Dell U2515H

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Just a quick Q+A on this monitor, are there many out there on these forums that actually have it?

Good number of reviews (including TFT Central) which is always a boost but just wanted to know any day to day users and their thoughts.

I'm particularly keen to know if anyone has an opinion, one way or the other, between this Dell and a 27 inch 1440p monitor - I'm quite intrigued by the pixel density on offer here.

You're getting the same real estate but obviously smaller overall size - just concerned that it may be a bit too small for gaming in the grand scheme of things.
 
25" is small especially with a 1440p resolution. Im running a BenQ 24" 1920x1200 resolution and i find that a bit small. Minimum for a 1440p resolution is 27". this way you get to see its full glory.
 
I've got 2 of the u2515H, one on either side of a u2713HM.

The size difference of the panels isn't all that big, about an inch vertically. It's a great monitor, the picture is fantastic and aside from the touch controls taking a little getting used to, I can't fault it.

As flame696 points out, 1440p is best enjoyed at 27", but given the approx £150 price difference between the 25 and 27 inch models, the 25 would be very good choice.

You can see the size difference for yourself
 
flame696 said:
25" is small especially with a 1440p resolution. Im running a BenQ 24" 1920x1200 resolution and i find that a bit small. Minimum for a 1440p resolution is 27". this way you get to see its full glory.
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The pixel density of your 24" is far, far lower than 1440p at 27". So if you're finding the former too small, you're going to find the latter unusable.

To answer the OP's question, I have not-so-great vision, however I'm making the same consideration as you. The issue with the 27" I have at the moment is that from edge to edge it's rather far for a single monitor IMO. A lot of neck movement for a single display. Text is also not quite as sharp as it could be.

So I'm likely moving to a couple of U2515Hs, one more towards the side and one main. Scaling 1440p screenshots down, it seems far more comfortable and more of the display is within your primary "area" of sight at once, though of course this is a hypothetical comparison.
 
1920x1200 24" is about 100 DPI
1440p 27" is about 108 DPI

1440p at 25" is about 120 DPI

make of that what you will ;p
to test if you can tolerate that dpi, just make everything on your current monitor small, say zoom to about 80%, that should be approx what it'll look like on the 2515h i guess
 
lamboman said:
The pixel density of your 24" is far, far lower than 1440p at 27". So if you're finding the former too small, you're going to find the latter unusable.

To answer the OP's question, I have not-so-great vision, however I'm making the same consideration as you. The issue with the 27" I have at the moment is that from edge to edge it's rather far for a single monitor IMO. A lot of neck movement for a single display. Text is also not quite as sharp as it could be.

So I'm likely moving to a couple of U2515Hs, one more towards the side and one main. Scaling 1440p screenshots down, it seems far more comfortable and more of the display is within your primary "area" of sight at once, though of course this is a hypothetical comparison.
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If you have to move your neck when viewing a 27" 16:9 monitor, you're sitting far too close. You know, I've just tested 34" UltraWides which are considerably wider and was sitting ~80cm from them. I didn't have to move my neck at all, just my eyes. There's no reason why you would have to move your neck or suffer due to that for a 27" screen at a reasonable viewing distance, even if you're wearing spectacles and don't want to move your eyes too far ('out of the lens' so to speak).

As to the question of 25", I feel it is a nice size for the resolution. The pixel density is similar to a hypothetical 37.5" '4K' model, so it is by no means extreme in my book. It is high enough to bring good clarity and detail whilst allowing good workspace, however. I'll be reviewing the U2515H very shortly as well.
 
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PCM2 said:
If you have to move your neck when viewing a 27" 16:9 monitor, you're sitting far too close. You know, I've just tested 34" UltraWides which are considerably wider and was sitting ~80cm from them. I didn't have to move my neck at all, just my eyes. There's no reason why you would have to move your neck or suffer due to that for a 27" screen at a reasonable viewing distance, even if you're wearing spectacles and don't want to move your eyes too far ('out of the lens' so to speak).
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I think I'm being rather ambiguous!

