Samsung S34E790C or Dell U3415W or BenQ BL3201PT

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Been looking at these 3 monitors.

I will use it for gaming / Movies and general stuff. Not a competitive gamer.

I have a voucher which entitles me to discount from another retailer (sorry oc normally purchase here), which monitor is your preferred choice out of these 3 and why?

  • Benq £586.99
  • Samsung £569.99
  • Dell £659.99
 
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well two are ultrawide and one 4k so depends on your prefetence, i like the 21.9 aspect for gaming and have the samsung but i quite like the look of the dell, i think all three are good choices and wont go far wrong with any
 
old gamer said:
well two are ultrawide and one 4k so depends on your prefetence, i like the 21.9 aspect for gaming and have the samsung but i quite like the look of the dell, i think all three are good choices and wont go far wrong with any
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Think the Samsung is top of my list so far.
 
I had a thread with the dell somewhere, it will tell you what to expect.

If you want superior colours and viewing angles get the dell

If you want no backlight bleed and a better contrast ratio (black will be blacker etc) then get the samsung

and imo if you want a 4k monitor with that money get the philips 40 inch
 
a66as said:
I had a thread with the dell somewhere, it will tell you what to expect.

If you want superior colours and viewing angles get the dell

If you want no backlight bleed and a better contrast ratio (black will be blacker etc) then get the samsung

and imo if you want a 4k monitor with that money get the philips 40 inch
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Thanks, not to worried about viewing angles got a sony kdlw905 (poor viewing anlges) as my tv I'm fine with that.

Superior colours - was my only worry as I love ips panels.
 
I'm a huge fan of 21:9, and own the Samsung. I have never used a 4K monitor, so cannot comment.

Dell:
Pros
- Great colours
- Decent pixel response rate
- Great build quality
Cons
- Backlight bleed - I can almost guarantee it will have it, I purchased and returned THREE of these (2 x A00 and 1 x A01 revs) because it was driving me crazy in any scenario with relatively dark screen (non 21:9 format movies, games like Thief, Wolfenstein, Metro, etc. made me feel like I was looking through a dirty pane of glass in all 4 corners).


Samsung:
Pros
- No backlight bleed
- Also great build quality
- Slightly prettier than the Dell
- No "black crush" problems that some people say VA panels have
Cons
- Colour dithering (you can more easily see the transition between bands of colour, they go on about it in the Samsung S34E790C thread with some good examples)
- Pixel response time (using the monitor OSD panel 'Standard' setting is a blurry in my opinion, 'Faster' is pretty good but not quite IPS level, and 'Fastest' is pretty good, but overpowers the pixel transitions leaving ugly dark blurs behind some screen movements which is not acceptable).


If you dont mind backlight bleed the Dell is perfect, bleed is really the only caveat. Unfortunately, it is a big one, and I found it totally unacceptable.

I went with the Samsung, and think it's the better product taking the above into consideration. If you can get it for such a cheap price, it seems like a pretty obvious choice. The only thing that bugs me is the pixel response rate.
 
The 32" 4k Benq is just epic though. Superb build quality and yet to hear of anybody with any backlight issues which seem to plague other monitors. And I find the dpi perfect for the screen size, you really get to see the benefit of 4k. Once you go 4k you never want to go back :D
 
perosus said:
I'm a huge fan of 21:9, and own the Samsung. I have never used a 4K monitor, so cannot comment.

Dell:
Pros
- Great colours
- Decent pixel response rate
- Great build quality
Cons
- Backlight bleed - I can almost guarantee it will have it, I purchased and returned THREE of these (2 x A00 and 1 x A01 revs) because it was driving me crazy in any scenario with relatively dark screen (non 21:9 format movies, games like Thief, Wolfenstein, Metro, etc. made me feel like I was looking through a dirty pane of glass in all 4 corners).


Samsung:
Pros
- No backlight bleed
- Also great build quality
- Slightly prettier than the Dell
- No "black crush" problems that some people say VA panels have
Cons
- Colour dithering (you can more easily see the transition between bands of colour, they go on about it in the Samsung S34E790C thread with some good examples)
- Pixel response time (using the monitor OSD panel 'Standard' setting is a blurry in my opinion, 'Faster' is pretty good but not quite IPS level, and 'Fastest' is pretty good, but overpowers the pixel transitions leaving ugly dark blurs behind some screen movements which is not acceptable).


If you dont mind backlight bleed the Dell is perfect, bleed is really the only caveat. Unfortunately, it is a big one, and I found it totally unacceptable.

I went with the Samsung, and think it's the better product taking the above into consideration. If you can get it for such a cheap price, it seems like a pretty obvious choice. The only thing that bugs me is the pixel response rate.
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odd you find the samsung response poor, i have no problems with it set to standard playing games like cs go, cant say ive ever noticed any bluring
 
Greebo said:
The 32" 4k Benq is just epic though. Superb build quality and yet to hear of anybody with any backlight issues which seem to plague other monitors. And I find the dpi perfect for the screen size, you really get to see the benefit of 4k. Once you go 4k you never want to go back :D
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+1, love my Benq 4K screen - superb all round.
 
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