I decided I wanted more screen real estate rather than higher res or higher refresh rate, especially since I game on console and didn't want a ridiculous refresh rate to ruin my console experience. I have done some gaming on it and it is excellent for my low refresh rate eyes to look at. Couldn't recommend it enough for a
lower end but still beautiful monitor. Will be ordering two more to replace my other smaller and much older Dell monitors (seriously old, had one for 10+ years and it still works fine). I can't speak as to reliability has I've only had it for a week but if it's anything like my other Dell monitors, it will last for years.
BUY NOWMost Bang for the buck of any 27" monitor out there for now
Frankly, not much of a review of the screen itself because it's perfect. Might as well be a photograph. I do note the viewing angle is so wide that it has no color or picture shifting even when you look at it totally from the side edge on. I do stream video sometime on it (Amazon Prime Video, NetFlix, etc.) and I might as well be watching a TV. I Don't use it for gaming (I don't do shot 'em ups or GTA stuff) so can't comment about that. Specs look good, but gamers are super hard core about bleeding, ghosting, etc. so no opinion there. I will say that blacks are very black, which is good, not the funky dark brown/green/blotchy/yuk stuff.
I had a SE2717H (prior model of this one) that died after being on 24/7 for over two years. My other SE2717H is going strong and right next to this one. Picture is awesome, I love the IPS screen and I can work all day on it with no eye strain. IPS is all I buy anymore for myself or recommend to others. There are slightly better technologies out there now, but not for the money, especially MY money.
Screen height is the same as the prior model so they go next to each other just fine. It is not adjustable up and down, only tilts front to back so it needs to be matched in hit to, not adjusted to match another monitor. There are no VESA mounting holes on the back so it must sit on the desk. The bezel is paper thin on this one (about 1/2" on the SE2717) but appears to be just under 1/4" due to the black edge on the panel itself. For $139.99 with next day delivery, you can't go wrong. Slight difference in the two is one is hooked up VGA and the other hooked up HDMI as they are the outputs on my PC. When I swapped the cables, the slight difference moved as well. The older model is on the left and is still running after two years being on and the new one is on the right.
Packaging was the Dell box inside of a larger Amazon box with padding around the Dell box as well. I LOVE my Amazon delivery guys as the boxes always arrive without even a scratch. I have MS and now work from home exclusively and have had the Amazon guys actually carry stuff in for me. I can't say enough good stuff about them.
Ordered Sunday, and arrived by 9:00 am Monday. In time for me to hook it up in place of the dead one and start my day. Super impressed. Didn't expect it until evening.
What a price!
I tend to purchase Dell for personal products but for monitors and TVs I usually try to get Samsung or Asus. However, a 27" monitor on those brands are expensive so I thought I would gamble with this purchase since it was $100 less than what I was looking at. I am/was not disappointed! The quality of the picture is great and I couldn't ask for more. I use it for all of my personal computing needs; however, I do not game so I cannot speak to the quality there but for everything else, definitely a winner.
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It's a great upgrade!
I had re-arranged my computer desk, and I realized I had room to upgrade my 6 year old 21" monitor. After reading a bunch of reviews, I decided on this Dell 27" (I ordered a Displayport to HDMI converter cord as well). Monitor arrived on time and well packed in a box in a box. I put the stand together in seconds and had everything hooked up in a couple of minutes...very easy! I powered up the monitor, and after a select language prompt, I powered up my 2 year old HP computer. Everything worked perfectly the first time! No bad pixels, and the display is very nice... especially for the price. I keep my studio dark, so I ended up turning the brightness way down to 5%, and the contrast up to 80%. I also adjusted my fonts a bit since I have so much screen space now... MUCH easier on the eyes! I'm super happy at this point...I'll update if there are any problems in the future.
All in all, it's a beautiful monitor, it was a painless setup, and I highly recommend it! Merry Christmas to me!
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High Quality & Great Price
I needed an external monitor for my MacBook Pro for use primarily with Adobe Lightroom, and I couldn't decide on one. I tested this Dell, a lower-priced Spectre, and a higher-priced Philips 4K. All 27". Well, this monitor is the keeper. For a non-4K 27" monitor, I'm quite impressed. Text isn't noticeably jaggy. Brightness & contrast are strong, colors are clear, robust and consistent. Matches my MacBook display's color (or, certainly close enough even for my picky eye) right out of the box with no tinkering to settings needed. I'm connecting with a USB-C to HDMI cable, I made sure to get a cable that was rated for this purpose (easy to find on Amazon). The setup couldn't have been easier.
I usually don't take time to write reviews but I'm really happy with this monitor. I have no long-term info yet, I've only had it a few days. For the price, I'd say it would be really difficult (if not impossible) to find a higher quality monitor. If you're looking for a gaming monitor, you might want to go with a non-IPS model for the faster refresh rates (that said, I haven't tried using this with my PS4 yet). If your primary use is photo / video editing, IPS is the way to go (based on my recent research) for richer, consistent colors.
Bright, can turn off auto select
Loving this screen, it's doing everything I wanted it for.
First and foremost, I needed a screen that either doesn't include or has a toggle on the auto-select input feature. This feature has resulted in insanity inducing race conditions between my computers' drivers and other screens' input detection. On this screen, YOU CAN TURN IT OFF. Life saver.
Second, I wanted a bright screen. This screen is bright. Yay! (I looked at the specs to make sure this was the case before purchasing.)
The size is nice but at this point (27") 1080p starts looking pretty pixelated. I of course knew that going in though so not a downside, but might want to consider it.
One weird thing I did notice that if you turn the "Response Time" to "Fast" then this screen has pretty bad ghosting. Maybe that's normal? but it's the opposite of what I would expect. Not a big deal, just use "Normal" (which I think is the default).
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