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  madmod
  I have 3 27" 5k monitors in portrait and a 32" 4k horizontal above those. It is all mounted with vesa cheeseplates to manfrotto magic arms on t slot aluminum attached to a C stand with manfrotto super clamps. I also have two genelec studio monitors which sound amazing.All of that cost less than this one monitor.
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  lejalv
  This has pixels the size of my hand, and it fully covers my field of view. Not my cup of tea.What I do recommend (having bought one) is the Kuycon G32p, 32 inches @ 6K. Incredible quality and unbelievable value for money (https://clickclack.io/products/in-stock-kuycon-g32p-6k-32-in...).
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  shell0x
  1. I don't think I'll ever buy Dell again. My current monitor is a Dell S3221QS 32" screen and it has vertical lines and starts flickering on both the Macbook M1 and the Mac Studio with the M4 Max chip after some time, which is a known issue[0][1]. It also defaults to YPbPr colors rather than RGB/SRGB, so the colors look off. I'm using HDMI to HDMI connectivity currently.Part of it is also my fault as I thought a monitor would work with any computer.2. That aside, what are you all using for window management on these large screens? I'm currently using Rectangle on Mac, but I was wondering if there's a better way.[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/1221mz2/dell_s3221qs_... [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/n8ei34/dell_s3221qs_f...
• slashtom
  I purchased this as soon as it was announced, I was surprised they had it ready to ship on the day of the CES announcement.I do enjoy it, with Fancyzones, I can set up Unreal Engine Editor, Rider, discord/teams and a small corner window for searching and/or youtube watching on the side. At first I thought the pixel count was going to be too low but from my position it 'feels' retina at 125% windows scaling. Yes you can do the same with multiple monitors but I don't get the fatigue of turning my physical head, it's the perfect size to sit in middle and use your eyes to adjust/focus if that makes sense..120hz and fast motion helps a lot. DCS World looks amazing on this, it feels like it's your full fov when playing games. Granted this isn't an OLED panel, I wouldn't play anything competitive on here but EU V and/or RTS games are very nice at 6k/52.This replaced my dual 4K 120hz monitors. Recommend if you're not gaming.
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  gouthamve
  I just setup mine today, and I am not sure I recommend it.I went from a 40" to a 52", and I'm just moving my head waaay too much and my shoulders hurt. It is curved, but very little imo, it's almost like it's flat. I'm going to try it for a week before making the call on whether to return it.I feel like this needs a workflow where you do work in the middle and use the fringes for other applications that you rarely look at. Otherwise you're moving your head waaay too much and squinting a bunch.
• mrandish
  I've found ideal monitor size and resolution depends greatly on viewing distance and relative position. I use a 38" ultra-wide and it's almost too wide - but I have it 'floating' on an adjustable monitor arm so it's only about 24" from my eyes and a bit higher than most monitor stands would allow. The monitor arm is key because once I put a full ergo split keyboard at a comfortable arm-rest distance, a normal monitor stand sitting on the desk would force the monitor to be too far back.For the full breadth of a 52" monitor to be comfortably viewable for detail work, I'd have to be farther back enough that the difference between 4K and 6K wouldn't be meaningful. It's kind of like how 8k resolution can provide meaningful value in a head-mounted display two inches from your eyeballs, but 8k on a 65" living room TV seven feet away from your couch viewing position is pointless because even those with 20/10 vision can't resolve the additional detail at that distance.For detail work I find my best ergo seating position is up close with my legs tucked well-under the desk and my stomach almost touching the edge of the curved desk inset. This allows my forearms to be supported comfortably on the desk. I also have my desk surface a little lower than most and my Aeron chair a little higher, putting the top of my legs almost touching the underside of the desktop.
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  bigstrat2003
  The smaller sizes would be nice if they had a 16:10 option. 16:9 just isn't a very nice aspect ratio imo, the extra height on 16:10 is much better.
