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Add to SafariWhen comparing Dell UltraSharp U2715H vs Yamakasi Catleap Q270, the Slant community recommends Yamakasi Catleap Q270 for most people. In the question“What are the best 27+ inch monitors?” Yamakasi Catleap Q270 is ranked 2nd while Dell UltraSharp U2715H is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose Yamakasi Catleap Q270 is:
Good image quality due to IPS (In-Plane Switching) LED backlit panel made by LG in Korea with 6ms (grey-to-grey) response time, 60Hz refresh rate and standard 1000:1 contrast ratio and 8-bit colors. Same LG IPS panels are used in Apple displays, but cost less than half of what Apple charges.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Great viewing angles
As expected from an IPS panel, viewing angles are great. Horizontal adjustments don't change the colors much at all. When tilting in the vertical axis, the image can darken slightly.
Pro Lots of ports
With 5 USB 3.0 ports (one of which can act as a charger), 2 HDMI ports (with MHL), a DisplayPort and Mini DisplayPort, as well as a DisplayPort out port for daisy chaining multiple screens
Pro Fully adjustable
It has tilt, swivel, height adjust and can be pivoted 90 degrees in both directions.
Pro Great for multi-monitor setups
The thin plastic bezel (1mm) and small 6mm screen boarder makes this a great screen to put side by side with another to minimise the deadspace between dual monitor setups. Also, an extra DisplayPort out means daisy chaining is possible.
Pro Fantastic screen quality
Dell calibrates the U2715H's screen in the factory to very precise measurements, and each monitor will have their own unique calibration report.
Pro Good image quality
Good image quality due to IPS (In-Plane Switching) LED backlit panel made by LG in Korea with 6ms (grey-to-grey) response time, 60Hz refresh rate and standard 1000:1 contrast ratio and 8-bit colors. Same LG IPS panels are used in Apple displays, but cost less than half of what Apple charges.
Pro Great value for money
With Yamakasi Catleap Q270 listed as $390 (and you can find even lower e-bay offers at $300) with image quality the same as Apple Cinema Displays this is a good choice of monitor.
Cons
Con Buttons can be unresponsive
The captive buttons on the right side of the bottom bezel don't light up at all, and can be unresponsive when you first try to activate them.
Con Poor panel uniformity
While this will vary unit to unit, TFT Central found that the luminance uniformity on their unit was poor. The right side of the screen was up to 30% brighter than the left corners of the screen. It wasn't obvious at first glance, however for color-accurate work it could become an issue.
Con No scaling support
Make sure your graphics card can handle full DVI Dual Link resolution of 2650x1440.
Con No On Screen Display (OSD)
You can only adjust colors with software.
Con Glossy display
Take note that light will reflect off of this monitor.
Con DVI only
Single DVI-D dual link with HDCP) input. Multi-connector version is available at a higher price.
Con Marginally higher chance of failure
About ~12% of monitors received are not good.
