Dell S2722DC Monitor – 27-inch WQHD (2560×1440) 75Hz 4Ms Display, AMD FreeSync, Built in Speaker, USB Type-C Connectivity, Height/Pivot/Swivel/Tilt Adjust – Platinum Silver

. So I am reviewing the 4k USB C variant of this monitor. And off the bat it has some problems. Like many I purchased it to use with a MacBook, and although it works, it has many issues. VRR just doesn’t work with a mac. VRR also doesn’t work with a PS5. As a researcher I spend a lot of time in front of a monitor every day, and I will say the colour reproduction is very decent and text is extremely crisp. I also occasionally use it with my PS5, as a casual gamer I must admit games look gorgeous.The style is rather chic and elegant, although the stand does make the monitor wobble a wee bit. Make sure to assemble it very tightly.As a user of the P-series and the ultrasharp monitors from Dell I thought this would be cheaply made and very consumer-level. I am happy to reoprt that is not the case. Although everything is painted plastic, like other monitors from other brands, this is very well built. OSD isn’t gret but it is easy enough to use.Big surprise for me was the speakers. They are pretty great. They do sound fairly bass-lacking but they get loud enough for video calls, and they don’t sound bad at all, I really like them.

. After playing with a friend’s new Apple Studio Display, I had to upgrade my ancient setup, but without spending $1600 dollars. I decided to give this $300 Dell a try. Frankly, I am blown away. Next to my Macbook Pro XDR display, this looks just a smooth and detailed to me with good contrast as Apple’s high-end monitor. Every app icon and the curves around typography are luscious. Images are well saturated and lively. It’s hard to believe it’s not 5K, though for some reason System Profiler does report it as a 5K monitor. It also says it’s only 300 nits of brightness but it looks as bright as my 500 nit MacBook Pro display. This is certainly better than the Samsung I have at work, which always seems washed out and bland no matter how I play with the calibration settings.The caveats are solely with everything besides the panel. The USB hub has only two ports, one of which is awkwardly on the bottom of the monitor, which would be great for a keyboard and nothing else. And you must choose between High Data Rate or High Resolution modes. At High Data Rate, I get about 145 mbps through a hard drive, but I can see some banding on gradient tests. On High Resolution, I only get 35 mbps through the hard disk, but the banding test looks perfect. The idea that I would easily plug two hard drives into here is not going to happen.There’s also an annoying light on the bottom I have to put some tape over. There’s a setting to turn it off when the monitor is on, but it’s always on when the monitor is in standby. The rest of the electronics world has stopped putting obnoxious, unnecessary LEDs on everything, and Dell needs to get with the program.Speaking of standby, the monitor shows a series of three error messages when you put the computer to sleep. This monitor needs to chill out and go with the flow. If the computer is turned off it should also go off without complaint.The stand is a tad bit wobbly and could be better.Don’t bother with the speaker—it’s terrible.The OSD menus are long and complicated. On Apple displays you just plug them in and they work without any OSD. I feel like a monitor should just display things accurately and shouldn’t need to be configured.I recommend the MonitorControl app for Mac to seamlessly change the brightness. Others recommend Lunar, but it’s far too complex.In sum, it’s not perfect but it’s surprisingly great for $300, the price of just the inferior matte coating on a Studio Display.MeasurementsΔE 0.92,Gamut coverage99.5% sRGB80.6% Adobe RGB88.6% DCI P3Gamut volume125.9% sRGB86.8% Adobe RGB89.2% DCI P3

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Crisp and sharp display, ideal size for my purposes with an appealing aesthetic look. No regrets for this purchase!