IDG Contributor Network: Dell ups its wide game in monitors

A brandy new Dell UltraSharp U3417W monitor showed up at my office last week, and it’s pretty sweet.The U in the cryptic product name refers to the ultra sharp part: high pixel density (at 3440x1440, the thing has just shy of 5 million of them); the 34 stands for a 34-inch diagonal, which is a lot of real estate; the 17 represents an upgrade from the 15, the predecessor product (U3415W); and the W means wide, as in 21:9 aspect ratio. Oh, and it’s curved.I’m driving the thing wi