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Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by nja »

compounding_it wrote: post #209

I’ve been using a single 24 inch 1080p benq usb c monitor after realizing 4k 27 inch scaling is just terrible and 5k 27 inch is just too pricey. It’s a budget monitor but it’s surprising what 140$ can get you these days cause the quality of the panel is really good. It supports daisy chaining so I can add another monitor to my m1 air (which I can’t otherwise I think). If it was 4k 24 inch I’d buy two as I find that s…

For some reason nobody makes 2K 24"s anymore -- that was my sweet spot. But now to get the pixel density you have to go way bigger :/ dreading the day the old monitors I have cease working. I like the 24" size but 1080 is just so annoying. I was using 2048x1156 20" monitors back in 2010 and they had better density!

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by brailsafe »

antod wrote: post #213
AceJohnny2 wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Counter-anecdata: I have 2 Dell U2720Q (Ultrasharp 27") bought in 2021 and they've been great. That said, I've always stuck for Dell's upper-range Ultrasharp (U prefix in models) monitors, being slightly wary of their cheaper series which the S in your S3221QS implies.

I have a 13yr old 27" Ultrasharp still going well. +1 to only buy Ultrasharp if buying from Dell. The others can be junk.

I'm using 2x Dell U3011s, one I purchased around ~2013 probably and the other I got used recently for $100. My only issue with them is that they have PWM coil whine that only goes away if I crank the brightness to ~90%, which seems to produce an immense amount of heat and probably power consumption. I'd love to find a viable alternative solution for this, because these are my favorite monitors for now.

The model appears to have been released 16 years ago.

I haven't yet found a monitor that makes sense to replace them with either.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by thfuran »

dworks wrote: post #161
Kon5ole wrote: post #142

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>Which is the right choice No damn it, it's not! Everyone I know can immediately see a clear difference between 120 ppi and 200 ppi, but I've yet to encounter anyone who can reliably tell 120hz from 200hz. We have monitors that render lego-sized pixels at 500+ hz now, it's enough. Gamers have been gaslit to believe they have the reflexes of spider-man and are a lost cause, but their preferences have been listened to…

I've recently gone from 60hz to 240hz to 480hz. Refresh rate in games is not just about what it looks like. It completely changes game mechanics, like movement, recoil etc. It is such a big difference between 60hz and 240hz that you're not really playing the same game. There are things you can do at 240hz that are impossible at 60hz. At 480hz, there's also so much more time to react, so you really don't need fast ref…

So much more time? The difference in frame time between 480 hz and 240 is 2 ms.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by otterley »

maest wrote: post #192
madmod wrote: post #157

I have 3 27" 5k monitors in portrait and a 32" 4k horizontal above those. It is all mounted with vesa cheeseplates to manfrotto magic arms on t slot aluminum attached to a C stand with manfrotto super clamps. I also have two genelec studio monitors which sound amazing. All of that cost less than this one monitor.

All the brand naming makes this read like something from American Psycho.

In case you don't get the reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by slashtom »

I purchased this as soon as it was announced, I was surprised they had it ready to ship on the day of the CES announcement.

I do enjoy it, with Fancyzones, I can set up Unreal Engine Editor, Rider, discord/teams and a small corner window for searching and/or youtube watching on the side. At first I thought the pixel count was going to be too low but from my position it 'feels' retina at 125% windows scaling. Yes you can do the same with multiple monitors but I don't get the fatigue of turning my physical head, it's the perfect size to sit in middle and use your eyes to adjust/focus if that makes sense..

120hz and fast motion helps a lot. DCS World looks amazing on this, it feels like it's your full fov when playing games. Granted this isn't an OLED panel, I wouldn't play anything competitive on here but EU V and/or RTS games are very nice at 6k/52.

This replaced my dual 4K 120hz monitors. Recommend if you're not gaming.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by dripdry45 »

brailsafe wrote: post #222
antod wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a 13yr old 27" Ultrasharp still going well. +1 to only buy Ultrasharp if buying from Dell. The others can be junk.

I'm using 2x Dell U3011s, one I purchased around ~2013 probably and the other I got used recently for $100. My only issue with them is that they have PWM coil whine that only goes away if I crank the brightness to ~90%, which seems to produce an immense amount of heat and probably power consumption. I'd love to find a viable alternative solution for this, because these are my favorite monitors for now. The model appe…

I think there is a slightly newer version of these, but I have the same set up. I haven’t been able to find anything that has the vertical space that these monitors do. Even Ultra Wide monitors just aren’t tall enough. If I got this 52 inch behemoth that would help, but I would actually lose horizontal space.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by tra3 »

compounding_it wrote: post #209

I’ve been using a single 24 inch 1080p benq usb c monitor after realizing 4k 27 inch scaling is just terrible and 5k 27 inch is just too pricey. It’s a budget monitor but it’s surprising what 140$ can get you these days cause the quality of the panel is really good. It supports daisy chaining so I can add another monitor to my m1 air (which I can’t otherwise I think). If it was 4k 24 inch I’d buy two as I find that s…

I didn't know you could do multimonitor setup with m1 air. Can you share what your setup is?

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by brailsafe »

dripdry45 wrote: post #227
brailsafe wrote: post #222

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm using 2x Dell U3011s, one I purchased around ~2013 probably and the other I got used recently for $100. My only issue with them is that they have PWM coil whine that only goes away if I crank the brightness to ~90%, which seems to produce an immense amount of heat and probably power consumption. I'd love to find a viable alternative solution for this, because these are my favorite monitors for now. The model appe…

I think there is a slightly newer version of these, but I have the same set up. I haven’t been able to find anything that has the vertical space that these monitors do. Even Ultra Wide monitors just aren’t tall enough. If I got this 52 inch behemoth that would help, but I would actually lose horizontal space.

> I think there is a slightly newer version of these, but I have the same set up

Ya, I've tried at least one of the newer versions and they were great too. 16:10 or almost anything else than 16:9 please

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by zuminator »

gffrd wrote: post #60
adamnemecek wrote: post #56

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But those are retina pixels right? Like what is the max resolution of that display?

6016 x 3384. Dell monitor is twice the surface area with 3/4 the pixels … or in reverse: Apple display is half the size with 30% more pixels. (edit: corrected dell pixel %)

What is going on here? Why is everyone in this thread using 'pixels" to mean ppi? It seems unnecessarily confusing or even misleading. I mean blatantly a 6K monitor has more pixels than a 5K or 4K one, regardless of the pixel density.
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