Dell U3415W discussion - 21:9 UltraWide (3440x1440)

Quite a few movies are in the cinemawide 2.35:1 aspect ratio which is pretty close to the 21:9 aspect ratio.
here is The Fifth Element in full screen on my 21:9,
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damn that red is popping on her hair haha..mind if i ask what display setting u have going on your monitor? brightness,contrast, etc?
 
damn that red is popping on her hair haha..mind if i ask what display setting u have going on your monitor? brightness,contrast, etc?

Also notice that he has the LG, and not the Dell... Setting will probably differ.
 
damn that red is popping on her hair haha..mind if i ask what display setting u have going on your monitor? brightness,contrast, etc?

I am running stock settings on this LG monitor, that was right out of the box and hooked up to the PC and I fired up that movie.
Brightness 100
Contrast 70
Color Warm
Black Level High

When my friend gets his Dell, I'll grap a shot of the movie on his screen and see how it compares.
 
I am running stock settings on this LG monitor, that was right out of the box and hooked up to the PC and I fired up that movie.
Brightness 100
Contrast 70
Color Warm
Black Level High

When my friend gets his Dell, I'll grap a shot of the movie on his screen and see how it compares.

haha i thought u were showing off your dell monitor..but damn thats some high brightness stock setting! dell stock is only 75

btw, i noticed the background and all that stuff behind your monitor..it appears like 5ft away? is it safe? cause if there's an accident/earthquake and stuff starts tumbling down, that monitor's gonna get splattered haha
 
haha i thought u were showing off your dell monitor..but damn thats some high brightness stock setting! dell stock is only 75

btw, i noticed the background and all that stuff behind your monitor..it appears like 5ft away? is it safe? cause if there's an accident/earthquake and stuff starts tumbling down, that monitor's gonna get splattered haha

That stuff is on a shelf about 5ft away in my garage.
I bought myself a cubicle for the garage so it is safe unless the shelf above it crashes down,
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Also have a home cubicle. Hope to have one of these Ultrawides with my overlord to sit beside it...

One day... when the bank account can handle it.
 
Something about the home cube seems so ... /wrong!/
I admit it is very striking but it would probably make me feel like I'm at work. (even though I have an office).

Unrelated note, why do I suddenly want another mechanical keyboard with nifty colored keycaps. I don't need LEDs and colors, I want those sweet doubleshot PBT keycaps and some fresh cherry mx blues to type on. I have a DAS Ultimate S atm with browns but I really want to feel how the blues feel...
 
Wanted to share these pics for those on the fence on the purchase. First off, I'm not a gamer. Maybe an occasional movie but mostly work, CAD use and occasional photo editing but I appreciate good picture quality/sharpness and colors although I'm not a professional in judging any of those fields.

Out of the box, the U3415W is pretty impressive in sheer size. In my opinion, the screen height is perfect and the added 21:9 width is very useful. The curve is very slight but I find it useful and added cool factor. I've used a Dell U3011 before and would give up the extra height for the added width of the 34". Looking left and right with your eyes in my opinion is less fatiguing than up and down. Fonts and etc while web browsing suits my eyes well compared to the U3011 but all that can be easily adjusted.

Once powered up, it's much better looking than my U2713HM. Both are setup using the preset multimedia mode and I tried to get the 27" desktop photo to look close to the 34" but it's not even close. The colors and depth the 34" is much better side by side. Individually you probably won't noticed much difference however. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Desk setup. Both are using the same exact background in 3440x1440.
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U2713HM
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I wanted to note that there is some backlight bleed on the corners and top that most have experienced. A bit more than the U2713HM. It does make up for that in sheer picture quality though. Overall, I'm satisfied but wouldn't pay close to full retail for one.

Before anyone asked, I'm using a pair of Ergotron LX arms and photos were taken using a Lumix GX1 on a tripod. Desktop can be found here:

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Enjoy!
 
quick question, how long is the HDMI cable that is included, and is the other cable just a short miniDP to DP adapter cable?

And from the specs it shows DP and miniDP inputs, just want to confirm since my friend may need a longer cable for his setup and I'd like to give him a link to the correct cable.
Going to use a eVGA GTX750ti to run the monitor, it has full size DP on it.
 
Just got mine today. I have backlight bleed in all 4 corners like most everyone else,but it's only noticeable on a mostly black screen (Arkham Origins & Alien Isolation, for example). On the fence about getting an RMA.
 
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Got mine today with moderate backlight bleed.

