Dell S2722QC Monitor - 27 inch 4K USB-C , UHD (3840 x 2160) Display, 60Hz Refresh Rate, 8MS Grey-to-Grey Response Time, Built-in Dual 3W Speakers, 1.07 Billion Colors - Platinum Silver

A fantastic monitor for office work. Now - this may work well for movies or for gaming, however, I have just not used for that purpose so not in position to comment on it. My Setup: I am using this over VESA mount (100mm x 100mm). My VESA mount have weight capacity of 15 lbs and this holds very well with it. Features: USB Functionalities --- USB-C port is being used to connect to my Macbook Pro. What is the good thing? It is charging as well as display. Compared to my old setup, I was able to get rid of "Dongle" to hook up HDMI and charger separate and now my table is pretty clean. Other USB ports are also connected to the "hub" - implies I can use my drawing tablet to the USB port (it is NOT USB-C) is connected with the monitor always and I can use as soon as plugin mac to the monitor. This is very good because my desk is almost clutter free now! My macbook was able to detect this monitor and setup was really breeze. Power Saving --- When Macbook is closed down or disconnected, it auto powers off. Yeah, I know this may not be big deal - but to me it was. I do not have to touch practically monitor to do anything after installation! Color Quality --- I am not pro in this department. However, I find it pretty good color compatibility with the Macbook's original screen. Night Time --- Night time feature is something I have not tinkered with. I would love to run this a bit yellowish while I work in the evening time. It is in my TODO list - especially I would want to use if I have to be with screen after 6:30 PM. Speaker --- I used headphones the most time, I have not heard anything from the speaker when headphone is not connected. I am not sure if required HDMI or works with USB-C as well. Wishlist --- I wish this computer had 2 or 3 USB ports on the left side instead of just one. Also, in terms of real estate, would be nice to distribute USBs across sides so that all cable (does not come from one side). Overall --- I am pretty pleased with this purchase. I was able to upgrade from FHD to 4K with USB-C hub - get more "real estate" as well as work seamlessly with the Macbook pro. I upgraded myself from Samsung HD2333HD to this one. I have chosen after going through many many monitors configuration and reviews. This one was in the best location in the triangle of price, features and quality. Of course - spending $200 more would get much better monitor, if I had required better sRGB % - this would not be the best. If you happen to be in the similar situation like I did - I would recommend others to give this a chance.

After playing with a friend’s new Apple Studio Display, I had to upgrade my ancient setup, but without spending $1600 dollars. I decided to give this $300 Dell a try. Frankly, I am blown away. Next to my Macbook Pro XDR display, this looks just a smooth and detailed to me with good contrast as Apple’s high-end monitor. Every app icon and the curves around typography are luscious. Images are well saturated and lively. It’s hard to believe it’s not 5K, though for some reason System Profiler does report it as a 5K monitor. It also says it’s only 300 nits of brightness but it looks as bright as my 500 nit MacBook Pro display. This is certainly better than the Samsung I have at work, which always seems washed out and bland no matter how I play with the calibration settings. The caveats are solely with everything besides the panel. The USB hub has only two ports, one of which is awkwardly on the bottom of the monitor, which would be great for a keyboard and nothing else. And you must choose between High Data Rate or High Resolution modes. At High Data Rate, I get about 145 mbps through a hard drive, but I can see some banding on gradient tests. On High Resolution, I only get 35 mbps through the hard disk, but the banding test looks perfect. The idea that I would easily plug two hard drives into here is not going to happen. There’s also an annoying light on the bottom I have to put some tape over. There’s a setting to turn it off when the monitor is on, but it’s always on when the monitor is in standby. The rest of the electronics world has stopped putting obnoxious, unnecessary LEDs on everything, and Dell needs to get with the program. Speaking of standby, the monitor shows a series of three error messages when you put the computer to sleep. This monitor needs to chill out and go with the flow. If the computer is turned off it should also go off without complaint. The stand is a tad bit wobbly and could be better. Don’t bother with the speaker—it’s terrible. The OSD menus are long and complicated. On Apple displays you just plug them in and they work without any OSD. I feel like a monitor should just display things accurately and shouldn’t need to be configured. I recommend the MonitorControl app for Mac to seamlessly change the brightness. Others recommend Lunar, but it’s far too complex. In sum, it’s not perfect but it’s surprisingly great for $300, the price of just the inferior matte coating on a Studio Display. Measurements ΔE 0.92, Gamut coverage 99.5% sRGB 80.6% Adobe RGB 88.6% DCI P3 Gamut volume 125.9% sRGB 86.8% Adobe RGB 89.2% DCI P3

Great monitor, sharp, responsive, bright. It solves all the connectivity issues by having power and video share the same USB-C cable, and that cable is included, and also with USB-A type ports built in it acts as a hub. You can plug whatever dongles you need into the monitor and they connect to the computer. I now have a free Thunderbolt/USB-4 port on the MBA that I thought for sure would be taken. The one thing it doesn't have is a camera/mic built in, and the speakers were pretty poor. The speakers work over USB-C, but other reports say they won't with HDMI. I have a small great sounding setup in any case and hadn't planned on using the built-ins. And yes, in spite of the replies by Dell to the questions, it does work with a Mac with Apple silicon. I'm going to mostly use it with Zwift, a cycling training app that uses gaming tech. I set the quality level to full 4k UHD and it worked flawlessly. I could see the muscle movement in my avatar's legs! No stuttering or anything.

