82% of 60 verified owners recommend the Dell S2722DGM 27-inch QHD.
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“As far as affordable 1440p 165 hz VA. I'm using a Dell S2722DGM. SDR only. Only issue I have is that backlight bleed.”
“On mine this removed virtually all smear”
“All I can say it’s amazing.”
“i love this monitor 4days now”
“I had to return it because the colors are so washed compared to DGFA and curved+flat give a weird angle.”
“It looks great on my pc but terrible with my. I scoured the internet and monitor/xbox settings for hours and never found any fix.”
“one of the best monitor I've ever used considering the price. Loving it”
“currently using a VA (dell s2722dgm) , used to have an IPS (dell p2319h). I don't really like VA, the picture is more smeary and ghosty. If I had my time back I would have went IPS.”
“i have this one, only issue is a bit of motion smearing in dark scenes. i got used to it and i think it's a great monitor.”
“I recently built a new computer and went with that Dell S2722DGM monitor, because I had read good reviews about it, but it was garbage. I hated the blur.”
“I just got this monitor for the xbox series x and I can’t be happier”
“Ironically, I had to return 3 Dell S2722DGM because of dead pixels until I gave up. Maybe it's because it is their "low end" line and QC is worse, but it was terrible. The first one I returned had like 10 dead pixels.”
“Super sweet buy for a great deal.”
“man I cannot read text while moving on the VA and any camera movement kinda lowers brightness because it ghosts the whole screen.”
“Got similar thing on my Dell S2722DGM. Most noticeable in Stalker 2. I tried every setting but it won't get that much better..”
“i got this monitor for my series x and its pretty good for gaming”
“it's very good, especially its FPS mode is golden in gaming.”
“I can assure you the problem I have had with the S2722DGM that I'm sending back is due to this VA specific problem.”
“I just picked this up. Absolutely love it”
“I had a 1660 super and got a 3060ti, both those GPUs I had very noticeable flicker on my S2722DGM.”
“I tend to notice black smearing quite a bit on my Dell S2722DGM”
“VA panels have become pretty good lately, I've used my Dell S2722DGM, it's 300$ ofc but it was miles better than my older AOC one”
“the fan for me has a really high pitch whine”
“we are totally happy with them”