expired Posted by stern944 • Jul 4, 2021
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expired Posted by stern944 • Jul 4, 2021
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Dell 32 Curved 4K UHD Monitor - S3221QS $350
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The rtings.com did a thorough research & recommended these as one of the best 4K to use
I ordered 2 , got one of them yesterday, the monitor is great and perfect for office use
With 27" 4K at 150% and 32" 4K at 125% you're basically at 2560x1440 vs 3072x1728. 3072x1728 is not big enough to get three useful sized windows side by side but it wastes a ton of pixels with two windows side by side since very few websites are formatted to fill that size. The ~300 extra vertical pixels are nice, but if you have the screen at the right ergonomic height, those 300 extra vertical pixels will be at the extreme bottom of your vision at that size of screen. If you can get away with 32" 4K at 100% scaling or like to tile windows, then the screen real estate is for sure worth it, but I have very, very good vision and sit/stand 28" from my monitors and still didn't feel comfortable at 100% on 32" 4K and I cannot stand tiling windows.
Now, all of that out of the way, I ended up keeping *neither* of the 2 4K and buying a 34" 1440p Ultrawide (Dell S3422DWG) to add to my two existing Dell U2515H 1440p monitors which are now vertical. I absolutely love 4K, the text clarity was amazing and exactly what I wanted, but once everything got scaled properly, the 4K screen real estate gains are largely wasted in practice. The S3422DWG plus TWO vertical 25" actually take the exact same amount of physical horizontal space but I have far more useful screen real estate for WFH.
Of the S2721 and S3221, I actually did end up keeping the S2721 to use in another room and sent the S3221 back to Amazon. The S2721 is a significantly higher quality monitor, but NOT for the VA vs IPS reasons you might think. I found the S3221 to have some really strange blurring around the edges, which is a problem when the edges of the screen are so far on the perimeter of your vision. In a dual monitor setup, the 27" is what you want. In my opinion, 32" is kind of an in-between 4K size. It is a bit too big to have two, it is a bit too small to use 100% scaling comfortably. Both are really good monitors so I don't think you can go wrong with either, but the 27" is really high quality and far more useful in a multi-monitor setup.
Do not worry about VA vs IPS on these panels. The VA panel on the S3221 (and the 3422DWG I have now) is fantastic. No black ghosting or crush or anything. Colors are amazing, contrast even better. If it weren't curved, then I'd maybe worry about washing out on the edges, but it is so no big deal.
With 27" 4K at 150% and 32" 4K at 125% you're basically at 2560x1440 vs 3072x1728. 3072x1728 is not big enough to get three useful sized windows side by side but it wastes a ton of pixels with two windows side by side since very few websites are formatted to fill that size. The ~300 extra vertical pixels are nice, but if you have the screen at the right ergonomic height, those 300 extra vertical pixels will be at the extreme bottom of your vision at that size of screen. If you can get away with 32" 4K at 100% scaling or like to tile windows, then the screen real estate is for sure worth it, but I have very, very good vision and sit/stand 28" from my monitors and still didn't feel comfortable at 100% on 32" 4K and I cannot stand tiling windows.
Now, all of that out of the way, I ended up keeping *neither* of the 2 4K and buying a 34" 1440p Ultrawide (Dell S3422DWG) to add to my two existing Dell U2515H 1440p monitors which are now vertical. I absolutely love 4K, the text clarity was amazing and exactly what I wanted, but once everything got scaled properly, the 4K screen real estate gains are largely wasted in practice. The S3422DWG plus TWO vertical 25" actually take the exact same amount of physical horizontal space but I have far more useful screen real estate for WFH.
Of the S2721 and S3221, I actually did end up keeping the S2721 to use in another room and sent the S3221 back to Amazon. The S2721 is a significantly higher quality monitor, but NOT for the VA vs IPS reasons you might think. I found the S3221 to have some really strange blurring around the edges, which is a problem when the edges of the screen are so far on the perimeter of your vision. In a dual monitor setup, the 27" is what you want. In my opinion, 32" is kind of an in-between 4K size. It is a bit too big to have two, it is a bit too small to use 100% scaling comfortably. Both are really good monitors so I don't think you can go wrong with either, but the 27" is really high quality and far more useful in a multi-monitor setup.
Do not worry about VA vs IPS on these panels. The VA panel on the S3221 (and the 3422DWG I have now) is fantastic. No black ghosting or crush or anything. Colors are amazing, contrast even better. If it weren't curved, then I'd maybe worry about washing out on the edges, but it is so no big deal.
You noted the blurry edges of the 32" - ironically this is a common complaint of the 2721QS and this blurring just seems to be part of the panel lottery of the newer, frameless LEDs.
You noted the blurry edges of the 32" - ironically this is a common complaint of the 2721QS and this blurring just seems to be part of the panel lottery of the newer, frameless LEDs.
I really struggled with the text clarity debate in all of this. It was easy for me to "picture" 1440p since I had it already and when I test drove the 4Ks, they were GORGEOUS. Most of my day to day work is text based so I really wanted 4K to work but I just couldn't make the screen real estate work. Once I scaled to where I could comfortably read it, the screen real estate was the same as my 1440p and I was really hoping to add screen resolution so I just plugged the ultrawide in and kept the existing two vertically. It was cheaper than going with 2-3 4K monitors and I gained a bunch of screen real estate.
Speaking of which, the S3422DWG is an incredibly nice monitor. Was hesitant since it was brand new and no reviews but needed to use the Amex credit so took a shot, got lucky.
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