The factory menu can be brought up by turning the monitor off, then holding the menu button, the button two across from it and the power button until the screen turns on.

The buttons otherwise remain context sensitive to the task at hand, making interaction easy. Not as usable as previous iterations, but they do the job.Įach of the buttons makes a completely unnecessary and annoying beep, which can thankfully be turned off.

At least it's placed next to the power button, which is always lit. Buttons and on-screen display (OSD)ĭell has taken a step back in terms of usability with the buttons on the U2913WM - rather than the user pressing any button and the menu coming up, they now have to specifically press the menu button, which is not the best for low light situations. We'd be curious to hear if your retail-bought U2913WM suffers from the same issue. We requested another U2913WM sample to see if it was a one-off issue, but received another engineering sample, rather than a retail product. Weirdly, despite the side ports being marked SuperSpeed (USB 3.0), they would only perform at USB 2.0 speeds on two out of three of our USB 3.0 flash drives. A USB stick that gained 245MBps sequential read speeds when connected directly to the system only achieved 214MBps when connected to the monitor. Just like the U2713HM, Dell's USB 3.0 ports are under-performers. It's an LG panel, and LG itself has a monitor available with the same panel.ĭell's kept the stand from the rest of its 2013 financial-year range, but the panel design has changed for the U2913W, with a thicker bar at the base (like a chin) to house the buttons, while the rest of the monitor is flat and flush.Īs a positive, unlike the U2713HM, we didn't notice a faint criss-cross pattern across the panel.Īnother two USB 3.0 ports, which often acted only like USB 2.0 ports.ĭisplayPort out is an interesting addition, allowing you to daisy chain another monitor from the U2913WM. The third is that the screen seems to darken more quickly on the verticals than what we're used to with IPS - or perhaps it's just the relatively short height that makes us think we can get closer than usual. The second is the fact that the panel is incredibly close to the surface and that the bezel is very thin, at just over 10mm, giving a more immediate feel to the monitor. The first is the most obvious, its 21:9 aspect ratio, with the fascinating resolution of 2560x1080.

There are a few things that strike you when you assemble the U2913WM.

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