Back in September, Dell announced its UltraSharp 27 Ultra HD 5K Monitor, but at that time we didn’t know all that much about it. Now, the company has published a handful of additional details, including expected street pricing.
Of course, you can’t drive the display at 60 Hz with a single DisplayPort interface – you’ll need two, or simply upscale 4K content, which defeats the purpose of this monitor. Next to the two DisplayPort interfaces, Dell also packed the monitor with a single Mini-DisplayPort interface, a five-port USB 3.0 hub, and a media card reader. Two 16 W Harman Kardon speakers are also integrated into the monitor, and naturally there is support for VESA mounting.
While in September Dell announced that the monitor would cost $2,499, the company now informed us that it expects the monitor to have a street price below $2000, which isn’t actually all that surprising: Dell’s MSRP prices are often a couple notches above street prices. For that money, you also get a three-year limited warranty that includes Dell’s Premium Panel Guarantee, which allows a free panel replacement if there is as little as even one bright pixel. That’s a mighty good warranty for a monitor with almost fifteen million pixels.
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