WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.839 This is the PA32 UCDM. ASUS makes some 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:12.240 good monitors, both for gamers and for professionals. But today, I want to ask 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:15.920 the question, why not both? It's 4K 240 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:17.920 Hz QD OLED. This spec sheet says it's 00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:22.000 pretty accurate. We'll tell you later how accurate it actually is. Uh, but the 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:26.960 cool thing is that it actually comes with a bunch of different modes built in 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:33.360 that you can choose to get the most out of your professional display. 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:36.320 Wow. It's even got DICOM. I don't even know what DICCom is. I actually had to 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:40.320 look that up for this video. We've also got our USB A to C cable cuz this 00:00:38.480 --> 00:00:46.000 thing's got ports, let me tell you. Good old C13 cable. I don't see a power 00:00:43.040 --> 00:00:49.680 brick, so it might plug in directly. Some of you hate that, some of you love 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:54.719 it. Everyone's different. Uh, and then we've got a high-speed ultra high I love 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:59.440 saying ultra highspeed HDMI cable. So, it's 2.1. you're going to need this 00:00:57.199 --> 00:01:04.000 because this is one of the only monitors that I've opened that doesn't have 00:01:02.239 --> 00:01:06.880 DisplayPort. At least ever since DisplayPort became a standard. Like 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:11.280 I've opened older monitors that just had like DVI and VGA and stuff, but uh it 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:17.040 was kind of a shocker. And then we've also got a USBC to Cable. And then we've 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:18.880 got this big old aluminum stand that is 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:22.560 actually preassembled. I don't got to slide a column into a base this time at 00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:26.400 all. >> Cool. Looks very appley on first 00:01:24.720 --> 00:01:30.240 impression just cuz the gray and the aluminum. It's like a labyrinth of 00:01:28.080 --> 00:01:33.600 cardboard. Where do I go? I don't know. I'm lost. 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:44.119 Will you go all the way down or will you hit the It's going to hit the That's why the box opens up more. Wow. 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:44.119 Okay, here we go. Oh my god. 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:50.240 Isn't that something? >> Oh, the TV. Uh yeah, it actually it 00:01:48.399 --> 00:01:54.880 looks like a Pro Display XDR because it's got like full aluminum chassis on 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:59.119 the back, which is something I I haven't really seen from any other monitor 00:01:56.720 --> 00:02:01.840 maker. Um here, 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:05.439 >> you didn't show us the peel. >> I didn't. You don't get to see the peel 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:10.160 this time. I'm sorry. I'm too fascinated by this wild top firing speaker cuz 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:14.879 that's right. This thing's got speakers. More on that later. Ah, but the one 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:19.760 problem with the stand, there is absolutely no swivel. So, you're going 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:23.200 to have to like angle this thing the way you want it. And like, yeah, it's got 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:27.520 the two columns, so it's super sturdy, but like honestly, I'm a little annoyed 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:32.720 that it can't swivel. That's kind of my only complaint. It can pivot when you'll 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:36.000 need a vertical 00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:37.840 4K 240 Hz QD OLED. I don't know. But you 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:43.440 can do this instead of swivel it. It's got height adjustment 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:45.200 and it's also got some tilt. 00:02:43.440 --> 00:02:49.040 Aside from how uniform this nice gray design is, I actually really do like the 00:02:46.959 --> 00:02:53.680 base. Um, this is really easy to feed cables through and then it's nice and 00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:58.080 flat and kind of thin, so you can just lay stuff over there if you want to. 00:02:55.280 --> 00:03:02.000 Overall, like it's very pretty. As for the IO, we are plugging in straight into 00:03:00.239 --> 00:03:06.800 the monitor. We've got a Kensington lock. And then down here, we've got our 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:12.400 HDMI port, two USBC, one of them which supports Thunderbolt with DisplayPort 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:15.040 and 96 watts of power delivery. So, yeah, you're going to be able to hook up 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:19.440 whatever laptop you want to this thing. And then we've got another USBC, which 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:23.200 only does a little bit of charging and a USBA. It looks good on the outside, but 00:03:21.519 --> 00:03:27.120 what about when content is playing on this thing? Let's plug it in after a 00:03:24.959 --> 00:03:30.080 word from our sponsor. Thanks to Zidex for sponsoring this video. They want to 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:33.840 make sure that you're prepped for back to school season before stuff just 00:03:31.920 --> 00:03:38.959 starts flying off the shelf. So, they're actually starting their sale early. Even 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:41.120 better, PCs over $1,500 come with a free 00:03:38.959 --> 00:03:45.519 MSI peripheral bundle that includes a monitor, keyboard, and a mouse. A great 00:03:43.519 --> 00:03:52.080 option is their Onami Black. 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Uh, in a well-lit room, 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:29.680 sure, there's going to be that weird magenta thing in super dark blacks, but 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:33.360 uh I just I don't know. My my room is a cave. It doesn't bother me. Volume, 00:04:32.080 --> 00:04:36.880 because like I said, it does have speakers. We'll try those later. Get out 00:04:35.280 --> 00:04:44.160 of volume. What I want to look at are all the modes. sRGB, BT79, Adobe RGB, 00:04:40.080 --> 00:04:46.960 P3, BT2020, Diccom, HDRPQ3, 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:51.600 HDRPQ, BT2020, which is our most accurate mode. We'll talk about that 00:04:48.400 --> 00:04:54.800 later. HLG B22020, HLG P3, and then 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:56.240 you've got Dolby Vision, which is great. 