Wide-screen monitors are in full swing. At the very front, Dell would like to be a fan of multimedia enthusiasts and office users, with its U3415W, which has a size of 3.440 x 1.440 pixels in 21: 9 format. We take this opportunity to use our advanced display tests for the first time.
More pixels, more and more formats, widescreen, curved, … The TV and the computer screens have been on the technical side for quite some time. What makes consumers especially happy is the price-cutting for first-class technology. After our first test of a gaming-oriented monitor ( see our review of the Asus PB287Q 4K monitor ), let’s take a closer look at this display, the Dell UltraSharp U3415W Monitor.Here are the manufacturers specifications of the Dell UltraSharp 34 Curved Monitor:
- 34 inch screen diagonal (86.5 cm)
- Widescreen 21: 9 aspect ratio
- IPS (In-Plane-Switching) LED panel with matt surface
- 440 x 1.440 resolution at 60 Hz, 0.22325 mm pixel size
- Contrast 1,000: 1 standard (dynamic 2,000,000: 1)
- 300 cd / m2brightness
- Response time 8 ms (gray to gray) in normal mode, 5 ms in fast mode
- Viewing angle 178 ° vertical and 172 ° horizontal
- 91% CIE1976, 99% sRGB, DeltaE average <3, 1.074 billion colors
- Interfaces: 1x HDMI (2.0), 1x MHL, 1x MiniDP, 1x DP (1.2), 1x DP out, 4x USB Downstream, 2x USB Upstream
- Loudspeaker 2x 9 W
- Vesa 100 is compatible
- 524 x 825 x 216 mm (with foot, extended)
- 44 kg (display only)
In addition, the screen offers extensive picture-in-picture functions as well as a three-year “Premium Panel Service” guarantee (hardware replacement already from a constantly luminous pixel) with “Advanced Exchange Service” (dispatch of a replacement device the next working day).
casing
The U3415W comes in the re-usable Dell monitor design, an interplay of silver and black surfaces. We have only been able to feel plastic on surface-active materials. This, however, according to the opinion of the author, is quite valid. We could not detect any procesdell Dell UltraSharp U3415 Wsing weaknesses. From a purely optical viewpoint, the display impresses with its immense diagonal of 34 inches. This impression is enhanced by the rimless design, meaning that the cover plate of the display is pulled outwards, except for a visible, approximately 2 mm narrow edge. As a matter of fact, the displayed image advances 10 mm inward, resulting in an active display area of 31.43 inches (798 mm).
equipment
In order to use the UltraSharp U3415W monitor in the best possible way, you need a device with a Displayport 1.2 or HDMI 2.0 output. Only then can the display provide the full resolution at 60 hertz. Caution is offered here with older or low-priced notebooks, which may possibly refuse to cooperate with the monitor.
In addition to a short manual and a driver CD, the power cable, a Displayport cable, an HDMI cable as well as the USB connection cable for activating the USB ports on the monitor are included. In addition, Dell packs a cover for the ports on the back in the box. If the back of the device is visible, the cable and plug can be hidden and the back of the monitor looks tidy and clean.
connectivity
At interfaces, the U3415W delivers everything the savvy user of today could need. Mobile devices can be connected via HDMI with MHL support, for the classic PCs either a further HDMI port version 2.0 or a Displayport 1.2 as well as a miniDP are available. In addition, there is a 3.5 mm jack socket in the connection assortment, via which external audio playback devices can be connected. In addition to the two USB upstream ports (a corresponding connection cable included), three USB 3.0 ports are available in the area of the connection strip. Another USB 3.0 port is slightly left at the back, about 10 cm from the left edge of the display. The port is unfortunately neither well visible nor can be easily felt when you are in front of the monitor.
sound
“Integrated speakers? No, thank you!” – some might think at this point. Yes, compared to a high-quality external 2.1 solution, the loudspeakers used can not keep up, nothing destotrotz we can according to our test the U3415W a consistently positive testimony, as far as the offered sound quality is concerned. For users with not too high demands on audio quality, Dell provides a sufficient solution to sound a room with audible tones. We were particularly surprised at the volume, which creates the solution. We could measure up to 90 dB from a distance of 15 cm. The reproduced sound remains quite clean up to just below maximum. However,
reaction time
We also determine the response times in the central display area, the monitor runs at 75% brightness (factory setting) and the remaining settings remain in the delivery state. In the OSD menu the U3415W offers the possibility to adjust the “Response Time”, namely “Normal” and “Fast”. We’ll see both settings in the black / white change (B / W) and the gray-to-gray change of 50-80% (w / w).
Under the measurement conditions chosen by us, we determine a response time of 20 ms G / G and 16.8 ms B / W in “Normal” mode. By setting “Fast”, these can be reduced to 11.2 ms G / G and 15.2 ms B / W. In the fast mode, the graph (G / G) can also be detected.
perspective
The following photo shows as usual the display, recorded in 45 ° angles with fixed aperture and exposure time. Apart from a minimum blackening at increasing angles along the vertical axis, the illustrated image remains pleasingly stable, viewed with the naked eye. A different result would have been surprising in view of the IPS technology used.
In detail, we can observe a reduction of the brightness from white to 250 cd / m 2 with a simultaneous increase of the black value during the remeasurement of the color reproduction at an angle of 45 ° lateral deviation . The B / W junction drops in sequence, while the colors remain comparatively stable. Changes (45 °) in the deviation along the vertical axis (up / down) show a slight shift in the direction of red / yellow, especially in the gray scale, and a stronger reduction in the contrast.
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