Good ergonomic flexibility, an attractive design with exceptionally slender bezels and a decent complement of ports Setting up the Dell UltraSharp 24 Monitor U2419H is simple – it’s light enough for one person to be able to get it up and running unassisted. The contrast performance was quite pleasing on Battlefield 4 (BF4). When observing darker shades, particularly dark passages in the game such as tunnels and shaded interiors, there was a fair degree of detail lost due to ‘PLS glow’. This was most noticeable towards the bottom corners of the screen from a normal viewing position – the ‘bloom’ here was in line with what we’ve seen on other PLS models of this size and is slightly greater than observed on IPS models such as the U2414H. For the remaining areas of the screen, detail levels were very good in dark areas and much as they should be – aided by the consistent and correct gamma handling of the monitor. Brighter shades such as lights, explosions and the sky had a little graininess from the screen surface but still appeared relatively smooth. Slightly improved from the U2414H in fact. Still, we’ve included other color spaces like the famous DCI-P3 standard used by movie studios, as well as the digital UHD Rec.2020 standard. Rec.2020, however, is still a thing of the future and it’s difficult for today’s displays to cover that well. We’ve also included the so-called Michael Pointer gamut, or Pointer’s gamut, which represents the colors that naturally occur around us every day. more different to the old U2414H and is the model we are now reviewing here. It has a four-side zero-bezel design,

The bottom line; a screen with excellent colour performance straight from the box and attractive aesthetics, combined with good ergonomic flexibility. This monitor has a USB-out and multiple USB-in ports so that you can use it as a hub for your peripherals and only use one USB port on your laptop/computer The full factory calibration is used here. The difference between this and ‘Standard’ is not profound. The gamma handling is slightly different, although only marginally so (both 2.2 on average) and overall colour balance similar. The colour gamut is also adjusted slightly as explored later, restricting the vibrancy slightly. Overall a very good balance to the image with this setting and certainly a pleasing factory calibration. Good static contrast and a screen surface that is relatively smooth and light, helping preserve image clarity and vibrancy

Amazing panels, great color reproduction, fantastic thin bezels, fantastic stand that moves in every way you would need it to. The monitor uses the usual RGB (Red, Green and Blue) stripe subpixel layout, which is shown in the image above. As this is the standard layout expected by both Mac and Windows machines, there’s no need to run ClearType as a Windows user or worry about text fringing on Mac systems. You may still wish to run the ClearType wizard to fine-tune according to preferences, however. This monitor has a number of ‘Preset Modes’ to choose from; ‘Standard’, ‘Multimedia’, ‘Movie’, ‘Game’, ‘Paper’, ‘Color Temp.’, ‘sRGB’ and ‘Custom Color’. Some of these presets are quite useful, whilst others simply provide a sub-par image without bringing any real benefits. We will be focusing on a few of these presets, specifically those which maintained strong image characteristics or had good utility for other reasons. The table below includes key readings taken using a Datacolor Spyder5ELITE colorimeter alongside general some performed by eye. This data was collated after the monitor was left to run for at least 2 hours. The monitor was left in its ‘plug and play’ state with no additional drivers or ICC profiles loaded. spec (slightly more than the 96% quoted on the U2417HJ). Anyone wanting to work with wider colour spaces would need to consider

Connectivity is also plentiful. You get a DisplayPort, Mini DisplayPort and HDMI for video inputs, as well as a second full-size DisplayPort that’s an output for daisy-chaining a second monitor. There’s also an audio output so you can plug in speakers or headphones to listen to the audio being piped over the digital display connections – there are no built-in speakers. The U2419H is by no means a perfect monitor, but there’s no denying its viewing angles are strong Should I buy the Dell UltraSharp 24 Monitor U2419H?Some slower than optimal pixel responses alongside some overshoot (inverse ghosting), providing some extra trailing in places An alternative LBL setting that offers a slightly stronger blue light reduction and is very close to its target of ‘5000K’. You can also set the colour temperature to various other Kelvin values instead. The height-adjustable stand lowers and raises the monitor through 13 centimetres, down to the point where the monitor’s chin is hovering almost 4cm above your desk’s surface. The flexible mount means you can turn the Dell UltraSharp 24 through 80 degrees, and tilt it up 21 degrees and down five. Looking sharp – the UltraSharp 24’s slender bezels and modest design obscure the fact this is a budget monitor Dell UltraSharp 24 Design – Super skinny bezel provides elegant style The results here are good, with no significant deviations recorded. The highest deviation recorded was DeltaE 2.8 towards the bottom right of the screen. Again uniformity between individual units can vary in this respect and you can expect deviation beyond the measured points. Still, it’s good to see a performance from our unit both in terms of luminance uniformity and white point uniformity.