Trying to find a good 27"+ IPS monitor

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I'm about to get a new PC build and will be wanting a new monitor to go with it. 27" minimum around £400. I'll be using it for photo/video editing more than gaming, so from what I can make out, I'll be needing an IPS monitor.

If I'm not gaming in 4K (at least not for now), would a 4K monitor be a waste of time? I've seen some decent LG 4K ones but some say any content less than 4K can look blurry.

A Dell U2717D was pointed out to me. Hoping to get some suggestions from people on here. Thanks.
 
I went from 30" 1440p to 31" 2160p (x4096) and for gaming and on-gaming it was absolutely worth it. I run Windows 10 with 150% scaling and I've not noticed any "blurring" for local content except with standard definition sources which will be awful at 1440p also. Most decent applications will scale any content, be it pictures, text or video fine. The smoothness of fonts at 4k is very nice and I can't go back now, not on my primary PC anyway.

The only time I ran into issues with 4k was some clients that required remote access via very old versions of Citrix or convoluted Java wrappers. These wouldn't use the 150% scaling on Windows so everything became ant sized. Fortunately my clients now use the standard Citrix Receiver which scales fine. Although, there is some blurring with this but not horrible.

The Dell U series are quite nice for the price (good warranty cover) and the Infinityedge is cosmetically pleasing. I have 2 of the U2518D models and for general/casual gaming even in FPS games like Destiny seem perfectly fine.
 
Bugbait said:
I went from 30" 1440p to 31" 2160p (x4096) and for gaming and on-gaming it was absolutely worth it. I run Windows 10 with 150% scaling and I've not noticed any "blurring" for local content except with standard definition sources which will be awful at 1440p also. Most decent applications will scale any content, be it pictures, text or video fine. The smoothness of fonts at 4k is very nice and I can't go back now, not on my primary PC anyway.

The only time I ran into issues with 4k was some clients that required remote access via very old versions of Citrix or convoluted Java wrappers. These wouldn't use the 150% scaling on Windows so everything became ant sized. Fortunately my clients now use the standard Citrix Receiver which scales fine. Although, there is some blurring with this but not horrible.

The Dell U series are quite nice for the price (good warranty cover) and the Infinityedge is cosmetically pleasing. I have 2 of the U2518D models and for general/casual gaming even in FPS games like Destiny seem perfectly fine.
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What is the model of your monitor? Guessing it's much more than £400! There's 3 nice 1440p 27" Dell models I've seen between £420 & £480.
 
It's the LG 31MU97 but they're no longer manufactured. At the time it was around £1k and I wanted a "true" (cinema) 4k monitor just for the sake of it. It made no financial sense compared to what was available at the standard 4k resolutions but the 99.9% Adobe RGB, 10 bit colour and factory calibration (set to Adobe RGB) sold me on it.

Which Dell models? There's usually a cheaper P one which is decent but for a little more the U series is factory calibrated (to sRGB) and has the Infinity Edge. Not sure about the other? The Dell UP2718Q sounds nice but has a lovely £1400 odd price tag!

I've had 3 Dell U2518D monitors recently (one was returned due to a scratch on the panel from the factory) and all had calibration results with deltaE well below 2 except for one of the Blue which all seemed to spike above.
 
KBall18 said:
U21717D at £418, U2175H at £440 and the UP2716D at £475. The latter also has another £20 off today only.
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Not sure if there's a typo in the first model but I can't find it? Between the U2717D and UP2716D the latter is the superior monitor on paper and would be my choice given the relatively small difference in price. Again, purely on paper the U2717D is an 8bit monitor compared to the 10bit on the UP2716D. If the budget allows and for photo and video editing that would be the winner here.
 
Bugbait said:
Not sure if there's a typo in the first model but I can't find it? Between the U2717D and UP2716D the latter is the superior monitor on paper and would be my choice given the relatively small difference in price. Again, purely on paper the U2717D is an 8bit monitor compared to the 10bit on the UP2716D. If the budget allows and for photo and video editing that would be the winner here.
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Yes, that was a typo, should have put 2717. Been looking around today and all I’ve seen is the LG 27UD68P and Acer B276HK which are 4K monitors.
 
Not familiar with either of those but a quick read of 4k.com reviews there are Cons on each but nothing major. The LG apparently has a questionable anti-glare coating that ruins the picture a bit. The Acer lacks some colour accuracy.
 
For 1440p I'd probably go for the Dell, their pixel perfect warranty is a step above many others. For 4k I'd probably get the LG over the Acer, although for both manufacturers I've had less than stellar warranties (LG for the TV side). I think the 69P is just the yearly refresh of the 68P. Besides cosmetics that seem the same on paper. Big caveat here being I have not viewed any of these monitors in person.
 
I’ve since found that the newer 69P only has split screen, where the 68P has split screen & picture in picture. It’s either the Dell or the LG, finding it hard to decide. Hopefully ordering my pc tomorrow, so would like to get a monitor for the weekend. Leaning towards the LG as surely 4K would be better for editing full resolution pics.
 
If you genuinely need picture in picture then I'd recommend going 30"+. Any smaller, regardless of resolution the PIP input will be small. Maybe enough for video but not for text in any way. At 31" I've tested my PIP but never used it for anything. When trouble shooting a PC I did use PBP or split a few times.
 
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