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ASUS PA27AC computer monitor review

ASUS PA27AC. Display diagonal: 68.6 cm (27"), Display resolution: 2560 x 1440 pixels, HD type: Quad HD, Display technology: LED. Display: LCD. Response time: 5 ms, Native aspect ratio: 16:9, Viewing angle, horizontal: 178°, Viewing angle, vertical: 178°. Built-in speaker(s). VESA mounting, Height adjustment. Product colour: Black, Grey

ProArt PA27AC HDR Professional Monitor - 27-inch, WQHD, HDR-10, 100% of sRGB, color accuracy ΔE < 2, Thunderbolt 3, Hardware Calibration.


Extreme clarity, superior contrast


ASUS ProArt PA27AC is Worldwide 1st 27-inch HDR400 with Thunderbolt 3 professional monitor. It features WQHD IPS panel with a 4-side frameless design and a wide 100% of sRGB color gamut. Up to 400 nits of brightness and HDR-10 provide lifelike experience. PA27AC features Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports supports data transfers at up to 40 Gbps, DisplayPort and also support 45W power delivery. Advanced ProArt calibration technology and factory pre-calibrated to ensures the color accuracy (∆E < 2). With Windows- and Mac OS-certified, PA27AC is ideal for graphic designers, photographers, or anyone looking for high color accuracy.

Impeccably detailed visuals


With 77% more pixels than conventional Full HD monitors, ProArt PA27AC offers WQHD (2560 x 1440) resolution for the superior picture quality and sharp imagery that photographers desire. And, with so much extra screen space, you can work more easily and comfortably with less scrolling and zooming.

Bring out the true beauty of your pictures


Achieving 100% coverage of the sRGB color gamut, ProArt PA27AC reproduces richer and more vivid colors, ensuring that colors in your photos look more lifelike.

A picture painted with extra colors


Ideal for photographers, graphic designers or anyone looking for high accuracy, PA27AC offers 8-bit color graphics to display over 16.7 million colors. It uses a 14-bit internal lookup table and supports Gamma values of 2.4, 2.2, 2.0, and 1.8 to give you natural-looking images, and smoother transitions between hues.

A brighter, more lifelike viewing experience


ProArt PA27AC features up to 400 nits of brightness and HDR-10 high dynamic range technology for brighter whites and darker blacks, resulting in a rich and lifelike viewing experience.

High color fidelity for truly expressive hues


Revel in pure, expressive hues thanks to accurate, true-to-life color reproduction. Each ProArt PA27AC monitor is pre-calibrated to guarantee industry-leading color accuracy (∆E < 2), and features ASUS advanced gray-scale tracking technology that provides a report of calibration levels 63, 127 and 255. This ensures your images are accurately reproduced onscreen, allowing you to see exactly how your work is going to look when it's finished. PA27AC also comes with 95% uniformity compensation to guard against brightness and chroma (color) fluctuations on different parts of the screen.

ASUS ProArt Calibration Technology


Whether you're using a desktop or laptop, PC or Mac, ASUS ProArt 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.

The port that does it all


For unrivaled expandability and versatile, ultrafast connections, ProArt PA27AC includes two USB-C ports that support Thunderbolt 3 for data transfer speeds of up to 40Gb/s, DisplayPort and USB 3.1 with Power Delivery for providing up to 45W of power to external devices. In addition, you can daisy-chain several displays through a single port without the need for a hub or a switch. With Thunderbolt 3, the possibilities are truly endless!

Picture-in-Picture & Picture-by-Picture


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

Picture-by-Picture (PbP) mode


Place multiple input sources side by side onscreen and configure each individual window's color settings with sRGB, User Mode 1, and User Mode 2 to see the difference between them.

Picture-in-Picture (PiP)


Places your second input source in a window in one corner of the display.

QuickFit Virtual Scale


Save time and work smarter with ASUS QuickFit Virtual Scale. It provides you with an onscreen grid overlay so you can align and preview documents in their actual sizes prior to printing. There's also an intuitive 5-way navigation joystick so you can easily access and switch settings using the onscreen menu.

Protect your eyes with ASUS Eye Care technology


ASUS blue light filter


Exclusive ASUS Ultra-Low Blue Light technology protects you from harmful blue light. It offers four blue-light filter settings that are easily accessed through the onscreen display menu via the hotkey.

ASUS Flicker-free technology


ASUS Flicker-Free technology provides a more comfortable viewing experience and work environment by reducing onscreen flicker to minimize eye strain, headaches and eye fatigue when you spend long hours in front of the display.

