An Ultrawide Monitor PERFECT For Video Editing & Gaming! (Dell U4025QW Review)

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The Dell U4025QW is the first monitor I have used that pairs an ultrawide aspect ratio with a large than 4K resolution, making it perfect for video editing! Throw in that it has a 120hz screen, and this ultrawide monitor is perfect for gaming as well!
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0:00 The One CON Of Most Ultrawide Monitors
1:00 The PERFECT Ultrawide Monitor
2:19 Ad Spot
2:59 Unboxing & Size
3:38 Curve & Panel
5:56 Lackluster Stand
6:45 Insane Amount Of Inputs
7:27 Color Accuracy
8:26 Video Editing Resolutions Supported
9:33 10 Bit Color & HDR
10:14 Gaming Performance & VRR
11:02 Should You Buy It?!
11:57 The PRICE
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[@paulgero]

Always great info Matt. Thank you!

[@mammitnaamalle4603]

This video is just the right in duration, and covers all the necessary information. A rare thing in today's world!

[@bc9am]

Can you clarify what sort of GFX card you have and what the graphics settings you use were? It seems like a great monitor but I'm struggling to imagine what the graphics performance or experience will be like? do you have to run it in a non-native resolution?

[@JackTheRippchen_I]

Have you tried G-Sync with both HDMI and DP inputs?

[@rharripersad]

Can the thunderbolt be used as a video source from a MacBook Pro?

[@EuroRSN]

Been waiting for people to start reviewing this monitor before I buy. Thank you for the review.

[@AMMARYASIR-ih6ie]

Can someone tell cheap 1080p ips displays for color accuracy . Tell more than one for options if not available in my country.

[@es__music]

How does this compare to the LG 40WP95C-W?

[@vladyatskiv]

Thank you for the review! At last, a professional one for this incredible monitor. Still want to ask you if VRR/G-sync works well? Could you please check if G-sync indicator works? Do you really fill better smoothness with VRR on?

[@whoismatt]

Yes g-sync works. Very smooth in game

[@andrewburton6237]

What is the Adobe RGB coverage %?

[@sergiomarf]

Loved your video! I wonder how small are icons, font, and other stuff at 100% scaling. What scaling are you using in Windows? (100% / 125% / 150%)

[@whoismatt]

I've been using 150% and it feels like a good mix between size and resolution.

[@craigdeeter8042]

Thank you so much for a quality review of this monitor. I have been excited about this monitor since it was introduced at CES this year. It's taken quite some time for reviews to come out though. I'm glad to see the price has come in at $1800 instead of the $2300 price point that was been talked about.

[@patrickduchene3181]

Thanks a lot for this video! At its native resolution, what is the recommended default scaling in the display settings? 150% or 200% or 100%?

[@whoismatt]

150% recommended

[@deanjohn9203]

Nice review of this monitor, thanks! But if I don't have the money for it, what's next in queue? Curved, of course!

[@BenGraceCreative]

wonder if any 5k oled monitors will come out next year

[@Rtznthlr]

I currently have a 34” G8 OLED with my M2 Mac Studio. The G8 has some quirks that I don’t love. For one, it will not sleep or wake with the Mac. Have to use the remote every time. The text clarity is not ideal either. Debating moving towards something like this but fear going back to IPS after OLED will be a let down…

[@bonzonino.production]

Thanks for this precise review ! 🙏 Really makes me want to buy it, but damn the price 🥵

[@Namu4Life]

Been eyeing for this monitor for months now! This looks perfect for me as a programmer and college CS student. Planning on doing productivity/coding most of the time and gaming is definitely a plus in my book. I am planning on getting the u3223qe on top of this monitor and u2723qe as a vertical monitor. What do you think about this setup?

[@jesseroussellmusic]

I;m using the u2723qe 2,000:1 contrasty ratio 4k monitor right now as well and "like" it. I used to love it @ 1st until the magic of OLED and now I see this monitor.. I want the Samsung G9 49" so bad but it's not 4k :(

[@Namu4Life]

@@jesseroussellmusic that monitor would be great for gaming rather than productivity though. I’d have worry about the brightness and oled burn-in if I got it as my main for productivity. I’m also looking at the u2724de in place of the u2723qe, even though it has a 2K display. Which one would you recommend?

[@adrianantoci1187]

Good review.

[@OiZoProduct]

I feel the same, I want an ultrawide that has a good color accuracy and can handle more than 72Hz so this seems like a perfect screen

[@sobolanul82]

I just ordered mine today after watching this video and few others. I use a Dell Ultrasharp 4k 27" and i love it for day to day usage: coding, youtube, browsing, movies and also gaming. So because I love 4k and the sharp and colorfully image on my monitor I didnt want to give up on thiis. As for gaming I like simracing so I wanted also a curved wide monitor. And I wanted also to have more refresh rate even if my current GPU can't render 4k High details gaming. I game mostly 2K for now. But end of this year I will upgrade also to a more powerfull GPU.

