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Dell U2515H

I am looking at getting 3 of these to replace 2x U2410s. I can live without the SD card reader, but I *really* like having a couple of USB ports on the side. My computer is on the floor sort of out of the way, do people just dangle an extension out of the back of one of the LCDs?
 
mvalprckeneda said:
I am looking at getting 3 of these to replace 2x U2410s. I can live without the SD card reader, but I *really* like having a couple of USB ports on the side. My computer is on the floor sort of out of the way, do people just dangle an extension out of the back of one of the LCDs?
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I used to use a USB hub on the desk but my 2.0 speaker set and amp has a USB in so I just use that.

At work I just run a USB extension lead down to the tower.
 
mvalprckeneda said:
I am looking at getting 3 of these to replace 2x U2410s. I can live without the SD card reader, but I *really* like having a couple of USB ports on the side. My computer is on the floor sort of out of the way, do people just dangle an extension out of the back of one of the LCDs?
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I have a seperate USB 3.0 hub. I have never messed with monitor hubs.
 
I am interested in getting this monitor when the price decreases more. Would a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 15inch be able to drive this monitor at full resolution?
 
redbrick50 said:
I am interested in getting this monitor when the price decreases more. Would a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 15inch be able to drive this monitor at full resolution?
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It would be able to but not sure how well your computer would run. I have a 2008 15" with the two graphics cards and when I drive a 1080p monitor my computer gets real slow. I think our macbook's have similar graphics cards. Which one does yours have? I would recommend trying it out on a friends monitor or an electronics store. But I will be using this monitor with my custom pc.

Also I just got mine for $417 shipped. I found a deal on slickdeals.net. It is the cheapest I have seen yet.
 
Lava Lamp Freak said:
My U2515H was delivered today. Besides some clouding/bleed in the corners, it's a great display. My only complaint is that the higher PPI made everything on the screen much smaller than I anticipated. So, I'm having to use scaling and have already encountered some annoyances. On the other hand the increased PPI makes the Windows UI and text look great with scaling enabled.
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I'm in love with this display and I'm glad I bought it instead of the 4k 24 inch. With 125% scaling everything is the perfect size for this display. That is the same as 2048x1152 for this display.

I've had to disable scaling in a few apps, which is unfortunate because it makes their UI smaller, but I don't want to let just a few apps ruin a great experience in everything else. Also I had to switch to Opera for my web browser because Chrome doesn't respect DPI settings at 125% -- this is actually an acknowledged feature and doesn't make any sense to me -- and Firefox has some annoying issues with scaling as well. Opera works perfect, and I like the UI, so I'm sticking with it.
 
Makaveli6103 said:
It would be able to but not sure how well your computer would run. I have a 2008 15" with the two graphics cards and when I drive a 1080p monitor my computer gets real slow. I think our macbook's have similar graphics cards. Which one does yours have? I would recommend trying it out on a friends monitor or an electronics store. But I will be using this monitor with my custom pc.

Also I just got mine for $417 shipped. I found a deal on slickdeals.net. It is the cheapest I have seen yet.
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I'm not an expert on graphics card tech. so I'm not sure if it'll work or not. Here's a couple of screenshots, hopefully someone more knowledgeable than myself will be able to offer some insights.

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PoisonJam2 said:
Mine was just cropped a little as I used awesome screenshot for quickness, so it's the size of my browser window, but it is 1:1 for text size comparison.
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yes, it seems and thank you. Can you pls share your desktop screenshot with not maximized window ?
 
Took some photos tonight. This post might not appeal to all as it's more about how I decided to set them up than the Dell monitors themselves. I do mostly photo editing, freelance work and web browsing. No gaming or movies.

[Photo taken in daylight] First up, my Dell 2007FP 1600x1200 4:3 IPS screens they replace. These were solid monitors bought on ebay that have done me well for years.

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[Photos taken at night with CFL lighting and offboard flash bounced off the ceiling] With these being 16:9 and 25" they take up most of the desk and push my right speaker out to some weird angles coz I like to have a primary centred monitor and a secondary off to the right. Then I had the idea to try one in portrait and do my upright image editing on the right and landscape format editing on the left!

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With Adobe Lightroom open editing a portrait format

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Also useful for Facebook and seeing half your album artist list at once!

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Thoughts: I'm really happy with these screens. Not blown away like I was when I upgraded to the 2007FPs from a 1280x1024 19" Samsung PVA panel, but generally pleased with the upgrade overall. I'd have been happier if they were 16:10, but they would have cost a lot more so it's a reasonable compromise for around £500 for the pair. I think for me, the upgrade from 1200px vertical to 1440px vertical is just a little smaller than I'd have liked, but I think that's added to because the physical height is relatively short due to the tight PPI. The PPI adjustment was no problem at all.

The right screen has noticeable IPS glow while the left one has next to none. IPS glow is new to me as the 2007FPs didn't have IPS glow at all! :/

Panel uniformity seems good and no dead or stuck pixels. In the Uk that's not really a concern anyway with the Distance Selling Regulations.

The factory calibration is a nice touch and will be good enough for most and will do me for now, but I'll still do proper hardware calibration for photo editing.

