Review on Dell UltraSharp U2711: 27 Inch Widescreen Monitor with High Resolution, Anti-Glare Display by Vince Germain

My intended use for this monitor is photo editing, general web browsing and desktop work, and some gaming. I was convinced to buy this monitor because of the size, the high pixel density, and most importantly because I saw a 27-inch iMac at Best Buy claiming to use the same panel (albeit with an LED backlight) and he did looked amazing. I'm mostly satisfied. with the monitor, but there are some serious issues that I find unforgivable for a product in this price range. 1. Anti-reflective coating. Yes, it's true that it's distracting and difficult to watch at times. This is especially noticeable with solid colors and is less common with images. It also seems to make my eyes feel like they're not properly focused on the screen, which can be tiring. The stunning sharpness I saw on the iMac monitor has been significantly reduced. It could also be because Dell has a matte monitor and the iMac has a glossy one. The question arises: if you already buy a matte monitor, why do you need an anti-glare coating? 2. Color management. This is important to me and the reason why I give the monitor two stars. Although Dell provides the U2711.icm profile for use with the monitor, it does not specify which monitor setting to use it with. Only the AdobeRGB and sRGB presets on the monitor are calibrated. So I would guess it's meant to be used with one of these. But it may be intended to be used with only one of them since the two presets are (obviously) very different. So which one should you use? I've done some experimentation and found that setting Windows to use the generic sRGB profile that comes with Windows works well with the sRGB preset, as determined by experimenting with Lightroom and Windows Photo Gallery Viewer. I believe this setting outputs sRGB color space values to the monitor, and the monitor interprets them as sRGB and displays the correct colors based on its own internal lookup tables. My understanding is that Windows Photo Gallery Viewer properly respects the photo's built-in color profile and converts colors to sRGB, but then does not respect the monitor profile you have configured in Windows. It's okay if the monitor has an sRGB color profile set, because then it looks like the monitor is expecting sRGB. Comparing Windows Photo Gallery Viewer to Lightroom (which accounts for monitor profiles) confirms that images can look the same using these settings. However, if you use the U2711.icm profile provided by Dell, the comparison will not work. I think this is because Windows Photo Gallery Viewer still outputs sRGB, while Lightroom now respects the U2711.icm profile and outputs according to this file. The fact that the Windows Photo Gallery viewer outputs sRGB is a limitation of the viewer, not the monitor's fault. But not knowing which monitor preset to use now with the U2711.icm profile is a big problem. This means that I cannot use the large area of the monitor. If I use the sRGB setting described previously, which I think gives the right colors, I'm stuck in the limited color space that sRGB covers. If I need a wider Adobe RGB color space, I cannot confirm that the U2711.icm profile is suitable for use with the monitor's Adobe RGB preset. I've had many long discussions about this with Dell support, support has been upgraded to level 2. , has been upgraded to Technical Support level and has still not received a satisfactory response on the matter. In summary, if you're happy with sRGB, this monitor will give you accurate colors in that range (as will many calibrated monitors). If you want a wider gamut and the right colors, you don't know what you're getting.