Now the Dell U3415W came on the market and had everything I liked from a modern monitor: power-saving LED backlight; anti-reflective coating; Curved display; narrow frame; height adjustable and tiltable (extremely important); 21: 9 format. Since the Dell monitor for a long time was not available, I have already flirted with the LG 34UC87-B with the same panel, but not slammed reservations for LG (probably unfounded). In addition, the Dell monitor about 300 Euro is cheaper than the LG model, which is the knock-out criterion for LG.
Thanks to Amazon, the monitor was there within two business days and did not come with packaging in a huge crate, which once caused a small shock. The packaging is very thoughtful (can be completely open) and the monitor is securely wrapped and kindly does not include polystyrene. In addition to the monitor and the stand are still in Lieferumgfang:
HDMI cable, mini-DP to DP cable, USB 3.0 uplink cable, power cable, driver CD, Getting Started Manual, cover for monitor connections
The monitor is set up quickly - thanks to completely openable packing stand is quickly snapped into the panel and the monitor is on the table. Just as fast connections, with me the monitor via DisplayPort running. The build quality is impeccable, nothing creaks, the gaps are small and homogeneous all in all makes the display a very sophisticated look. The foot is difficult, whereby the monitor is fixed at the desk and also does not slip when the panel is rotated.
I'm used to the previous 27-inch monitor is already large displays but the sheer size of the working surface of the U3415W is impressive. With current games, which the resolution and the 21: 9 ratio support, overwhelming. I tested Far Cry 4. The curved shape of the good anti-glare panels is very pleasant, especially for the enormous width.
The display brightness is high so high that I had to reduce it to 50% in order to pleasantly work can. In contrast to the excellent panel of 2711, the color fidelity is likely to be lower and there are no selectable Vorkalibrierungen, but that did not bother me.
The display can be controlled via the Dell Display Manager: brightness, contrast, presets, color temperature, etc. are adjusted so conveniently via Windows. It also equal to the single point of criticism, which I noticed so far: the menu-touch buttons of the display are a bit sluggish than in 2711, whereby the display slightly wobbles when operating.
The often with 21: 9 displays criticized IPS Backlight Bleeding is present but does not bother me. Where fairly panel brightness it is reasonable and in any case to see only completely black display and dark environment (see picture). In mixed display contents can not be seen even at 100% brightness.
With regard to the consumption: at 50% brightness are measured 41.2 W.
