DELL AW3425DWM - 34 Inches 3440 X 1440

"Alienware 34 Gaming Monitor – AW3425DWM. Bring virtual worlds to life with WQHD quality. Explore your games' vast, detailed landscapes with WQHD resolution and fluid, responsive visuals in an iconically designed ultrawide gaming monitor. Review: Epic monitor. - This thing is beautiful. The resolution is great and the refresh rate is fast. The curve adds a great 3d affect and the screen is just massive. If you can find it on sale it's a must buy. It is very heavy but very durable. I will note it's not an OLED so you won't get inky blacks but for the price it's awesome. Review: Excellent Monitor for Home Office! - Best monitor choice for my needs. I do primarily a lot of Excel files (with Visual Basic), PDFs, email, family photo and video editing. I’m retired so not into gaming though I own several gaming consoles. I build a new PC every 4-5 years and I wanted to step up from my 28” 1080p monitor without using dual monitors as I used dozens throughout my work career. My primary goal was being able to open at least 2 full width documents without having to scale them down (normally 80%). I usually have an Edge window open as well streaming news. With this monitor I have the display scaled to 125% in Windows (my eyes not what they used to be) and I can keep documents scaled at 100%! Glad I went the ultra-wide 1440p route and though the screen is much wider it actually cleared up a lot of desk space with its stand design. I tried 2 different 32” 4K IPS monitors but both made me sick if I used them too long. One was a LG and its stand and function were subpar compared to this one. Dell has another almost identical ultra-wide not geared toward gaming (S3425DW 120Hz) with USB-C (Displayport 1.4 compatible) but no dedicated Displayports. I decided to go with the Alienware as my primary computer is a desktop though I also use a laptop for travelling. If your primary PC is a laptop you may want the Dell which was $50 more when I bought this. Since there is no built-in speakers I bought an inexpensive small sound bar at the same time. The monitor stand on this is one of the best and easiest I have used (height and forward/back tilt) though no side to side tilt but not needed for my use. Just make sure to never grab /carry from the sides as it may damage the screen. The base is minimal and frees up a lot of desk space. The speaker I bought fits well sitting on the stand base. The curvature may take a while to get used to but almost required for this wide of a monitor if using at normal desk distances. The On/Off button IS the LED light on the bottom far right. The OSD toggle is directly in the center bottom and the easiest menu I have used to date. It took me some time to set it up to my liking and so far this works best for me: Monitor: Preset – MOBA/RTS Smart HDR – Off Dark Stabilizer – 2 Brightness – 60 (though occasionally change based on lighting conditions as near a window) Contrast – 75 Windows 11 Pro: Scaling 125% (though occasional take to 150%) Frequency: 120 Hz (tried all up to the max 180) Included in the box: Both Displayport 1.4 and HDMI 2.1 cables, USB Type A to B upstream cable, power cord and very basic instructions (I had to download the manual to find the Power Button)! There are 2 downstream USB ports left bottom. One says charging but both appear to charge my cell. The Dell version has a push down exposing the 2 USB ports facing forward (I believe 1 Type A and 1 Type C). I was able to plug my USB speaker into the LEFT port and it works great. Only gripe is both USB ports are Type A.