27" 4K USB-C monitor. I have one, does the job well. Might be useful for anyone in the market.
I hope you're not referring to Dell Outlet price, they're refurbished and aren't available very often.
Dell eBay used to carry them and they could be had for as low as $369 when there are 20% off coupons.
There hasn't been any sale for S2722QC or S2721QS for a while now though.
Yeah inflation sux huh
I wouldn't say point the finger at inflation exactly.. its just that most of those deals happened just before the end of the financial year. Clearly Dell were trying to move a lot of stock and so discounting heavily to do it. Another contribution factor might have also been the post-covid wave, as there was a huge demand for monitors early on as people worked from home and wanted the extra screen real estate.
So do high interest rates!
Inflation, Ukraine, Russia, covid… Etc etc
Alright relax Bezos
That's Daddy to you…
only 60hz
Yeah this is a productivity monitor, the gaming monitors with 4K 120-144Hz refresh rate cost 2.5-4x this price. Hopefully they will get cheaper soon.
No reason office monitors shouldn't have 120hz refresh rate by now when $300 budget phones even have them. At this point it's just artificial product segmentation I reckon.
It does have FreeSync so if you're mostly doing 4K gaming it might be alright for 40-60 FPS tear-free gaming. Hard to say without looking at reviews of its gaming performance though.
If your employer participates, the 'Member Purchase Program' might be able to nudge these down a tiny bit further.
https://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/lp/member-exclusive-discount…
I was able to buy at about ~$425 in December using that.
I believe it was Brand new for $369 in April 2022. It was $379 in July 2022. $369 in Feb 2022.
Refurbished has been even less.
I think there was a glut of stock when pandemic buying slowed. Hard to see those prices being reached again until this model is end of life.
Got mine for $299 refurbished last year
Last week I asked the online chat to see whether I can get a better deal and they said $425.43 is the best they can do. At that time the retail was A$500.05 (14.92% discount).
Got mine for $369 last year
Got mine for $289
Just confirming, this monitor doesn't have an output for another monitori does it?
I reckon you would need dp 1.2 on both to daisy chain to another which this doesn't seem to have
Monitor is DP 1.4 according to specs.
Daisy chain is a Thunderbolt feature, this is USB-C/alt-mode.
This monitor only supports USB-C/alt-mode. So, even if you use Mac, the Mac doesn't operate in Thunderbolt mode, thus, no daisy chain support.
USB-C's MST support is via hub. So, the answer is no because it is USB-C/alt-mode DP 1.4/1.2 (switchable).
Thanks for the correction!
Just do a chat and ask for a best price quote, they do $425 as standard it seems.
any advice on this? i asked for best price and got $510.45 delivered.
Currently without any discount codes its $500.50 (Price includes GST and Delivery); surely they can't put a markup on it and ask for $510.45 delivered?!?!
I finally got them to hit this price but I have to pay delivery!
Dell’s pricing is more volatile than an Uber trip!
Got mine refurbished but didn't even come with USB cable, even came with a DP cable that the monitor doesn't have a port for….
No recent Dell deals.
Looking for a 27in 1440P IPS . I purchased one for $209 during Covid, now $300+
So much more expensive than before…