Dell's UltraSharp 30 USB-C Hub Monitor (U3023E) is a $814.99 display for workers who crave something a little different. Its 16:10 aspect ratio gives it a slightly taller stature than the usual 16:9 panel, for a bit more vertical screen space than other widescreen monitors. It has all the ports you'd expect in a USB-C hub or docking-station monitor, as well as numerous ergonomic features and full coverage of the sRGB color space. It's a very capable if rather pricey monitor for general business use.A Retro-Format Panel Refitted for Today The Dell U3023E measures 18.6 by 25.8 by 9.1 inches and has a 30-inch-diagonal in-plane switching (IPS) panel. The native resolution is 2,560 by 1,600 pixels. That gives it, like a growing number of laptop screens, a 16:10 aspect ratio versus the ubiquitous 16:9 widescreen format. Actually, 16:10 monitors were common in the early days of the century, but by 2008 they'd been largely replaced by 16:9 panels, following notebooks' migration to a wide...
The Dell UltraSharp 30 USB-C Hub Monitor (U3023E) is an appealing if expensive productivity monitor with plenty of ports and ergonomic features, plus a 16:10 format that gives extra vertical screen space.
Height, tilt, swivel, and pivot adjustment; Dual DisplayPort connectors support daisy-chaining monitors; Hub of downstream USB ports; can power a laptop over USB-C; RJ-45 jack to connect to a LAN; Mini-joystick controller for navigating OSD
On the pricey side; Well below rated brightness in testing