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Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by ghshephard » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC

shell0x wrote: post #165

1. I don't think I'll ever buy Dell again. My current monitor is a Dell S3221QS 32" screen and it has vertical lines and starts flickering on both the Macbook M1 and the Mac Studio with the M4 Max chip after some time, which is a known issue[0][1]. It also defaults to YPbPr colors rather than RGB/SRGB, so the colors look off. I'm using HDMI to HDMI connectivity currently. Part of it is also my fault as I thought a mo…

I've gone the other direction - and after having struggled with other various monitors (the worst is easily the SAMSUNG 49" Odyssey Neo G9 G95NA - both cruddy capability (should have noted before buying it has no Power Delivery) as well as easily some of the blurriest text ever) - I've decided I will only ever buy Dell Monitors. Every one I've purchased (5 of them) in the last 15sh years has been a flawless performer - no hardware failures either.

Every monitor on every desk at work (around 3000 desks) is a Dell U3821DW - no broadscale systemic complaints that I've ever heard of.

I'm currently using my 4K 27" Dell P2715Q that I bought for $400 back in December 2017, and I've carried (physically) with me from office to office from Michigan to the Bay Area - thing runs for 10+ hours a day (minus weekend) for 8 years running. Eventually it's going to have to give in- and when it does - definitely going to buy another Dell (probably the U2725QE 27" 4K)

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by buzer » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 2:50 AM UTC

deepsun wrote: post #200

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.

Interesting, manfrotto's website has a cookie notice with two buttons: ALLOW ALL and ALLOW SELECTION. However, there's no selections -- there's only a description of hundreds of cookies they store (e.g. 73 in Marketing section), but there's nothing to select, it's only text.

There seems to be grey deny button at top-right on first view but it disappears if you select the details. You need hide the details first if you want to click it.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by ggm » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 2:51 AM UTC

semi-extrinsic wrote: post #97

joshstrange wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

By having fewer pixels, lower quality screens? Crazy what you can do when you cut corners. This screen reminds of when I did tech support in high school and I helped a guy who bragged about his computer monitor, it was a TV running at 720p (if not lower) and a massive screen. The windows start bar was hilariously large (as were all UI elements), I had to just smile and nod until I got out of there. Sure, your screen…

> everything is scaled way too large The HiDPI/Retina bullshit is just bullshit. I've been running a 4K 43" 4:3 display at 100% scaling since 2018. It is neither blurry nor scaled too large. It can, however, comfortably fit 10 A4 pages simultaneously. Or 4 terminals + a browser + a PDF reader.

My arithmetic nodule is having a konniption fit. Does not compute. If this is 16:9 and you mistook your aspect ratio I can breathe again. √2:1 says 1.41:1 isn't 1.33:1

10 A4 pages do not fill a 4:3 or 3:4 aspect ratio box. They don't fill a 16:9 box either but it's more plausible, the wastage is different.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by teleforce » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 2:51 AM UTC

It's a shame that this 6K tunderbolt hub monitor does not support the latest thunderbolt 5 standard. Otherwise you can connect and daisy chain two of these 6K displays together.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by brandonmenc » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 2:53 AM UTC

someguyiguess wrote: post #197

EnPissant wrote: post #186

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Not OP, but I have 2 8020D + a subwoofer. If I had to do it all over again I would have 2 8030C and no subwoofer.

Why? Just out of curiosity. Is it that you don’t need that much low end for the media you’re usually playing through your monitors or do the 8030Cs have enough low end to eliminate the need for a separate woofer? I’ve been debating getting genelecs for a few years now but the price jump from something like JBLs or Yamahas is so huge that I can’t justify it. At least not on my current budget.

I have the smallest of both: 8010As and a 7040A sub.

I'm sending almost nothing to the sub, and I'm guessing the 8030s would provide most of what I'm using the 7040 for without the inconvenience.

I'm in a small room and going for accuracy, so don't need much bass.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by cheschire » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC

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.

Or Fight Club

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by deepsun » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC

buzer wrote: post #202

deepsun wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting, manfrotto's website has a cookie notice with two buttons: ALLOW ALL and ALLOW SELECTION. However, there's no selections -- there's only a description of hundreds of cookies they store (e.g. 73 in Marketing section), but there's nothing to select, it's only text.

There seems to be grey deny button at top-right on first view but it disappears if you select the details. You need hide the details first if you want to click it.

Thank you. ALLOW SELECTION is still a mystery though.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by whyenot » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC

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.

I'm not sure what your point is. This monitor is less than 1/2 the price of Apple's Pro Display XDR with nano texture glass.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by compounding_it » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 3:09 AM UTC

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 size kinda perfect.

Personally I’ve found that a single monitor is enough 90% of the time while coding. It’s when I need to do something nitty gritty that I need a second monitor.

That being said working with only a laptop is painful and extremely uncomfortable for the posture. I don’t think I can get anything real done without a monitor keyboard and mouse. Going down to an 11 inch iPad sounds impossible.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by neves » Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 3:10 AM UTC

Frotag wrote: post #198

InMice wrote: post #193

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I get bonkers annoyed using just two monitors with macos or windows. multi monitor management... nothing behaves how i want it to, apps never open where they should etc etc. I havent tried it on desktop linux enough to know if it's any better - maybe at least id assume have the most configuration control on linux. How do you do it? I always give up in frustration. 100% would keep the genelecs :)

On KDE and things like opening app on active monitor / desktop work fine. Only complaint is that on older versions, the taskbar on secondary monitors would sometimes disappear. For reference I have 3 monitors (2x 4k, 1x 1080p) and am currently using Debian / Wayland and Ubuntu / X11.

I really miss kde generator of shift click in maximize window icon. It would expand a window just vertically.

Does windows has anything similar?