Dell P2421 24 Inch WUXGA (1920x1200) 16:10 Monitor, 60Hz, IPS, 5ms, Ultrathin Bezel, 99% sRGB, DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI, VGA, 5x USB, 3 Year Warranty

Bought this to replace one of my failed HP monitors, needed to be 1920 x 1200, So pleased with the monitor I purchased a second to match and relegated my older second monitor to an additional computer in the house.

Very pleased with my new Dell 24" monitor, the image is sharp and the 16:10 screen aspect ratio means that there is a significant increase in screen area compared to my old 24" Dell.

Firstly, before I start to give the review and to save some folks some time, if your main aim is to play fast action 3D computer games then this monitor is not for you; it's response time is too slow for that kind of gaming usage.Secondly, to deal with some confusion of the monitor details given by Amazon. The Amazon 'Product Description' details say that the monitor language is 'German' -- it is not (unless you want it to be that). My monitor, out of the box, was English. The language is only relevant to the language of the On Screen Display (OSD) of the monitor and the language can easily be changed by the user with a few OSD button presses. The available languages are: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. I have to say that the OSD is pretty good, easy and intuitive to use.It is also the case that Amazon 'Product Description' says you get a VGA cable with the monitor. You do not get a VGA cable in the box (unless you live in Japan).Where I make any comparison with in this review I will be comparing this Dell P2421 monitor with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels with my old monitor, a Dell Ultrasharp U2312HM monitor which has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.Some points I would make for the monitor are:(1) I'll deal with a deficit first. My means of connecting this monitor to my computer for video input was by DVI cable so I can't comment on any other connection method, just DVI. (Note that for video input the monitor is not supplied with a DVI cable, only a DisplayPort cable.) If you intend using DVI then it is best to check the details of your motherboard to ensure that your DVI resolution capabilities are within the range that allows it deal with the 1920 x 1200 resolution of this monitor. In my case that was the maximum resolution that my motherboard allowed for DVI -- so I had no problems with this -- I got the maximum resolution without problems. However, I did have a problem with the DVI cable and the monitor 'Riser Stand'. The Riser Stand has a hole in it, through which the user can, in theory, feed cables connected to the monitor, in this way the hole is basically a 'cable tidy' feature (and very useful it is to, *potentially* for this monitor). However, Dell have made the hole circular in shape. So when I came to try and feed my DVI cable through the hole I found that the plug of the cable was too wide to go through the diameter of the circular hole that Dell had provided. This, I would say, is a *serious* design mistake of the monitor stand. The idiot at Dell that made the grievous mistake of specifying a circular hole should be sacked forthwith. A much better design for that hole would be to have it oblong in shape so that any size (within reason) of plug could easily be passed through the hole. My old Dell Ultrasharp stand had an oblong hole and it was much more fit for purpose because of it than this Dell P2421 monitor stand.(2) To get good legible text display on the monitor you must use Microsoft's 'ClearType Text Tuner'. That you need to use that is not a failing of this monitor -- I have never seen a monitor screen in which the 'Microsoft tuner' didn't make a dramatic difference to text display. With respect to sharpness of text on the monitor once the tuner settings are made I would say it is pretty good, but not quite as good as my old Dell Ultrasharp monitor which was pin-sharp with text. The P2421 is just a little bit lacking in that respect with that comparison.(3) You do not get a User's Guide in the monitor box. You do though get a graphic-style guide on how to connect the monitor to the monitor stand. It is easy to follow and the monitor and stand are easy to fit together. To get the User's Guide, and other guides for the monitor, Google the search phrase (including the quote marks) -- "Dell P2421 Monitor Usage and Troubleshooting Guide" -- Once you get to that 'Usage Guide' webpage look for the entry titled 'Documentation' and you will be able to download PDF files of a variety of 'guides' for the monitor from there.(4) If you have complex needs for controlling this monitor, or multiple monitors, then there is software, the 'Dell Display Manager', that you can download from Dell to see if it suits your needs -- you do not get a software CD with the monitor. You can get the User's Guide for Dell Display Manager from the same webpage as mentioned in point '3' above. To download the Display Manager software itself just Google the search phrase -- Dell Display Manager download -- (I do not need that software, just use the monitor without it, and everything works fine out of the box so to speak.)(5) This monitor offered an increase in vertical pixel-count height of 120 pixels over my old Ultrasharp monitor. Is the extra workspace useful? To my surprise the answer is yes. I can now see all of my email accounts and their folders on screen in one go, I don't have to scroll up and down to do that anymore.(6) The only 'glitch' I had in setting up the monitor itself was that Windows decided that the monitor refresh rate should be 59 Hertz (strange). However, the correct refresh rate of 60 Hertz was available and easy to select with a couple clicks. So, once you have the monitor up and running, just do a quick check on the refresh rate and set it to 60 Hertz if that hasn't already been done.(7) Now we come to another deficit of the monitor, though the deficit isn't one that only Dell has; I have seen other monitors from other manufacturers that do the precisely the same thing. The deficit concerns booting-up the computer from cold start or on a system reboot. During the boot procedure the computer does a Power On Self Test (POST). During that the user is presented with options to get into the computer BIOS if they so wish; there is displayed a textual guide to inform what key to press on boot up to get into the BIOS (and so on). Well with this monitor you will never see that information presented at boot-up. I don't know what it is, perhaps the monitor isn't 'warmed up enough' to be able to display anything at boot-up. So take good advice, if you think you will ever need to get into the computer BIOS then make a note of the appropriate keys to press -- because you'll never see them with this monitor. I should add that my old Dell Ultrasharp did display this information at boot-up, but only just, it was over in a flash by the time the monitor was displaying the information, you sure had to be quick to hit the key you want to get you into the BIOS or other function you wanted to access. So come on Dell, and other monitor manufacturers, plug this gap in functionality of your monitors, and do it now! Old cathode ray monitors used to work better on this score than contemporary LCD/LED monitors.(8) Because of the way Dell manage their guarantee system if you bought the monitor from Amazon then you, effectively, have to *transfer* the guarantee over from Amazon to yourself. To do that you will need information that can be found on the Dell box that your monitor was delivered in. You need two bits of information. (a) The monitor Service Tag (alpha-numeric 'number'), and (b) the postcode of the *Amazon address* that your monitor was delivered from. So study the box careful and get those details from the appropriate label on the box. (You can also get the Service Tag from the label on the back of the monitor or via the OSD of the monitor.)Now that you have the information you need, Google the following search -- Dell Warranty and Ownership Transfer -- Once you get to the 'transfer' webpage you need to enter "Identify Product" data so just enter your Service Tag number and click the 'Continue' button. This will take you to a page where you have to enter "Previous owner details". For the information there you need to enter the 'Company Name' as Amazon and then enter Amazon's postcode (you don't need to enter any information other than that). Once that's done click the 'Continue' button on that page. This takes you to the "New owner details" page. On that page enter your own details (and everything should be clear how to proceed from there. Dell will send an email once the guarantee has been transferred to your name.(9) Bottom-line, would I recommend this monitor? Yes I would, I actually like it, I am reasonably pleased with the purchase, and would recommend it. However, given the deficits noted above, it falls short of an 'I would *strongly* recommend it' recommendation -- hence I give it an overall 4 star, not 5 star, rating. But 4 stars is pretty well okay considering that the getting into the BIOS problem is common to every contemporary monitor I've ever seen; but should that problem be acceptable to users? I would say definitely no! And nowadays I wouldn't give any monitor a 5 star rating if it fails on that issue -- do not reward failure, just press to get things right.

