🎨 Elevate your creative game with pro-grade color and connectivity!
The ASUS ProArt PA32UCX-PK is a 32-inch 4K HDR professional monitor featuring a 1,152-zone mini-LED backlight with 1200 nits peak brightness, 99.5% Adobe RGB and 99% DCI-P3 color accuracy, and DeltaE <1 for exceptional color precision. It supports multiple HDR formats including Dolby Vision and HDR-10, offers extensive connectivity with Thunderbolt 3 USB-C, HDMI, and DisplayPort, and includes ASUS ProArt hardware calibration plus a 3-month Adobe Creative Cloud subscription to empower creative professionals.
Standing screen display size | 32 Inches |
Screen Resolution | 3840x2160 |
Max Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 Pixels |
Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 3 |
Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 3 |
Brand | ASUS |
Series | PA32UCX-PK |
Item model number | PA32UCX-PK |
Item Weight | 32.3 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 35.94 x 20.67 x 15 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 35.94 x 20.67 x 15 inches |
Color | BLACK |
Manufacturer | ASUS |
ASIN | B088MKPYD4 |
Country of Origin | China |
Date First Available | June 19, 2020 |
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Sweet spot between quality and affordability (paired with Mac mini)
I purchased this for a Mac mini M2 I had just purchased, based on it appearing on several reviews that listed this monitor as existing in the sweet spot between affordability and quality. Of course, I'm sure it's not as sharp or takes as full advantage of the mini's picture quality like Apple's recommended Mac Studio Display, but the Mac Studio's $1599 price tag would've made irrelevant the reason I bought the Mac mini in the first place vs. an iMac, which was my previous computer of choice since 2009. So accepting that, I am very satisfied with this monitor. However, having only owned all-in-one packages like the iMac in the past, it was a bit of a learning curve in adapting to a separate computer monitor.I'm still playing with the picture quality/resolution, brightness and blue light levels to find the right balance—I will say that the monitor is certainly plenty bright. I keep brightness nearly at the lowest level! The adjustment in height and tilt (let alone vertical rotation) are terrific features.I also purchased this for the additional USB ports, so it acts as a USB hub too for peripherals. Note that in order for the USB hubs to work, you have to plug the USB 3.0 square connector cable into the monitor and the regular USB connector on the other end into the mini! At first I thought it was just an additional cable as an alternative to the HDMI cable (also provided!), but it turns out that this cable is what powers the USB hubs/ports on the monitor, so be sure to use and connect it! The paper instructions are all visual, no words, so it wasn't clear to me that this cable was essential, but after about 10 minutes of fiddling and googling to see why the ports might not be working, I figured it out. Hopefully, this observation will save some people a bit of grief lol. Fortunately, my existing hub for my peripherals (scanner, external drives) worked fine, but it's nice having these additional ports to charge/connect my iPhone and other occasional peripherals I use. It's saved me for now from having to buy a USB hub I was contemplating for the mini to give me more ports.I should add that I read that connecting the mini purely via HDMI didn't take full advantage of the mini's graphics card, so in advance of the delivery of both the mini and the monitor, I purchased a USB C to HDMI adaptor.The only "drawback" (which is not on ASUS, more on the user if you opt for the Mac mini) is that it doesn't have a built in video camera. Who knew that I'd need one so soon after purchasing the new system lol? So I have just purchased a cheap one off Amazon that should solve that problem.Anyway, very pleased with this product.
C**E
Vivid, high quality display
A review from over a year of owning this: I got this to do art and occasionally play games. Refresh rate is great, especially when gaming or editing 60fps videos. Screen is the perfect size for my desk and I love that I can extend it and use it when I’m standing. Color is excellent and I appreciate the ability to check real life dimensions from within the screen. I have no dead pixels and I’ve been using it for over a year with no issue. While the brightness is adjustable and can go pretty high, there’s a bit of screen burn-in (that fades given time) which is to be expected. I generally keep to the default sRGB and lower brightness to avoid this because it can mess with color appearances which isn’t ideal for art. The only major downside of this is that the speakers are really poor quality. I got some cheap, 20+ year old external speakers to plug in because it really was that bad and the cheap external speakers are significantly better. If you are editing videos with audio or like to listen to music while you work, you’ll need headphones or speakers. I’d almost rather this monitor didn’t come with built in speakers as it feels like such a waste for something so poor quality. But I suppose if you just need something to hear alerts or notification sounds, it could be just what you need.Overall, I’m a very happy digital artist with this monitor!
G**N
Easy to set up and looks great.
This is my first 2K monitor, and I really like it. I cannot think of a bad thing to say. Right now I have the brightness set to 10%, and it looks great. I usually work in a dimly lit room. The blue light blocking is great. When I first tried it, I couldn't see anything happening. Then I looked over at my TV for a few minutes, and when I looked back at my Proart monitor, it looked yellowish. Perfect. I connected the Proart monitor to a fresh PC build with an ASUS motherboard and case, and it fired right up. I connected the monitor with a DisplayPort cable. The monitor is running at 60Hz. No flickering, dead pixels, or any flaws that I can see. I'm reviewing the PA278QV.Update 1:See picture which shows the lower-right corner of the monitor. A maximized window shows the extent of the drawing area.The monitor has a small physical bezel on the sides and top of about 1/16 of an inch. But, the LED panel also has a bezel of 1/4 inches on each side and about 1/16 inches on the top and bottom. This is unused space on the LED panel.My measurements show that the distance from corner to corner of the drawing area is exactly 27 inches.Update 2:This ASUS monitor came with 1 HDMI cable, and 1 USB cable.ASUS spec sheet shows that you might receive other cables, or no cables.This monitor supports: DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI v1.4Update 3:The monitor stand is nice. You can rotate from landscape to portrait and then get much better access to the ports on the back of the monitor.Update 4:If you order this monitor, plan to use a DisplayPort cable or a USB-C cable for it. Do not use an HDMI cable. When connected with HDMI, on startup and shutdown, the monitor will display for about 5-seconds a bright pure blue screen. It's pure blue at full brightness. It's the most annoying thing I've ever seen. DisplayPort does not do this. I've not tried a USB-C connection, but I've read that it also bypasses the blue screen.
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