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Add to SafariWhen comparing Yamakasi Catleap Q270 vs Dell UltraSharp U2717D, 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 U2717D is ranked 10th. 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
Question Ranking
Pros
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.
Pro Good for bright rooms
The U2717D works fairly good in bright environments, where it can fight glare thanks to its high sustained peak brightness that measures at almost 300 nits.
Pro Colorful display
The Dell U2717D can reproduce the entire range of sRGB color gamut which is the default color gamut for both desktop and web applications.
Pro The newer iteration of the beloved u2515h
InfinityEdge - very small Bezel.
Cons
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.
Con Not good for gaming
While playing action games, this monitor doesn't feel responsive because of its massive input lag. The measured value of the U2717D's input lag is 33 milliseconds. In this price range, you can get up to six times faster panel.
Con More latency than the previous model (u2715h) make it less suitable for gaming