So good I have two of them!

Adjustable monitor with extra screen space. Brilliant to use when working from home. The reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that it doesn't come with a HDMI cable.

I bought this as the nearest equivalent to replace a 16x10 Dell U2415 which was excellent. The screen of this later model is poorer in quality, the lovely 2415 touch buttons have been replaced by older-tech push buttons and the smaller, inferior stand lacks the same height and stability (I used my old stand to stop the new screen rocking around!). What a disappointment!To add insult to injury, when I transferred the guarantee from the supplier to Dell in order to get the advertised 3 year guarantee, it only gave me 2.5 years showing a purchase date in March when I bought from Amazon in August. The Dell no-reply confirmation email gives no indication of the terms of guarantee, nor are they in the User Guide or on the website. And just try contacting Dell Customer Services, the telephone tells you to go to the website and then cuts out and there is no email!Overall, a poor product compared with its forerunner and shabby customer support

Fast delivery as usual from Amazon! Lovely monitor, which is acting as the main display (LEFT) in a two-monitor setup with my 2020 M1 Mac Mini.It's complimenting an older Dell U2415, and it's a very close match colour wise.The P2421 is using HDMI input, the U2415 is also HDMI, but I'm using a 60Hz-compatible USB-C to HDMI cable, also available on Amazon. This is because the M1 Mac Mini does support dual screens, but you have to split them between the HDMI and USB-C ports.The P2421 itself is very easy to setup. The monitor comes with a DisplayPort and USB cable, no HDMI cable though - so you'll need to buy an HDMI cable if you don't already have one. I had one, so it wasn't an issue. Nice buttons at the bottom of the display bezel, easy settings adjustment.Overall highly recommended, especially if you work from home, etc.

I'm not a hardcore gamer but it's been fine in all the games I've played - Titan Quest - Crysis - Mass Effect expensive new version and it's great for work too