Dell on Thursday teased two additions to its UltraSharp line of elite productivity monitors, the UltraSharp 40 Curved Thunderbolt Hub Monitor (U4025QW) and the Ultrasharp 34 Curved Thunderbolt Hub Monitor (U3425WE). Geared primarily to content creators, data scientists, and engineers, these ultrawide displays feature Thunderbolt hubs and high-contrast IPS Black screens with an eye-pleasing 120Hz refresh rate.
(Credit: Joseph Maldonado)We had a chance to spend some time with both the U4025QW and U3425WE in New York City ahead of their debut at CES this week. The screens are bright, with vivid colors and great contrast thanks to deep blacks. A notable feature is their quick-access ports. Normally hidden, a bay containing three front-facing ports (two USB-C and one USB-A) descend into view when you press a certain spot on the monitor's bottom edge. It resembles the port drop-down module on Dell's 2023 6K super-panel, the UltraSharp 32 6K Monitor (U3224KB).
(Credit: Joseph Maldonado)Both models have screens with 21:9 ultrawide aspect ratios. The U4025QW's 40-inch screen has a 5,120-by-2,160-pixel resolution, while the U3425WE's 34-inch panel has a resolution of 3,440 by 1,440 pixels. The screens use IPS Black technology, which has a 2,000:1 rated contrast ratio, double that of standard in-plane switching (IPS) panels.
Both panels are rated to cover 100% of the sRGB color space; the U4025QW is rated for 99% of DCI-P3, while the U3425WE has a 98% DCI-P3 rating. The U4025QW is VESA-certified with a DisplayHDR 600 rating. They both support up to 178-degree vertical and horizontal viewing angles. Their stands support height, tilt, and swivel adjustment.
(Credit: Joseph Maldonado)The U4025QW includes Thunderbolt 4 (with up to 140 watts of power delivery), USB-A, DisplayPort 2.1, and HDMI 2.1 ports. Meanwhile, the U3425WE has Thunderbolt 4 with up to 90 watts of power delivery, USB-A, DisplayPort 1.4, and HDMI ports. They each have an RJ45 Ethernet port that supports PXE boot, MAC address pass-thru, and Wake on LAN features.
(Credit: Joseph Maldonado)Both the U4025QW and and U3425WE can be used with the Dell Display Manager utility to tile multiple windows, and they support the ability to connect two PC sources and multitask efficiently with Picture-by-Picture, Picture-in-Picture, and KVM functionality. (The built-in KVM function allows for easy switching between two PCs from one set of input devices.)
The U4025QW will start at $2,399.99, and the U3425WE will start at $1,019.99. They'll be on sale starting Feb. 27, Dell says. We look forward to testing and reviewing them soon.