[@crelliseng]

I wonder when Dell's sale ended on this monitor. Nearly every review in the last month says it's $1800, but I just started looking last week and it's been $1919. I've been debating between this and the Samsung 57" to get a 4k ultrawide. I ended up buying the Samsung cause I could just go get it from Best Buy, but I'm still not convinced and have 60 days to return. I actually LOVE using windows 11's new snapping options to split it into 3 windows on the 32:9 monitor. 16:9 in the middle and two 8:9 screens on the side. One of the biggest selling points to ultrawides is treating it like side by side monitors, but also having it wide enough that you can get a center focused window and still have space on each side for discord/browser/notes. I feel like a 21:9 is a better full screen game experience, but trying to fit more windows side by side on the smaller screen often forces some apps/sites into mobile mode. Gah, I want the Dell, but 32:9 lol... or a QD-OLED 32:9.

[@whoismatt]

My only concern with the Samsung would be color accuracy. I would look into getting an affordable 27 inch that is color accurate to pair with it and you should be good to go

[@studiodevis]

Thanks Master Matt! Please share your Display Scale, text settings in Windows. For me text is too small in Resolve etc. Peace!

[@whoismatt]

150% is the recommended level and it works well.

[@studiodevis]

@@whoismatt Good to know. Thanks!

[@KPRINCEMEDIA]

Matt Am asking for 3 wedding video link from all of the weddings you have worked on ..please it will really help me I my shoot and Editing

[@miketully9905]

This video was very useful to me. I’m in the middle of upgrading my hardware and finally settled on a PowerSpec G476 with a i9-14900DKF processor and a Nvidia 4090 GPU. On the basis of this review I bought the U4025QW as my monitor and I LOVE IT! You’re right, it’s great for video editing, color correction, character animation, scoring, name it. Thanks for this review! I only wish I’d had this monitor before I upgraded. Any suggestions or reviews for scoring and/or sound effects libraries?

[@JohnSmith-me4ik]

Hi! May I ask how good the speakers are on the monitor?

[@miketully9905]

@@JohnSmith-me4ik Sure! They’re “ok” I guess. I did have to wander around through the settings to get the volume up above a whisper, and although the really wide monitor is fabulous for scoring, the speakers you’re asking about are definitely NOT. If you’re going to be scoring, or doing any sound design you’re definitely going to need to add speakers that are a hell of a lot more accurate. I’d shop for some good studio monitor speakers in that case. I often use an old pair of Alienware wireless headphones if I’m relaxing to music or playing games late at night. It really depends on what you’re using them for. But I wouldn’t use them for anything where accuracy is a concern. For example I wouldn’t use the built in speakers of this monitor to place sound FX within 3 dimensional space. What you wind up with might be WAY off when listened to on any other speakers. That help?

[@roninstormYT]

oh but does it have picture by picture and picture in picture i can use two devices like my pc and ps5 ?

[@LuckyLad-]

Yes

[@ecubuntu]

Good tip, I'm thinking to buy another monitor and the Dell is a good option for my editing.

[@drgajic86]

Hi, what is the curve radius on this model? I cannot find that information anywhere

[@crimsonpirate1710]

1800r

[@macthemesdj]

2500R

[@aim_qat]

Recommend with LG C3 48 inch 4k OLED - 120FPS amazing 😃 2023

[@michaelgaldamez7058]

Super cool, and Matt is great as ever, but at that price point... I kinda wonder why not just totally splurge and get one of Apple's monitors? I know it's not necessarily good for gaming, but it's still got great image quality.

[@KALINAmoto]

Price..

[@crimsonpirate1710]

An arm and a leg

[@sven9498]

8:05 If backlight bleeding is so visible under ideal conditions, it is certainly a disaster in darker rooms. I was looking for a better IPS monitor because I hate the IPS glow and backlight bleeding from my NEC screen. I was hoping that "IPS Black" would be the solution but this monitor doesn't seem to be worth the money.

[@sisyphos-or2lx]

I m working since two years on the Dell U4021QW which has exactly the same resolution and size :)

[@evancycles]

Yeah, this is a 2024 refresh of your monitor, some new features, like faster refresh rate. better contrast ratio. I wish the new 2024 release was OLED, and we'd resolve the slow response time. If only the response time was down to 3ms this would be super awesome. Debating buying it, but it's sort of expensive and well I got 2 Dell 32" 4k monitors, but together it's a bit too wide.

[@kidcoma1340]

@@evancycles just wait a bit longer on the price, Dell is notorious for having overpriced products at launch and then discounting them substantially after a few quarters.

[@benjamin.kelley]

I literally just sold my LG Ultrawide 34 because it was only 1440p and the colors weren't accurate.