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  compounding_it
  I’ve been using a single 24 inch 1080p benq usb c monitor after realizing 4k 27 inch scaling is just terrible and 5k 27 inch is just too pricey. It’s a budget monitor but it’s surprising what 140$ can get you these days cause the quality of the panel is really good. It supports daisy chaining so I can add another monitor to my m1 air (which I can’t otherwise I think). If it was 4k 24 inch I’d buy two as I find that size kinda perfect.Personally I’ve found that a single monitor is enough 90% of the time while coding. It’s when I need to do something nitty gritty that I need a second monitor.That being said working with only a laptop is painful and extremely uncomfortable for the posture. I don’t think I can get anything real done without a monitor keyboard and mouse. Going down to an 11 inch iPad sounds impossible.
• whatever1
  I was hoping that 8k tvs at ~50inches would become widely available.They were high enough density and tall enough for coding applications, but as first versions they had some rough edges (text rendering not great by default).Instead they just disappeared from the market :(I think Aliexpress has no brand panels, but at $600 it is a non trivial gamble.
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  throw0101d
  The pixels per inch (ppi) density is 129.Some other specs: refresh rate, 120Hz; brightness, 400 cd/m².
• apetrov
  Interestingly it has Thunderbolt 4 (40Gb), 6K typically saturates 30-31Gb, which leaves less 10Gb/s which isn't a lot especially assuming 2.5Gb network. Looks like a perfect case for TB5 and given its price.
• teleforce
  It's a shame that this 6K tunderbolt hub monitor does not support the latest thunderbolt 5 standard. Otherwise you can connect and daisy chain two of these 6K displays together.
• paranoidrobot
  My desk has 2x 27" and 1x 43" Dell monitors. Unfortunately the new work MacBook only supports two external displays so one of those 27 sits idle.What used to be nice is now a case of constantly shuffling windows, not made easy by MacOSs janky window handling.I've been looking for a second 43" to replace the 27"s but the high price and sub-par quality of the 43 is making me wait.I am also finding it difficult to find monitor arms that will carry such large and heavy screens. The 43 is already at the limit of the one reasonably priced arm I found and a definite struggle to mount.
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  JakeStone
  I've got big monitors, that I hook up to my work laptop and my own laptop. I make it work with a kvm hub. It's really sweet, for my use.I keep a browser, an IDE, and a terminal pretty much side by side on the bottom one. I keep slack, email, and a clock on the top monitor. I also place pullout tabs from my IDEs on the top one.Thing is, no matter the cost range, I generally have to replace the KVM hub about once a year. I've just come to accept that as a part replacement cost. <shrug> This thing has its own KVM hub internally. Maybe I'm just rough on my KVM, but if someone puts significant wear and tear on this monitor, I'd imagine that part would wear out, which seems like a potential money sink if you have to keep calling the warranty folks.For me, it's too much of a risk, but YMMV.
• arnejenssen
  Sure it would be cool, but I don't think not having 6k is my limiting factor (I have an ok 4k 42" monitor)
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  zenethian
  I really want more monitors that are taller and have 3:2 aspect ratio.
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  esafak
  I never got into the ultra wide thing. Where the 8K monitors at?? We've been stuck on 4K for ten years!
• cranium
  Looks slick! In the >50" category, I've recently upgraded from the Samsung Odyssey G9 49" (with res 2x1440p) to a Samsung Odyssey G9 57" (2x4K). With a tiling window manager and workspaces it's really a pleasure to use, and contrarily to some beliefs, I do more focused work that way because I don't have to switch workspace to find the information I'm looking for – less risk of distraction.
• GardenLetter27
  I love the Dell Ultrasharp series, interesting they went with Thunderbolt though I had issues with it not working when trying to use another dock with my Thinkpad.I'd rather buy the USB-C one so I know it will work with the Steam Deck, etc.EDIT: Oh, only one port is Thunderbolt.
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  phaser
  Maybe this is the living room dumb-TV that I was waiting for
• littlecranky67
  Do product companies visit their own websites? You have to click on three (!) overlays/popups if you visit the website - cookie notice, another popup telling me that I am not from the US and can visit their european website, and an AI alert overlay telling me about their new AI features. Only after clicking away all three I can actually see the product content. Madness.
