Dell UltraSharp U3223QE 31.5 4K UHD WLED LCD Monitor - 16:9 - Black, Silver

I purchased this monitor back in November from Dell when if first came out. The picture quality was not as good as my slightly older LG 27 Inch Monitor. It was a bit more matte than I care for and also where they show it daisy chained to another dell, you have to have a Dell PC for that. My older LG is much more similar to my Macbook Pro in screen quality. I had it mounted to a monitor arm that I keep fairly tight. I went to move the monitor up a bit and had my thumbs on the screen. I apparently applied too much pressure (it wasnt much, I know because they this didnt happen to the other side) and a giant crack spidered across the screen. I know, my fault and I get it. However, you should know that I called Dell and was promptly informed that they do not offer screen repairs on monitors and that I would need to purchase another one.

Make sure your order is being fulfilled and shipped by Amazon. Fantastic monitors (Ordered 2), they feature everything I was expecting. However, Big Box LLC sent me used monitors. Messages to the seller go unanswered, so Ill be returning them since I cant accept receiving used products when it was labeled as new, and especially at this price point, its unacceptable.

I used this monitor at work on a windows machine, it worked very well although my graphics card only managed 4K 30hz it was still usable. I hooked up my MacBook Pro at the same time and 4K 60hz worked very well and charged the MacBook too through usb c. The picture is colorful and bright, there are many color settings and I managed to get a close match to the MacBook Pro 14” screen color by adjusting the white balance. The picture by picture mode is awesome, having a windows machine on one half and a Mac on the other half works very well. The 32” screen is large enough to work this way and the images autosize to fill the screen. The Dell software is great, you can adjust the brightness, contrast and any other picture setting through both the mac and the windows pc without having to touch any buttons on the monitor. I was concerned about 32” 4K and mac text sharpness, no problem here it’s very good. I came from a 5k iMac and the 4K 32” passes my sharpness needs no problem. I don’t need to change the resolution from 4K on the 32” it is small txt but readable. I have used 2K resolution but I preferred the 4K when the monitor is at arms length infront of me. The brightness is good. I was concerned about this since I had a apple studio display for a month in spring and 600nits was great. However, the Dell is bright enough and I tended to use brightness between 90 and 100% during the sunny day which is ideal. What would I change? (1) not much to be honest (2) I prefer glossy screens but that’s personal and the Dell is by no means unattractive (3) add speakers and a microphone. I’m 50/50 about this as I may prefer my own choice of studio mike and monitors with good bass which only the studio display has! (4) longer usbc cable, 3ft….really ! (5) I find the stand bulky the footprint is large, it’s very sturdy though and very effective. I’m just more in favor of the apple studio stand but that’s a smaller monitor. In summary, a very sturdy monitor with great color accuracy and works very well with my mac and with windows pc which is exactly what I need - so I ordered one for home and can’t wait to start to use it and improve my productivity.

I have used this monitor now for just over a month and WOW this monitor is stunning, the picture, the color depth, and the rich color is something that just blows me away. To top it off it declutters my desk with the built in Docking capability’s from networking to multiple monitor support.

We bought this monitor to use with our new Mac M2 Airbook and were blown away by the crisp colors and true blacks. We are photographers and designers and work constantly and extensively in Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, and Topaz Labs products, and this monitor delivers amazing clarity and color. We looked at SO many models before buying, trying to match Mac M2 compatibility with an excellent connectivity hub and comfortable position settings - this is it - this monitor will adjust up and down, tilt front to back, and even pivot from landscape to portrait mode, which is perfect for writing documents. This will be the monitor everyone in your house wants, but you keep locked away for YOU. Its truly a fabulous piece of hardware and would make an excellent gift. Expensive, maybe a bit more than some, but for the increase in productivity you will get in using this baby, its worth it...and hundreds of dollars less than an Apple display. Its so much easier to work on the fine details of gigapixel photos while enlarged to 1200% on a quality large screen.

