Review on 🖥️ Dell UltraSharp 34" LED Monitor with QHD Wide 3440x1440P, Curved Screen, and Swivel, Tilt, and Height Adjustment - PXF79, HD, 60Hz by Angel Brown

Reading reviews on Revain and other resources about this and other monitors with IPS panels makes you really nervous. It feels like crap shooting whether you get one with terrible backlight bleeding or other issues. I wanted a large 1440p ultrawide monitor for business and gaming, but didn't want to shell out $1200 for a 1440p 144Hz G-Sync IPS panel. So for just over $600 and by most reviews, this one looked like a good compromise. Love how everything is packaged in the Dell box, well thought out and the screen well protected. All the cables you need are included (although a bit short). I liked how easy it was to attach the screen to the base without tools. This baby started with a Displayport to DisplayPort cable (not the one that came with it) and nothing. Note that DSP 1.2 is disabled by default on this monitor. Therefore, if your computer's GPU has DSP 1.2, you must enable it in the monitor's OSD menus. I found this out after switching to a Dell-supplied Displayport to MiniDisplayPort cable (which works out of the box). A small complaint is that you have to be upside down and have really good vision to connect all the cables to the back of the monitor. But honestly, all monitors seem to be like that these days. In any case, I was either lucky or this is a very, very good monitor. I use this monitor in a fairly well-lit room. But I noticed that my monitor has practically NO backlight. I turned off the lights and started watching the movie Alien which has a lot of dark scenes and you could hardly, I mean hardly, see a faint light coming out of the corners. Absolutely not enough to distract. And I'll never notice it in normal use (ie not watching movies in the dark on a computer screen. No streaks, smudges or other imperfections. No stuck pixels. Color calibration looks great right out of the box. The monitor is pre-calibrated. I first scaled the brightness down a bit but didn't adjust it anymore One issue I had with the Dell Display software was figuring out how to add presets, as the Dell software comes with presets (Default, Media, Movies, Games etc. with different brightness, contrast, etc.) for common software. Depending on the type of application. It says to add the program to the list to drag the application to the list. I don't know if I'm running out but I couldn't get it to work at all. Slight annoyance, not worth the denial. Anyway, I really like this monitor. The colors are so rich from the ISP pane l and the pictures are so sharp ( 1440p). The text is small even without zoom, but very clear. It's so great to be able to open three browser tabs and have them all side by side, or have three business applications or windows open at the same time and be able to read them all very clearly. As I said before, movies spin and have a depth that I've never seen on my 1080p plasma TV. Games, especially those using 3440 x 1440, are amazing. I regularly play golf on Steam. I absolutely loved playing this game on the ultra wide screen. Please note that not all games support this 3440 x 1440 resolution, but new games most likely will. For hard-fought FPS gamers, especially depending on your graphics card, you may be limited by a monitor's 60Hz refresh rate or 5-megapixel response time and the fact that there's no G-Sync/FreeSync. While there are people online claiming that you can overclock this monitor to 80Hz, don't worry. Even though it's displayed at 80Hz, it drops frames. This monitor is designed for a maximum refresh rate of 60Hz. But at $600-$700, only the hardcore gamers will be disappointed. For the other 90% of gamers, 60Hz is fine if you have a decent GPU. I don't participate in online FPS games so I'm perfectly happy. And with a 5MP refresh rate, I certainly can't experience any lag when using my PS4 controller connected to a PC via Bluetooth. more screens. Heck, I don't want to use a monitor that isn't ultrawide anymore. In conclusion I would say that if you have a decent computer CPU/GPU and are not a super hardcore FPS gamer but just want an amazing immersive display for business, general gaming and even watching movies, go for $600-$700 will feel like you made a smart purchase while saving $300-$600 compared to these ultra-wide ultra-wide screens. for business applications A+, movies A+, games B+