Dell 240Hz Gaming Monitor 24.5 Inch Full HD Monitor with IPS Technology, Antiglare Screen, Dark Metallic Grey - S2522HG

I was forced to buy another monitor after my 160HZ HP decided it was time to go after 5 years of hard use and this was the perfect replacement. the IPS panel is a game changer when you want to do literally anything on it other than gaming. the screen brightness is solid and the colors are very good. If you have an Nvidia graphics card do some color correction with the built in software to get the best results out of this monitor. Cheers!

I really enjoyed the ultrawide experience of this monitor. I really wanted to love it, but coming from a ips panel (lg27gl850-b) everything just felt off. It wasnt as quick to respond which I could get over; I dont play many fps games. The ghosting and the overall black smearing just crippled its experience. Blacks just felt sluggish and degraded the image quality below what I could ignore, an overall beautiful picture ruined with motion. The inky blacks were night and day way better then ips, it just cant hold up to moving the screen quickly. To someone who hasnt felt what monitors can achieve I suppose theyd have a wonderful time playing on this monitor. If you have experience playing pc for a while you will want more then what this monitor can offer. Good luck and im not criticizing anyone who enjoys the experience of this panel its an amazing buy, just not for me.

I tried the UHD 4K flat-panel version of this monitor in my dual monitor setup. Had to scale UHD to 175% to make the text readable for my older eyes. The flat panels, when angled to each other, were difficult to keep all areas in focus as well. This QHD 2.5K monitor at no scaling matches the pixel density of the scaled UHD. The gentle curve of this monitor removes the need for too much angling of the flat panels and keeps everything in sharp focus in all areas of the screen. I do complex software development and so need the real estate of dual monitors. Text is clear throughout. One drawback with these when used as dual monitors though. While the power button is still below the panel like on the UHD versions, the monitor settings buttons are on the back of the panel. So out of reach on the left monitor when used as dual monitors. Luckily, I do not need to reach the buttons often (for example, to switch the input source).

Arrived late. Missing power cord. Otherwise a nice monitor.

Wanted a little bit bigger screen. It was on sale soooo. I like it so far plus I can put this one on a wall hanger if I need.

Ive had this monitor for about 7 months now. Everything was doing fine until this past week. My screen has little sparkling specks in it and shuts off and back on constantly. I dont know what is happening or how to fix the issue. I cant return because its been 7 months... I enjoyed it but how do I fix it

I was able to snag one from the warehouse for $300 it was like new but had one dead pixel in the upper center and also a stuck pixel on left side when black. It does have bad flickering with the freesync/gsync when the fps drops below 75fps. So games that only run at 60fps Ive had to turn it off for those games. Even though it does not have the best HDR it looks good to me even fire looks great. The colors pop for games like Genshin. Blacks do look black even though its not OLED. So if your on a tight budget and want a ultrawide and flickering does not bother you this may be a good buy for you!

It works as described.

