Dell S2716DG - Dells first G-sync

LambChop said:
I'm hoping in a couple of years we'll have lovely OLED's to put these kind of issues to bed :)
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By then, we'll have projectors that work on any surface and anywhere to give perfect quality displays of the computer they are wirelessly hooked up to :D

edit: with instant response timing to go with our super fast no lag computers :)
 
LambChop said:
I'm hoping in a couple of years we'll have lovely OLED's to put these kind of issues to bed :)
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Obviously TN has issues and always will, but it's a real shame that the likes of AUO (and LG to a lesser extent) seem to have single handedly destroyed the reputation of IPS in no time at all. The truth is that IPS is MORE than capable of delivering a truly satisfactory and high quality experience across the board, free of uniformity issues and gamma shift. OK, blacks will never be perfect now that we know what OLED is capable of in that regard, but if a high-speed variable sync IPS panel was produced free of BLB and with a polarizer fitted to eliminate glow, it would destroy any monitor out there today. Unfortunately, no such product exists yet, but it is MORE than technically achievable, that much is for sure. I can only hope the arrival of DP 1.3 will see some new panels arrive that can provide this.
 
The cynic in me thinks what you've described DOES exist, but the manufacturers want to milk the market as much as possible using the current tech before the next 'big thing' is unveiled.

Regardless, I think the Dell is currently the best option at the moment. To me BLB is far worse than slightly worse colours and gamma shift. 4K isn't really supported properly yet, and needs an absolutely beastly rig to power fully. I love the idea of the superwides, but worry that their aspect ratio won't be supported in some of the games I'd want to play (SFV being the prime example). That leaves the Asus, Acer and this. Looking forward to reviews and, more importantly, the experiences of the first batch of customers re. quality issues!
 
The meerkats have invested heavily in TN, Infact they are obsessed just like Panasonic with milking IPS and TN to get close to OLED. Look it up and see. The problem is the ignoramus people who come on and ask for a £200 monitor when they would never buy a £200 TV. So they end up giving away thier money not ever knowing or seeing anything better and thus the TN panels keep on rolling. I would not use TN if you paid me, Infact if you took away my VA i would just quit and move to a desert island without technology.The only way TN or IPS is going to die in 5 years is if these same people spend that £200 on a console to pair with the TV they already own.

blacks will never be perfect
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An insult to even call IPS black, It is more like a silvery grey and downright disgusting.
 
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Problem is if you are serious about gaming there isn't much option but the TNs - the Eizo is a good effort but even then some colour transitions are laggier and IPS panels aren't even in the same league for motion clarity.
 
I love my Eizo, I never shut up about it. Second to none on motion and blacks and the colors and viewing angles are not that bad. Funny enough viewing angles does not bother me too much because i have the desk set just right.

My head is in the middle looking dead on only when i move my head does it change, But you should not be moving when gaming.
 
What an amazing review. Sad to hear about the brightness bug with ULMB on/off, but aside from that this monitor really seems to tick a lot of boxes. The performance appears on par with the ROG, all that's left to do is see how the QC stacks up. Shame that it's not classified as one of their premium screens (with the zero pixel cover) - I notice the 34" 3440x2560 is, and these screens come in at around the same price.

The other eye-opening thing in that review was that the IPS ROG panel appears to actually have lower overall input lag than any of the TN screens! I'd always thought that IPS couldn't compete with TN in terms of response, have I misunderstood something?
 
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AdrianIscariot said:
What an amazing review. Sad to hear about the brightness bug with ULMB on/off, but aside from that this monitor really seems to tick a lot of boxes. The performance appears on par with the ROG, all that's left to do is see how the QC stacks up. Shame that it's not classified as one of their premium screens (with the zero pixel cover) - I notice the 34" 3440x2560 is, and these screens come in at around the same price.

The other eye-opening thing in that review was that the IPS ROG panel appears to actually have lower overall input lag than any of the TN screens! I'd always thought that IPS couldn't compete with TN in terms of response, have I misunderstood something?
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Don't get the input lag confused with the response times. The TN Film models reach down to about 3ms G2G while the IPS reach about 5ms. That's pixel response times. The lag isn't influenced by pane tech and with the Gsync module and lack of a scaler it's basically non existent on all the Gsync screens :)
 
Baddass said:
Full review of the Dell S2716DG available now for those interested :)

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_s2716dg.htm
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"The Dell S2716DG features an AU Optronics M270DTN01.5 TN Film panel which is capable of producing 16.7 million colours. While we do not have the full spec sheet for this particular panel, but we believe it to be a true 8-bit colour depth as with other recent 2560 x 1440 TN Film gaming panels (Asus ROG Swift PG278Q, BenQ XL2730Z). This is a new panel that we've not seen in any screen before."


Didnt they tweet it was the same panel?
 
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