Okay 4K monitor for the price. Passable sharpness, USB-C works great for single-cable laptop setups, and the stand is fully adjustable (tilt, swivel, pivot, height). The built-in speakers are weak, but fine for alerts or casual use. Ideal for productivity and casual use—just don’t expect high-end performance or rich audio. Decent value, minimal clutter, and a clean aesthetic. Overall, meh. I'll spring for a more expensive monitor next time. But it's cheap.

Dell Monitor Review Model S2722QC. 4K UHD with speakers I bought this monitor to take advantage of the full 4K available in my new M4 Mac Mini, replacing a 10+ year old 1080P monitor. The monitor looks great, and took only a few minutes to set up, following the guide in the box. Be sure to follow their steps to assemble the stand and then attach to the monitor as it remains in the box. Dell carefully planned the package and instructions to protect the screen. I tried connecting with both an HDMI cable and the supplied USB C cable. When using an HDMI cable, the monitor would blink off to black and then return, a very annoying trick. I do not know if this was a problem with this particular monitor, or the Mac mini. Rather than waste time trying to sort that out, I just moved to the USB C cable. Be sure to use the one they provide in the box; different USB C cables bought online have different levels of support for a monitor. One feature I wanted was the built in speakers. The sound quality is a bit disappointing, as they sound a little tinny. I should have expected that, given the small size of the speaker enclosures in the monitor frame, compared to any desktop computer speaker pair. For now, when I want better sound I use earphones, either bluetooth or wired, from the Mac itself. Minor annoyance - to adjust screen brightness or speaker volume, I had to use the control buttons one the monitor frame; the Mac on screen and keyboard controls had no effect. EASY FIX- thanks to a YouTuber reviewing the new M4 Mini with non-Apple peripherals, I learned of the free app MonitorControl, available on Github. It is a great solution, making the keyboard controls for both brightness and volume work perfectly. If I later add a speaker pair to the configuration, the speaker connection port on the monitor and the MonitorControl app should be a snap for full control. Final note on display resolution: to quickly change resolution open System Settings on the Mac, go to Displays, and you will see the full set of different resolutions available on the S2722QC. Depending on what apps I am working on, I use this control to switch between the default 1920x1080 (HD), 2560x 1440 (QHD), and 3840 x 2160 (4K UHD) very quickly.

UPDATE 3 (OCTOBER 2023): This monitor did not last two years. It was treated with tender loving care, and it got only light to medium use. Now the display has a huge rectangle of strange colors and there are more subtle horizontal lines on the whole display. I don't think paying about $400 for less than 2 years of use is a fair bargain. And I do wonder whether it died so soon because Dell replaced my new defective monitor from Amazon with a refurbished one. I think Dell needs to do better to deserve its reputation. UPDATE 2: As of now, I do regret purchasing this Dell monitor. With a monitor that arrived in un-usable condition (a constant high-pitched noise when the screen is not active), I thought the replacement monitor would also be new. But it is a refurbished one with a label from Dell outlet stores. (There are many scratches on the bottom but the outward-showing parts all look new enough for me. It's the re-furbished innards that I worry about). I know it's better for the environment to refurbish, but I stopped buying refurbished products years ago because I had gotten too many duds. (Also, chances are that Dell is selling these for cheaper at its outlet store than the new Amazon price I paid.) If this replacement monitor holds up and has a good lifespan, then maybe I will end up happy with it and with Dell. (The picture quality is excellent, and the set-up with Apple laptops is super-easy.) For now, what I can unambiguously praise Dell for is that the customer service on the phone was excellent and fast (after Amazon connected me to Dell). But if any of you also receive a defective product out of the box, I would see if you can get *Amazon* to send you a new one, and ask if you can avoid going through the Dell process. UPDATE: It seems I am getting excellent service on this defective item. After I was unable to get through to Dell customer service from the Dell website, I clicked on the Amazon button for service (in my order history). Amazon got me on the phone with a Dell rep. And Dell is responding in a very fast and convenient way. Instead of having to go weeks without a new monitor, they are apparently sending it immediately, probably the next business day. And I can schedule a pick up of the defective monitor from my home. So, both the Amazon and Dell people came to the rescue. (When I get the new monitor, I will try to revise this review yet again to increase the # of stars!) *** Must be nice to get one of these that works! I just received the monitor yesterday. It makes a loud high-pitched noise every second that it is in sleep mode. It even keeps making this obnoxious noise for awhile after I've unplugged it. I would have let Dell try to help trouble-shoot before writing a negative review. But I think they deserve a negative review because their customer service is not available. (When I inputted the tag number for this device on their site, none of the three contact options--email, chat, phone--was available.) I think I needed to wait about 12 days to receive this delivery (not too slow for these times). Yet, now if I try to get a replacement closer to the holidays, I fear I won't be able to get one for long past the time I wanted to be working with it.

