Dell has announced the UltraSharp Curved 4K WUHD monitor that is loaded with a plethora of connectivity options and promises wide color coverage and excellent color performance. Dell also says it’s the world’s first 40-inch ultra-curved monitor.
The actual resolution is 5,120 x 2,160 pixels, which is of course significantly more than a normal 4K monitor thanks to the ultra-wide form factor. With 33% more space than a typical 16: 9 32 monitor 4K monitor, Dell says that this screen not only offers more on-screen space than a standard monitor, but also offers a wider field of view thanks to its curvature.
It includes a picture-in-picture mode that allows you to handle the single large monitor as if it were multiple.
The monitor has a gratifying fast response time of 5 milliseconds, which should make it work fast. It only supports a 60Hz refresh rate, but since it is not designed to be a game monitor that should be good enough for most use cases.
While there is no question of HDR support – which probably means that the monitor does not support any of the many HDR profiles – Dell does promise a “true-to-life color” thanks to the 1.07 billion colors covered across industry standards, which includes 100% of sRGB, 100% of Rec. 709, and 98% DCI-P3. The lack of HDR probably suggests that Dell considers this working monitor more for graphic design and photo editing than video editing or content viewing.
Apart from the color accuracy and wide field of view, Dell’s main selling point is the ability of the monitor to act as a focal point for your computer workstation. The back of the monitor is crammed with ports that basically make it a productivity point. It features two HDMI 2.0 ports (10-bit color at 30Hz), a DisplayPort (10-bit color at 60Hz), an audio output, Thunderbolt 3 / DisplayPort, a USB power-up port, four USB Type-A 10 GBps USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, an RJ45 Ethernet port, a USB Type-C 10 Gbps port, and a USB-C power port. That Thunderbolt 3 port supports 90W power charging.
The monitor also features 9w speakers which, while probably not the best, are definitely a welcome inclusion.
The Dell UltraSharp 40 Curved WUHD Monitor is available for $ 2,100 on January 28th.