Monitors

[Hank]

Hello W3D Users!

Let's talk about monitors.
I will not discover nothing new here, but it's one of the most important things when you create CG. So, I started to look after a new one.
After few days spent on searching the perfect option, finally I decided to buy this model:

Dell U2415

What's so special in it?
Well, hard to say, but if you aim to get more accuracy from your work and the budget has limitation, I had to get somewhere between.

Let's be honest; you can buy something from the top shelf (like EIZO or NEC) with very good display (f.e EIZO CS230), but the prices start somewhere around 580 $, so it's twice like mine U2415...

Some pros/cons:
+ 2xHDMI + 6xUSB + 2xDP
+ Nice thin bezel on the side - looks pretty nice
+ Sharp and good colors.
+ Very bright. Even with set 75% (!) I have to use desktop light at night


- many people complain about irregular IPS light, which is also visible in my model (especially on the top)
- IPS glow (there's nothing you can do with it. Most IPS has it) - hard to get really deep black color.

Conclusion:
You get for what you pay
I can't say anything wrong about it, but I did not expect to get high end spec for hardware ~ 280$
At this moment it should be enough for my work and in future I will use it as secondary display (when I finally buy some cool EIZO)

BTW. If you still think about upgrading the hardware too, go ahead and check the full spec on this web: display spec - it helped me a lot!

Good luck and share with your experience: current or what you're aiming at.

BR, Hank