So far I'm underwhelmed but that's mainly because I'm coming from a setup of three 30 inch 3007WFP-HC. This just doesn't compete but I had to make the switch because graphics cards have been so stagnant. Three GTX Titans weren't enough to max some games on the old setup but years later there still isn't anything worth upgrading to. And for games with bad multi-monitor support it sucked...I was just trying to dig into Dragon Age 2 before I install inquisition and it was almost impossible to play with the HUD at opposite edges of such a massive setup. So, although this new monitor is a downgrade, it will at least let me max some games I was struggling with before and take care of compatibility issues.

It's not quite big enough...needs 3 inches vertically and about 3 inches on each side to be perfect. I think anyone who comes over from a standard size monitor or a small triple setup will be happy though.

The curve doesn't add much and isn't worth paying a premium price...it should actually be curved just a little more
 
Got mine today with moderate backlight bleed.

So far I'm underwhelmed but that's mainly because I'm coming from a setup of three 30 inch 3007WFP-HC. This just doesn't compete but I had to make the switch because graphics cards have been so stagnant. Three GTX Titans weren't enough to max some games on the old setup but years later there still isn't anything worth upgrading to. And for games with bad multi-monitor support it sucked...I was just trying to dig into Dragon Age 2 before I install inquisition and it was almost impossible to play with the HUD at opposite edges of such a massive setup. So, although this new monitor is a downgrade, it will at least let me max some games I was struggling with before and take care of compatibility issues.

It's not quite big enough...needs 3 inches vertically and about 3 inches on each side to be perfect. I think anyone who comes over from a standard size monitor or a small triple setup will be happy though.

The curve doesn't add much and isn't worth paying a premium price...it should actually be curved just a little more

I think it's unfair to compare one monitor to 3. I think the U3415W compares favorably to either of the Dell 30" on their own and is priced about the same (if not less with the discounts). Your setup might be a downgrade, but I wouldn't think of the monitor itself as one.
 
damn that red is popping on her hair haha..mind if i ask what display setting u have going on your monitor? brightness,contrast, etc?

For what it's worth: You should never judge color quality of a display from a photo. Most cameras these days will do a great job of making images "pop" on the default settings. What you're really seeing here is the camera's color systems at work, not the display.
 
I think it's unfair to compare one monitor to 3. I think the U3415W compares favorably to either of the Dell 30" on their own and is priced about the same (if not less with the discounts). Your setup might be a downgrade, but I wouldn't think of the monitor itself as one.

It's fair because there isn't really the option to get 3 of the U3415W . . .that would just end up being worse in every way than my old setup. Unfortunately the U3415W has to stand on its own due to Nvidia surround/eyefinity not allowing you to mix different sized monitors. There's just no feasible way to upgrade from one U3415W and that's a huge mark against it. The only thing you can realistically do is run a dual setup, which leaves you with bezels right in the middle.
 
It's fair because there isn't really the option to get 3 of the U3415W . . .that would just end up being worse in every way than my old setup. Unfortunately the U3415W has to stand on its own due to Nvidia surround/eyefinity not allowing you to mix different sized monitors. There's just no feasible way to upgrade from one U3415W and that's a huge mark against it. The only thing you can realistically do is run a dual setup, which leaves you with bezels right in the middle.

I feel you are evaluating the monitor unfairly, due to not taking responsibility of your choice on its usecase and your choice on video adapter features. As you state you are going from 3x 1600p monitors to a single 1440p monitor, did you not consider this before you decided to condense to a clearly smaller monitor?...it is almost a 2.5x small in terms of pixels than your current setup, did you not expect this?

What i get from your post is the following: "hey I bought a new motorcycle but it is not great, because i cant take my dog and son along with me. where as in my SUV i had no problems."

Might be better to talk about how the monitor doesn't fit a specific need/role/usecase you have.
 
It's fair because there isn't really the option to get 3 of the U3415W . . .that would just end up being worse in every way than my old setup. Unfortunately the U3415W has to stand on its own due to Nvidia surround/eyefinity not allowing you to mix different sized monitors. There's just no feasible way to upgrade from one U3415W and that's a huge mark against it. The only thing you can realistically do is run a dual setup, which leaves you with bezels right in the middle.

Quite sure that AMD added mixed-resolution Eyefinity in a recent driver.
 
It's fair because there isn't really the option to get 3 of the U3415W . . .that would just end up being worse in every way than my old setup. Unfortunately the U3415W has to stand on its own due to Nvidia surround/eyefinity not allowing you to mix different sized monitors. There's just no feasible way to upgrade from one U3415W and that's a huge mark against it. The only thing you can realistically do is run a dual setup, which leaves you with bezels right in the middle.

Surround issues aside wouldn't your best bet for a setup be this monitor with 27" 2560x1140 (U2715H) monitors on each side?

This would work correctly for games under Eyefinity. Surround currently would not support it as you stated though.
 
