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At this year’s IFA 2019 event in Berlin Asus have showcased their new ProArt PA32UCG display, a screen which has an incredibly impressive spec, but will no doubt carry a hefty price tag. It’s aimed at professional users as well, but despite that there is an interesting spec from a gaming point of view as well. The screen is 32″ in size and features a 4K 3840 x 2160 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 1152 zone Mini LED backlight and the new VESA DisplayHDR 1400 certification.

Asus promo video

HDR is obviously a key focus of this display, being the first in the market to carry the newly announced VESA DisplayHDR 1400 certification level. It allows for a peak brightness of 1600 /cdm2 as well as a 1000 cd/m2 full screen sustained brightness. Asus talk about a 1 million:1 contrast ratio capability thanks to the 1152 zone Mini-LED backlight for detailed local dimming support

It can support all three major HDR standards (HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision). There is 10-bit colour depth support and a DCI-P3 gamut which must be at least 95% under the new HDR 1400 scheme.

The screen is based on a 32″ IPS technology panel with 3840 x 2160 resolution and 120Hz rate capability. This will therefore be one of the first screens released in this size with 4K @ 120Hz, and bound to be of interest to gamers. It supports adaptive-sync for variable refresh rates between 48 – 120Hz.

In other specs there is a 5ms G2G response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 178/178 viewing angles. 2x 3W speakers are also built in to the screen and there is a headphone jack provided.

Asus says it puts each monitor through a three-level factory pre-calibration process, so the monitor’s colors should be as accurate as possible when they reach you with a dE of <1 advertised. Hardware calibration of the monitors internal LUT is also supported as with other ProArt professional displays.

For connections there are 2x Thunderbolt 3, 1x DisplayPort 1.4 and 3x HDMI 2.0 ports provided as well as a built-in 3x USB 3.0 port hub. A full range of tilt, swivel, pivot and height adjustments are offered from the stand.

It’s expected to be released in Q1 2020 but no official word on price yet. Given it’s impressive specs and positioning for the professional market primarily, expect a very high price tag. More info when we get it.

Source: Asus

Update 17/12/19 – the mass production of the AU Optronics panel used for this screen is currently not due until Q2 2020, so don’t expect to see this display released until H2 2020.

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