I'm sitting arms-length away. When I say neck movement I don't mean literally turning my head to view each side of the display, I mean that the sides and top corners are further away than I'd like them to be, so it's moving my eyes plus a little bit of neck movement to comfortably view the top corners in particular.

With a 25" display it seems that more of the display is within your optimal field of view more of the time.
 
Steviepunk said:
I've got 2 of the u2515H, one on either side of a u2713HM.

The size difference of the panels isn't all that big, about an inch vertically. It's a great monitor, the picture is fantastic and aside from the touch controls taking a little getting used to, I can't fault it.

As flame696 points out, 1440p is best enjoyed at 27", but given the approx £150 price difference between the 25 and 27 inch models, the 25 would be very good choice.
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Some great comments there guys. Intrigued to think Steviepunk what you think of the difference (if there is much of a difference) in "sharpness" between the 25 and 27 inch models?

I should say that I already have a 27 inch 2560x1440 Samsung monitor which I do like a lot but my brother has eyes for it and I'm not particularly tied to it in any way so I don't mind if I keep it or change it.

I am just thinking that in my current office (smallest room in the house besides the hot press as usual ;) ) that a 25 monitor might be slightly better fit. 27 was right on my limit but I did not want a 1080p monitor so aside from the BenQ 24 I had to go to 27 to get the QHD resolution.

Decisions decisions....
 
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So the monitor just arrived this morning, rushed home from work to what was almost another day's work - getting it unboxed. Never bought anything from Dell before so was not prepared for the cryptic maze that was their packaging.

Anyway, monitor unboxed and set up and all in all looks the business so far.

One problem I have noticed though is that the bezel in the corner where the power button sits is slightly warped outwards:

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I hightly doubt this is a design feature but maybe I'm wrong.

Anyone else seen this before?
 
I've got the U2715H and it's bezel is not like that, completely flush to the screen. I would return it for a replacement personally as that would bug me silly. Then again if you have a great panel in general, no BLB or dead pixels etc then maybe you could live with it?
 
GMac11 said:
One problem I have noticed though is that the bezel in the corner where the power button sits is slightly warped outwards:

I hightly doubt this is a design feature but maybe I'm wrong.

Anyone else seen this before?
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Definitely not a design feature, that is a manufacturing fault. I'd return get it changed for a new one if I had that.
 
It's certainly not ideal!

Haven't had as long over the weekend to play with the monitor as I would have liked but the panel seems to be very good, definitely no dead pixels and no backlight bleed although there's the usual IPS glow but that's always going to be a caveat with this technology.

Normally I'm a stickler for detail and once had one stuck bright pixel on a 1440p monitor that drove me crazy, however, I have to say this blemish on the bezel doesn't seem to annoy me that much - only issue might be if or when I go to sell it down the line.

It also doesn't look quite as bad in person as it does in the photo, but alas it's still not supposed to be there at all.
 
My U2515H doesn't have a warped bezel, that would be going straight back.

I love the pixel density though, do 27" and 32" monitors with 1440p not look a little less sharp?
 
BAcon said:
My U2515H doesn't have a warped bezel, that would be going straight back.

I love the pixel density though, do 27" and 32" monitors with 1440p not look a little less sharp?
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Yes, especially 32" models which share the pixel density of a 24" 1920 x 1080 model.
 
Pixel density is awesome, I very briefly had a 32 inch 1440p and it looked horrendous in comparison.

Still not made a decision on whether to return my slightly warped bezel monitor. I have another 3 weeks to return but the shop I bought it off have no more left in stock so if I do it now I have no monitor.

I may grow to get used to it.
 
Screw it dude, I used an old tv for a couple months while I decided what to do monitor wise, send it back, it looks gash! Was the box damaged on that corner at all?

I am actually tempted by a second screen, I like it that much
 
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