The U2713H is considered a replacement of U2711. Of course, if you are going to buy any monitor you will read specialized reviews, with benchmarks, tests, etc. — I won’t give here information like this, just my personal experience from the two monitors, what the eye sees without measurements.

The verdict in advance: both monitors are extraordinary — in colors, sharpness, uniformity and (price/performance) value.

The advantages of the new U2713H are in brightness uniformity or lack of backlight bleeding (better than in the already very good U2711), in energy consumption (the difference here is great), in aesthetics (some may even prefer U2711, but U2713H is more discreet, the older seems ‘huge’ comparatively), in the matte coating (light AG coating, which is less aggressive than the one used in U2711, thus offering better whites, without becoming a mirror, hindering your work like in Apple monitors), enhanced tilt (it is possible to rotate the wide dimension as vertical).

Less important for most people differences include the 4 USB 3.0 ports in the U2713H, absence of VGA port, addition of a mini displayport along with ports already available in U2711, daisy chaining, hardware calibration.

As regards the most essential, which is of course performance (colors, clarity, etc) I would say, as my personal opinion, having used both monitors for some time, that if you already use the U2711, you do not really need to change it, but if you finally change it, you won’t be disappointed. Of course the same is true regarding the users of U2713H, you do not need to change it for U2711. This means, whatever of these monitors you have, you should be just happy — even happier with the newer at least from the aspect of health, since the U2713H permits even more decrease of brightness levels without losing sharpness, thus protecting further your eyes.

Yet I must admit that personally I prefer the aggressive coating of the U2711, much more effective when the monitor is near sources of light, especially near windows. U2713H near Windows is problematic (better not have a window behind you, especially when the day is shiny), without, as I said, becoming useless like Apple glossy monitors.

It is said that the U2711 and U2713H are more useful to colour enthusiasts, photographers and designers because of their wide gamut support (a colour palette of 1.07 billion colours, in a relevant end to end 10-bit workflow), but I believe that even ‘ordinary’ people can understand and enjoy this quality, even if they don’t ‘need’ it.

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