U2720Q, Picture in Picture?

Question

Can the U2720Q allow for two machines attached to the monitor with 1 machine on one side and the 2 machine on the other side?

jphughan · Answer

@kuharious  You may want to read the U2720Q User Guide available on support.dell.com for this.  Dell's documentation is normally quite good, and user guides often give you a much better sense of a product's capabilities than just the product pages.  However, the feature you're asking about is picture by picture (PBP).  Picture in picture (PIP) involves having one source occupy the entire display area and then another source shown in a small window overlay in one of the corners of the display.All that said, PBP on any 16:9 display is not going to give you a very good experience, since you'll end up a desktop area that is taller than it is wide, which is the exact opposite of 'widescreen'.  Even ultrawide displays with 21:9 aspect ratio setups can be uncomfortable to use in PBP form.  If you want a good PBP experience, you really want a 'super-ultrawide' display with a 32:9 aspect ratio.  That way EACH source gets its own 16:9 desktop area.  The Dell U4919DW is like that.  It has a 5120x1440 resolution, so when you use it in PBP mode, each source gets a 2560x1440 display, which is the standard resolution for a 27' display.

DELL-Chris M · Answer

FYI = The online U2720Q User's Guide never mention PIP or PBP.

iDRAC Redfish ImportSSLCertificate

Dell Support Resources

Latest Solutions

Aurora R10 Ryzen edition, Call of Duty BO7 problem

Motherboard replaced 4 months ago has failed again, requesting goodwill review

Aurora R10, BIOS out of date issue with Warzone

OEM certificate

Want to Request GeM Authorization Certificate for ternder in GeM Portal