• hinkley
  Dell has a shitty habit of down-rating monitor model numbers over time. The very expensive monitor your internet buddy waxed poetic about six months ago is now half the price and also half the monitor. It's not worth the trouble.
• sabalaba
  Is HN the last refuge of real internet discourse? While some of the replies are very Reddit m-coded, it still feels like real humans. I wonder how long this will last before the agents take over.
• owenversteeg
  $2900 seems pretty reasonable to me considering the size. Works out to $416/sqft, which is much cheaper than Bay Area real estate.I never understood the draw of these huge monitors until I had to do CAD for work and now I understand. Giant monitor + SpaceMouse is a gamechanger. My current monitor is 36” and I could easily use more width.
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  nerdsniper
  RTings has a very in-depth review[0] on this product line, ranking it tied for #6 for "best office monitor".0: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/u3225qe
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  piinbinary
  I have a 34" ultrawide and it is huge. I can't imagine a 52" - the edges would be so far away that it must be hard to read text without physically moving left/right
• swframe2
  I use 2 32" 4K which cost about $800 for both monitors. The small gap between the monitors is annoying but I can't really justify paying $2k more. Also there is a samsung dual 4k that is about the same price as the dell.Moving my head to see everything doesn't bother me. I also have a setup with 3 32" 4k which I find a little too wide but in that setup 1 monitor connects to different computer.
• para_parolu
  I have dell with similar resolution and 32 inches. It is a decent matrix to work with code. But increasing diagonal without increasing resolution just makes it expensive tv and not something where you read text
• alchemist1e9
  4200R is very gentle curvature. Wouldn’t it have been better to curve more aggressively, like at least 2000R for such a large screen if the purpose is a desk monitor?
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  elevation
  I run a pair of the 43" model listed on the page (U4323QE). Coming from a desk full of 24" 1080P screens which I used with no scaling, the selling point for me was that the DPI was similar (~114, no scaling needed) while the total real estate was larger.This 6K panel seems like it would scratch a similar itch.
• hk1337
  I had the UltraSharp 40” similar to this, I loved it until I went to readjust it, apparently tilted it wrong, and the screen blanked. :(
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  bhouston
  Very large monitors are amazing. I’ve been rocking a single OLED 48” monitor for my MacBook Air M3. It is killer and I can not go back to smaller screen sizes. I just wish it was 6K or 8K instead of my current 4K. And if I do upgrade it will be to a 52/55”.
• t1234s
  Is 130PPI useable at a 1:1 pixel ratio or would this monitor need to be run at a 2:1 ratio
• bluedino
  I wonder if this would work for me. I sit 36" from 43" 4K TV, I run it scaled at 125%I think I'm already at the edge of how big of a monitor I could use without spinning my head all around. But the curvedness of it might make up for it.
• breakds
  Exactly what I had via sunshine and moonlight in my Vision Pro ...
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  sulam
  I have a smaller version of this and it's pretty good as a display.I'm somewhat disappointed with it as a hub/KVM. It's better than having to swap cables, but just barely. It can't handle any high bandwidth USB devices I've tried (Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, a DSLR via capture card DSLR and a Logitech webcam). The downstream USB strangely isn't even sending down a keyboard and mouse to a PC, I ended up having to get separate dedicated KVM for those. It worked fine with a Thunderbolt to my Macs, but that's not surprising. I'm not sure how it would work with two Macs (one would have to be HDMI or DisplayPort and use that downstream USB port). I could try that but it's not my use case.
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  nennes
  Size and pixel density concerns aside, one downside of larger monitors is the power draw. This burns 64W, which adds £3 to your monthly electricity bill if used for 8hrs every weekday. It's not a terrible amount, but I can run 3 micro pc servers 24/7 for that cost.
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  flyinglizard
  I have the 40" (5K) and it's perfect. Replaced a 27-32-27 setup (the 27"s being portraits, the 32" landscape). For my coding and office work, absolutely no reason to go wider. Highly recommended.Note the 40", and probably this one too. support MST which makes the display appear as two monitors to the OS and is great in terms of window management without going too fancy with custom software.
