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Curved-screen monitors haven't quite taken the market by storm, but they are starting to trickle in. With the UltraSharp U3415W, Dell joins LG and Samsung in releasing a gargantuan, 34-in ., ultra-wide, curved display designed to bring enhanced panoramic looking at to the desktop. This monitor uses In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel technology to provide rich, accurate colours and solid gray-scale performance, with wide looking at angles. It is equipped with many I/O ports and will be offering a USB hub and daisy-chaining capabilities, and it comes with a height-changeable stand. The U3415W at Dell doesn't come inexpensive, but you get yourself a large amount of monitor and great efficiency for your money. It's our best pick for ultra-wide monitors.

Design and Features

Dell's UltraSharp monitors possess always maintained a nice aesthetic, but the U3415W takes it to some other level with a slick, (mostly) bezel-free design that makes the gigantic 34-inch panel appearance even larger than it already is. The U3415W does sport a slim (3/4-in .), matte-black bottom level bezel that holds a Dell logo design, four touch-sensitive function control keys, and a On / off switch, but the top and side bezels are practically microscopic.
The slightly curved 34-inch Wide Quad High Definition (WQHD) panel includes a maximum resolution of 3,440-by-1,440, a 300-nit brightness level, and a 21:9 aspect ratio. It is housed in an 18.6-pound, matte-black cabinet measuring 32.5 by 14.7 by 3 ins (HWD), and it has a non-reflective, anti-glare coating. The cabinet is supported by a square, silver stand with a mounting arm that provides you 4.5 inches of height, 60 degrees of swivel, and 26 degrees of tilt maneuverability. By method of assessment, the LG 34UC97-S gives tilt adjustability, but lacks support for elevation and swivel adjustments. A pair is had by The U3415W of 9-watt speakers that are very loud and deliver robust, distortion-free audio. You don't get booming bass with these speakers, however they do provide plenty of bottom to avoid sounding tinny.
You get a boatload of ports with this monitor, including two full-size DisplayPort connectors (one in and one out) that enable you to daisy-chain multiple monitors, a mini-DisplayPort input, an HDMI 2.0 input, another Mobile HI-DEF (MHL) input allowing you to connect to and charging smartphones and tablets, an audio line-out for external speakers, and six USB 3.0 ports, two of which are upstream connectors that enable you to share a keyboard and mouse with two PCs. My only gripe here is that all of the USB ports are at the rear of the cabinet; a few side-mounted ports would make it easier to plug and unplug peripherals like thumb drives and MP3 players.
The U3415W offers lots of basic and advanced picture settings and a user-friendly menu system. In addition to Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma configurations, there are seven picture presets (Standard, Multimedia, Movie, Video game, Paper, Color Temp, and Custom). If you choose the Custom made establishing, you can tweak Offset and Gain levels for reddish colored, green, and blue colours, along with Hue and Saturation levels for reddish colored, green, blue, cyan, yellow, and magenta colors. Various other adjustments include Sharpness, Dynamic Comparison, Picture-in-Picture (PIP), and Picture-by-Picture (PBP) settings, as well as a calibrated Uniformity Compensation setting that adjust every area of the display screen to maintain uniform brightness and color with regards to the center of the display screen.
The U3415W comes with a 3-year warranty on parts, labor, and backlight. Included in the box certainly are a mini-DisplayPort cable, an HDMI cable, and an USB cable upstream. Additionally you get a printed Quick Start Instruction and a CD containing a User Guide, drivers, and Dell's Display Manager software, which allows you to change picture presets utilizing a mouse and keyboard and apply presets to specific applications. It also contains an Easy Arrange utility that lets you use predefined or custom made window layouts.

Performance

The U3415W delivers extremely accurate colors out from the box. As shown on the chromaticity chart below, crimson, green, and blue colors (represented by the colored dots) are all very carefully aligned with their ideal CIE coordinates (represented by the boxes). As is usually the case with quality IPS panels, colors show up evenly saturated and abundant with tone. Gray-scale performance is top-notch also; the panel experienced no trouble reproducing every color of gray on the DisplayMate 64-Step Gray-Scale ensure that you displayed elaborate highlight and shadow detail on my test images.
As was the full case with the LG 34UC97-S, the U3415W's curved display screen brings you a little closer to the action even though gaming or watching films. Playing Contact of Duty: Dark Ops on the silver screen was exhilarating, as was watching Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier on Blu-ray. The 34-inch, wide-screen is perfect for users who work with several windows open typically, as well as those that work with large files or spreadsheets.
The panel's 5-millisecond pixel response keeps ghosting to the very least, but doesn't remove it completely. I noticed minor ghosting while playing Burnout Paradise on the Sony PS3 system but only when the background was very dark. Input lag (the time it requires for the monitor to react to a controller command) is a nonissue, because of the U3415W's low 10.5-millisecond lag time.
Despite its size, the U3415W doesn't draw a lot of power. It averaged 55 watts during screening while operating in Movie mode, which is just about in line with the LG 34UC97-S (56 watts in Cinema mode). In Regular mode, the U3415W used 46 watts, which is much significantly less than the 32-inch Dell UP3214Q's in Amazon 88 watts.

Conclusion

Whether you're looking to displace your dual-monitor set up with a massive ultra-wide monitor or want to bring the curved-screen knowledge to your desktop, the Dell UltraSharp U3415W is a great choice. Granted, you'll pay out a premium for all of this screen real estate, but the U3415W is actually less expensive than the LG 34UC97-S and will be offering better all-around performance and a height-variable stand, which explains why it is our Editor's Choice ultra-wide monitor. If the Dell U3415W's price is too steep, however, browse the 29-in . Acer B296CL it isn't nearly as big as the U3415W, does not have a curved panel, and it's not really a WQHD monitor, but it is a reasonably priced ultra-wide monitor that provides good performance and lots of features.