WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.720 Our editors are kind of overdue for a monitor upgrade. And Apple's new studio 00:00:04.560 --> 00:00:12.400 display got me thinking. If Apple has those, ASUS probably has something 00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:14.400 that's better or less expensive or both. 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:19.119 After all, that's a huge part of why we went with the PA32 UCX Pro rather than 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:23.439 the Pro Display XDR in the first place. So, we reached out to ASUS, who, as luck 00:00:21.680 --> 00:00:27.920 would have it, has a really comprehensive lineup of ProArt displays 00:00:25.680 --> 00:00:33.920 these days, and offered to sponsor this video, sending over 12 of their 32-in 00:00:31.119 --> 00:00:39.520 PA32 QCVS. Compared to the Studio Display, these 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:40.879 are much larger. They're 6K versus 5K 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:47.200 resolution. They have the same brightness, the same 60 Hz refresh rate, 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:49.280 and all of this for $300 less. Now, it 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:53.680 only uses Thunderbolt 4 rather than Thunderbolt 5, but you get a built-in 00:00:51.680 --> 00:00:57.840 KVM for controlling multiple systems without an external accessory. So, these 00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:04.239 are going to be our editor's new workhorse monitors. But, ASUS also sent 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:12.720 over one unit of something really, really special. The PA 32KX, 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:14.960 an 8K monster with over 4,000 dimming 00:01:12.720 --> 00:01:18.720 zones and sustained 1,000 nits brightness. This has the potential to be 00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:26.280 among the sickest displays I've ever seen, and I cannot wait to use it. No, 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:26.280 no, no, not now. 00:01:30.080 --> 00:01:36.880 Before we get started, the keen it among you might have noticed there are only 11 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:40.079 displays in the pile. Asus asked me to point out that that was not them 00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:44.640 cheaping out. It's actually because we allocated one of the ones they sent to 00:01:42.320 --> 00:01:49.200 Linus Torvalds' build. The good news though is that some of the members of 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:51.600 our editing team are really more like 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:55.600 supervisors these days and don't really need the extra resolution dayto-day. 00:01:53.759 --> 00:02:00.560 Let's actually start then by getting rid of one of the old UCX displays and 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:06.640 explaining both what's still great about them and also what isn't so much. Uh, is 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:09.280 Nicole remoteed into her system or are we good to just >> We're not doing Nicole's. 00:02:08.160 --> 00:02:14.560 >> We're not doing Nicole's. >> No, we're moving PE. She's You just said that she doesn't need it because she's a 00:02:12.720 --> 00:02:17.680 supervisor. So, we're not switching hers. We're switching Peters. 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:20.480 >> Oh, well, why did WE PUT THE PILE IN front of Peters? >> Move the pile. That was just for the 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:25.760 intro. >> Oh, okay. As I mentioned in a couple of 00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:30.560 key ways, this old monitor is actually kind of better than the replacement. 00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:35.760 Thanks to its mini LED backlight with local dimming, it supports HDR at up to 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:40.480 1200 nits peak brightness. By contrast, pun intended, while the new units do 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:44.560 support HDR, they don't have local dimming. They only reach about 600 nits 00:02:42.640 --> 00:02:50.800 peak brightness, and they won't really pop the way that a true HDR display 00:02:47.040 --> 00:02:52.400 will. So, why the step down? Oh, sorry, 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:58.800 Peter. Hopefully, whatever you were doing wasn't important. Oh, man. I 00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:04.640 forgot how heavy these things were. I haven't moved one in a while. 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:09.760 Okay, come on. And that's a little dramatic. 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:13.760 Here's the thing. HDR felt really important to us last time we made an 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:17.680 upgrade because we were certain at the time that high dynamic range was the 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:23.599 future of our channel and the YouTube platform in general. And it is, and 00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:29.200 we've dabbled in it. But as it turns out, that future is taking its sweet 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:34.720 time. The whole workflow is still more cumbersome, and the juice just hasn't 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:39.120 really been worth the squeeze. Also, while a thousand plus backlight zones 00:03:37.200 --> 00:03:43.440 seemed pretty good at the time, in practice, the blooming is pretty 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:47.280 noticeable in day-to-day work. As for the new unit, I already went over some 00:03:44.959 --> 00:03:51.280 of the sort of highlevel specs, but let's talk about some of the things that 00:03:48.799 --> 00:03:56.879 make this a great monitor for cutting together footage. And a big one is the 00:03:54.000 --> 00:04:01.519 resolution. While we and most YouTube channels aren't shooting higher than 4K 00:03:58.640 --> 00:04:06.799 these days, as it turns out, editors just love having more real estate and a 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:09.439 super sharp image. The more the pretty much the better. Okay, is that fair to 00:04:09.040 --> 00:04:13.680 say? >> Yeah. >> Okay, editors. Yeah, you're nodding. 