There are cool 27-inch LCD monitors, and then there are super cool 27-inch LCD monitors. Apple’s 27-inch iMac has one. Now too does Dell with its newly released UltraSharp U2711.
The U2711 has an In-Plane Switching (IPS) LCD, and a resolution of 2560 x 1400, which provides a more vivid and detailed image, with a wider viewing angle (178ยบ on the vertical and horizontal). Its 12-bit internal processing can support 1.02 billion colors. The aspect ratio is 16 x 9, response time is 6ms, brightness is 350 cd/m-squared, and the contrast ratio is 1,000 to 1 (with a dynamic contrast ration of 80,000 to 1). Not too shabby.
And the U2711 has ports galore. There’s an HDMI port, two DVI-D ports, a DisplayPort, a VGA port, plug-ins for component and composite video, one USB 2.0 upstream port, four USB 2.0 downstream ports, and an 8-in-1 media card reader. In a world gone wireless, it's nice to know there's still a place to plug things in.
All this super cool doesn’t come cheap. Dell’s offering the U2711 for $1,099. But, for that price your monitor comes with a “certified color-calibration factory report.”
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