Dell Ultra Sharp LED-Lit Monitor 25" Black (U2518D)| 2560 X 1440 at 60 Hz| IPS| Vesa Mount Compatibility

After trying a couple of other monitors with similar specs and having to return them, this monitor turned out to be really great.I was looking for a monitor with 2560x1440 resolution and a smaller screen, for under $300 or so, but there are very few options available. I find having two monitors at 27" just takes up too much desk space, and 23.6" - 24" screens at 1440p leaves on screen elements looking just a bit too small without scaling, which is not preferable. This monitor, at 25", was the perfect screen size and pixel density - surprisingly hard to find.The clarity of everything on screen is great. Everything is sharp and clear without appearing artificially sharpened. The couple of monitors I had tried prior to this had terrible issues with the "rainbow sparkling" of their matte/anti-glare finish, making it extremely difficult to focus on. This monitor does not have that issue at all.Colors appear very deep and rich. The monitor is capable of being very bright. I bought two of these, and they were very slightly different in their color - one naturally more warm, and the other more cool - which was apparent in the gray tone of the OSD menus. It doesn't bother me too much, and I was able to offset the colors so that it is unnoticeable, but it is worth considering if you're particularly set on having multiple monitors be calibrated exactly the same.On both monitors I've bought, the greens needed to be toned down from default settings, but otherwise the colors seem very true. More so than any other monitor I've owned, I feel like I am seeing closer to the full range of values, maintaining an ability to differentiate values in both bright whites and dark blacks.Across both of the monitors that I bought, it does seem consistent that the left side is slightly warmer toned and the right side is slightly bluer toned at the bottom of the screen. I don't find this color shift to be prominent enough to be noticeable in practical usage.I haven't used any features like the Smart HDR, because I generally find that kind of stuff to be gimmicky.No issues with backlight bleeding or anything. There is what feels like a very minimal/acceptable amount, only at the bottom of the screen. Not sure if I got lucky, but it seems that both of the ones I bought have far less than what I've seen pictured in some reviews.On the tearing issue - I have read a lot about this, and it did almost deter me from buying this monitor altogether, but I am glad it didn't. I have a GTX 1070, and have not encountered this issue at all so far. I am not sure if Dell has made any fixes to this in their firmware, but both monitors I bought came with the M2T104 firmware installed. I have only tried these monitors on PC and not on any consoles yet, but I will edit my review if this changes. However, playing a variety of games on PC hasn't made this issue appear yet.This isn't something I was looking for when I bought these monitors, but the adjustable stands are awesome and I generally like the build of the monitor. I always prefer monitors with a flat and rectangular base. The swiveling is convenient and the height adjustability works really well while maintaining sturdiness. I will probably never really use the full ability to rotate the screen, but it's nice to be able to. The monitor has a good amount of options for ports, and the additional USB ports are helpful as well.All around, I feel like these monitors were great quality for the price (I bought for about $300 USD each), and from a couple trials of other monitors in the screen size range of 24-25" and at 1440p in a similar price range, that you wouldn't be able to find much better.

These are really solid monitors. I don't really know what else I can say about them. I know other people complain about color bleed and loss of image clarity, but I've had one of these monitors for over a year now and it looks the same as the day it arrived. I know this, because I purchased a second one only a few weeks ago, and they're identical to my eye. Same brightness, same colors, same sharpness. Very well balanced, very robust, does not wear out.Does not have ultra-fast refresh times. Does not have absolute perfect designer-grade color reproduction. Isn't 4k. But unless you're an absolute super-user, these monitors are amazing. Larger than full-HD, very good color, very bright, very consistent, 60hz refresh. You can get two of these in a double-monitor setup for the same price as a single 4k monitor with the same level of color and robustness. No brainier for me.

This is one of the best displays I've bought, in this form factor.What I like:*It is sufficiently bright.*The colors look true.*The bezel is thin.*It's super sharp*I love the pan, tilt and height adjust-ability.*It can be rotated 90 degrees.*The stand is very stable and well made.*It works great with a height adjustable table.*It has enough connectivity ports. It has daisy chain (connect multiple displays) capability via the Display Port.*The 1440p resolution is perfect for a monitor of this size. It provides enough real-estate for productivity. Playing games also works great at this resolution. It's a good compromise between 1080p and 4k.What I don't like:-The power and navigation buttons are on the bottom side of the bezel. It's a bit awkward, but I've gotten used to it. Fortunately, I rarely have to use the monitor's menu system, and I normally keep the display on, so I don't have to turn it on and off (on a frequent basis).For my purposes, it works great for productivity and light gaming.All things told, for the price, I would definitely recommend this display to anyone.

100% satisfied with this product. I was using an old hand-me-down LG TV as a second monitor to my laptop and I finally decided to replace it. Not only is it a great monitor, but it acts as a docking station/USB hub as well. I do have a dock, but it's a small one so this feature helps as well. My desk is a lot cleaner now, because I was able to put most of the USBs behind the screen so I can put other stuff on the desk. Monitor also has a USB charging port on a side which is nice for charging my wireless headphones.Monitor itself is great, no setup required, comes on immediately after I open my laptop. Since I have a 4K laptop I wanted a higher res screen to go along with it, but didn't wanna pay $500ish for it so this is a great value for me. Movies look great on it and I also play games with it and it's also good, no need to worry about latency or refresh rate, I play DMC 5 on it without any issues.Heard some people complaining that the buttons are hard to press, which is sorta true, but you will touch them maybe once and the power button is bigger so I would not put that down as a negative.Overall I would say this is the best quality-price ratio you can find.