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P2715Q user here. One of the best monitors currently available, excellent color reproduction, top of the line quality. The 4K resolution however is a major problem when you are using Windows 7. Some applications will not play correctly when you try to scale up and at the end you get a mess. Windows 10 is better, but not perfect.

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Have the same monitor, it's my third Dell monitor since I bought my 2405fpw back in 2005. I've always gotten excellent performance from them and the 2405 lasted 12 years.

The 4k resolution and scaling can cause issues with some apps as you noted. This is especially true if you use multiple panels with heterogeneous resolutions, connect with displayport and occasionally turn one monitor off. This causes windows to move everything to the other display which is a mess. However after futzing with it for a few days post-purchase I had it all working well enough to deal with, even though I occasionally get slack in an over-maxed window on the smaller display. Btw this program is really useful for smoothing mouse movement between the larger and smaller displays in windows 10: https://github.com/mgth/LittleBigMouse

I looked at 4k monitors but ultimately decided against it because as soon as you start scaling then you lose the extra screen real estate.

At 4k 150% scaling you end up with the same screen space as 2560x1440.

I personally like the higher resolution that scaling provides, but if you don't mind low DPI you should check out the 42.5" 4k panel that Dell makes[0]. I have one in my home office, and while it's not great for design and photo editing, the sheer real-estate available is mind blowing.

[0] http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-43-ultra-hd-4k-mult...

I agree and I _almost_ didn't buy the 4k panel, but as I noted in my comment above my first Dell panel lasted 12 years, and that's a long time.

Ditto, have a pair of those. They are the nicest I've used in a long time. Haven't noticed the Windows issues, but then I only run a couple applications under win in a VM. No issues with Linux.

They've released the UP2718Q at a serious price difference. I'd like to see one in person, but a 3x price increase requires a lot of improvement over an already great monitor.

I have a LG 27UD68-P (and just ordered a second one) and have found it pretty good for programming. Here in Europe they come with a swivel stand. The only real disadvantage compared to the Dell is they don't have DisplayPort daisy-chaining, but they support HDMI 2.0 so you can use that for 4k60.

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