Back at CES event in January 2014, Dell shocked the world by unveiling a sub-£1000 4K monitor, Dell P2815Q, breaking the extortionately expensive ‘4K for $4K’ pricing scheme adopted by other big companies out there. Now, just a month after that announcement, the company has also started to ship another similarly priced 4K monitor, the 24″ Dell UP2414Q, to the market for ‘as little as’ £870. One question that surely pops out to anyone’s mind that hears this is: “What’s the catch?”. After reading countless reviews and playing with the beast myself, one thing that I can tell you for sure is that the Dell UP2414Q, is as good as the $4K 4Ks I’ve seen in the market; whereas its larger 28″ sibling (Dell P2815Q) can be as good if you use it for anything except gaming and intense video/photo editing tasks. Yes, there’s of course a few down-sides compared to the more expensive monitors, but I don’t think it would bother most users out there. Keep reading to find out why!

Now before we talk about the ‘catch’, why don’t we take a look at the amazing features that these gorgeous Dell monitors have? The first thing that you’d notice is of course the incredibly sharp 4k display itself. The Dell UP2414Q sports a stunning 23.8-inch 3840 x 2160 IPS LCD display with white LED backlight – pretty much the same with the cheaper Dell P2815Q, which gives you an outstanding colour accuracy and great details. In the I/O department, it’s packed with an HDMI 1.4, mini DisplayPort & standard DisplayPort, 4x USB 3.0 slots, plus memory card reader – Pretty much all the ports that standard users would ever need.

Now, the catch. This is pretty much depends on how you’d intend to use the monitor, but many trusted reviewers mention that the Dell UP2414Q has a sub-par contrast ratio and has no HDMI 2.0. It doesn’t sound too bad ain’t it? As for its Dell P2815Q sibling, the catch is far more noticeable as it only supports up to 30Hz refresh rate at full 4K resolution. The refresh rate on the P2815Q can go up to 60Hz (like other 4K monitors) only if you drop the resolution down to 1920×1080. This simply means that if you purely looking to get a monitor for gaming purposes, then maybe it’s wiser to get a cheaper 1080p HD monitor. However, the P2815Q is fantastic for almost any other tasks, and if you consider the less than £700 price-tag, it’s actually a good bargain!

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