
Fortunately for Dell, it’s a smart and easy to use build, and we liked it the first time around too. In fact, looking closer, it is the exact same design, down to coloration and bezel width. The design of the U2713 is almost identical to Dell’s U2412. The real value of this result is sort of down to the user and their intended use. Though as a high-end jack-of-all-trades, it makes sense: enough contrast ratio for respectable brightness and picture quality, but not so much that gamers will be unable to play fast-motion titles. It offers a few advantages-a smaller contrast ratio means faster pixel response time-but we’re not sure this is the kind of result a monitor in this price range should be producing. This isn’t a $799 contrast ratio, though. The U2713’s peak brightness of 222.10 cd/m 2 will provide enough luminance to compete with most home and office ambient lighting situations, and its black level of 0.343 cd/m 2, while not terribly dark, will still provide the contrast necessary to make text, spreadsheets, and most general content easily legible. While this isn’t the largest ratio we’ve tested, we think it’s good enough to cover most general use.

The U2713 tested with a respectable contrast ratio of 648:1. This allows for a wide array of high-speed USB connections that bypass any sort of source limitations, adding even more flexibility to this already versatile monitor. The U2713’s USB hub features four USB 3.0 inputs-one upstream input hosting four downstream ports. The most useful connectivity feature is one you won’t find often on low-end or mid-range monitors: a USB hub. There are also inputs for the power cable, and a dedicated port for connecting a Dell Soundbar (to provide an audio source).
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Connecting can be a tricky reach around due to the rear placement of the ports, and is much easier if the user first raises the U2713 to its full height and rotates it to portrait. The U2713 allows users to connect a display source via DVI-D, VGA, DisplayPort, or HDMI (one of each). Like its graphic design counterpart, the U2711, the U2713’s ports are located within a port cutout on its back side. The Dell UltraSharp U2713 is a high-end business/general use monitor, and thus includes a high variety of connectivity options-complementing its flexible design and feature set. We feel, at the end of the day, we can’t tell anyone to definitely buy or avoid this monitor-it’s highly generalized, which might be just what you need. Granted, the array of 3.0 upstream and downstream USB ports promises users the potential to multi-task and function smoothly in a wide variety of professions and tasks-USB 3.0 hubs may be hard to come by on the current market, but that’s still a lot of money.

The skinny is that it certainly feels like Dell is asking for $470 in exchange for three more inches of screen space a USB hub, based on what they ask for the U2412M.
