Many of today's business monitors come with nifty features such as a high native resolution and precise color-calibration settings. For certain kinds of work, extras like these are desirable, but they boost a monitor's price, sometimes by a bunch. The Dell 27 Monitor (P2719H) has a more modest feature set, with a price to match. It still provides a highly adjustable stand (tweakable in four dimensions), as well as a good selection of ports.

Over the years, I have reviewed iPad and iPhone science apps, plus the occasional camera, laptop, keyboard, and mouse. I've also written a host of articles about astronomy, space science, travel photography, and astrophotography for PCMag and its past and present sibling publications (among them, Mashable and ExtremeTech), as well as for the PCMag Digital Edition. Ensuring that your Dell monitor is setup properly - assembling the monitor stand and setting up the monitor ergonomically, connecting the cables and organizing them, will only help make the viewing experience the best it possibly can be. Attaching the stand

Make sure that the video cable connecting the monitor to the computer is connected properly and is secure. Press Button 1 or Button 2 to highlight Factory Reset option in the menu and press Button 3 to select. Where you put your monitor is almost as important as what model you buy. The monitor should be directly in front of you, at an arm’s length away (between 20-40 inches from your eyes), with the top edge of the screen at eye level when you’re sitting comfortably. You may need to adjust your chair height or the height of the monitor to achieve this. Connecting your monitor to the PC As we mentioned the OSD menu gives you a choice from “Standard”, “Comfort View”, “Movie”, “Game”, “Warm”, “Cool” and “Custom Color”.

Then, there is the tilting feature, which has a range of -5 to +21 (compared to flat 90-degrees). Quite frankly this is not a big amount of movement it offers, but the swivel joint can throw some dust in your eyes. It allows for 45-degrees of rotation to both left and right. This is extremely useful when you want to connect a second monitor or you need to show a cute cat video to your colleague. In addition to the aforementioned analysis of the image qualities of this panel, we want to add a couple of stuff. First, a 27-inch monitor is probably the perfect size for a regular desktop. It is neither too big nor too small. Indeed, the Full HD resolution has quite a few disadvantages to the Quad HD one, which ultimately leads to less sharpness and easily distinguishable pixels, but on the bright side, it can help you maintain a more comfortable and healthy posture.The standard monitor stand is detached when the monitor is shipped from the factory. To learn more about attaching the standard monitor stand, refer to the Setting Up the Monitor section in the User's Guide of your Dell P2719H monitor. 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. Turn off your monitor and reconnect the video cable: then turn on both your computer and the monitor.

This section provides information on troubleshooting steps that can help resolve the most common issues with the Dell P2719H monitor. Alternatively, to learn more about troubleshooting common issues on Dell monitors, refer to the Dell knowledge-base article Troubleshooting Display or Video Issues on a Dell Monitor. Common Problem Resetting a monitor to factory defaults can help resolve many video or display issues. To reset your Dell P2719H monitor to factory default settings, follow these instructions: Color accuracy out of the box is so-so, as shown on the chromaticity chart below. I tested the panel in Standard mode, and as you can see, some of my color measurements (represented by the colored dots) are well aligned with their ideal CIE coordinates (represented by the boxes), while others are a bit off. When viewing movies in Movie mode, reds and blues tended to look undersaturated. Colors in photos looked decent.Now, after opening the box (and you are kindly advised to put the box in a horizontal position), you are going to face the first compartment. It holds the two-part mount, some mandatory paperwork and a couple of cables. We have to note that there is no power adapter, meaning you plug the monitor directly to the wall and all of the voltage regulation is happening inside of it. Apart from the power cable, there is a DisplayPort to DisplayPort one and a USB Type-A to Type-B cable.

Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced. The next figure shows how well the display is able to reproduce really dark parts of an image, which is essential when watching movies or playing games in low ambient light. We test the reaction time of the pixels with the usual “Gray-to-Gray” method from 50% White to 80% White and vice versa between 10% and 90% of the amplitude. Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors. For more information on using the On-Screen Display (OSD) menu and different menu options, refer to the Operating Your Monitor section in the User's Guide of your Dell P2719H monitor. Article PropertiesBuilt-In Self Test - The Dell P2719H monitor has a built-in self test that helps you identify if the screen abnormality is with the monitor or the video card (GPU) on your computer. When you notice screen abnormalities like distortion, clarity, horizontal or vertical lines, color fade etc., it is always a good practice to isolate the monitor by running the Built-In Diagnostics. Lastly, we should mention the neat hole in the stand that is made for cable routing purposes. It definitely does the job well, as it is big enough to fit the power cable, a display connection, as well as the USB upstream cable. Ports Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. See how we test.