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Dell’s ‘Professional’ P series of screens has always taken somewhat of a back seat to their flagship, and very popular UltraSharp U series. One of the main reasons for this is the fact Dell have utilised high end IPS panels in their U series, but stuck with the lower cost, and lower performing TN Film matrices in their P series. That is, up until now. The 2014 P series line-up makes use of modern AH-IPS panel technology from LG.Display and brings a range of specs and features which are bound to interest buyers. This range will run along side their UltraSharp range, which has recently moved to a semi-professional, higher-end feature set than some of the older models. The U series (U2413, U2713H, U3014) still offer a wide colour gamut backlight system, but now also include programmable hardware LUT’s, 10-bit colour depth support and other high end features designed to offer users something beyond a lot of the other common IPS models out there. While competitively priced compared with other professional grade screens, there is of course still a demand for the more “regular” IPS screens with standard gamut backlights and at a lower retail cost. That’s where the new P series comes in. It’s almost as if this P series is now the lower cost end of the U series, as they provide a lot of the features and specs that you could want, but without the high end features and associated cost of the new U series models.