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Wide Quad High-Definition? If so, it's pretty presumptuous especially since, you know, most people don't consider 1280x720 (which what this is four of) to be the be-all and end-all of "High-Definition".

Now, 3840x2160 would a proper "WQHD". :-P I could really get behind that screen resolution.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/2560x1440 would be classified under WQXGA]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
Not quite WQHD, but IBM did WQUXGA (3840×2400 pixels) back in 2001. At 22-inch and 206 PPI, it costed 18 grand when it launched (microscope not included).

IBM T220/T221 LCD monitors - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_T220/T221_LCD_monitors
]]>Jan 10th 2010 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
WANT

Too bad Jay Z is selling his DOA versions of the iMac, I'm not so much of a fan.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
...a coupon first.

As for the term, I think Dell just made it up.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/I think so too, because the most reliable source ever*, wikipedia, doesn't have anything on WQHD.



*Not really.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
Oh god yes, I so WANT this monitor and I NEED a coupon.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
I need to upgrade from my Dell 2005FPW.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/The 2005FPW is a god among monitors.]]>Feb 10th 2010 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Umm...this is a argument that many people make against a high res/high ppi monitor. It's pointless. You can increase icon size or text size if your vision isn't that great...or get glasses.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
I use dual 27" Dell's now, specifically to get the lower resolution.

Attempting to increase font sizes and icon sizes really doesn't work well in Windows and lots of other contexts. Too much software breaks.]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/microsoft-bluetooth-mobile-keyboard-6000-the-perfect-travel-key/

It's definitely awesome.]]>Jan 7th 2010 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
Don't be an idiot. It's not as though Apple set a trend with the 27" 2560x1440. Monitor makers like Apple and Dell use whatever the LCD panel makers choose to make. It's not "OMG DELL COPY APPLE!!!11" It's that they HAVE to make monitors at that size and res because that's what the panel is!]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
You took the words right out of my mouth.

@ jellotime91

Take time to research and you wont sound like an idiot when you say "Apple introduced the iMac 27" there was no monitor lower than 30" that had this resolution!"]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/So it's not the same panel. :/]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
You are a moron.]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
It is called aspect ratio.

480/270 = 1.777777...
1280/720 = 1.777777...
1920/1080 = 1.777777...
2560/1440 = 1.777777...

1280x720 X 2 = 2560x1440

Wonder why Apple copied that. HMMMMM?]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
They're both LCD panels. The difference is in the backlighting. The LED in the iMac is LED backlighting that goes behind and lights up the LCD panel, whilst in the U2711 it is probably some kind of CCFL. The LED backlight is more environmentally friendly, I think, but otherwise at this level of monitors it should be more or less the same performance-wise.

Niether of these monitors use LEDs for the panel.]]>Jan 7th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/At least when the 27" dell monitor turns up, rest of the computer will still work.]]>Jan 7th 2010 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 5:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Dude, don't show math to fashion design major. Their head might explode. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
What?!?!? You sound like an idiot also when you say "where's your research? Did you google ,"nasty gasbag"- wrong search." STFU]]>Jan 8th 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/That comment was so stupid, I automatically assumed it was sarcasm. Haha]]>Feb 10th 2010 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Your guess is as good as mine, but apparently there's something just monstrously ugly about that bezel.

*shrugs*]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/One word... Eyefinity]]>Jan 14th 2010 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Three in portrait?]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
I'm kinda with you... I compromised and got a 1366x768 laptop, but I am still fonder of 16:10, and there's a 1920x1200 monitor sitting on my desk.

Then again, I'd take a 1920x1080 monitor over a 1680x1050 one, so whatever. If you're gonna shell out for this one, though, why not go 30" and get the full 16:10 monty?]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/+1. Years ago I can't understand why people around do not like fresh new 16:10 widescreen but stick to their old 4:3. Now, I am in the group hate the fresh new 16:9 and would love to find all the way down to the not that new 16:10. For WUXGA, 16:9 means 120 px lose on vertical or you may translate that number into 4 Vista taskbars or 3 Windows 7 taskbars!!]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
Just put your taskbar on the left side and you get pseudo16:10. Windows 7 and OS X are perfectly designed for this. ]]>Jan 10th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/
Where can I get on the list?]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/dell-goes-pro-with-27-inch-ultrasharp-u2711-wqhd-lcd-monitor-ha/Jan 7th 2010 12:23AM