Dell Ultrasharp 34-Inch WQHD (3440x1440) Curved IPS USB-C Monitor

I am a university professor and wanted a single wide-screen curved monitor for more efficiently managing my writing projects and online videoconferences. This monitor is neither the cheapest nor most expensive one out there, but it is quite good for the money, I think. It has stunning color quality and is exceedingly sharp. I can have multiple documents open as well as a good sized amount of the screen set aside for Zoom or Google Hangouts conferences with students.The Dell Display Manager software greatly increases the utility of this monitor and is one of the factors that sealed the deal for me. With a screen this large, it's important to have a way of organizing all of that screen real estate. The DDM software allows you to partition the screen into either predefined or customized grids, and then drag and drop programs and files that just snap into the grid. I have grids I use for videoconferences, research and writing projects, and so forth. The only thing I would caution is that, unless I am mistaken, there is not a Mac OS version of the DDM software, which is a real shame for Mac users who might be considering this otherwise excellent monitor.If you happen to be using a newer-generation Dell laptop, as I am, the monitor also functions as a docking station. My Latitude E7490 has USB-C connectivity for video, charging, and USB ports. What this means is that I simply plug in a single cable from the monitor to the laptop and it handles all of the laptop's charging and power requirements, as well as connects me to my keyboard, mouse, webcams, speakers, and all other peripherals that remain connected to the monitor's generous number of USB ports. Indeed, I have a small USB hub that is hooked into the monitor, multiplying the number of ports even further. It's really nice not to have to plug and unplug a bunch of stuff every time I have to set up my laptop for home office use.The monitor also allows you to hook up two different computers to it and then toggle between the computers. I've not had any need for this function so I've not tried it yet.This may not be the best monitor for gaming as it does not offer insanely high refresh rates--though based on some of the reviews I read it appears to do well enough in that category. But I'm not a gamer and use it for text-based functions almost exclusively. I can say that it works marvelously well for videos, such as YouTube and Amazon Prime. And the colors are amazingly vibrant.The built-in speakers are nothing to get excited about. They are weak and kind of muddy. I am using a set of external speakers anyway, so that doesn't concern me. But don't expect much from them.The display adjustments are easy enough to use even if slightly awkward. But with the Dell Display Manager Software (mentioned above) the brightness and contrast controls, as well as the main image modes for color presets, are readily available through a software shortcut. Those are the only settings I adjust with any regularity anyway.All in all, this is a great monitor and I'd buy it again.

First, I bought this so I can have an external monitor for my 16" MBP. It comes with a USB-C connection that can deliver up to 90W! The experience was plug and play, with no issues. The picture quality is solid even if the monitor is not exactly HiDPI - this is the probably one of the best panels you can buy until external monitors with extremely high pixel densities are available. One thing to be aware of is that if you use screensharing applications, such as Slack, Webex, etc., is that unlike a dual monitor setup where you would share one (smaller) screen, you will need to share the giant wide screen format of this monitor, or share a single application, which is for some reason scaled poorly for the people on the other end. Hopefully someday screen sharing applications will allow you to share a region of a screen to work around this; I don't really consider it a limitation of the monitor itself. I was hoping to buy a monitor that supported the freesync/gsync protocols, but that wasn't a deal breaker for me because I expected to use it with my MBP and I spend far more time working and coding now than I do gaming.The speakers sound reasonable for built-in speakers, but for some reason my MBP can't control their volume via USB-C. My other devices can control them, but via HDMI. The volume can be controlled on the monitor itself, but this is clunky. Connectivity is otherwise quite good, with support for all popular connections (HDMI, DP, etc.).The box they are transported in is well built. I highly recommend keeping the box for future transport. I ended up using it so I can work remotely from other locations during the pandemic, which made the built-in speakers a plus (one less thing to carry). You do need to be careful when placing it in or removing it from the box, since the fairly thin bezel means it is easy to possibly damage or smudge the screen. Use the mount as shown in the unboxing instructions, following the same procedure in reverse if you box them up again.My father rightly used to say that the monitor is one place you don't want to skimp on - it is the highest bandwidth interface between you and the machine. He was right, and while much more expensive than two monitors, this monitor excels at that and has some nice features to boot; so 4/5 stars for value/$ at the current price, 3/5 for the original price of $750. I think a 5 star price would be around $500-$550.