Dell U3415W User's Guide mentioned PBP is not full screen.
NOTE: The images under PBP will be displayed at the center of the screen, not full screen.

Can someone check
1. if PBP mode supports two screen with resolution of 1720 x 1440 pixels. (Prad review of the LG flat screen model can support this nicely)
2. Can color preset for each PBP be set individually?

Dell U3014 I have only support two screens with resolution 1280x800 in PBP with black bar on top and bottom. Color preset only works for main screen. Sub screen is always in wide gamut.

Thinking if I should "upgrade" to this wide screen. This is for my home pc that I normally use for browsing, watching movies and doing some words/excel. Sometimes I connect my work laptop in PBP mode.
 
Do these have any backlight bleeding?

All IPS have Backlight Bleeding... Now depending on how each one is built, some are more exposed than others... Will tell you if mine is disturbing me and make me happy like this or not...
 
Do these have any backlight bleeding?

Most people are experience blb on the top two corners more than the bottom too so that's something to take note of. I don't think its a dealbreaker since you can't even notice it unless you have an all black screen. If you watch a lot of shows that are 16:9, it can be since the black bars will expose the blb corners but for me, its still hardly noticeable.
 
All IPS have Backlight Bleeding
No, they (almost) all have the typical IPS glow, except when they have a special filter. All backlit displays (IPS or not) can have BLB (not glow) depending on the assembly quality of the particular display
 
No, they (almost) all have the typical IPS glow, except when they have a special filter. All backlit displays (IPS or not) can have BLB (not glow) depending on the assembly quality of the particular display

They almost all have BLB too, since they are edge lit and not full arrays. Sames goes for TV's. It's just a characteristic of edge lit backlights. Some are better than others, some people care less. Personally I don't look for it because I know it's there if I look hard enough.

Almost always the level of BLB changes with a little pressure of the bezel in that area, and sometimes lessons over time.
 
Yeah yeah we have big chances of getting BLB, but it's not because of IPS (as was saying Nardeus), but as you said it's because of the backlight, which would be the same for other panel types (TN etc). And again, IPS glow (the actual drawback proper to IPS panels without polarizing filter) is not the same as BLB (more general backlight issue).
 
Surround issues aside wouldn't your best bet for a setup be this monitor with 27" 2560x1140 (U2715H) monitors on each side?

This would work correctly for games under Eyefinity. Surround currently would not support it as you stated though.

Would mixing sizes really work with eyefinity? That's interesting to know. The end result of that setup would still be too tall and not wide enough though, with too many pixels to drive effectively.

With my old setup I always just wished I could cut off the outside half of each monitor. A 24:10 running at 5120x1600 would be the perfect display for gaming.
 
Would mixing sizes really work with eyefinity? That's interesting to know. The end result of that setup would still be too tall and not wide enough though, with too many pixels to drive effectively.

With my old setup I always just wished I could cut off the outside half of each monitor. A 24:10 running at 5120x1600 would be the perfect display for gaming.

Mixed-rez has been around for a while on Eyefinity.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/amd-eyefinity-3-panel-mixed-resolution-review,1.html

PLP, I believe, only exists with the 285 (and presumably future GPUs).
 
Well unless you have a newer videocard with HDMI 2.0, then you'll be capped at 30 fps using HDMI. If that's the case, then move to DP.

I just got this monitor. It's actually 50Hz over HDMI 1.4. It's not a 4K screen. Running it from a Razor Blade laptop.
 
I don't work in a perfectly dark room, and I use mine with a brightness of 40, but for another data point there's no noticable backlight bleed on my U3415W on a black screen under my normal lighting conditions.
 
What is the max resolution supported by DisplayPort 1.1?
I am using a pretty old Radeon HD5750. Works fine in 2560x1600. Do I need to upgrade graphic card with this monitor?
 
What is the max resolution supported by DisplayPort 1.1?
I am using a pretty old Radeon HD5750. Works fine in 2560x1600. Do I need to upgrade graphic card with this monitor?

I just tried my 5850 DP connection (probably 1.1?) with this last night. It worked initially and the status was 3440x1440 at 60hz. I also used the 5850's HDMI but it capped at 3440x1440 at 30hz. However whenever I shutdown and restarted my computer it would shutdown about 30 seconds into booting using DP. After unplugging everything except DP and PSU it still shutdown like there was a short. Since HDMI capped at 30hz I didn't bother testing that. I was using DP before on my older monitors so I think it might be a difference with how this monitor and DP interacts. My PSU is a 650W Seasonic unit so I doubt it would have an issue?

I went back to using HDMI from my motherboard and the onboard i5 intel graphics yielding 3440x1440@50hz (sucks for games but works for my purposes). Also - photos up!




Wallpaper Link
 
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