I've just found a freeware program which will let me use a different desktop image for each screen :) Also might try using one of the old 2007FPs as a third screen
 
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The right screen has noticeable IPS glow while the left one has next to none. IPS glow is new to me as the 2007FPs didn't have IPS glow at all! :/
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Just to be clear, the right screen has IPS glow when it is in landscape mode as well as vertical mode?
 
Drags said:
TFTCentral's review was posted today: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_u2515h.htm :)
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Oh wow, Simon said this would be a little while as he had another review to do first.

Considering the depth of his reviews and the amount of writing required, I'm surprised he got this out the door so fast!

Nervously going to go read the review now... definitely need to donate to the site this time with all I get out of it.
 
funk31 said:
it seems like texts, icons and other ui elements are same size with typical 15inch laptop screen at 1366x768 resolution. Is it true ?
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A 25" 2560x1440 display has 117.49 PPI (pixels per inch).
A 15" 1366x768 display has 104.47 PPI.

The higher the PPI, the smaller the text, icons and other UI elements, so the U2515H's text will be somewhat smaller than your example 15" laptop screen - it would be equal to a 13.3" 1366x768 display, or a 15" 1600x768 display.

You can very easily calculate PPI using the DPI/PPI Calculator. Using this calculator, you can set the resolution and do a hit and miss experimentation on the diagonal size to figure out how big the display needs to be to get the same PPI as another display.
 
redbrick50 said:
I'm not an expert on graphics card tech. so I'm not sure if it'll work or not. Here's a couple of screenshots, hopefully someone more knowledgeable than myself will be able to offer some insights.

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I have the same specs on my laptop. when I drive a 1080p monitor it has troubles keeping up in certain situations. Ie watching videos and editing photos
 
Dell U2515H 1138:1 contrast ratio, with a 0.11 black depth. (calibrated)

That is fantastic, it's the best I've ever seen from an IPS panel.
 
Peat Moss said:
Dell U2515H 1138:1 contrast ratio, with a 0.11 black depth. (calibrated)

That is fantastic, it's the best I've ever seen from an IPS panel.
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Thats good but shame it is not a low glow screen and is not semi glossy coating, if it had those 2 things I might have got one, especially at the price they are selling for.
 
Nicholars said:
Thats good but shame it is not a low glow screen and is not semi glossy coating, if it had those 2 things I might have got one, especially at the price they are selling for.
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So you'll continue to hold out for the perfect screen, presumably at a similar price point? :confused:

If those minor things are so critical to put you off what is possibly the most well-rounded screen at anything close to this price point in years, then I can only imagine you're doing extremely colour- and light-critical work and better start saving for a Eizo ColourEdge or NEC :p

How often do you look at a completely dark screen in complete darkness that glow is such a major factor? I'll be editing photos for large prints (I've done a few 60"x40" canvases) and even this doesn't concern me greatly in balance. I've worked on these screens already with daylight pouring in the window behind me and that coating is a non-issue. If you're working/gaming in the correct light then it shouldn't be an issue for anyone.

But ultimately, each to their own, I guess :)
 
Makaveli6103 said:
I have the same specs on my laptop. when I drive a 1080p monitor it has troubles keeping up in certain situations. Ie watching videos and editing photos
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That's a bummer. I was planning on getting this monitor for the sole purpose of having more screen space to do photoshop work.
 
redbrick50 said:
That's a bummer. I was planning on getting this monitor for the sole purpose of having more screen space to do photoshop work.
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I just realized that you have double the amount of graphics memory than my model macbook has. That can make a difference compared to mine. Also if you use your macbook as a clamshell and only drive the external monitor it might work out much better. I recommend connecting your macbook to your TV or a friends monitor that is at least 1080p and run photoshop. If it runs god enough for you a 1440p monitor won't be too much of a jump and will work out for you.
 
Is anyone daisy-chaining these monitors? I just ordered 3. I am assuming I go video card to mini DP on the LCD, DP out to mini DP on the next LCD. I know I can't do 3 at full resolution with my AMD W5000, but it has 2 DP out so I should be able to do 4 with it. I know it comes with a DP to mini DP cable, just not sure how long. I might need a longer cable based on where I am putting these so I wanted to have the cable(s) in preparation.

Here are the specs from the data sheet:
W5000 (2xDP + 1XDVI-I) supports a maximum of 5 x 2560x1600 displays (2 x DP1.2 MST (2 per DP) + 1 x native DLDVI) or 6 x 1920x1200 (2 x DP1.2 MST (3 per DP)). Based off DP1.2 bandwidth
availability for MST supports up to:4 x 1920x1200 @24bpp 60Hz displays, 2 x 2560x1600 @24bpp 60Hz displays, 1 x 4096x2160 @24bpp 60Hz display
 
I recently returned the 25" and got the 27". 2560x1440 at 25" was a bit small for me regarding text/ui size. I would imagine most people would have to employ some sort of scaling to make the monitor comfortable. I was impressed with both monitors though, highly recommended.
 