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:18.160 This is also a pretty nice thing. I was about to show you guys the IO and I 00:04:15.200 --> 00:04:23.120 noticed instead the matte coating that ASUS has on this. That is 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:26.400 that is really nice. That's not a lot of glare. 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:32.320 here. Uh, you know what? I'm going to grab the old one and hold it side by side. That's practically a mirror by 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:36.960 comparison. See that? 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:39.199 >> Yeah, that's a big difference. >> Yeah, that one looks glossy next 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:46.560 to >> Yeah. And it's not glossy. >> I know. >> That's the thing is like like here 00:04:44.400 --> 00:04:52.400 coming to the IO, we've got HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4. That's all we need for 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:54.720 6K 60 Hz. We've got two Thunderbolt 00:04:52.400 --> 00:04:59.280 ports. one that does 96 watts if you wanted a single cable solution to 00:04:56.240 --> 00:05:02.960 something like a MacBook Pro or a PX13. 00:04:59.280 --> 00:05:05.759 And then finally, another USBC headphone 00:05:02.960 --> 00:05:09.919 jack, as well as wait, what the hell is that? A single USB type A. Oh, that's 00:05:08.080 --> 00:05:14.240 nice. Oh, but wait, there's more. There's 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:17.360 another type A and another type C over here. I totally missed that. All right, 00:05:15.840 --> 00:05:24.080 this took me a minute to figure out, but she clicks on like that, and then she's 00:05:19.919 --> 00:05:24.080 got a little lock right there. Boom. 00:05:24.320 --> 00:05:29.919 I wish Peter was actually here to try his new monitor. These guys, they kicked 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:35.360 all the editors out because they were like, "Oh, they'll be in the way of the production." And I was like, "Okay, yes, 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:38.400 but like also who's going to tell us if they're any 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:43.280 good if the editors aren't here? Don't worry. It came from a good place. It 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:44.800 came from a good place." Oh, 00:05:43.280 --> 00:05:48.280 okay. Here we go. 00:05:49.280 --> 00:05:56.720 Oh my god. 616 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:58.639 by 3384 pixels. 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:01.840 If you'd shown this to teenage me, he would have actually crapped himself. 00:06:00.320 --> 00:06:10.400 Cable management is built into the stand. And for that matter, so is this 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:12.560 one, this one, this one, and 00:06:10.400 --> 00:06:16.720 even this one. There you go. Well, okay. Not like that. 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:21.840 There. Yeah, it only goes it only goes 87 00:06:18.960 --> 00:06:26.639 degrees because ASUS just wanted to bother every OCD person who bought this 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:29.520 display. No, no, no, no. There you go. I'm liking this anti-glare coating. 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:36.160 >> It's really good. >> Yeah. Sponsored video or not? That's uh that's pretty sick. In compliance with 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:38.960 energy related regulations, the max brightness blah blah blah is fixed. 00:06:37.840 --> 00:06:44.319 Would you like to remain in energy saving mode? Uh no. No. I'd like to be 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:48.720 in give me that brightness mode. All right. Now's a good time to take a quick 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:52.639 look at our on-screen display. As you'd expect from a professional display, 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:57.039 we've got a plethora of color spaces and user modes. And a really cool one that's 00:06:54.960 --> 00:07:01.919 supported on all of the new ProArt models is the new M model P3 that is 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:07.360 designed for color consistency between Apple devices and ProArt displays. And 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:11.440 ASUS also wanted us to point out that or you could just not cuz you can scan this 00:07:09.520 --> 00:07:15.919 QR code and you can get their display widget center. This allows you to adjust 00:07:13.520 --> 00:07:20.240 a ton of settings through software on both Windows and macOS that would 00:07:18.400 --> 00:07:23.599 normally be buried in an on-screen display. So that way, no matter what 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:30.639 kind of computer you're using, you don't have to feel like you're leaving any features on the table. Not going to lie, 00:07:27.280 --> 00:07:33.599 this looks kind of awesome. Like the 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:38.280 reduced glare is incredible and it's so sharp. Oh, buddy. 