This monitor replaced an 27 5K iMac as my primary work monitor. I needed to move from 2 computers into 1 and ended up getting a MacBook Pro and this monitor to replace an iMac and an older MacBook Pro. I would have preferred to get the 32 Apple monitor but I didnt have $5K to spend so this had to suffice. Still a relatively expensive monitor in my opinion. The good stuff; the screen size and resolution is fine enough for viewing at an arms distance on my desk. Its not quite as revealing as my 5K was, but everything looks good, including fine text, so I dont feel like I took a significant step backward on resolution for every day use. The thing has a TON of built-in ports and they all work great! I use almost all of them to connect my peripherals and devices. You forget how many you need until you get a new computer that doesnt have many ports (Apple) and then you feel relieved that you can plug everything you own into the monitor and the Mac sees it immediately! The bad stuff; the screen is matte and reflects sunlight more than my glossy iMac did. I was surprised by how much more sensitive this screen was by comparison. Definitely something to consider if you use the screen in a room with a lot of ambient light. On cloudy days and other times when the ambient light is low, the screen looks fantastic and is easy on my eyes. I also miss having built-in: mic, camera and speakers. I use my new Mac in clamshell mode and not having these basic audio and video functions on the monitor seems like a miss to me. This is not an el-cheopo monitor. My workaround is using my iPhone as the camera and mic and I plugged a small powered speaker into the line out port which works fine for every day sound but I would have preferred if the monitor had these items built-in so I didnt have to figure out the work-arounds. All in all, I would recommend this monitor. I think the pros outweigh the cons and until a more full-featured one comes along this is probably one of the best 32 monitors in the sub $1K price range.

The size is incredible allowing work with 4 apps at each corner of the screen. But the most special feature is the nice ability to work with a laptop (for work) and my personal PC. I can connect the mouse, keyboard, microphone, and camera to the monitor and easily switch between work and personal carrying all the devices to the selected computer. It is amazing and extremely useful. Build quality is great. Another good feature is that my laptop keeps charging once connected to the USB power. The only thing that I would improve is the stability of the monitor in the stand: once you access the back-panel buttons it shakes a bit. Other than that it is perfect for me.

I have had the LG UltraFine 5K for years now, so thats my primary benchmark. I also recently tried the new Apple Studio monitor. That one wins from a pure quality point of view, but its just too pricey for what offers. The Dell I had to fiddle with settings to get it to stop looking terrible. Im specifically mostly concerned with text clarity because Im a software developer, and this would be my primary monitor to stare at code all day. The Dell is OK once you set it to one notch over into scaled with more space in Apples dumbed down selector. I would have expected the Dells native to be optimal, so that was weird. I also use this one vertically.. so one note is that 32 vertical is just about too tall. I found my neck cricking just a bit when looking up to the top (I have it centered in front of my eyes). Anyways, even with fiddling, the quality is not there. I shouldnt expect it, either, given the difference in pixel density, but I thought Id see if it was good enough. Not quite, in my view. But Im finicky. The brightness was just about good enough. A smidge less bright than the UltraFine, but in my room with lots of windows it did OK. I wish there were more Retina monitors available. I started looking mainly because Ive noticed some ghosting on my UltraFines, and I dont really want to buy this old technology again, but I also dont want to spend $1700 for basically the same thing screen-wise. So this one is OK, but just barely good enough for my purposes. I decided not to keep it.

This monitor is a total fail due to the DPBS (Dell Power Button Sync) feature that cant be disabled. I was very excited when I found this monitor that would allow me to remove from clutter and cables from my desk. The goal was to eliminate a docking station and KVM switch...both of which are built into this monitor. My plan was to plug my personal desktop into the Display port and my work laptop into the USB-C port with the 90w of power. On paper this monitor can do that...but in execution there is a major flaw. This monitor also has a feature called DPBS (Dell Power Button Sync) which links the monitors power button to the Dell power button on my work laptop. With both machines plugged in I cant turn just the monitor off or else it will turn my work laptop off. I have to unplug my laptop and then I need another power source. There is not way to disable this absolutely stupid feature which is counter productive to the built in docking station and KVM. If you plan to actually use this feature look elsewhere. If you dont need this feature then look elsewhere. You can find better monitors for less. If Dell would give us the option to remove this feature it would be a totally different review.

Everything is going good so far. I bought 2 of these to use on my 2021 M1 MBP. I was hoping to use the link from one screen to the other but that only mirrors the display due to Apple restrictions. Hooking up each monitor to my MBP on opposite sides of the laptop does support dual 4k displays over USB-C.