ProArt Display PA32UCX-PK 32” 4K HDR PC Monitor, 99% DCI-P3 99.5% Adobe RGB, DeltaE<1, 10-bit, IPS, Thunderbolt 3 USB-C HDMI, 1200nits, w/X-rite Calibrator, Compatible with Laptop & Mac Monitor

I have owned and operated this panel for over a year as a video professional. This panel has the capability to display very bright and very vibrant colors at its HDR threshold. It is also able to represent the industry standard of Rec709 2.4. Here is what is so misfortunate about my user experience: The ASUS ProArt Calibration Software is likely the worst modern piece of software I've ever used. It manages to create multiple headaches and confusion. I am on a modern Mac, and entered the pit of despair when going to plug in my XRite monitor calibration tool for calibration of this panel, which is required every 6 weeks or so because of color drift. I've never seen software fail so overwhelmingly at its only job. That is to say, when conducting a calibration I would get an error code and the calibration would abort. On the latest version of the software. Trying from a totally different computer, I would get the same result of the failing software. To my shock, this experience is mentioned very seldom on the Internet. You would think for such a large company news of the bad software would be somewhat widespread, but perhaps not. The "fix" for this issue was found in the old versions still hosted by ASUS. I started with the latest failing version and worked my way backward through every available version, downloading installing and attempting calibration and seeing it fail, until I worked my way backward long enough that I found a stable version of the app! The older version was actually more simplified, but still contained the incomplete user experience found in all versions. One example is that the user login ports an ASUS login portal web window, which demands using a two-factor email link. Receive the email and click the link and the login window contained within the app resets back to the welcome page, over and over! The app window is unable to be resized for some bizarre reason and therefore hides user interface that must be scrolled to for no good reason. The software is also unable to calibrate all of the built-in presets for different gamuts; only the user shortcut presets can be calibrated on my panel. But then, what's the use of hardwired presets if they cannot be calibrated for professional use? This one also boggles my mind! The area of the app that would allow for the preset calibration is perpetually grayed out, and I think this is blocked because of this particular model. What? Although it is stated that the calibration profile lives on the monitor itself, in my experience I have found this to be not entirely true; a calibration creates an ICC profile in Display settings for Mac, which seems to be required for your color grade to display properly after exporting. This is to not even begin cracking the can of worms of the so-called "gamma shift" phenomenon on Mac, which was also recently addressed conclusively by a DaVinci Resolve 20.2 update. -I do wish the panel simply featured physical shortcut buttons on the very front, instead of having to reach around the back. -I wish the rudimentary onscreen display was far snappier an indicated what gamma and gamut is being utilized when a User Shortcut is performed. (it is only because of my memory that I know what I am selecting.) -I wish that when using the directional button to select different presets that there was no blackout in the picture, but rather a continuity so you could address the change of the image in real time. -I wish there was a third shortcut button for two different SDR gamuts as well as an HDR standard -I wish there was more than one USB-C port (after counting the in-use Thunderbolt USB-C port plugged into the Mac for transmission.) -I wish this panel did not require I hard-unplug the cable from the back of the computer to get the panel to recognize as a second display if powered on after the computer has powered up itself. A strange gripe, but I've never seen a HDMI device have that issue before. - I simply wish it felt like somebody actually worked at ASUS and fixed their broken software and significantly updated their on screen display usability. I want this panel to be a five so badly, but I just don't think it has the pedigree! Budget is indeed a concern and although I do not know what I would select otherwise, the abysmal software experience of this computer is so harmful to the final experience that I would be extremely reluctant to purchase this brand again for professional use.

The monitor works well intermittently but there are two major issues: - The backlight is bad at times. This only happens in Dolby HDR for me at the moment. Sometimes the right half is dark. Other times the left half is dark. The halves are not off entirely but it looks like there is some sort of ghosting or memory effect. The picture I took showing the half-white / half-gray content is the playback of a 100% white video. Note that the gray on the screen is not a reflection. That is what the video appears like on the screen. - The screen appears to have a cooling system consisting of one or more loud fans. When these kick in, the unit is disturbingly loud. Much louder than a modern workstation. I will return this unit.

full disclosure, the first one I received, out of the box had a 20% failed panel (defective, a bummer, but it happens) - my first attempt to return/replace it by Amazon was a mess (took over an hour to get nowhere), but the second Amazon rep I spoke to (I finally just hung up and called back), she got it done within 10 minutes, super easy!! The second panel, worked, is working 100% FRICKING AMAZING!!! I run 3 monitors, and thought I could just replace the "main/middle" one... the others two are so dim (and they are Dells, top of the line), but by comparison to this monitor, it is like they are off... and they are also great... just not this great!! didn't really know how dark they are until they are next to this goliath!! like turning the lights on in a room! text / icons / videos - everything just explodes (RAZOR SHARP)!! it doesn't run very hot... it is nice to know that the colors I see on the screen are what the colors are supposed to look like (if professionally done), and also see the color issues with home videos between different cameras - this thing (thus far), is like a rock! stupid expensive... but since it is trying to fight with Apples Cinema Display and Apple is fighting with reference displays ($30k+)... makes sense... at least today. I did purchase the extended warranty... it is to expensive not to. - if there is a negative... when running a really dark screen (not a movie as those always seem fine), but like a dark background (dark mode), sometimes icons, specifically green ones, shift their colors around a tad, brighter green (always green of course)... but that "problem" seems to go away if there is more white on the screen (like a browser window / word / etc...) - this problem is most likely what separates the $30k+ from the ~$5k line. Another thing I notice about it, if I have a small white box in the middle of an all black screen... it is sometimes like the black is creeping in, dimming the corners of the white box, like bleeding in, I notice it... ideally, I would like it not to be there, but it wouldn't stop me from loving this monitor and wanting more of them!! any photo I open, anything like that looks 100%... it seems to only have issues when there is a almost completely black background (not a movie) and there is something tiny (in relation to 4k) on the screen... and issue or problem is not really what I would say... just a noticeable hiccup and it could be just this monitor or the mode I am in... Windows 10 defaults to HDR - that disables the ability to adjust the brightness by default. if you can get this beast - do!!!

This monitor was larger then expected, massive and pretty thick. It is very bright and sharp. I use this monitor for photo editing which looks great but I've had some issues that I wasnt expecting for the price I paid. If you don't have HD graphics turned on in your computer settings then the display looks pretty bad. It also runs very hot. I was very disappointed to learn the calibrator it came with is discontinued and to use it and find the software that runs it, you need to purchase the upgraded model of the calibrator from the company. It's a lot of extra work around to get what I thought I purchased. A bit disappointing.