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Model: Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED Monitor S3225QC - 31.6-inch (3840 x 2160) 120Hz 0.03ms Display, AI-Enhanced 3D Spatial Audio, Height/Tilt/Swivel/Slant Adjustment - Ash White
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Found the same thing when looking at an Ebay refurb for $399. Just ordered and was only on my Prime account as it was still $499 on my non-prime account.
Have the coupon but don't actually want OLED for office work. Also copied/pasted an amazon review below that seems useful, perhaps Dell fixed some of these issues through firmware update since then:
Beautiful image (I believe it's a Samsung panel) but the Dell firmware and drivers are extremely buggy, are not user friendly, have some very annoying issues with Windows 11 "Power & Sleep" settings, and have probable conflicts with other PC display drivers. See below for more details:
After a "Turn screen off" timeout occurs, this display can prevent Windows 11 from turning on ANY displays currently connected to your PC. This requires you to either unplug and re-plug ALL the displays currently connected or to reset the PC and loose any unsaved work.
It also has issues going into and coming out of "Windows Sleep Mode". It will sometimes not turn off the "pixel refresh" it does while Windows is in sleep mode and the screen is on standby. This means after you turn your PC back on, your screen will be cycling through brightly colored screens every second or so "Red, Green, Blue and White" and you will need to manually turn the monitor off and on again to fix this.
And speaking of the "Pixel Refresh", this screen requires it with every 4 hours of use (this is standard and is also on my other QD-OLED display) but it WONT TELL YOU WHEN IT'S REQUIRED. No pop-up, nothing! My MSI screen FORCES the pixel refresh after 4 hours of continual use, but Dell assumes every user is going to have the screen in standby mode within every 4 hours of use or so and assumes no-one will use the display to stream more than 4 hours of video at a time. you need to manually check and run the the pixel refresh from the OSD menu (this usually takes about 3-5 minutes), and instead of turning back on when it finishes, it simply powers off and requires you to baby sit the screen and manually turn it back on when it's done.
I recommend waiting until Dell releases firmware to address these issues, or play it real safe and wait until another revision of this Display is made next year.
Dell really dropped the ball on this one.
Currently have this monitor and am about to return it. Overall it's a good monitor but there are a few things that are stopping me from keeping it. The first is the refresh rate. 120hz is on the lower side for gaming so I spent a bit more and got a 240hz monitor. Second, and you can read about this in some reviews, is that the whites do not show up as perfectly white. They come in as more of a cream or off-white color. Not sure if it's because the monitor can't get as bright as others. Just my 2 cents. If you don't do a side by side comparison with another monitor or look at HDR/Dolby vision demo videos like I did you might not notice the color issue. If you can get it for sub $400 though this would be worth keeping.
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Beautiful image (I believe it's a Samsung panel) but the Dell firmware and drivers are extremely buggy, are not user friendly, have some very annoying issues with Windows 11 "Power & Sleep" settings, and have probable conflicts with other PC display drivers. See below for more details:
After a "Turn screen off" timeout occurs, this display can prevent Windows 11 from turning on ANY displays currently connected to your PC. This requires you to either unplug and re-plug ALL the displays currently connected or to reset the PC and loose any unsaved work.
It also has issues going into and coming out of "Windows Sleep Mode". It will sometimes not turn off the "pixel refresh" it does while Windows is in sleep mode and the screen is on standby. This means after you turn your PC back on, your screen will be cycling through brightly colored screens every second or so "Red, Green, Blue and White" and you will need to manually turn the monitor off and on again to fix this.
And speaking of the "Pixel Refresh", this screen requires it with every 4 hours of use (this is standard and is also on my other QD-OLED display) but it WONT TELL YOU WHEN IT'S REQUIRED. No pop-up, nothing! My MSI screen FORCES the pixel refresh after 4 hours of continual use, but Dell assumes every user is going to have the screen in standby mode within every 4 hours of use or so and assumes no-one will use the display to stream more than 4 hours of video at a time. you need to manually check and run the the pixel refresh from the OSD menu (this usually takes about 3-5 minutes), and instead of turning back on when it finishes, it simply powers off and requires you to baby sit the screen and manually turn it back on when it's done.
I recommend waiting until Dell releases firmware to address these issues, or play it real safe and wait until another revision of this Display is made next year.
Dell really dropped the ball on this one.
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Also 250 nits brightness in SDR.
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