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Release date: 17 Nov 2019
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ASUS ProArt PA32UCX review

ASUS ProArt PA32UCX. Display diagonal: 81.3 cm (32"), Display resolution: 3840 x 2160 pixels, HD type: 4K Ultra HD, Display technology: LCD, Display surface: Matt, Response time: 5 ms, Native aspect ratio: 16:9, Viewing angle, horizontal: 178°, Viewing angle, vertical: 178°. Built-in speaker(s). Built-in USB hub. VESA mounting, Height adjustment. Product colour: Black

Master Your HDR Workflow

The ASUS ProArt PA32UCX is aimed at discerning content creators including videographers, cinematographers, and colorists who are seeking the finest display for their workflow. The ASUS ProArt PA32UCX is the world's first 32-inch 4K HDR monitor with peak brightness of 1,200 nits and mini-LED backlighting, enabling 1,152 zones of local dimming control and support for multiple HDR formats, including Dolby Visionâ„¢, HLG and HDR-10. The PA32UCX's impressive panel reproduces the brightest whites and the deepest blacks with sharper, more detailed visuals. With true 10-bit color and Quantum Dot technology, support for DCI-P3, Rec. 709, Rec. 2020, and Adobe RGB color spaces, together with a rich selection of connectivity, the PA32UCX is primed to take on any studio workflow.

World's 1st 32-inch 4K Monitor with Mini LED Backlight

ASUS ProArt PA32UCX 4K monitor incorporates the leading technology of mini LED backlight, which is packed in physically half smaller LEDs than the conventional in more densely to increases the granularity of brightness control. ProArt PA32UCX offers individual backlight control of a whopping 1,152 zones with higher luminance and deeper darkness to deliver the best contrast and accurate reproduction of HDR contents.

ASUS Smart HDR Technology

ASUS ProArt PA32UCX features ASUS Smart HDR Technology, which supports multiple HDR (high-dynamic-range) formats and multiple PQ curves to suit content creators' specific requirements.Dolby Vision HDR transforms your viewing experience with ultravivid image — incredible brightness, contrast, and color to expand content creators' storytelling possibilities . It achieves this astonishing image quality through cinema-inspired HDR technology that can deliver billions of colors. HDR-10 support ensures compatibility with existing streaming video services and a growing list of HDR-enabled games, including PQ hard clip curve, PQ Optimized and PQ Basic, to cover all content creators' needs. The PA32UCX's HLG (hybrid log gamma) preset allows users to both immerse in, as well as create material for broadcast and satellite TV platforms such as the BBC iPlayer, Japan NHK TV, and DirecTV.

The World's 1st 32-inch 4K Monitor to Support Dolby Visionâ„¢

Dolby Visionâ„¢ HDR transforms entertainment experience with ultra-vivid picture quality, providing incredible brightness, contrast, color and detail to bring entertainment to life. With Dolby Vision, the PA32UCX can bring confidence for content creators that their images are represented with ultimate consistency.

Multiple PQ Curves

ASUS ProArt PA32UCX supports multiple HDR-10 (high-dynamic-range) curves, including PQ Hard Clip, PQ Optimized and PQ Basic which can cover all content creators

Transform Your Viewing Experience

True 10-bit IPS with 1,200 nits peak brightness, supporting Quantum Dot technology provides an entire spectrum of colors to play with. PA32UCX support 99% DCI-P3, 99.5% Adobe RGB, 100% sRGB, 100% Rec. 709 and 89% Rec.2020 color spaces for video editing and post-production.

Industry Leading Color Fidelity for Truly Expressive Hues

ProArt PA32UCX is factory pre-calibrated using a new, three-scale process to guarantee industry-leading color fidelity. The display then undergoes stringent testing using ASUS advanced grayscale tracking technology to ensure smoother color gradations, better uniformity and high color accuracy with an industry-leading delta-E (â–³E) < 1 color difference value. Each grayscale level is also carefully measured and set to ensure compliance with the precise DICOM standard for medical use.

SUS ProArtâ„¢ Calibration Technology

Whether you're using a desktop, laptop, PC or Mac, ASUS ProArtâ„¢ Calibration technology offers color accuracy tuning and uniformity compensation to make things easy when it's time to recalibrate your display's brightness and color consistency. (calibrator is not included in the package)

Connect to Your Workflow

ASUS ProArt PA32UCX comes with HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort1.2, Thunderboltâ„¢ 3 USB-C and USB hub. It is built for content creators to easily connect to gadgets including blu-ray player, control panel, peripheral, desktop and display with zero hassle.

