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Dell monitors
Raised as a usability problem by 23 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 21 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 27 complaints
- Commenter couldn't find a Windows equivalent and relied on awful Dell software for input switching2026-05-18
- Deny button disappears when details are selected, so user must hide details first2026-01-17
- Must remember to toggle a separate USB switch to match display input2026-01-17
- Identical unlabeled buttons whose functions change, with about a second of lag2025-01-28
- Needed a custom X11 driver config to work as two monitors, and high DPI is hard to use without scaling2024-10-29
- Switching between the PC and MacBook is slower than the commenter would like2023-12-27
- Daisy-chained second display is limited to 4K@60Hz or 6K@30Hz, forcing workarounds2023-07-04
- OSD is slow and buttons below screen make reliable double-clicking hard2023-07-04
- OSD buttons need too much force, so pressing them lifts the display corner and it bounces2023-07-04
- Needs two cables and is hard to configure on Linux with mixed displays2023-07-04
- Camera defaults to on, which the commenter has to accept for Windows Hello to work2023-07-03
- Monitor is too dim and flare-prone, so it's unusable in a bright room2023-05-11
- Monitor refuses to wake from sleep, often needs hard power cycle2021-12-28
- Sometimes must use monitor screen controls to switch inputs manually2021-12-19
- Adjusting brightness needs repeated button presses several times daily, and the commenter says OS control would be better2020-09-10
- Configurable buttons revert at wrong times, landing user in input-selection menu2020-04-06
- Invisible buttons are hard to locate and presses often don't register2020-03-31
- Pressing the already-active input makes the monitor wait 2-3 seconds2019-08-11
- DisplayPort connection drops the screen, breaking remote operation and changing the display configuration2019-06-27
- Monitor and Nvidia graphics cause weeks of setup trouble on Linux2017-11-15
- Monitor powers down during active use and the powersave behaviour cannot be disabled2017-08-14
- Desktop icons keep moving around on the screen2017-03-24
- Couldn't get the monitor to work as a USB hub2017-01-09
- A permanent powersave setting can go wrong and is frustrating to deal with2016-04-15
- Monitor switches off while in use, with no way to disable the feature2016-04-15
- Must toggle DisplayPort modes via monitor menu to get 60Hz or proper game scaling2014-11-03
- Cursor lags behind mouse movement at 28Hz, making basic use unbearable2013-10-31