I recently purchased this monitor to pair with my MacBook Pro(2015, 2.5ghz, with NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M) for my home office setup. I'm a Graphic Designer so I mainly utilize programs such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. I am not a "gamer" so that wasn't an important decision in my purchasing this monitor. I mainly wanted a HD monitor that would render my artwork crisply and display general media at a high resolution. Also, I didn't want to fork over a "gee" to purchase the Apple ThunderBolt monitor which I personally think is way overpriced for what it is. I work on two of those monitors at my job and have found that the glare off the glossy surface can be very aggravating at times.
After doing a lot of online research I settled on the Samsung. I chose it for its display quality and also liked the physical design of the monitor. I purchased this cable to connect it to the laptop: Accell B143B-003J UltraAV Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort 1.2 Cable.
Having done all the research before purchasing this monitor I was aware of the "wobbly" stand issue. I have found that it's not a "deal breaker" for me. Although at this price it should be better designed. My monitor stand came slightly "skewed". You can see in the photo it's not lined up with the monitor(sorry for the bad phone pic). I spent a little time "bending" it to a more aligned position. Now the stand is basically plastic, but the piece on the monitor where the stand attaches is metal and I was able to bend it manually. Overall the display is very light and may require some additional support(velcro, etc.) to make it more stable.
On to the thing that really matters, the display. It's really good. Images are rendered beautifully and text, graphics, etc. are crisp. Videos streamed are high quality and definition. Honestly, it's better than the much higher priced Apple offerings and best of all, no annoying glare. I have it set at the middle setting in the "display resolution scale" which is a happy medium for me personally.
Overall, I'm very happy with the purchase and would prefer to have these at my work place over the Apple monitors also, but alas, that's the company's money to spend;) In conclusion, this monitor would be a 5 star if it had a better, more stable designed base and maybe offered a few USB ports in the mix.
UPDATE: 2/2/17
I just wanted to do an update to this review as I've recently purchased another U28E590D monitor recently. I've always planned to have a dual monitor workstation and unfortunately a few months ago a bug got into my original U28E590D monitor and died right in the center of the screen! It's a really small bug and the monitor is still completely usable, but my eye always tends to focus right on. I have no clue how to get rid of it besides trying to disassemble the monitor, but I'd probably end up destroying it.
I received the new U28E590D monitor today and was pleasantly surprised that Samsung took all the critiques about the poor design of the base on the first versions and updated it to a much more stable feeling one. As you can see the physical design of the monitor is the same except for the new version is about a 1/2 inch lower and the stand connection to the monitor is different(sorry, I should have taken pictures of the back before I set everything up, but can't get a good shot now). The monitor still only tilts forward or back, no height adjustments.
The display is the exact same, crisp and clean. Whites are white, and blacks are rich. I have both monitors on the "Samsung Magic Bright" Dynamic Contrast setting which optimizes the display for you working conditions. I've included a few new photos.
With this new update I can say this monitor is well worth the money and it's gone down in price so much since I purchased the original one. I've got to change my rating to 5 STARS now from the 4 I originally rated it.
| Standing screen display size | 28 Inches |
|---|---|
| Max Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 |