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  2OEH8eoCRo0
  Nice. I have the predecessor 40" U4025QW and it's outstanding.
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• diebillionaires
  I got both of my 4k dell 27" monitors for like $450 each and it's amazing. I would never pay this much. I'd just buy a 48" OLED. But that was too big. This is just silly and overpriced.
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  bilsbie
  Would the latest Mac minis work with this?
• casperb
  The scroll hijacking on this page is horrendous. I could almost not close the page anymore on iOS because of everything going on.
• MarlonPro
  Expansive and expensive at the same time!
• 9021007
  Any display that is <200ppi is garbage and manufacturers should be ashamed of themselves for pricing them above $800.
• akulbe
  Am I the only one who thinks 120Hz is still low for a display of that size?My 38" LG goes up to 144Hz. I would have figured something larger would be at least that much.
• Forgeties79
  I had a Dell thunderbolt hub monitor (not sure if that was the exact name for it but functionally the same thing) in idk 2018? 1440p. Loved it. It played so well with my 2016 MBpro too. Even had HDD’s running through it. It worked fantastically from top to bottom.For 2 years.Obviously this is not the same product and it has been a long time. But man I hadn’t thought about that in years and now I’m all bitter about it again ha
• quotemstr
  I can recommend the 45-inch LG Ultragear too. Nice OLED. 5120x2160 resolution. Perfect curvature for me, coming from a G9.Just don't be an idiot like I was. I connected my monitor to my dock with both DisplayPort and some random USB-C cable. Worked fine initially. One day, cleaning my office, I swapped out that USB-C cable with a higher-quality one. Took me a bit to realize that the consequent Wayland post-resume resolution flakiness came from a race condition enumerating the real-DP and USB-C-alt-mode "separate" monitors that my machine thought I now had.It's not often that downgrading a USB cable fixes a problem.
• BoingBoomTschak
  Too bad it's not using IPS Black 2 (https://www.lgdisplay.com/eng/product/monitor-display/ips-bl...) like the U3225QE/U2725QE or iiyama's new ProGraphics.
• lowbloodsugar
  Could almost get 2x Apple Studio Displays for that $. Then you got 10240x2880. The Dell is only 2" taller and yet 320 less vertical pixels.
• burnt-resistor
  So I use a 49" Dell U4919DW (5120 x 1440 @ 60Hz) with an Anker 777 powered Thunderbolt hub to support a MBP, but also use it directly with a lab Windows box. I can't see spending $3k on a monitor because this one was $1100 + $157.29 tax and shipping in 2022. I threw on a 4 port USB-C hub that clamps on the front bezel, so it has reachable ports.I guess this almost replaces the Anker, but lacks Ethernet.
• LegitShady
  dont believe them - this only has 1 thunderbolt port, not 52
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  ajross
  Looks nice enough. But seems pretty steep. The 42" TV I bought five years ago for $260 does basically the same thing. Slightly more vertical space (albeit at a lower DPI) and somewhat less horizontal. But it still supports four 80-column text windows without a sweat.Late stage FAANGery is watching 20-somethings try to find ridiculous junk to spend money on.
• api
  Still would love a true AMOLED monitor that's decently large. Doesn't need to be this big. One with perfect contrast ratio.
• dkobia
  At 52" I now believe that there is a limit to the size of a monitor. This might have crossed it.
• _zoltan_
  another meh display from dell.if you truly want a great display for productivity, I can't recommend the Samsung 57 enough. 240hz, 2x4k in one panel. it's great.
• NoSalt
  > "Unlock unparalleled productivity"LOL
• ardit33
  I have a 39" (almost 40") LG ultrawide, and it is the perfect size. Can't see how a larger monitor would fit a normal desk...BUT.... this is perfect for folks that want to use one monitor for both work, and as/for entertainment /just normal tv watching in a living room.
• kgwxd
  is there something special about it to make the front page?
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  stalfosknight
  Abysmally low pixel density. :(