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

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.

Pros: Price is competitive for a 32inch IPS panel with a hub built in, ethernet is a much added welcome, Factory calibration is good. And thats is where the good stops which is really what a good monitor is supposed to do. Have a good image which this one does have. (Try to find it on sale under $900) Cons: * Slow hub (let me explain) When you use USB C (DP Alt) you have to choose between either higher resolution + Low Data Transfers [USB 2.0] or Choose Lower Resolution + High Data Speeds [3.0] * IPS panel coating on this monitor is does not match the price asking. I wish DELL had given us an option to have this as glossy. * Smart HDR and IPS Black are TERRIBLE: When enabled it makes me question if this is indeed an IPS panel or a VA one. So THIS MONITOR IS NOT FOR YOU: * if your work requires the absolute best resolution and high data speeds. Highest supported resolution is 4K at 60HZ which is plenty but this cannot be combined which high speed data transfers of usb 3.0 nor 3.1 gen 2 which this monitor advertises. * If you require HDR (It is there but IT IS NOT) * If you want a monitor to make you more productive. The cons will have you looking for more things to add instead of actually getting to work. This MONITOR IS FOR YOU: * if you can afford it without saving too much, if you have been saving for awhile to buy a monitor please pass on this one. If buying this monitor using credit card to pay in installments, I would also recommend you pass this one. * The monitor is also for you if you only need high resolution and not fast data transfers all at once. Just one or the other (it is a trade) * The Monitor is also for you if you need high data transfer hub but dont care much using a resolution lower than 4k 60HZ (4k @30HZ, 2.5K @30HZ, 2K @60HZ, or 1080P @60HZ) all testings done with a 2017 maxed out MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt (USB C) to DP Alt mode. * This monitor is also for you, if you live in reality that most people dont actually need fast speeds past USB 2.0 anyways (up to 480Mbps). Yes if you have 1Gig Internet you will see a drop when you select high resolution as speeds will be reduced which will affect your internet speeds. Yes if you are transferring large 4k files you will have to wait for forever. But if you are a casual user, transferring small documents, and occasional 2gb or 5gb video files - YOU WILL BE FINE. I wish DELL did not rush this monitor, I wish they would have taken feedback from all past Q series both QS, QE, Q and listened to the users pain points and address those here. SHOULD YOU BUY? * If you can wait for next years release, by all means wait. Save that money by the time next year comes you will have earned interests on it and you will get a much better monitor. * If you cant wait, see how much you have made this past month and if you can afford to buy this monitor without affect next months bills and spending, then go for it. It is a good monitor just Not GREAT and no off in terms of Price to performance. Even at 32inch note that most likely you will end up scaling both in MacOS and Windows. Which begs the question if you really even need a 32inch. * If you CANT wait but DONT have hundreds of dollars to buy this monitor then please consider Dells own Dell S2722QC 27-inch 4K USB-C which is available on Amazon at $380. For the money, this is a much better monitor, has USB C and can charge a 15inch MacBook Pro. The display panel also looks incredible and yes comparable to the QE. To the naked eye, one may even argue that they are same panels. Also at 27inch it looks very sharp. These are honest and humble opinions from someone who has been waiting for so long for the perfect monitor at a reasonable price. While I have decided to keep this monitor (THIS IS NOT THE PERFECT Monitor) For now it does the job, but eventually 3 years to five I will be changing this one I suspect. And I wish DELL had a program where they can buy back these if they end up fixing all the issues mentioned above by next year. I hope this review has been helpful in giving you insights about this monitor and your purchase decision. Thank you for reading and I wish you well! I originally submitted this review on Dells website but was censored with no communication as to why they wouldnt publish it. Only said it violated community guidelines. I am no expert whether financial nor tech but I wanted to provide some honest reflections from someone who bought this monitor with their own money and not sponsored. If only Dell had chosen to make this monitors ALT DP Thunderbolt then this would be an A+ monitor instead of a B- (Since thunderbolt can carry both power and high speed data but USB C is limited which is where this monitor falls short.

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.

I bought a new U3219 during the pandemic. I only used it for ~6 mo total b/c it is in a secondary location. Picture was great, until it developed dead pixels, then the whole screen went bad after 18 mo of ownership, just outside warranty.

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.

Good picture, but not substantially better than the 32 IPS LG that is half the price. Started to flicker after only 3.5 months of use. Dell support was TERRIBLE. I very much regret this purchase.

This was a perfect upgrade from a dell ultrasharp P2715Q lcd. Keeping the 4k resolution with a 16:9 ratio vs 5k/ultrawide monitors turned out to be the right decision. I was concerned that the pixel density was not going to be high enough on a 32 4k but it turned out to be flawless. Love the single cable solution for charging/connectivity for M1 MacBook Pro. Awesome. Retired my TB3 dock as a result. Built in KVM has so far been rock solid; simple solution so I can have my work machine with one cable and my gaming desktop with only two additional. Dell really thought this through; Im impressed. No complaints - I love this monitor.

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.

While it is early days, this monitor does the job. My previous monitor was a Samsung 275T which was an outstanding performer for 15 years of mainly graphics and general office work. This panel only takes up slightly more desk space for a significantly larger screen. Time will tell but so far I am happy with the performance and appearance. Calibration is done at the factory and the results enclosed with the monitor. Colors are well saturated, contract is excellent, brightness at default (75%) settings is more than adequate. Ive not tried the hub I/O or the internal speakers which are low priority for me. If this monitor lasts half as long as my previous one, it will represent good value.

Quite happy with this monitor. I bought it for the use of the USB-C hub and display. Its part of a utility desk and we can now plug in a laptop without having to bring a charger as well. The picture is quite good -- typical dell quality that I have experienced on other monitors. I have a GoogleTV connected as well for streaming. Its a good picture and it switches between them pretty seamlessly. However, I can see how people complain about the black levels. I would not suggest you buy this monitor for the HDR capabilities. One thing that I can confirm is that you cannot have high speed USB AND 4K 60Hz refresh rate over USB-C at the same time. You have to choose and 60Hz is the clear winner. For me that was OK because the other USB ports are being used for lower bandwidth items like web cam, key/mouse, and for a sound bar. No other real negatives that I have found. Solid construction and great picture.