Dell goes pro

Dell has released its first WQHD monitor: the 27-inch UltraSharp U2711. It has a native 2,560 x 1,440 resolution, billion-color depth and IPS technology, 6millisecond response time, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 350 nits of brightness and a 12-bit internal processing help to round things out. The monitor also has a HDMI 1.3, DisplayPort, DVI-D (x2), VGA, composite, component, USB (x4) and an 8-in-1 multicard reader.