As we explore later this has a significant positive impact on the image – and once switched on the slight residual reflection is not a problem. It is significantly lighter and less grainy than the surfaces used on previous Dell UltraSharps. The screen surface is low haze matte anti-glare (‘semi-glossy’), similar to that found on certain AMVA panels and the Samsung SA850 series. Something that should strike you in the above image is the reflection on the screen – you can see an outline of the cameraman and window frame behind. This will please some people who find touch sensitive buttons a bit frustrating to use, although Dell’s touch implementation is usually rather responsive anyway. The buttons, located at the bottom right can be pressed physically and are not touch-sensitive. The usual ‘business-like’ matte black plastic is found at the front and on the stand. Compared to the U2711 the edges are softer and more gently curved.
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The U2713HM is styled in a similar way to last year’s U2x12(H)M series models.
Typical RRP as reviewed: £575 (US price TBC) The key ‘talking points’ of the specification have been highlighted in blue for your reading convenience. As such prices are unsettled – but we have given the current representative UK price as a point of reference.
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At the time of review the U2713 wasn’t in full scale production for UK consumers and not available officially in the United States. Given that a very specific workflow, hardware setup and usage would be required to really make anything of this difference it isn’t something for the average user to get hung up about. Some other points of interest include the 8-bits per subpixel colour support without dithering which distinguishes this again from the older model with its 10-bit internal support and 12-bit LUT processing. Typical power consumption is given as 42W which is well under half of the 113W stated for the U2711. A grey to grey response time of 8ms has been given which indicates the use of a pixel overdrive algorithm to speed to some transitions – this figure may seem a tad higher than you would see on other IPS panels but it is probably just more conservative and less misleading in comparison. The U2713HM’s basic specifications reveal the aforementioned AH-IPS panel with WLED backlight and 2560 x 1440 resolution. That’s just how things look on the surface, though, and in our testing we will dig deeper and see how the new model fares in a range of quantitative and subjective testing scenarios. This will be welcome news for some as this is the current ‘common standard’ but this does make it a complimentary rather than replacement model. Whilst the older model was able to achieve colour gamut coverage of just beyond NTSC and comprehensively cover the AdobeRGB space the U2713 is only designed for ~72% NTSC (sRGB) coverage. Whilst the 2560 x 1440 resolution, stand adjustability, underlying panel technology and many key features and specifications remain similar to the much-loved U2711 the change in backlight does have some implications for the colour gamut performance.
Featuring a White LED (WLED) backlight, a new AH-IPS panel and adopting the more ‘homely’ look of the UltraSharp U2x12 series Dell hopes that this new model will rekindle people’s interest and excitement in the series. The Dell U2713HM is the follow-up to the company’s prime 27” member of the UltraSharp series. Apple meanwhile had a glossy LED-backlit alternative in the form of the Apple Cinema Display – with companies such as Hazro, DGM and Nixeus following with some more affordable alternatives. Samsung, for example, launched a competing monitor in the SA850 series using its Plane to Line Switching (PLS) technology which combined LED backlighting with a low-haze screen surface.
Other manufacturers also latched on to the dislike that many users had for the grainy high-haze matte screen surface used on monitors such as the U2711 with. As time moved on and monitor technology moved forwards some sweeping changes were being made in the industry – most notably that manufacturers were moving away from hot and power-hungry CCFL backlights to more environmentally friendly Light Emitting Diode (LED) varieties. Coupled with its In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel and wide colour gamut Cold Cathode Fluorescent (WCG-CCFL) backlight it became a firm favourite for many home users as well as business and colour professionals.
The U2711 redefined people’s expectations as one of the first widely available monitors with a 2560 x 1440 resolution.
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