Dell - UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor - U5226KW

No scaling issues. I had a Samsung 57, sold him for a Dell 52, best decision. 97% Productivity. MacBook Pro M3 Pro

No pb on Mac (I use it at native résolution). To be concise : - 57 : too much curve, need a desk with a big depth, hiding my speakers, no thunderbolt dock, clicking sound on the left, poor vertical space. - 52 : almost no curve (I would have liked a little more curve, but it is better than the 57 one), more space for the desk, I can see (and hear fine) my speakers, usb-c 1 cable for my MBP (with 2.5GbE), no bug / annoying sound like the clicking one, and a very appreciable vertical space. I will make a dedicated post if some persons asks !

I am also using that setting now and honestly its a comfortable size. However, I wish it would support 120hz on Virtual Screen, I am getting the same artifacts when testing. I hope there will be a fix someday. I wonder why that happens at all.

And you sure that there is no possibility keeping that clarity whilst also maintaining 120hz?

I ordered it earlier today. Can't wait to get it. Expected this Wed. Using it for everything. I work from home and spend a lot of my day working on Spreadsheets and other data sources. My current display is a UltraWide from LG. 1080p. This 6k 52" will be a big jump.

Got it now. Had to order a new GPU. Currently running a GForce RTX 2080. So it only supports up to 4K via HDMI.. 6K is choppy. Ordered a RTX 5060 so I can take full advantage. The display is amazing!!!

I am actually exited for thr 52 inch 5k ultrawides as long as they don't have a steep curve mabe 1800r or something similar. I don't play FPS and I do use multiple screens so the 800r is too much for me.

This one from the post at 52 inch 6144x2560 is 129ppi. The 45-inch 5120x2160 is 125. My lowly 34inch 3440x1440 is 109 So even at that size it has a very nice picture.

It's the significantly extra pixels height that swings it for me

2150 USD in Malaysia (stand-less), with a 10% discount....Will be mine soon. Replacing my 2x43inch 4k dell monitors, though considering keeping those also. It is the pixel height that really interests me. Always need more for Ableton production, or chart work.

I had a Studio Display before and I loved the clarity and the colours. This display doesn't work natively with MacOS for HiDPI. You need to use BetterDisplay with a virtual display mirrored to get "retina" quality. I nearly sent this back until I figured out how to make it work. This means you lose 120Hz and only get 60Hz but ... once it's working, it's glorious. It's not as sharp as the Studio Display (but still plenty sharp) but it's a productivity powerhouse if you're multi-windowing. For example, development work, needing multiple browsers, the text is large and crisp. I can have chat, email, code, two web browsers etc etc all on one screen. It feels very immersive. And the vertical space is fantastic. I'd say ... Studio Display for video/photo editing. Dell for multi-windowing/immersion.

My biggest irritation about this screen is that it's marketed as 21:9 but the pixel ratio is actually 24:10

I have enabled the 8K in BetterDisplay, that was how I finally managed to get a display I was happy with. For me 120Hz on the virtual display was glitchy. I'd get occasional artefacts which bugged me. I don't need 120Hz so I just set it back to 60Hz. That might be because of the number of pixels being pushed or a machine limitation though I'm running a high spec M3 Max laptop so I'd be surprised if it were the latter. The curve is great because the monitor is so big, you have it further back from you. So the curve works nicely. A slightly tighter curve might be better overall but this is good enough. For the me the vertical size and resolution are what make it super immersive. I REALLY love working on this screen. It's just great for multi window productivity with the vertical res being the biggest gain.

Hi there, 1&2: No I am not running at native resolution, macOS sucks at that. It's just too ... unreadable overall. I'm running at 75% resolution via BetterDisplay to get HiDPI (instructions are further down in this thread). That gives me a resolution of 4,608 x 1920 which works beautifully and I love the vertical space. On Windows, I tested it and I could run it at native resolution and it looked really sharp thanks to Windows' superior font smoothing. At 125% scaling it was perfect for me but absolutely usable at native. 3. Comfortable distance is 60 - 80cm. There's a some head turning but at that distance, not enough to make it feel annoying/painful etc. 4. Yes - when running my virtual display to achieve the resolution above, I have to run the virtual display at 60Hz. Any higher introduces artefacts/glitches. So you lose the 120Hz. For me this is fine given my workflow on this monitor. I have a Pro Display XDR also (in another room) so 60Hz is normal for me. My hope is that some time soon macOS will either natively support this resolution or BetterDisplay will without a virtual display. I will say I do think this monitor is exceptional. Deep blacks, lovely build quality, loads of ports. The vertical space is amazing and just overall an excellent screen. I'm very happy with it despite the cost, especially when compared to say e.g. the 6K LG UltraFine I tried which felt lacking.

The dell 5k2k 40” or the 6k 52” will do you wonders. Beautiful text clarity, color accuracy, and dell monitors are usually tanks.

