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Great value, beautiful workaday display
By Bart Windrum on Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2015
I'll add my voice to the mix singing this display's praises. This review will be short and not techincal like some of the other excellent examinations here, and I may respond to some other comments without prior explanation. This display is a sweet spot for casual to power computer users. I can't speak to gaming and if I'm going to watch the TV I'll watch the 55" not a computer, so whatever a computer display displays for the occasional video or episode is fine. For me the U2415 replaces an old Apple Cinema 23 HD display. For both I've used my Retina MacBook's HDMI port because my 2 Thunderbolt ports are in use with adapters. If you use HDMI be sure to change your sound settings to direct sound out back to your computer's headphone (speaker system) port since the computer defaults, when sensing HDMI, to sending sound out via HDMI. You'll need to buy a 6' HDMI cable separately (and I don't know if it's possible to adapt display port or mini-display port to Thunderbolt so do that research if you need to). Note: if you're a Mac person unfamiliar with a potpourri of monitor ports and planning to use the supplied Display Port to Mini-display port (like for my wife's Mini), take care to use the correct port; this display can daisy chain and has two display port ports, one each in and out. I love the ultra-minimal bezel. Having the option to rotate 90º/vertical could be useful occasionally for this graying graphic designer making his own author "onesheets" or other layout tasks, but it requires changing system display prefs BEFORE rotating to avoid eye-hand-mouse-brain damage. The OCD's touch buttons are no big problem that some folks say. Even in the dark. You won't use the OCD much and it's no big deal to glide or poke around a few presses and you've found a button to launch the OCD. I too like how the silver plastic matches my laptop's aluminum. I wish the Dell's base was flat; it's actually very slightly beveled on each side, making it impractical to store much if anything on that expansive base. The stand is attractive, easy to deal with, and I adapted a second U2415 for my wife's Mac Mini to an old articulating HP stand that I fashioned my own 100mm VESA mounting plate for—so she can get her Dell's bottom edge right down to her desktop (Dell's stand leaves several inches' gap). It's a visually solid, crisp, colorful, bright display. Color-wise, my only wish would be the ability to calibrate it to match my Retina's screen. I'm not a color guy but it seems like the Retina has a bit more red. This is no big deal but, if it were to be able to goose the tone—without screwing up the whiteness used for text files, I'd do it. Probably requires a pro-grade calibration tool. It's not possible, and it would be sensible, to change from this displays nice tall 16:10 ratio to gaming's 16:9 via Dell's own settings. However, if on the Mac you could try using the inexpensive app Display Menu, which DOES offer 1920x1080 (16:9). If I could I'd give this 4.5 stars but gave it 5 because I think 4 is too few.
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First unit had loose inards and blurry image
By Forum on Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2016
I have owned a lot of Dell/LG displays over the years, both TN and IPS type panels in the UltraSharp line. Unfortunately, it seems the quality control from Dell/LG is not what it should be these days. The first U2415 unit I received with a manufacture date of February 2016 had something loose inside that rattled around when rotating the display. To make matters worse, the screen appeared out of focus/blurry no matter how I adjusted the settings. While Amazon could have put a little more filler in the shipping box to stop the product box from shifting around, it did not appear there was actual damage to the unit from shipping (just the typical smashed box corners on both Amazon shipping and Dell product boxes). Amazon sent me an advanced replacement and the second unit, manufactured a month earlier in January 2016, had no loose pieces inside and a much clearer image. I can only imagine what was wrong with the original to cause the blurry image and caution folks to carefully scrutinize any units they receive. This also makes me wonder if even the replacement unit is the absolute best it should be, but I don't dare risk going backwards, never mind angering the Amazon gods such that they might suspend my account due to high returns activity. This is the first Dell UltraSharp experience that has ever made me question if I have a quality product and I am definitely going to consider other brands in the future. I should also note that calling Dell for monitor support is pointless. Their web and phone systems simply do not recognize the service tag/express service code if the unit was not purchased direct from Dell. Even if you do get someone on the line, trying to get them to assist without referencing an actual Dell computer is an exercise in futility. So much for the 3 year Premium Panel Guarantee! If anything does go wrong within the 3 years you can bet I will be breaking down Dell's door to make good on what the UltraSharp line is supposed to stand for. I just know that I have never even thought about needing to do so with past UltraSharps, many of which are still going strong after more than a decade. As far as the monitor's specs, I would have much preferred a physically smaller WUXGA display, something along the lines of 17" to 21", both to economize on desktop space and maintain a tighter dot pitch, but no one seems to make a WUXGA monitor that small now. With a 0.27 mm dot pitch this display can understandably appear a bit grainy if you're accustom to a tighter dot pitch. Obviously I knew the specs going into the purchase, but without much choice given others needs/restrictions of my setup (single-link DVI source maxing out at WUXGA). While some folks have complained about the unit's lack of a DVI input, it is of course easily handled with a passive DVI to HDMI adapter/cable. Some other things to keep in mind: The opening in the stand column that is intended as a cable guide is somewhat small. The larger ferrite beads on some cables will simply not fit through this hole, and even smaller beads and plugs can be an issue when you start populating all the different ports. Older UltraSharp designs either had larger openings or had cable guides with an open side that didn't require threading at all, just sliding the cable in at any point. Also, while the OSD offers an option to turn off the white LED on the front bezel, this only applies while the display is active, not in sleep mode. It would be nice if there were an option to completely turn off the white LED. The LED is especially annoying in sleep mode as it pulses. While the older UltraSharps had power LEDs that were always on (green for active, amber for sleep), they never pulsed. There is also an extraneous "going to sleep" OSD message on computer sleep that makes for an awkward transition. It really seems like the LG designers were super worried about people not trusting that the monitor was sleeping, even though one can simply press a button to temporarily/locally wake the display and see the OSD message that a sleep signal is being received from the attached computer.
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