Asus ProArt PA32QCV 6K professional monitor review: Plenty of pixels, color, and brightness

Asus ups the pixel density ante with its 6K ProArt PA32QCV.

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Comparing the PA32QCV to speedy gaming monitors isn’t fair, so for this review, I’ll be sharing test results and commenting on them relative to the expectations of a reference-level professional display.

Pixel Response and Input Lag

  • Response Time Full black to white transition – 16ms
  • Absolute Input Lag Full black to white transition – 56ms

The PA32QCV is not meant to be a gaming monitor, but it does include Adaptive-Sync, which improves motion processing. It’s unfortunate that you can’t use overdrive and AS at the same time though. With only 60 Hz available, you won’t want to engage in anything too frenetic. Exploring game environments is an amazing experience, but shooters will look quite blurry if you’re used to speedy screens like I am.

Test Takeaway: The PA32QCV’s video processing isn’t game-focused, but since it’s marketed as a content creation tool, it should have a faster refresh rate and a good overdrive that can be used with Adaptive-Sync. That would allow creators to evaluate their game titles on a single display.

Viewing Angles

Asus ProArt PA32QCV

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I did a double-take when I took the above photos. You’d think you’re looking at an OLED here, not an LCD. Asus’s LuxPixel technology obviously works, and I won’t be surprised to see it appear on other brands’ displays in the future. The side view has no change in color, brightness or gamma. Like, none. This is phenomenal performance. The top view is more typical of IPS screens with reduced brightness and red tint. But a serious step forward has been made by the PA32QCV and Asus.

Screen Uniformity

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  • Screen Uniformity Deviation From Center 0% Black Field – 9.44%

The PA32QCV doesn’t have uniformity compensation like some professional screens, but given the above result, I have no complaints. This is typical IPS monitor performance.

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Christian Eberle is a Contributing Editor for Tom's Hardware US. He's a veteran reviewer of A/V equipment, specializing in monitors. Christian began his obsession with tech when he built his first PC in 1991, a 286 running DOS 3.0 at a blazing 12MHz. In 2006, he undertook training from the Imaging Science Foundation in video calibration and testing and thus started a passion for precise imaging that persists to this day. He is also a professional musician with a degree from the New England Conservatory as a classical bassoonist which he used to good effect as a performer with the West Point Army Band from 1987 to 2013. He enjoys watching movies and listening to high-end audio in his custom-built home theater and can be seen riding trails near his home on a race-ready ICE VTX recumbent trike. Christian enjoys the endless summer in Florida where he lives with his wife and Chihuahua and plays with orchestras around the state.

1 Comment Comment from the forums
  • wakuwaku
    Remember that the PA32QCV has Adaptive-Sync? It’s in the Settings menu under the heading MediaSync. Confusing, yes. Not only is it apart from other video processing options, but it’s also called a term only used by Asus. But now that you’ve read this, you know, and can tell your friends.

    Firstly NO. Don't tell your friends what Tom's AI tells you. They will laugh at you, then the AI will laugh at you too when you complain about it.

    The reason why Asus calls it MediaSync because that is the name of the standard that they are using. The MediaSync standard was introduced by VESA back in 2022!!!

    https://vesa.org/featured-articles/vesa-launches-industrys-first-open-standard-and-logo-program-for-pc-monitor-and-laptop-display-variable-refresh-rate-performance-for-gaming-and-media-playback/
    The reason why Asus does not call it AdaptiveSync is because it doesn't meet the requirements of the Adaptive Sync standard. It's not necessary to meet those standards for a creator monitor anyway. Here's a simple explainer:

    https://www.displayninja.com/what-is-vesa-adaptivesync-mediasync/
    Lastly, no Asus is not the only brand to use the term, since VESA introduced the term. And there are other brand that also use the same term: (Scroll down, MediaSync list of monitors is at the bottom)

    https://www.adaptivesync.org/certified-products/
    Seriously, the standard is not that new, although there are relatively low amount of monitors that are certified, but that is because only just recently that creator/professional monitors are getting variable and higher refresh rates. As a monitor reviewer, you could at least, you know? Keep up with what VESA does every now and then since they determine standards that hopefully make our monitoring experience better.
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