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The ongoing CES tradeshow is fluttering with tech gadgets from all quarters and now Dell who is known for developing highly featured laptops both in and around the world has introduced a new range of wireless monitors. Out of all, one caught the eye as it has the ability to charge phones wirelessly. The new Dell UP3017Q OLED Monitor is a 4K, 30-inch monitor priced at $4,999 (about £3,350, AU$6,975).
Similar to Dell XPS 13, this monitor too features no bezel around the borders giving its users an experience of watching a movie in a cinema. Dimensionally the monitor is extra thin with less than half an inch thick at the edges of the screen which surely has revolutionized the industry.
This is loads better than those monitors that have thick black plastic borders around the corners.
Most of the monitors these days are usually built with Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) since Organic Light Emitting Diode displays (OLED), are superior and more expensive displays that have the inherent property of providing better contrast ratio, viewing angles and black levels. Unfortunately, the OLED displays have their own set of flaws as well like they suffer from more burn-in and shorter life cycles than their LCD counterparts. To not let the users suffer from these issues, Dell in its new product introduced a pixel-shifting algorithm that prevents burn-in, and an image sensor that has the ability to check if the user is viewing the monitor or not. In the else case, the monitor is automatically switched off.
A major factor that differentiates the UP3017Q monitor from others is that its USB-C compatible thereby allowing the users to plug in their laptops or tablet into the monitor to display any small-screen image with an enlarged view on the monitor, and in the process of the same the laptop or tablet will be charging by itself. Dell has provided four physical buttons (brightness, modes, source and screen settings) at the bottom of the panel that can be used to adjust the monitor.
Despite all the aforementioned points, Dell UP3017Q isn't a perfect monitor since it doesn't shift the image with the shifting of hardware, the user can only rotate the machine to represent a vertical image. Additionally, the monitor's ports only connect underneath the panel because the monitor is extremely thin along its sides that most plugs are too wide to slide into the bezel. This factor disappoints those users who are in the habit of plugging the connectors along the side of the device.
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