Asus ProArt PA32QCV 32-inch 6K professional monitor review: Plenty of pixels, color, and brightness

The AsuASUSoArt PA32QCV is a 32-inch IPS 6K professional monitor with 6016x3384 pixels, 218ppi, wide gamut color, indindustry-standard for presets, HDR10, 600 nits peak brightness, and Calman verification.

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There is no escaping the fact that higher pixel density means a sharper and smoother image. When you paint a picture with dots, you can’t have too many. 4K has been, and still is the gold standard up to the 32-inch panel size. But inevitably, someone will find a way to pack even more dots into the same area.

Asus ProArt PA32QCV

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The Asus ProArt PA32QCV sports the same 218ppi that I saw in last year’s PA27JCV, but has a 32-inch panel instead of 27. It’s hard to describe how cool it is to get right up to the screen and still be unable to see the pixels. And with the addition of LuxPixel technology, there is no change in quality when viewing from the sides, nor do ambient light reflections affect the picture.

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The PA32QCV sticks to the ProArt model of correctly termed picture modes so it’s super easy to set up and use. Just pick the standard you need and go. My sample had slight grayscale errors, which in any other monitor would be a non-issue. But it was a tad less precise than other ProArt screens. Fixing this was easy since I could adjust RGB values independently for each mode. And the flexibility of Calman autocal or Asus DisplayWidget Center means there are multiple ways to tune the monitor. I also noted that the PA32QCV was one of the brightest and most contrasty IPS screens I’ve seen to date. It hit 650 nits in SDR and HDR, full field and window pattern, and topped 1,600:1 natively.

At $1,299, the Asus ProArt PA32QCV is a relative bargain among professional monitors. It doesn’t have fast refresh or Mini LED, but it still delivers precise performance. If you need more pixel density than 4K offers, it’s definitely worth checking out.

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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.