I'm having this question myself. I have contacted the Dell accessory team by email, as being advised by the customer support agent via chat: >Do you think I can order the MSA20 and use it with the U5226KW monitor without problems? Dell Advisor - Oumaima: You need to check this with our parts specialists Dell Advisor - Oumaima: one moment I'll get you the email address Dell Advisor - Oumaima: please send an email to [ser\_spares\[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) Email I've sent: >Dear Dell, I recently purchased the Dell UltraSharp U5226KW monitor and I’m looking to buy a compatible monitor arm. >On your product page, I found an image that appears to show a U5226KW mounted on a Dell Pro Single Monitor Arm – MSA20: >[https://i.dell.com/is/image/DellContent/content/dam/ss2/product-images/dell-client-products/peripherals/monitors/u-series/u5226kw/pdp/monitor-ultrasharp-u5226kw-pdp-mod-deployment.psd?fmt=jpg&wid=3840&hei=2160](https://i.dell.com/is/image/DellContent/content/dam/ss2/product-images/dell-client-products/peripherals/monitors/u-series/u5226kw/pdp/monitor-ultrasharp-u5226kw-pdp-mod-deployment.psd?fmt=jpg&wid=3840&hei=2160) >However, the MSA20 specifications list a maximum supported size of 40 inches and a maximum weight of 10 kg (22 lbs), while the U5226KW is listed at 12.95 kg (28.57 lbs). >Could you please confirm whether the MSA20 is compatible with the U5226KW, and whether it can be used safely without issues? >Thank you in advance. >Kind regards, I'll keep you posted.

Well.. I got the screen today, and this is the first thing I noticed. Could the U4025QW be a better deal instead? I'm not an U4025QW owner so can't tell the difference.

21:9 is a much better fit to human vision than 32:9 a 52 21:9 is also significantly bigger than a 57 32:9.

if you're genuinely curious, here are my personal reasons why i am excited about this monitor and why i prefer it to the 57" G9. I get why other people might have different preferences. Just explaining my own use case as to why this monitor is so compelling for me: 1. the 32:9 form factor of the G9 is simply not as nice to work on. for me, 21:9 is preferable. Less head turning, things stay in my FOV. The 21:9 options may have less pixels, but they put those pixels in a more useful place for the work i do. Its more ergonomic, both physically (less head turning), but also "mentally" if that makes sense: work stays directly in my view, instead of pushed off to the side, which seems to matter. 2. In an immersive gaming context, 32:9 kind of makes sense, those extra pixels which are in your perhipheral vision are, in my opinion, actually doing a lot in terms of subconsciously fooling your brain and enhancing the feeling of immersion. 3. the Curve is less aggressive meaning its easier to share things with coworkers who come over to my desk to look at things. It also distorts straight lines much less than the G9 which can matter if you do things like CAD work whether 3D or 2D modeling (which I do). 4. I have the dell U4025QW already (the 40" "5K2K" one). for me the 140PPI is just about perfect. I can see it with native text rendering most of the time which is good because i'm often working across different kinds of systems and software tools of varying age that don't all have modern DPI scaling solutions. 5. 130ppi is close to the 140 of the 40" 5K2K. not sure if this is intentional choice or just a byproduct of what panels are available. either way, people in the target market for these monitors (not me yet, but its coming) are often older and straight up have worse eyesight. i have many older coworkers who just work on 4k TVs for that reason. ultra high resolution isn't useful to them, you just want decent native DPI. 6. the thunderbolt hub aspect and kvm switch is actually a really underrated perk. I have a truly "single wire" set up and single button to swap between personal and work machine. there's no extra thunderbolt dock cable octopus, usb hub, etc.. it makes my desk really nice and clean and easy to cable-manage. not a make or break feature but a really nice one that's worth a little bit of a premium IMO. I ALMOST bought this new U5226KW "6K" 52" immediately but I do wish they went with a 2880 vertical resolution and matching horizontal (would be around 6900 instead of 6144). This would keep it around the 140ppi mark instead of 130 and would give it slightly MORE pixels than 2x 4K monitors instead of slightly less. I think the constraint here is video bandwidth: 6144x2160 can do 120Hz on DP 1.4, whereas going to 6912x2880 would fully max out a DP 2.1 connection and not currently possible over thunderbolt 4; they'd have to market as either a 60hz display or an 8bit display. Basically it would add a ton of cost to the unit that only very few people would be able to take advantage of. We're almost there, but the market is too small to support it right now. Not sure how long it will take to get there - probably a couple more years at least. i wish it was oled/miniled but those techs aren't great for enterprise productivity (lifespan, always-on, high duty cycle, text clarity etc) and i wish it had a few more pixels. so it's not 100% the last monitor i'll ever need/want to buy but it is damn close and likely the best thing we'll get for the next several years. im sort of at the point where, if this monitor is truly "useful" for you and your career, youre probably in a pretty high paid job and the price is justifiable for you or your company relative to the salary they're paying, where even a small % in productivity improvement over a couple years or even just convenience and employee Quality of Life pretty easily justifies the cost. And judging by the U4025QW, the price won't be $2800 for too long. if you're a company paying 200-300k for a professional salary/benefits, a $3000 monitor that lasts 5 years only has to improve "productivity" by 0.2% to pay for itself. FAANG companies are known for buying like, super expensive Herman Miller desk chairs for their employees - if it keeps an ass in a chair literally 60 seconds longer per day it pays for itself, especially when considered over 5, 10, 15 years.

Okay. Ended up buying one yesterday. Very excited about it. Why is it “correct” when a product clearly meant for “a very specific niche” and clearly not meant for *you,* “receives massive hate?” And why are you surprised that people for whom it *is* targeted at show up on a tech enthusiast form in a thread specifically about that product explaining why it actually is a compelling product for them? It’s not “fanboyism” and I don’t think it was a “product review” as much as it was a “product demo.” You’re upset that internet strangers don’t share your opinion that an inanimate object *you aren’t interested in buying* isn’t *hated enough* by another man on the teevee?? My mind is actually blown. Very curious indeed