Picture-in-Picture & Picture-by-Picture

Both Built-in Picture-in-Picture (PiP) and Picture-by-Picture (PbP) functionalities allow you to view content from multiple sources simultaneously, and switch between them easily. You can even select which audio source to play.

Picture-by-Picture (PbP) mode

To simultaneously experience different settings, place multiple input sources side by side onscreen and configure each individual window's color settings with sRGB, Adobe RGB, DCI-P3, Rec. 2020, User Mode 1 or User Mode 2.

Ergonomic Design

A comfortable viewing position is always easy to achieve with ProArtâ„¢ PA32UCX, thanks to its slim profile and ergonomically designed stand that offers tilt, swivel, pivot, and height adjustments. Its onscreen menu even rotates automatically to display correctly when the monitor is used in portrait orientation.

  • 32-inch Mini LED Backlight with 4K HDR, 1152 zones local dimming
  • rue 10 bit color with Quantum-dot technology provides 89% Rec. 2020, 99.5% Adobe RGB, 99% DCI-P3 and 100% sRGB color space for exceptional color fidelity
  • Support multiple HDR formats (Dolby Vision, HDR-10, HLG) presents lifelike experience and flexibility
  • World-leading delta-E (∆E) <1 color performance and ASUS ProArt Hardware Calibration technology for color-accuracy optimization, uniformity and color profile write-back
  • hunderboltâ„¢ 3 USB-C supports data transfers at up to 40 Gbps, and Power Delivery provides up to 60W of power to external devices

ASUS ProArt PA32UCX specs

Other Features

Package volume weight: 19.8 kg
Ethernet LAN: False
Touchscreen: False
Picture-by-Picture (PbP): True
TV tuner integrated: no
On/off switch: yes
Display brightness (peak): 1200 cd/m²
AC adapter included: yes

Weight & Dimensions

Weight (without stand): 9.7 kg
Height (without stand): 42.6 cm
Depth (without stand): 9.3 cm
Width (without stand): 72.7 cm
Weight (with stand): 14.6 kg
Height (with stand): 600 mm
Depth (with stand): 240 mm
Width (with stand): 727 mm

Packaging Data

Package type: Box
Package height: 381 mm
Package depth: 525 mm
Package width: 913 mm
Quick start guide: yes
Cables included: DisplayPort, HDMI, USB Type-C, USB Type-C to USB Type-A

Power

AC input frequency: 60 Hz
AC input voltage: 100 - 240 V
Power consumption (standby): 0.5 W
Power consumption (typical): 58.67 W

Ergonomics

LED indicators: Power
Tilt adjustment: yes
Picture-in-Picture: yes
Tilt angle range: -5 - 23°
Swivel angle range: -60 - 60°
Swivelling: True
Height adjustment: 13 cm
Height adjustment: yes
Cable lock slot type: Kensington
Cable lock slot: yes
Panel mounting interface: 100 x 100 mm
VESA mounting: yes

Performance

Low Blue Light technology: yes
Flicker-free technology: yes

Sustainability

Sustainability certificates: RoHS, ENERGY STAR

Design

Product colour: Black

Multimedia

RMS rated power: 3 W
Number of speakers: 2
Built-in speaker(s): yes

Ports & Interfaces

HDCP: True
Headphone connectivity: 3.5 mm
Headphone out: yes
Audio input: no
Thunderbolt 3 ports quantity: 2
DisplayPorts quantity: 1
HDMI version: 2.0
HDMI ports quantity: 1
HDMI: True
USB Type-A downstream ports quantity: 3
Built-in USB hub: yes

Display

High Dynamic Range (HDR) supported: yes
Digital vertical frequency: 29 - 65 Hz
Digital horizontal frequency: 109 - 142 kHz
Viewable size, vertical: 39.9 cm
Viewable size, horizontal: 70.8 cm
Pixel pitch: 0.1845 x 0.1845 mm
3D: False
Display number of colours: 1.073 billion colours
Viewing angle, vertical: 178°
Viewing angle, horizontal: 178°
Contrast ratio (dynamic): 1000000:1
Contrast ratio (typical): 20000:1
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Supported graphics resolutions: 3840 x 2160
Screen shape: Flat
Display surface: Matt
Backlight type: LED
Display technology: LCD
HD type: 4K Ultra HD
Response time: 5 ms
Display brightness (typical): 600 cd/m²
Panel type: IPS
Native aspect ratio: 16:9
Display resolution: 3840 x 2160 pixels
Display diagonal: 81.3 cm (32")

Network

Bluetooth: False
Wi-Fi: False