Sagittarius
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I want to upgrade my 4K monitor
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Sagittarius
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Sorry, I was not clear. I meant this monitor and take money out of equation. BTW I have ASUS ProArt PA279Q 2560 x 1440 wide gamut for quite a few years and it goes strong. I calibrate it with SpydeXElite and check calibration every month. No drift at all. Interesting that ASUS claims that PA27UCX has delta E<1.
Asus makes all sort of claims and not all of them are always true - at least some of them are just be misleading. I've learned that Asus pushes quite aggressive marketing claiming 'industry leading' performance, professionalism and such. But in fact Asus monitors are very much consumer versions of professional products and they tend appeal to crowd that someone might categorize as 'computer nerds'. Professionals are not 'better', 'discerning' or anything, but when it comes to real professional environments, the Asus just doesn't cut it. That's why it's manufacturers like Eizo who bring their tools to movie productions and such. They can guarantee quality control and same performance over tens or hundreds of monitors. Can one be fully satisfied with Asus? Absolutely and without any hesitations (tools doesn't make one a better or worse human)! It just itches me to see Asus marketing claims... So, no wrong going Asus 4K monitor if you want to. For quality reviews see, for example, prad.de (if you are using Chrome you can translate the reviews easily on the fly)
Sagittarius
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I've looked at Eizo wide gamut monitors, but they are not available anywhere.
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One other thing to consider; do you really want different areas (zones) of the monitor to have a brightness that varies depending on each area's content?
Seems to me mini-LED would be fine for video, where things are constantly changing anyway, but do we want that variation on a still image?
(Anyone; if I have a mistaken concept of mini-LED's function, please correct me.)
I have no problem whatever with Asus products; I've had a number of their motherboards and computers; if I saw a monitor of theirs I found particularly desirable, I'd buy it. Some are very nice.
My $500 32" 4K monitor has a measured maximum deltaE of 1.67, average of 0.08 according to DisplayCAL. I can live with that.
Sagittarius
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You can disable dynamic dimming. You can also enable or disable HDR.
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Sean Nelson
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I better not mention my 24" Samsung monitor, then. It harks from 2008...
This thread has me looking at the LG 32UN650 mentioned earlier. Unfortunately I have a list of more important things at the moment.
The Asus that's always mentioned to be reasonable value is the ProArt Display PA32UC-K . Which I don't see on the B&H website. Locally it's about 2/3s of the price of the monitor posted to start the thread. Including stuff you might not need.
www.asus.com
The problem is you're either in the budget reasonable quality consumer end. Call it under $1K. Or you're much higher and wondering if spending a bit more might be worth it.
There are only two companies I think making panels. That means you're really paying for the other stuff. QC being a big chunk.
The Asus that's always mentioned to be reasonable value is the ProArt Display PA32UC-K . Which I don't see on the B&H website. Locally it's about 2/3s of the price of the monitor posted to start the thread. Including stuff you might not need.
ProArt｜Monitors｜ASUS Global
The goal of the ASUS ProArt display series is to offer the most advanced technologies to power the imaginations of creators everywhere. With features such as mini-LED backlights, OLED displays, and ASUS Smart HDR technology, ProArt monitors are the solution for creating masterpieces.
www.asus.com
The problem is you're either in the budget reasonable quality consumer end. Call it under $1K. Or you're much higher and wondering if spending a bit more might be worth it.
There are only two companies I think making panels. That means you're really paying for the other stuff. QC being a big chunk.
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I had a Samsung amber monochrome composite video monitor in the middle 1980's at work.
Naturally, I had to label the computer it went with "Delilah".
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Had a lot of hairy experiences with it? ;-)
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:-D And took a haircut when I sold it.
Terrible Photographer
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As someone who works in commercial advertising, having an insane monitor like that has a limited ROI.
You might have the most color accurate display on the planet, but nobody else does.
The Art Buyers who are hiring are seeing it on iPhones, iMacs, and smudged up Macbook Pro's with "true tone" still turned on.
Let alone the wasteland of unstandardized garbage that is most Windows computers.
You might have the most color accurate display on the planet, but nobody else does.
The Art Buyers who are hiring are seeing it on iPhones, iMacs, and smudged up Macbook Pro's with "true tone" still turned on.
Let alone the wasteland of unstandardized garbage that is most Windows computers.
Very interesting, thanks for mentioning it.
I note that on the B&H website, where unlike Dell they specify Watts power consumption,
- Dell UP3221Q - 13 W (Typical) 0.5 W (Standby) - $3900
- LG 32YK500 - 50 W (Typical) 0.5 W (Standby) - $297
However I'm impressed by low power consumption of mini LED. As you might've expected.
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I suspect that the LG's "typical" power consumption is at default brightness level, i.e., near eyeball-scorching in my dim computer room, and the Dell's "operational" would depend on what image is displayed.
Switching off my 32UN650-W changes the UPS' display from 146 W to 125 W, so my typical is a lot less than the 45 W "typical" in the specs.
And my financial breakeven point for the Dell would probably extend beyond my lifetime.
bluehighwayman
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Can't argue with the specs and if the price isn't a problem get it. After paying thousands for camera equipment why cheap out on the monitor which may be the most important part of a workflow.
Sean Nelson
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...and monitors generally have a longer life than cameras, which tend to get replaced as soon as the next shiny one comes along...
Sagittarius
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So I bit a bullet and got this monitor. Right of the box, using Adobe RGB preset it displayed gorgeous colors in LR classic. I reduced brightness to 25% which will give me approx. 120 cd/m2. It comes with X-rite i1Display Pro and ASUS's own calibration software. All calibration data stays in monitor's internal LUT. Tonight I will try to calibrate it and see where it will take me.
Just to be clear, are you referring to the PA27UCX-K?
If it's like my PA329c, you have two choices for calibration: you can save two custom LUTs, or you can run a calibration using the presets and create a custom icm file, just like with an inexpensive monitor.
I don't know which approach is superior. Seems like the LUT one should be, but...
Sagittarius
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Yes, it is PA27UCX-K. When you save in the internal LUT, monitor becomes independent from the computer and will keep settings if connected to another computer. Does your monitor have a driver? Mine does not and shows up in the devise manager as a generick monitor.
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My monitor has a "driver". There's one available for yours: https://www.asus.com/us/Displays-De...Download/?model2Name=ProArt-Display-PA27UCX-K
(It's the same driver for all recent versions of Windows. Not listed for Windows 11, but should be OK for that, too.)
Yes, I know. The monitor has only been used on one PC so far, so that aspect (having the LUT stored in the monitor, and moving with it) isn't of great value to me.
My monitor has a "driver". There's one available for yours: https://www.asus.com/us/Displays-De...Download/?model2Name=ProArt-Display-PA27UCX-K
(It's the same driver for all recent versions of Windows. Not listed for Windows 11, but should be OK for that, too.)
Sagittarius
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Unfortunately this link downloads only ProArt Calibration software and no driver.
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