16% of 118 verified Dell S2722QCowners don't recommend it, and 2 describe specific problems — based on real owner comments from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
For balance: 75% recommend it. This page collects the complaints so you know what you're signing up for — read the full owner report for both sides. How we score
“ali izbjegni DELL S2722QC. U kombinaciji sa M1 ima problem sa povremenim screen-flickeringom kada otvoriš nešto sa tamnom pozadinom.”— Choice-Homework-3254 on Reddit
“I returned the Dell S2722QC the next day due to its awful color saturation.”— Smoothie17 on Reddit
“I have a s2722qc and it's a pain, it keeps turning into this weird flickering and ghosting mode every now and then when you have too many gray shades on the screen (known bug).”— jimbokhan on Reddit
“It does not work, I connect my monitor via type c to the T480 and get only 30 hertz in 4k (Dell S2722QC (210-BBRQ)), although the documentation says 60. Another laptop outputs 60 hertz...”— Zealousideal_Gur_448 on Reddit
“New monitor came in with some defect? There is some gap between the screen and panel. I was wondering if this is normal? It's very visible and distracting during daylight.”— VinumNoctua on Reddit
“I have two Dell S2722QC screens. At this point, I reached out to both Apple and Dell and of course Apple didn’t have any thing to offer other then call Dell. If I walk away for 20 minutes or an hour and come back, my machine is always shut down”— FirewallConsultant on Reddit
“After 2 hours with AppleCare support on the phone tonight, I came to the same conclusion with my Dell S2722QC.”— briire on Reddit
“I have an S2722QC. It has a completely bonkers gamma curve in every mode. There's no true gamma control available either, just a "Dark Stabilizer" and whatever gamma differences there are between the preset modes (none of them anything close to normal).”— ScrioteMyRewquards on Reddit
“Dell S2722QC is vastly overpriced for what it is; no SRGB mode, somwhat grainy panel, oversaturated colors.”— AppearanceHeavy6724 on Reddit
“Initially bought the Dell S2722QC 4K. Ended up returning because 4K doesn't work as smoothly on Mac because it has to scale the resolution weirdly and ends up wasting processing power - not a lot, but noticeable on MacPro 2020. Windows 10 works perfectly.”— apk251 on Reddit
“Having the same issue with the exact same set (M1 Max, Caldigit TS4, 2x S2722QC), any fixes so far?”— RedditReddit1215 on Reddit
“My current job uses the Dell S2722QC 27-inch 4K Monitor and I hate it. Visibility is terrible.”— Road2Bar on Reddit
Not complaints — practical notes from owners that didn't affect the score.
“The Dell S2722QC I use at the office connected to a MBP 14 M1 does occasionally have some minor flicker with VRR enabled. Having experienced the horrors of VA flicker in the past though, this one is quite mild.”— karmapopsicle on Reddit
“I ran into this problem with two Dell S2722QC monitors connected to my M1 Pro MacBook Pro via an OWC Thunderbolt dock. It didn’t happen every time, but frequently when the laptop would wake from sleep or reconnect to the dock, the orientation would reverse”— DrWhiplash on Reddit