 predecessor. So I'm also stuck with U2415 for now, but I'd really like to see if coding on higher resolution displays truly squares with all the hype. Might have switched to 16:9 a while ago, but the substantial loss of vertical coupled with excessive horizontal when working in CAD has been a showstopper for me.

justin66 5y ago
> panel quality is reported to be inferior to its U2415 predecessor Ah, that's disappointing. Those monitors fill a nice niche. I remember buying monitors 20 years ago, and I remember what stuff cost back then, so I don't complain too much (we've got a lot of bargains) and I accept that "you get what you pay for." The disappointing thing is the nonsensical nature of monitor pricing. It tends to be a pretty bimodal distribution and it often takes some research to figure out why something is cheap or expensive.