Just received my monitor today, wow - what I can say - definitely impressed. I immediately used the settings from TFT along with their provided ICC. This monitor is exceptional, I've used just about every monitor out there (high end - professional grade) and I have to say this monitor stands well against the vast majority out there. Blacks are much better than I expected as is the overall clarity, this is the small monitor to get currently in the 60hz category.
 
PoisonJam2 said:
So you'll continue to hold out for the perfect screen, presumably at a similar price point? :confused:

If those minor things are so critical to put you off what is possibly the most well-rounded screen at anything close to this price point in years, then I can only imagine you're doing extremely colour- and light-critical work and better start saving for a Eizo ColourEdge or NEC :p

How often do you look at a completely dark screen in complete darkness that glow is such a major factor? I'll be editing photos for large prints (I've done a few 60"x40" canvases) and even this doesn't concern me greatly in balance. I've worked on these screens already with daylight pouring in the window behind me and that coating is a non-issue. If you're working/gaming in the correct light then it shouldn't be an issue for anyone.

But ultimately, each to their own, I guess :)
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It's more with gaming that the white glow is a problem... Any game with dark scenes etc. But it would not bother me at desktop use probably, overall it looks like I good monitor and possibly worth a try as they simply never seem to make good glossy IPS screens except for the apple ones and white glow is a problem on 90% of IPS screens also.

Has anyone tried gaming on this and is the PPI high enough that you do not need anti aliasing at all?
 
Well, the review seems really positive, the 1138:1 and 0.11 blacks for an IPS after calibration is really impressive as well as really decent factory settings.

My only concern is the anti glare coating. Maybe it's not that bad after all?:(
 
Have been using this monitor for a week now and got it in Europe for 320 euros.
I was considering to buy two cheaper 24" monitors or one 27" inch monitor with 1080 resolution but I'm glad I bought this one.
Design of the monitor is pleasant (reminds Apple's monitor a bit), stand is very sturdy and allows adjusting monitor to practically any sitting angle, 25" is more than enough coming from a 19" monitor but doesn't take as much space as 27'' screen.
The picture quality is amazing, the screen looks sharp, love the 2560x1440 resolution, you can immediately see advantages of this display when compared side by side with a 24" TN display (Glad I did not get two of these), and from a distance I sit from the screen (~80 cm) there is not that much difference from retina screen on a MBP compared to this Dell monitor.
I use this monitor for web browsing, Word, Excel and Photoshop so I can't tell how good it is for gaming.

Few TIPS for those who have just bought this display:
1) HDMI port CAN handle a 2560x1440 resolution (it doesn't have any restriction as other Dell monitors). Make sure your HDMI cable in not too old for 2k (HDMI 1.4 works perfectly for 2k res.)
2) My old Acer laptop that has an older Intel Graphics 4000 card did not allow to set 2560 resolution but 2048. There is a simple solution, you need to go into Intel Graphics panel and add 2560x1440 resolution manually. You can find more info of this problem on notebookcheck or searching "2560x1440 intel" in google.
3) If you'ŗe using Windows 8.1 you might have come across that some application look blurry on the highest resolution. To fix this go into personalize settings in windows panel and change font size to smallest, this will fix resolution on such application as Chrome or Skype. You can also change these settings for each program individually by checking disable Display Scaling On High DPI Settings.
 
Pechendko said:
Well, the review seems really positive, the 1138:1 and 0.11 blacks for an IPS after calibration is really impressive as well as really decent factory settings.

My only concern is the anti glare coating. Maybe it's not that bad after all?:(
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I have a Dell U2311H and its anti-glare coating is pretty harsh. Everyone has said the newer ultrasharp monitors are much better. But the older U2311H is not that bad so I cannot imagine this one being worse.

My U2515H got delivered on Sat but I won't be home to play with it until Wednesday night. Cannot wait. I have missed 2560x1440 since selling my iMac and building a custom PC.
 
Nicholars said:
It's more with gaming that the white glow is a problem... Any game with dark scenes etc. But it would not bother me at desktop use probably, overall it looks like I good monitor and possibly worth a try as they simply never seem to make good glossy IPS screens except for the apple ones and white glow is a problem on 90% of IPS screens also.

Has anyone tried gaming on this and is the PPI high enough that you do not need anti aliasing at all?
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Depends on the game maybe, but with most games I think it's fine with AA off. I've only really done 2 games so far, Battlefield 4 which i played for like 20 minutes, and Watch Dogs which I played for a few hours, and especially in Watch Dogs I felt AA isn't needed at all (it also looked miles better than 1080p). In Battlefield you could see some slightly jagged edges now and then, so maybe that's an example where some AA would be best, although it still looked fine for me with the AA off. (I used a GTX970, so had everything on max settings.)
 
$359.99 would be the price after 10% off.

Still ordered 3. :) Shame I had to order 3x to use the coupon 3x.
 
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Nicholars said:
It's more with gaming that the white glow is a problem... Any game with dark scenes etc. But it would not bother me at desktop use probably, overall it looks like I good monitor and possibly worth a try as they simply never seem to make good glossy IPS screens except for the apple ones and white glow is a problem on 90% of IPS screens also.

Has anyone tried gaming on this and is the PPI high enough that you do not need anti aliasing at all?
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Have you seen the latest TFTC review? :)
 
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