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Juraj:
Dell U2723QE is very nice monitor for work. It's also one of the only 4 monitors on market with "IPS-BLACK" technology, which means instead of the usual IPS contrast ratio of 1:1000 they have 1:2000 (some very good Apple laptops for example have IPS panels with 1:1500). Yes that's still worse than VA (1:3000+ but lot of problems for work because of poor angles) or OLED (1:Infinity) which is pretty expensive for 27/32" 4K because there is only one panel from small company JOLED available.

Asus doesn't have any IPS-Black monitors right now on market, and neither does BenQ. But for past 8 years, BenQ became the most popular "prosumer" brand for color-accurate work. It costs less then NEC/EIZO top models, but only slightly more then Dell/LG/Asus/etc.. and have excellent quality control and build. The BenQ U-series is seriously high quality. My PD3200U is almost 5 years old maybe? And it's still in excellent condition. You cannot say that about any Asus monitor that will break after 5 days :- ). And no kidding... just go check r/monitors on Reddit to see how happy people are with Asus & Samsung monitors. Great price, non-existent quality control.

When talking about purely quality control (which may also include good factory calibration), Dell & BenQ (and maybe LG on good day) are the only affordable prosumer brands. They all use the same panels usually but the Quality Control, Support & Warranty is what sets them apart. Asus Pro-Art series has very good features/value, but there is reason why almost no one is buying them anyway.

For people looking for 27" 4K Monitor, who doesn't need high-refresh rate for gaming (IPS-Black is only 60HZ right now), I would suggest the Dell U2723QE.

Apostolis Christou:
Thank you Juraj,

I was focusing on the Dell too but I was curious on more opinions because Asus was half the price, no other reason

Juraj:
Asus vs Dell is not about price though. Dell also has 300 Euro 27" 4K model (Dell S2721QS, I have one, I use it for travelling, it's very good for its price!). Dell has like 20 27" monitors alone :- ). With 300 to 3000 Euro in range.
Asus has smaller range to chose from and they have bigger jump from low-end to high-end. They don't have such affordable prosumer model with IPS-Black tech, their high-end has Mini-LED instead and costs 2000+ .

Deckard:
Interesting topic, I am also looking for a replacement of my current dual monitor setup.
I agree that for professional work I wouldn't risk buying Asus or LG models. Currently I have two Dell monitors at 1920x1200 which have proved very reliable over the years. I used to have an Eizo monitor some ages ago (which is still working impressively well). BenQ seems to have good credibility as well.

The Dell U2723QE has very good specs but, coming from a screen resolution of just 94 PPI, I am concerned that 4K at 27" (which is a pixel density of 163 PPI) would make everything so small that would make presbyopia glasses inevitable for me. I suppose that you could use windows scaling to compensate, but I don't feel so comfortable about it...

I was also looking at this new monitor from Dell which has just been announced. A bit pricey I guess, but has good specs and gets rid of the annoying central division of dual monitors setup:
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultrasharp-49-curved-usb-c-hub-monitor-u4924dw/apd/210-bgtz/monitors-monitor-accessories#tabs_section
Does anyone have any hands-on experience with such curved ultra-wide monitors for archviz work?

Juraj:

--- Quote from: Deckard on 2023-04-04, 16:28:55 ---suppose that you could use windows scaling to compensate, but I don't feel so comfortable about it...

--- End quote ---

No need, the scaling is really good. And Scaled HighDPI monitors are easier on eyes, the text is much cleaner & sharper, improving readability and helping with strain from reading.
I've been on 4K monitors for about 10 years. Last 2560px monitor I used was famous Dell 3011. I was on it for 2 years and then jumped on 4K wagon right away.

The only remaining scaling issue is with different scaling across multi-monitor setup, but even then, the only software I ever had issue with was... 3ds Max :- ).

Curved displays from Dell's productivity range have really large radius of the curve, it's not very noticeable, you would be good. The curve on gaming monitors on other hand, is incredibly annoying, it was almost compounding my astigmatism, nothing was straight anymore :- ). I had to rid of one such that I used as media monitor in living room.

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