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:46.400 She's she's a heavy boy. 00:07:42.960 --> 00:07:50.319 Like the new Studio Display XDR and like 00:07:46.400 --> 00:07:53.520 our old UCXs, this bad boy is miniLEDD 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:58.160 with full array local dimming. But 00:07:53.520 --> 00:08:01.360 unlike those, it's got a whopping 4,32 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:04.800 dimming zones. That is almost double the 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:07.520 Studio Display XDR and about four times 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:12.000 what we had on these. It's also using what ASUS calls their nextG miniLEDD 00:08:10.080 --> 00:08:18.160 light profile in order to help reduce haloing. Now, this display does not have 00:08:16.080 --> 00:08:24.639 industry-leading peak brightness. It's only around 1,200 nits, but it's got 00:08:21.440 --> 00:08:26.800 some extras like a built-in colorimeter 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:33.519 and support for like every color space in user mode under the sun. Also, it is 00:08:29.840 --> 00:08:37.839 limited to just 60 Hz, but that seems 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:41.039 like a fair trade-off for 20 75 PPI 00:08:37.839 --> 00:08:43.039 versus the 218 of its little brother. 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:46.560 And also guys, if we're being real, we're going to need a faster display 00:08:44.560 --> 00:08:51.360 port connection before we could even go above 8K 60 Hz for color critical work. 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:58.000 You don't want to be using display stream compression for that. Wow, is 00:08:54.320 --> 00:09:01.440 this thing ever thick and heavy. Dual 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:03.760 HDMIs this time. DisplayPort. 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:09.440 Thunderbolt 4 once again with up to 96 watts of charging. This monitor is too 00:09:05.760 --> 00:09:11.440 much for just one man. 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:16.320 A wild poof appears >> and that's his contribution. 00:09:14.160 --> 00:09:21.360 This video is brought to you by ASUS H >> and the letter H. 00:09:18.880 --> 00:09:26.880 >> All right. HDMI, DisplayPort, power, USBA to type- C, and we get a 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:30.160 Thunderbolt cable as well along with just like its little brother, a 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:32.480 calibration. Good lord. >> I think this one comes delta E. Less 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:41.000 than one. >> Uh yeah. >> Yeah. sRGB color accuracy on average 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:41.000 68. 00:09:41.920 --> 00:09:49.080 That's That's nuts. I don't know if I'm 00:09:44.959 --> 00:09:49.080 going to bother installing the shroud. 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:55.760 >> It's felt. >> Yeah, it has like velvet for light control. Okay, that's pretty cool. Okay. 00:09:53.360 --> 00:10:02.800 Yeah, we're putting it on. >> Okay. And a one. Oh, dude. The base is 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:10.120 so heavy. You can tell it's weighted just to like deal with the sheer girth 00:10:05.920 --> 00:10:10.120 of what's sitting on top of it. 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:19.440 Girl, are you so thick? There we go. 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:23.600 Anti-glare has come so freaking far, dude. Like, look at that. What is 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:27.040 happening right now? >> Peter wants to see me monitor. >> You're on a video call with him. Is it? 00:10:26.640 --> 00:10:31.959 Yeah. >> Hi, Peter. This is 00:10:32.160 --> 00:10:36.959 You please tell me you're not editing like this though. Like you're just 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:40.560 remoted into the system, not through the webcam. Right. 00:10:38.560 --> 00:10:43.279 >> And this looks incredible. I wish ASU sent 12 of these. 00:10:41.760 --> 00:10:46.240 >> Would it have cost, you know, like $9,000 a monitor? 00:10:44.959 --> 00:10:48.959 >> Yeah, I can understand why they didn't. I can understand. 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:53.440 >> For 10 of them. >> I can understand why they didn't, >> but they're pretty sick. 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:57.920 >> Yeah. >> Okay. I like that the shroud screws in 00:10:56.399 --> 00:11:03.360 now rather than using just like little plastic push pins. Yeah, this is really 00:10:59.920 --> 00:11:04.720 nice. Just feels primo, you know. 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:11.279 There's not really a ton of space in here. Why don't we take this out there to give it a shot? Sure. 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:12.880 >> We need a 5090. 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:15.360 >> Where are we going to get a 5090 at this hour? >> I don't know. 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:20.720 >> Time to go on a quest. >> Oh god. >> Um, 00:11:18.800 --> 00:11:25.600 >> nope. >> Nope. 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:28.880 Hey, huzzah. the systems that Red Bull 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:30.240 had us build for uh those uh athletes 00:11:28.880 --> 00:11:33.680 they sponsor. >> I don't think we should take it out of those. Oh, but bring the monitor over 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:38.880 here. >> Bring the monitor here. >> We're G to G. 00:11:36.800 --> 00:11:43.519 >> Okay, let's do it. >> Damn. How many FPS are you getting? 00:11:40.800 --> 00:11:47.360 Don't worry about that, brother. >> It does look incredibly sharp. Like, I'm 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:51.839 looking at the text on the Grand Imperial Mall and uh Gosh, that's good. 