Ergonomic Design


With ProArt PA27AC, a comfortable viewing position is always within reach thanks to its slim profile and ergonomically-designed stand with tilt, swivel, pivot, and height adjustments. Its onscreen menu even rotates automatically to display correctly when using the monitor in portrait orientation — handy when working with websites or longer documents.

  • 27-inch WQHD IPS display with frameless design
  • 100% of sRGB color gamut, pre-calibrated for excellent color accuracy (ΔE < 2)
  • HDR function makes it possible to create more dynamic and realistic images
  • Thunderbolt 3 supports data transfers at up to 40 Gbps, and USB-C with Power Delivery provides up to 45W of power to external devices
  • ASUS ProArt Calibration Technology offers advanced adjustments including a 14-bit lookup table for color accuracy and 5x5 grid uniformity testing

ASUS PA27AC computer monitor specs

Other Features

Adaptive synchronisation: Y
Display modes: Picture-in-Picture
No flickering: yes
TV tuner integrated: no
On/off switch: yes
Display: LCD

Weight & Dimensions

Weight (without stand): 5.4 kg
Height (without stand): 35.3 cm
Depth (without stand): 5.5 cm
Width (without stand): 61.4 cm
Weight (with stand): 8.5 kg
Height (with stand): 506 mm
Depth (with stand): 221 mm
Width (with stand): 614 mm

Operational Conditions

Storage temperature (T-T): -20 - 60 °C
Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 40 °C

Packaging Data

Package type: Box
Package weight: 11.5 kg
Package height: 436 mm
Package depth: 297 mm
Package width: 759 mm
Quick start guide: yes
Cables included: AC, DisplayPort, HDMI, Thunderbolt, USB
Stand included: yes

Power

Energy efficiency scale: A to G
AC input frequency: 50 - 60 Hz
AC input voltage: 100 - 240 V
Power consumption (standby): 0.5 W
Power consumption (typical): 25 W
Energy consumption (HDR) per 1000 hours: 33 kWh
Energy consumption (SDR) per 1000 hours: 32 kWh
Energy efficiency class (HDR): G
Energy efficiency class (SDR): G

Ergonomics

LED indicators: Power
Number of OSD languages: 21
On Screen Display (OSD) languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Croatian, Czech, German, Dutch, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish
On Screen Display (OSD): True
Picture-in-Picture: yes
Tilt angle range: -5 - 23°
Tiltable: True
Swivel angle range: -60 - 60°
Pivot: True
Pivot angle: -90 - 90°
Swivelling: True
Height adjustment: 12 cm
Height adjustment: yes
Cable lock slot type: Kensington
Cable lock slot: yes
Panel mounting interface: 100 x 100 mm
VESA mounting: yes

Sustainability

Sustainability certificates: EPEAT Silver, ENERGY STAR

Design

Certification: BSMI, CB, CCC, CE, CEL level , CU, ErP, FCC, ISO-9241-307, J-MOSS, KCC, Mac Compliance, PSE, TCO7.0, UkrSEPRO, UL/cUL, VCCI, WEEE, WHQL (Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7), MEPS, TUV Flicker-free , KC , eStandby, TUV Low Blue Light, Vietnam MEPS, ICES-3, RCM
Product colour: Black, Grey
Market positioning: Graphics design

Multimedia

RMS rated power: 4 W
Number of speakers: 2
Built-in camera: no
Built-in speaker(s): yes

Thin Client

Thin client installed: no

Ports & Interfaces

AC (power) in: yes
HDCP: True
Thunderbolt ports quantity: 2
Headphone connectivity: 3.5 mm
Headphone outputs: 1
Headphone out: yes
DisplayPorts quantity: 1
HDMI ports quantity: 4
DVI port: no
USB Type-A downstream ports quantity: 1
USB Type-C downstream ports quantity: 1
Number of upstream ports: 1
USB upstream port type: USB Type-B

Display

Viewable size, vertical: 34.8 cm
Viewable size, horizontal: 60.9 cm
Pixel pitch: 0.2331 x 0.2331 mm
3D: False
Display number of colours: 16.78 million colours
Viewing angle, vertical: 178°
Viewing angle, horizontal: 178°
Dynamic contrast ratio marketing name: SmartContrast
Contrast ratio (dynamic): 100000000:1
Contrast ratio (typical): 1000:1
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Supported graphics resolutions: 2560 x 1440
Screen shape: Flat
Display technology: LED
HD type: Quad HD
Response time: 5 ms
Display brightness (typical): 400 cd/m²
Panel type: IPS
Native aspect ratio: 16:9
Display resolution: 2560 x 1440 pixels
Display diagonal: 68.6 cm (27")