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With a fully adjustable stand and HDMI and DisplayPort inputs, this Dell UltraSharp U2415 PVJVW monitor enables a flexible dual-monitor setup for enhanced functionality. The vivid IPS display with 1920 x 1200 resolution offers bright, clear images.
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Good picture, bad firmware
on October 12, 2016
Posted by: Steve
I bought my Dell Ultrasharp U2415 in January 2016 from Best Buy. The picture is great, but:
1. When it starts back up after its sleep mode or being turned off, about half of my windows would be resized to about 55% of their original height and width. Over time this drove me nuts, as I would need to resize perhaps 4 windows 5-7 times per day. When I switched from a Dell Display Port cable to a generic HDMI cable, this problem went away.
2. I have Windows folder options set to “open each folder in the same window”. My prior monitor would obey this option, but the U2415 would not. I would often get 4-6 windows of File Explorer open instead of just one. Again, when I switched from a Display Port cable to an HDMI cable, this problem went away.
3. The Dell U2415 has a 16:10 aspect ratio. My phone and many other devices are HD, which is 16:9. You would think that displaying my phone on the monitor would result in a border along the top and bottom like most TVs, but no, Dell decided to stretch it, so pictures and text are distorted. Dell Tech Support said that it was by (idiotic) design, as this was a business monitor. Unfortunately, switching cables did not fix this problem.
Other comments:
* Dell Tech Support refused any help because I did not have a service tag. Authorized retailers other than Dell do not provide a Service Tag. Dell puts a serial number on the monitor, but Tech Support does not accept that. I figured out the HDMI cable solution without Dell’s help, but only after 9 months of use.
* The site “multimonitorcomputer dot com” states you must actually choose an option on the monitor to Enable Display Port 1.2. I did that and it made no difference. Also, I did check that my video card supports Display Port 1.2 and it does.
1. When it starts back up after its sleep mode or being turned off, about half of my windows would be resized to about 55% of their original height and width. Over time this drove me nuts, as I would need to resize perhaps 4 windows 5-7 times per day. When I switched from a Dell Display Port cable to a generic HDMI cable, this problem went away.
2. I have Windows folder options set to “open each folder in the same window”. My prior monitor would obey this option, but the U2415 would not. I would often get 4-6 windows of File Explorer open instead of just one. Again, when I switched from a Display Port cable to an HDMI cable, this problem went away.
3. The Dell U2415 has a 16:10 aspect ratio. My phone and many other devices are HD, which is 16:9. You would think that displaying my phone on the monitor would result in a border along the top and bottom like most TVs, but no, Dell decided to stretch it, so pictures and text are distorted. Dell Tech Support said that it was by (idiotic) design, as this was a business monitor. Unfortunately, switching cables did not fix this problem.
Other comments:
* Dell Tech Support refused any help because I did not have a service tag. Authorized retailers other than Dell do not provide a Service Tag. Dell puts a serial number on the monitor, but Tech Support does not accept that. I figured out the HDMI cable solution without Dell’s help, but only after 9 months of use.
* The site “multimonitorcomputer dot com” states you must actually choose an option on the monitor to Enable Display Port 1.2. I did that and it made no difference. Also, I did check that my video card supports Display Port 1.2 and it does.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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With a fully adjustable stand and HDMI and DisplayPort inputs, this Dell UltraSharp U2415 PVJVW monitor enables a flexible dual-monitor setup for enhanced functionality. The vivid IPS display with 1920 x 1200 resolution offers bright, clear images.
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