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:55.360 >> Dude, this is nuts. >> Holy the buildings, too. Look at 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:59.839 these trees. >> What's aliasing? 00:11:57.040 --> 00:12:09.440 >> Like to be clear, I would never buy a 5090 to game at 60 Hz. Not today. 00:12:06.079 --> 00:12:12.800 But if I was going to game at 60 Hz. 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:14.560 It says 80, 00:12:12.800 --> 00:12:18.399 but you know how sometimes it says 80 FPS, 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:23.120 but there's so much tearing and there's so much inconsistency in the frame times 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:26.320 that it doesn't feel like 80 FPS. Yeah, >> that's where we're at right now. 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:30.639 >> Well, that's 8K. >> God. Yeah, the buildings look realistic. 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:34.880 Like that's that's one of the first times I've looked at Cyberpunk and 00:12:32.800 --> 00:12:38.240 thought, "Wow, this looks like actually almost photorealistic just in the base 00:12:37.040 --> 00:12:44.560 game." >> To be clear, I still don't think 8K is 00:12:41.760 --> 00:12:50.000 ever going to happen for consumer. >> Maybe 20 years. 20 years 00:12:47.040 --> 00:12:52.560 >> maybe. But like why? Wow. Because we're sitting here 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:56.959 thinking, "Wow, that looks amazing. That's why." 00:12:54.320 --> 00:13:00.639 >> All right, fair enough. But this wasn't made for consumers, you know. This is 00:12:58.959 --> 00:13:04.240 all about the features that professionals need. I mean, even things 00:13:02.079 --> 00:13:07.839 like it supports DICOM, which was a pretty cool thing that really impressed 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:12.720 us about the Studio Display XDR. Well, here it is on both this and on its 00:13:10.560 --> 00:13:16.000 little brothers. Speaking of the little brothers, why don't we go see how Connor 00:13:14.160 --> 00:13:19.360 likes his upgrade? Coming back to the displays we're 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:26.240 actually deploying. Ready to turn it on and have a look? >> Sure. I mean, yes. I'm so excited. 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:29.760 >> He's just upset he doesn't have his shelf anymore. 00:13:28.160 --> 00:13:34.959 >> We talked about that before the camera turned on. 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.680 >> Wow. It's Premiere. 00:13:34.959 --> 00:13:40.639 It's great. >> Thanks, Connor. >> I was going to say actually with the 00:13:38.160 --> 00:13:44.240 other monitor, um, we have light set up in this room right now, but this was 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:48.000 blinding before coming from this bulb light. Right now, I it doesn't face me 00:13:46.079 --> 00:13:51.839 at all. It's great. Now, tell me something. The way that you would scale 00:13:49.760 --> 00:13:56.000 your interface normally, are you going to get much out of 6K? I mean, to me, it 00:13:54.720 --> 00:14:01.680 looks like you have some really small text on your screen. Do you notice any difference or was 4K already a lot? 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:06.000 >> I don't see any impact right now, but I think you said earlier with screenshots, 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:10.000 we really want high-res and like be to be able to punch in on words so we don't 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:12.000 lose quality. That is the big thing for me. 00:14:10.560 --> 00:14:19.199 >> Really? Okay. >> I mean, you should know you always comment on LMG review. 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:22.000 Okay, that's fair. >> This obviously is a JPEG, so it's not 00:14:20.880 --> 00:14:26.320 going to scale very well. When you're reviewing our videos and it was like this, would you complain about that? 00:14:25.199 --> 00:14:32.880 Like, that's legible, right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> His seal of approval right now. 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:37.199 >> And if everything that we've looked at so far is a little too rich for your 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:41.760 blood, ASUS does have a third model they sent over that's more for people who are 00:14:38.560 --> 00:14:46.480 starting out, the PA 27JCV. 00:14:41.760 --> 00:14:48.240 It's only 5K and only 27 in, but we get 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:53.040 a ton of the same features that we just went over, like the built-in KVM, the 00:14:50.800 --> 00:14:58.560 Apple color space compatibility, and access to a ton of different color modes 00:14:54.959 --> 00:15:01.120 while maintaining a solid 218 PPI for as 00:14:58.560 --> 00:15:05.360 low as 7 or $800 depending on where you find it. So, thanks again to ASUS for 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:08.399 sponsoring this video and this editing den upgrade. If any of you guys are 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:14.079 interested in checking out any of the ProArt monitors that we talked about, we're going to have them all linked in 00:15:10.959 --> 00:15:15.839 the video description. Now, please stop 00:15:14.079 --> 00:15:18.160 recording because I've got an 8K monitor to steal. Did you add that to it after 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:25.839 script review? >> No, I put that in before and you just never noticed. >> Nice. I mean, that is the plan. 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:31.680 >> If you guys enjoyed this video, maybe check out the time that we uh originally 00:15:28.959 --> 00:15:37.600 upgraded to the PA32 UCX. They really are great monitors. We just didn't end 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:37.600 up going the HDR route.