B. Purdy
Got this monitor after returning a (only slightly cheaper) display. Wow, what a difference. This is a fantastic monitor! Im even considering getting another one to replace my other 1000 dollar Apple display now as well. The image is crisp and clear, very even illumination across the panel and the matte surface is the perfect amount of mattness. The image is solid across a wide viewing angle and even at the extreme angles the color and brightness shift is pretty uniform (it just gets dim rather than going all crazy washed-out like some screens do). Also its hard to describe but the image looks like its very "close" to the surface of the screen (rather than being recessed into the monitor, if that makes sense) almost like the image is printed onto the outside surface of the glass. Id buy another one of these in a heartbeat. In terms of physical design, the bezel is impossibly thin and the front glass is seamless almost all the way to each side. Looks really nice on my desk. The base is very sturdy and and adjusts easily for height and angle. From the side the case tapers to a very thin edge and despite the generous screen size it looks very elegant and streamlined. The only gripe I have is that, like my other dell monitor, this one uses those terrible touch sensitive buttons instead of physical tactile buttons for the menu navigation. Theyre TERRIBLE since you have no physical feedback that youve pressed the button or not and the menu/input system is very laggy so you end up clicking too many times or not enough. Luckily once you get the monitor set up to your liking this becomes pretty trivial as you will rarely be using the buttons. Still, its kind of amazing that they let such a glaring design problem slide when the display shines in every other regard.