[@markusfrommainz]

No word or test on actually connecting his notebook to the screen, actually having 120 Hz and his shown 2nd screen daisy chained. The presenter only repeats the Dell commercial. In real life many notebook users including Mac book pros have issues in various user forums.

[@Repeatedlyreminded]

I’ve seen the identical comment on another video with the same topic. Are you just trolling around?

[@PrairieDad]

At $1,800 it’s out of reach for me, but if my livelihood depended on it, then this would be a good purchase.

[@evancycles]

Thanks for the review, but I am not sure defining items larger than your one-year-old baby as massive is a very is the most compelling measurement comparison. :)

[@DigiDriftZone]

Nice but £1.6k vs a good dual 4k 27" setup is £0.5k and gives you more resolution and screen real estate at less than 1/3 of the price, so a bit of a hard sell...

[@whoismatt]

Or hear me out. You buy this monitor and you put the 2 27 inch monitors on the sides. 👀

[@putinaspiliponis6428]

Always hated 2 monitors setup and I am getting this one.

[@whoismatt]

@@putinaspiliponis6428 you won't regret it

[@putinaspiliponis6428]

@@whoismatt already using it for few days - loving it. My main work is programming.

[@ozielmelendez]

Wait… Did you said gaming?? So are you gamer too uuuh? 🤔 awesome video BTW as always.

[@whoismatt]

Gotta multitask

[@JeanSebastienLEGER]

This monitor looks awesome, but I don't know if I need that. I edit on DaVinci Resolve (+ some gaming before going to bed), and think that my perfect setup would be: - A UltraWide monitor for timelines and also gaming (34", 38" or 40"; 4k is enough and maybe a bit too much for gaming (I think 1440p should be enough), great response time : at least 1ms, and at least 144hz, with good color accuracy and contrast ratio) - with a second monitor stacked on top of it that I use for clean feed. And that's the one that need to be really good (32'', 16/9, 4 or 5k resolution with great color accuracy, and nice contrast, 10bit). I"m afraid that this monitor would be too much for gaming (at 5k ultrawide, I don't think even a 4090 is gonna be enough).

[@TAMINO.]

Just wondering, what did you never recommend the LG 5k 34" Monitor to someone? Because you said that there's never been an ultriwide with this resolution but LG made one 5years ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6mtYqugbdKLd5Y

[@owlmostdead9492]

It's too expensive for what it is, if it was ~1200 I wouldn't have went for the neo G9 57". I'll try the G9 57" for coding so I don't need the better color accuracy of the Dell.

[@sync.e]

Since you weren't paid for this review, and Dell sent you the monitor, you sent it back obviously right?

[@cinematools9621]

Cool monitor but the price is insane.

[@Psyclonus7]

"daily driving"?

[@whoismatt]

Yeah it has wheels on the bottom. Roll it around town

[@Psyclonus7]

​@whoismatt yeah but how's the milage?

[@user-xo7hb6ts7j]

But.... it's not OLED...😢

[@leokimvideo]

Just sad it's curved

[@tommytexter4054]

OEM monitor stands are usually sh1t...just get a heavy duty monitor arm for that

[@cryptonix02]

I think people who are looking for an "endgame" monitor should avoid this product at the moment. LG has announced they're planning on making 5120x2160 OLED panels in the next year or two, at 240Hz as well, and potentially using their "dual mode" feature to be able to switch to 2560x1080 at 480Hz. That will absolutely blow this IPS panel out of the water. Still a very tempting product, and I know buyers should generally avoid worrying about the shinier, better product around the corner... but if you're waiting for that "perfect monitor" and don't absolutely need to drop that money on a monitor right this second, I think waiting for an OLED will help avoid the extreme buyer's remorse people will feel.

[@dap777754]

what exactly does all that Hertz speed get you? I'm running 4k at 30 Hz and am looking forward to stepping up to at least 120 Hz with my next purchase. But I'm not sure what all that speed (480 Hz) gets you. Perhaps you could explain.

[@cryptonix02]

@@dap777754 its smoove

[@sandro_lpld]

LG has been offering 5K ultrawide monitors for half a decade ...

[@EuroRSN]

not 120hz tho plus this has IPS black technology which is finally pushing the contrast to decent specs in comparison to OLED.

[@ChrisVirgilio]

5 years is like half the characters as “half a decade”. Save yourself the effort.

[@Shockload]

Did you even watch the video ? This is literally a 120Hz gaming monitor, no one is buying a garbage 70hz for gaming

[@zhuboy]

Not a lot of 120hz ultrawide's have the USB output for laptops

[@rafaeltorres3549]

Unreliable monitors from lg

[@Giovanni-Giorgio]

I don't think i will ever use a curved monitor. #flatforlife

[@stefanbernhard2710]

Paid plugs

[@TheOneMonk]

I really dont like curved monitors.

[@xueyue30]

ugly working silver matt looking, is not for gaming. and that DELL logo, bruhh~ ill wait for LG or ASUS。