Dell lists UltraSharp U3011 with 30-inch IPS panel

Posted on Friday, September 17 2010 @ 19:23 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Dell added the UltraSharp U3011 to its lineup, this is a new 30" LCD display with a 2560 x 1600 pixel 10-bit IPS panel. The display has a 16:10 aspect ratio and features a 7ms gray-to-gray response time, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 370 nits brightness, 117 percent color gamut, and 178-degree viewing angles.

The UltraSharp U3011 has a plethora of ports, including VGA, DisplayPort, two HDMI ports, two DVI-D ports, component connectors, a four-way USB 2.0 hub and a 7-in-1 memory card reader.

According to the product page, the display is priced at $1,499 and the preliminary shipping date is October 2nd.

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Re: Dell lists UltraSharp U3011 with 30-inch IPS panel
by Anonymous on Friday, September 17 2010 @ 22:56 CEST

Sparkle effect of the nonglare coating is still visible and shouldn't be at this price level.

Only a single Displayport? $1500 couldn't get a second one?

Contrast is 1/2 of what a modern S-PVA panel can achieve. And calibrating the display reduces that contrast even further. This is really sad, because Dell refuses to offer a S-PVA panel side by side which would give buyers choices, but would probably destroy IPS sales.

The spacing between pixels (screen door) is noticeably larger than other TFT technologies, which is the likely contributor to poorer contrast.

Color, response, scaling and display control technologies are all otherwise first rate in this monitor. PVA would just have been a better choice.

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