00:04:54.800 --> 00:05:01.520 Currently grayed out. Not sure why. Maybe because Windows uh doesn't have HDR on. And then three user modes where 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.160 you can set this up however you want. I shouldn't have changed it to user. For 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:10.960 the rest of today, we're going to go to HDR PQBT 2020 optimized. Wow, that looks 00:05:08.479 --> 00:05:16.800 terrible. Oh, it's in HDR preview. It'll do HDR preview, which um I'm not a 00:05:14.080 --> 00:05:20.560 colorist and I don't edit videos, so I can't tell you why that's a good thing 00:05:18.479 --> 00:05:24.800 or not, which is terrible for me to say. Basically, what this is going to try to 00:05:21.919 --> 00:05:27.840 do is do HDR with SDR. And most of the time, you don't want that. There might 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:31.840 be some of you out there who do. I am not a professional when it comes to 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:34.880 mastering content or editing videos. So, I'm just going to turn HDR on in 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:39.840 Windows, so it stops doing that and looks a lot better. Okay, that's a lot 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:44.720 more correct. HDR on. Actually really like the little toggle in the bottom 00:05:41.280 --> 00:05:49.039 there that tells me the HDR is on. 4K 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:51.199 HDR on 240 Hz. Uh Windows is reporting a 00:05:49.039 --> 00:05:54.080 peak brightness of,15 nits. We measured pretty close to that. Their claim is 00:05:52.639 --> 00:06:00.479 1,000. Okay, we're going to try our speakers first. 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:02.560 Let's wait and see if there's any bass. 00:06:00.479 --> 00:06:06.720 No. But honestly, 00:06:04.960 --> 00:06:11.039 those aren't terrible. I just keep being pleasantly surprised by monitor speakers 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:14.800 of all things. Just include them, you guys. Like, it makes for such a nice 00:06:12.479 --> 00:06:19.280 experience. This is our typical re footage. Uh, cutielet, so it's going to 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:22.639 have really amazing viewing angles. Anywhere you look at this thing from, 00:06:20.880 --> 00:06:27.600 it's basically going to look incredible. And it really does look stunning, 00:06:23.919 --> 00:06:28.720 especially in a 4K 31.5 in display. It 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:32.479 just looks good. >> Wo, this looks so good. I'm using 1440p 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:39.280 and this is like night and day difference, >> right? 4K at this screen size is like 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:40.960 140 PPI roughly. It's just sharp. It's 00:06:39.280 --> 00:06:43.919 one of those things where like you don't notice it immediately when you go up, 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:47.520 but when you use it for a while and then you go back down, it just doesn't look 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:55.360 nearly as good. Like even just the sign here, this is great. 240 Hz 4K 32 in. 00:06:52.720 --> 00:07:00.080 This is basically the display I have at home. It's really hard to say whether or 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:07.520 not you need both a high-end gaming monitor and a high-end work display, but 00:07:04.080 --> 00:07:11.520 if you do, I mean, this is basically it. 00:07:07.520 --> 00:07:13.680 240 Hz feels great. OLED feels great. 00:07:11.520 --> 00:07:18.240 It's just instantly responsive. Uh, we did measure latency as well, and there's 00:07:15.280 --> 00:07:21.759 basically next to no um added latency. Coming from someone who daily drives a 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:27.120 panel like this without some of the extra features. Admittedly, it's really 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:30.400 hard to go back. And the nice thing is, say you're working from home and in the 00:07:28.960 --> 00:07:34.960 morning you're up early and you're just getting going to game for a little bit. 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:38.400 Shut that off. Now it's time for work and it's super accurate. So, we're going 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:45.440 to talk about the lab results. As for SDR in the sRGB color mode, we tested an 00:07:41.840 --> 00:07:47.360 average delta E of just 1.16, which is a 00:07:45.440 --> 00:07:54.080 little higher than their claim of under one, but it's still quite impressive. In 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:57.520 HDRPQ BT2020 PQ clip 250 nits, we 00:07:54.080 --> 00:08:00.800 measured a delta E ITP of just 4.03 with 00:07:57.520 --> 00:08:03.599 a max of 10.05, which is very good, but 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:07.520 it's only 250 nits. At max brightness, the results are a little less impressive 00:08:05.039 --> 00:08:12.319 with a delta EITP of 22. As for color gamut, we did reach all of their claims, 00:08:09.840 --> 00:08:18.160 but it's still a lot. Like 80% of BT2020 is a ton. And it also does a really good 00:08:15.039 --> 00:08:19.840 job of clamping the sRGB color space so 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:25.360 that you're not oversaturating anything while you're working in that mode. Because at $1,900, 00:08:23.280 --> 00:08:29.919 it's pretty expensive and it's several hundred more than what you're going to 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:34.320 pay for a similarly speced QD OLED gaming monitor. I cannot recommend this 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:37.360 to gamers. I mean, you just you guys don't need it. You don't need DICOM. You 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:41.039 don't need all of these other modes. They're great for, I'm sure, colorists 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:46.160 and other people who are going to use them if they're going to master content 00:08:42.959 --> 00:08:47.600 in those spaces, but I'm not, and most 00:08:46.160 --> 00:08:52.720 of you aren't. Overall, it's a pretty solid monitor, but you're going to have to ask yourself if it's worth that 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:56.800 price. So, just use this as a single drop of research in your research bucket 00:08:54.800 --> 00:09:01.120 before you pull the trigger. Cuz I'm not a colorist. I'm not a professional 00:08:58.880 --> 00:09:05.279 editor. I'm just Nicholas Plof. And this is a display. And this is ShortCircuit. 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:08.320 Thank you for watching. Like, comment, and subscribe.