New Dell UP2718Q Monitor offers 4K and HDR10

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/26/2017 09:07 AM | source: | 19 comment(s)

Dell releases the UP2718Q monitor, it offers a A 27” 3840 x 2160 resolution with the all trendy trick for 2017, HDR. The UP2718Q is making use of an IPS panel (AHVA) at 6-hz, and thus offers support for HDR10.

The UP2718Q has a LED backlight with 384-dimming zones. In its HDR operating mode the monitor even comes with a specced 20:000:1 static contrast (1000:1 otherwise). The peak luminance is given as 400 cd/m² for normal operation and 1000 cd/m² in HDR.

The display doesn't fully cover the massive Rec. 2020 colour space, it does cover 76.9% of it. It also covers 100% Adobe RGB, 100% sRGB, 100% Rec. 709 and 97.7% DCI-P3. The screen comes factory calibrated for sRGB and Adobe RGB in separate presets with a specified DeltaE of under 2.

Ports on the monitor include; DP 1.4, mDP 1.4, 2 HDMI 2.0 ports and 4 USB 3.0 ports (2 support DC1.2 fast-charging) plus 2 USB 3.0 upstream ports (KVM capability).

The monitor is available from Dell directly for roughly $2000, with wider availability and potentially lower prices expected shortly.

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Toss3
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#5436091 Posted on: 05/26/2017 08:55 AM

$2000 for IPS UHD HDR? Sound like Dell wants to :banana:

their customers. Something definitely isn't right when a 27" IPS costs more than a 55" UHD OLED.

typhon6657
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#5436095 Posted on: 05/26/2017 09:06 AM

2k?????? Jesus....

BlueRay
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#5436101 Posted on: 05/26/2017 09:27 AM

$2000 for IPS UHD HDR? Sound like Dell wants to :banana:

their customers. Something definitely isn't right when a 27" IPS costs more than a 55" UHD OLED.

Yes something is wrong is PC monitors the last years. A simple QHD IPS 60hz monitor with no extra features still costs around 500-600 euros. Then we wonder why the 97% of users are still on 1080p. HDR maybe is new tech and they somehow can justify those ridiculous prices but something is really wrong when they sell QHD 60hz at around 500 and 600 euros.

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#5436104 Posted on: 05/26/2017 09:42 AM

@blueray
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one of the best non-pro screens in 32", 1440p/10bit, 12bit lookup, 100% srgb, flicker free, from asus/benq goes for 500 or less.

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#5436111 Posted on: 05/26/2017 10:03 AM

Amazing how the latest fad, HDR, which will cost the manufacturers pennies to implement on these panels, ends up adding hundreds and hundreds of $,£ and € on to the price.

Anyone would think these people are seeing you coming with your lack of self control and credit cards... :rolleyes:

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#5436116 Posted on: 05/26/2017 10:32 AM

@blueray
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one of the best non-pro screens in 32", 1440p/10bit, 12bit lookup, 100% srgb, flicker free, from asus/benq goes for 500 or less.

Yes but 1 butterfly doesn't bring Spring. The majority of monitors are too expensive for what they are.

Amazing how the latest fad, HDR, which will cost the manufacturers pennies to implement on these panels, ends up adding hundreds and hundreds of $,£ and € on to the price.

Anyone would think these people are seeing you coming with your lack of self control and credit cards... :rolleyes:

They still find ways to overprice crap TN panels what do you expect. HDR is new and they will rip those who can afford it.

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#5436120 Posted on: 05/26/2017 10:47 AM

The UP2718Q is the TOP dog, but there will be also the U2718Q for $700.00 and the U2518D for $600.00
http://www.dell.com/learn/ae/en/aecorp1/secure/2017-04-20-dell-announces-new-hdr10-monitor-with-uhd

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#5436135 Posted on: 05/26/2017 11:54 AM

Screens really don't seem to follow normal technology advancement procedures. Instead of something better coming each year or two in the same price range the old screens stay at the same price and hundreds of dollars are added to the new ones. It doesn't help that the dollar has gone up 50-60% as well. HDR TVs aren't necessarily expensive at all, so it seems weird that monitors should suddenly become much more expensive just for adding it.

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#5436137 Posted on: 05/26/2017 12:00 PM

It doesn't have Gsync right? What a joke.

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#5436138 Posted on: 05/26/2017 12:03 PM

27 inch ? cmon dell

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#5436158 Posted on: 05/26/2017 02:18 PM

Heh, 4K at only 27"??? that just doesn't make sense.

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#5436222 Posted on: 05/26/2017 04:19 PM

It doesn't have Gsync right? What a joke.

This is obviously not a gaming monitor so G-sync is an unnecessary expense.

This would be a professional monitor tailored to accurate color reproduction.

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#5436234 Posted on: 05/26/2017 04:42 PM

It doesn't have Gsync right? What a joke.

Some would argue that at this point the only joke is Gsync itself, and NVIDIA not supporting an open standard.

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#5436241 Posted on: 05/26/2017 04:58 PM

This is obviously not a gaming monitor so G-sync is an unnecessary expense.

This would be a professional monitor tailored to accurate color reproduction.

Yea i read that, but at that price you'd expect it to have it considering Asus and Acer upcoming HDR monitors have it and are also rumored to be at the 2000$ mark. (At least that's what crossed my mind when i saw the price).

But i guess that's why it might see a price drop. When those hit the market this will drop in price.

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#5436247 Posted on: 05/26/2017 05:07 PM

Some would argue that at this point the only joke is Gsync itself, and NVIDIA not supporting an open standard.

Not to mention the price difference of gsync vs freesync monitors. :stewpid:

Freesync is that big of a difference vs not having it. I missed it like hell when I had a GTX 970 for a few weeks after I had to sell my fury X. I sold that 970 for a 290x just so I could have freesync again.

Its like the damn days where you had to buy either a crossfire board or sli board. And that dictated what gpus you also ran if you were doing multigpu. :puke2:

Thats why I bought my X79. Ive ran GTX 670 sli, GTX 970 sli, R9 290x crossfire on this same board. And ran even more dual setups when I had my Gigabyte X58.

I do agree monitors feel like they are super exspensive again. I remember when a 24 inch 1680x1050 60hz TN panel was $900.

I lucked out and got my 29 inch ultrwide freesync for $330. It was normally $699. The gysnc version, exactly the same specs, was $900. Was still limited to 75hz. I even have my freesync working 30-80hz.

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