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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 [deleted] »

M4R5H4LL wrote: post #65
lejalv wrote: post #21

This has pixels the size of my hand, and it fully covers my field of view. Not my cup of tea. What I do recommend (having bought one) is the Kuycon G32p, 32 inches @ 6K. Incredible quality and unbelievable value for money ( https://clickclack.io/products/in-stock-kuycon-g32p-6k-32-in... ).

I have the Apple 6K 32” Pro Display XDR and a Kuycon 5K 27”. Both are great. Apple was $6,500 and the Chinese version was $400 on EBay plus the $100 stand. Kuycon has more types of input, and a remote. Frame and display quality are on par for a dev.

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Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by throw0101c »

switchbak wrote: post #54
tonyedgecombe wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a fraction of what most Apple customers are used to.

The freakin stand alone is $1300 CAD. What planet are those people on? That's Gucci bag territory. They can take their res and shove it, that's almost NINE GRAND (granted, Canadian pesos) for a freakin display! Who is this for, just Pixar employees?

> The freakin stand alone is $1300 CAD.

We're not just talking about Apple's stand-alone display, but even their laptops are high-ppi. 13" M4 Apple Air:

> 13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology;2 2560-by-1664 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch

* https://www.apple.com/ca/macbook-air/specs/

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by pipeline_peak »

I don’t understand the point of these ultra wide monitors.

On windows 11, you can only have 3 verticals columns with a monitor this wide. If I had 3 regular width monitors, I could have 6 columns overall.

I’d also imagine it looks awkward when you have one window in full screen, but I’ve never used one in person.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by roblh »

lejalv wrote: post #21

This has pixels the size of my hand, and it fully covers my field of view. Not my cup of tea. What I do recommend (having bought one) is the Kuycon G32p, 32 inches @ 6K. Incredible quality and unbelievable value for money ( https://clickclack.io/products/in-stock-kuycon-g32p-6k-32-in... ).

Is this some kind of OEM Apple display? Or did they just put all that effort into machine out those spheres in the back of it so it looks like one?

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by steveBK123 »

I refuse to buy a dell monitor again because I found their quality low and their warranty process onerous. Took hours of my time to get a replacement sent and it had I failed in a different way soon after.

For a cheap throwaway monitor maybe. For anything premium no way.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by ramraj07 »

swiftcoder wrote: post #92
lejalv wrote: post #21

This has pixels the size of my hand, and it fully covers my field of view. Not my cup of tea. What I do recommend (having bought one) is the Kuycon G32p, 32 inches @ 6K. Incredible quality and unbelievable value for money ( https://clickclack.io/products/in-stock-kuycon-g32p-6k-32-in... ).

> This has pixels the size of my hand This is 128 ppi, which would be considered "retina" at a viewing distance of 70cm (27in). Are you really sitting 2 feet from a 52" monitor? I'd have to cutout a curve in the front of my desk to sit that close

I literally have this monitor already and these pixels are humongous. Even at 3 feet away. Also the viewing angle degradation is too much, so much so that it irritates to look at the edge of the screen from the center. A very poor monitor indeed.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by kccqzy »

stephenr wrote: post #318
kombine wrote: post #256

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a significant benefit for programming in going from 4K to 6K on a 32" display? I'm currently on 27" 1440p and looking for more screen estate for my neovim setup.

On macOS: crisper text.

That’s on every operating system.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by kstrauser »

davsti4 wrote: post #287
kstrauser wrote: post #268

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bought a brand new Dell monitor through Amazon’s Dell Store (i.e. fulfilled by Dell themselves and shipped to me directly from their warehouse). The HDMI port broke a couple months later as it was sitting undisturbed on a desk, which was a common problem mentioned in its reviews. Dell flat out refused to replace it, saying that their database showed a different owner than me. Remember, they themselves shipped it st…

Are you referring to this store - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Dell/page/9B75DD0E-9F42-4B9B-A... ?

I think so.
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