I got it on a lightning deal for $250 and the quality/features are honestly amazing at that price point. I actually replaced my Samsung CRG49 for this panel. It’s crisp, color accurate, charges my Dell latitude and M1 pro Macbook pro. My ONLY complaint is the refresh rate and quiet tinny speakers but I use headphones. I’ve enjoyed having 120hz for a few years and going back to 60hz is a bummer at times. But it’s infinitely better on the eyes for text, excel, SQL, and email which is 90% of my job. I edit photos in my free time and have no issues with the 10 bit color accuracy. It’s not at the level of my Macbooks screen, but plenty good considering the price. The only gaming I’ve done on it is emulation with GameCube and PS2 on my Macbook. Neither of those systems can run past 60fps anyways so the refresh rate is fine for that. I don’t see any smearing, blotching, or color banding. Overall it’s a 10/10 office/productivity monitor, a 7/10 for creatives, and probably a 5/10 for modern FPS gaming but 9/10 for casual/emulated gaming.

I have external monitors at home and work so I can just plug in my M1 Macbook Air and have plenty of screen real estate. I bought this monitor 6 weeks ago to replace an aging 24" Dell monitor that had served me very well. But 4K monitors have been getting better and coming down in price, so it was time to upgrade. Last fall, I bought the more expensive Dell U2720QM monitor for my office at work. That one cost about $550 (and often cannot be found for less than $650). This one, the Dell S2722QC, costs about $380. I will be comparing them in this review, and - spoiler alert - this monitor, the QC, is pretty much just as good as the more expensive QM. Both the QC and QM models are 27", 4K, have nice bright screens, and accurate vivid colors right out of the box. Both have wonderfully adjustable stands: there's the usual tilt & swivel, and you can slide the screen up to a higher position (useful if the screen is plugged into a laptop and the laptop is directly in front of the screen on your desk) or to a very low position where the bottom of the monitor is an inch from the surface of your desk. But the really cool thing is that stand (for BOTH monitors) allows you to rotate the screen 90 degrees so it's in portrait mode. That's really helpful for some of my use-cases. It's also useful to help you see the ports on the bottom edge of the display, when you're plugging in cables - otherwise they're hard to see when you're trying to plug something in. Both of these monitors can replace a USB-C hub. Meaning, you can plug in several peripherals into the monitor and connect the monitor to your computer using just a single USB-C cable. Your computer will get power from the monitor over the same USB-C cable that your computer uses to transmit data to the monitor. And your computer will see all the peripherals that are connected to the monitor as if they were connected directly to your computer. These USB-C hubs are godsends for people with laptops that only have 1 or 2 or 3 USB-C ports. For this reason, I have used USB-C hubs for my offices at home and work; they're not cheap, but they're worth it for me. But the USB-C hubs take up desk space and have some cord clutter. With the Dell monitors, I don't need the USB-C hubs any more. I donated one to my college and the other to a local church. Both Dell monitors have enough ports for me to plug in my printer, my external hi-fi speakers, my external web-cam for Zoom & FaceTime calls, and an external SSD hard drive. So why does the Dell U2720QM cost so much more than this Dell S2722QC? Well, the QM has one or two more ports (for the USB-C hub functionality) than this QC model. And, on paper, the QM seems to have a slightly better display, according to specs. But I have both, and I can't tell a difference in video quality. Probably people who do a ton of photo and video editing could, but I have good eyes and I can't tell the difference, and I don't think most people will see enough of a difference to justify spending $200 more for the QM model. Oh, here's one more difference: the cheaper QC model has built-in speakers, the more expensive QM model does not. I have to say, I really dislike the sound that comes from the speakers in the QC monitor; it is very very thin and tinny sounding, almost to the point of being shrill and annoying. My laptop speakers (which are not great) sound way better. And that's a shame, because if you're feeding video into the QC monitor from HDMI (for example if you plug a blu-ray player into the HDMI port), the audio goes in over the same cable, so the monitor really needs to have its own speakers otherwise it's difficult to find a way to hear the sound. Bottom line: for most people, this $380 QC model is every bit as good as the QM model that costs $550 or $650 or more, even though both have a gorgeous 27" 4K display and both have very useful USB-C hub functionality. And the stand's flexibility is really useful. Highly recommended!