A Big Colorful Display: Review of the ProArt Display PA329CV

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This is a sentence you’ve never heard anyone utter: “Two monitors was getting too much for me. I dialed it back to one.” Likewise: “I thought I enjoyed having three displays, but they made it too easy to multitask.”

The lesson: Be careful when you upgrade your display setup, because once you get a taste for more monitor, you can’t go back.

I should’ve heeded that lesson when Asus offered to send me a review unit of their new 32” monitor, the Asus ProArt Display PA329CV. I foolishly accepted, sparing not a single thought for the day I’d be forced to return it and revert to my paltry 24-incher. Stephen King, take note for your next short story.

But while it’s here, before these good times screech to a halt, I might as well tell you about it.

The Asus ProArt Display PA329CV

Asus’s ProArt line comprises a range of products, from laptops and desktops to projectors and peripherals and, naturally, displays. Though the brand’s name caters to the media and entertainment crowd, Asus also markets the products to engineers, architects, and designers. It’s the company’s high-end hardware for hard-working professionals (the kind of user who would consider spending $10,000 for a laptop ).

There are no fewer than 20 models of ProArt Displays, so I’ll be forced to use the clunky identifier PA329CV throughout this review. It’s a 32” 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) LED display replete with heavy-duty mounting hardware, offering both a desk stand and C-clamp in the box for users to choose from. The display is highly adjustable, with 130mm of height travel, ±30 degrees of side-to-side swivel, 23 to -5 degrees of up-and-down tilt, and 90 degrees of pivot to switch between portrait and landscape orientations.

In addition, the PA329CV includes an array of input ports: 2 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 USB-C, a headphone jack, and a total of 4 USB-A ports (2 along the bottom with the other ports, and 2 along the left edge). The USB-A ports can serve as a hub for your computer if the PA329CV is connected via the USB-C port. The display also includes integrated speakers.

One of the main features Asus emphasizes about the ProArt Display PA329CV is its color. It boasts 100% sRGB and Rec. 709 coverage with a Calman Verified color accuracy of ΔE < 2. The lower that delta value, the more accurate the colors, with anything lower than two generally considered to be undetectable by human eyes. So keen is Asus on the color performance of the display that they include a laminated calibration report in the box:

While Asus doesn’t sell the PA329CV directly through its website, Amazon currently lists the display at $799.99.

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