Up front, Im not a gamer. I bought this to use for work from home, and for recording (Reaper). It was to replace a pair of 27 Acer CB2s (IPS). The extra horizontal pixel real estate is great, as is the curve, which is really easy to get used to. The extra width makes displaying two windows side by side really intuitive and really cuts down on needing to resize or scroll either horizontally. Im totally sold on this size, resolution and the curve. It took me about 5 minutes to realize theres no going back - though this particular monitor went back, more on that in a minute. While I love the size and format, this monitor was initially a bit of a let down for my intended use. The VA panel is much more washed out and inconsistent off axis, and its quite noticeable next to an IPS panel. Note- understanding this is the nature of the panel technology, and that curved IPS monitors are currently offered at a much higher price point, Im not deducting stars for this. I just feel its important to point out for anyone else considering replacing an existing IPS 16:9 monitor with this. If youre not going to use it SxS with an IPS monitor, this might not be as big of an issue for you. It gets plenty bright and the contrast and sharpness are good enough for office use. The first thing that did cost a star was VESA mounting. If you intend to mount it a VESA mount, the depth of the mounting plate makes this exceptionally difficult. Its recessed deeper than any monitor Ive ever seen. It appears this is purely for aesthetic reasons to make the stock stand integrate into the weird super deep ribbed design of the back of the monitor. The mounts I have are made by Humanscale with a quick release plate which wont work with this deep mounting design. I had to attach the whole arm with the plate attached, then fit it to the post/clamp assembly. Mind you this is a big heavy monitor, so its quite difficult to do. If the arms of my monitor didnt separate from the desk clamp easily, this would have been a two-person job. Another star was lost with the menu and controls. The multiple buttons and joy stick thingy on the back right edge just plain suck. While you can assign functions to the individual buttons, I could never seem to hit the right one for it to be useful at all. Its just a bunch of buttons on the back of the monitor that I cant see. One or two buttons and a joystick might work, but any more than three is madness. I would nearly always hit the wrong button causing it to switch to an input other than what I wanted or on which there was no signal- which means you have to wait for it to register this before you can correct your mistake, which is just exasperating. Also the the edge location of the controls means that if you have a multi monitor setup, you cant get to the controls that abut another monitor on that edge without swiveling one of the monitors- and note that the supplied stand doesnt swivel. Many LG monitors have a single joy stick control on the bottom center of the monitor which is way more useful for multi-monitor setup. The remaining stars were lost due was an annoying issue with the supplied HDMI cable (: It kept blanking periodically for 5-10 seconds. I tried several quality certified cables and still experienced the issue- with both an HP Elitebook and a Lenovo T470 (both in docking stations). I also had issues with the Display Port too: Coming out of hibernate, I had to power cycle the monitor and mess with Display Properties in Windows 10 to get it to work - EVERY time. The final straw which caused me to pack it up and return it was a 3/8 streak of bad / burned pixels in the center of the screen. I ended up sending it back and bought a pair of 35 LG 35WN65C-Bs, which Im much happier with. Theyre also VA panels, but the colors seem a little less muted, and the off-axis presentation is a little more even. The mounting point is much shallower and works with my mounts, the picture is warmer, and the inputs are much easier to access; For the life of me, I dont understand why monitor manufacturers think its good product design to hide the inputs upside-down where theyre completely invisible with the monitor in normal upright orientation, and only providing tiny embossed black on black labels which you simply cannot read without a bright flashlight. The LGs are straight in on the back, about half way up, where you can see the orientation and location of the port (even if the labels are still nearly invisible). The external DC power brick also means a lighter monitor on the arm and easier, cleaner cable routing from the monitor to the back of the desk.

For context, I am coming from a Dell S2721DGF 27 1440p 165Hz IPS Freesync/Gsync monitor to this Dell S3422DWG 34 1440pUW 144Hz VA Freesync monitor. My plan had been to at some point move from 1440p to 4k once I upgraded from my RX6800, but after seeing some stuff on Ultrawides, I decided that even though its not really a step up in resolution from 1440p (except side to side), going Ultrawide would make more of a difference for me in games and on the desktop than just an increase in resolution like 4k. Sure, 4k would look sharper, but Id still be having the same game experience, while with Ultrawide I actually see more on the screen. 1440p Ultrawide is also easier to run than 4k, so thats another benefit, and I dont sit so close to the monitor that I can see any issue with 1440p not being sharp enough. In any case, as far as the monitor goes, I am very happy with it. Im not sure I can comment on the VA panel not being as vibrant as my old IPS panel, while I did have the old IPS one configured and just have the VA set to one of the color modes, I am not seeing anything that makes me think, Man, my old IPS monitor looked better than this... As far as ghosting, I havent noticed any with the monitor set to Super Fast mode, testing in various games (CP2077, Witcher 3, NFS Unbound, SWJ: Survivor, RDR2, Tiny Tinas Wonderlands). I have had to turn down some game settings here and there to try and maintain my FPS, but that is something I knew would happen considering I moved from 2560x1440 to 3440x1440 without making a GPU upgrade. I am also loving the lack of backlight bleed on the VA panel. When the screen goes dark the black levels are just darker than on my old IPS panel, and when the screen goes dark for loading screens or things like that, I no longer have brighter spots in the corners or edges, its all uniform. I love that. (not as dark as OLED obviously, but I also dont have to worry about burn in) I included shots of the black uniformity test between the two Dell monitors from Rtings as an example of what Im talking about. I also dont have any issues with the viewing angles. Even when I stand off to the side I can still see whats on the monitor fine, and when I sit in front of the monitor as I always do when actually using my computer, I have not seen any issues with poor viewing angles during regular use. As a whole, the gaming experience does feel more immersive with the wider natural field of view (in some games like SWJ: Survivor I actually had to reduce the FOV settings because it was getting too stretched on the far edges). I am getting used to the monitors slight curve on the desktop, which I dont see the benefit of for everyday use, but in game I dont notice the curve at all, and for all I know it might actually be helping with the wide view immersion in that situation. Overall Im very happy with my decision to go ultrawide with this VA panel, especially since with at least this specific monitor I am not noticing the drawbacks people at times complain about with VA panels with this monitor, ghosting, poor viewing angles and the colors not being as good as IPS. Im sure if I had a way to measure colors, response times and ghosting and all the other stuff Id see a difference (I know there is some just by looking at the RTings reviews), but to my eye when in use I see no problems.