GoKawiilThe Asus ProArt PA27USD is the best professional display I’ve reviewed. It truly does everything well and when compared to others is a relative bargain. It’s the one pro screen that games as good as it looks.
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What makes a monitor professional-grade? There are many things that pros need to get the job done, and most screens billed as “professional” don’t cover all the bases. You can always expect accurate color, flexible calibration options, and rugged build quality. But do you get a fast refresh rate? Adaptive-Sync? Multiple stand options? Self-calibration?
That’s a lot to ask for, but Asus has baked all those qualities into the ProArt PA27USD. It’s a 27-inch QD-OLED panel with 4K resolution, professional image modes, auto-calibration, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision, and wide gamut color. And it’s ruggedly built with two stands included, cable management, a light hood, an SDI input, KVM, USB, and internal speakers — jeez, what doesn’t it have? And it’s not super expensive as far as pro monitors go. Let’s take a look.
Asus ProArt PA27USD Specs
Swipe to scroll horizontally Panel Type / Backlight Quantum Dot Organic Light Emitting Diode (QD-OLED Screen Size / Aspect Ratio 27 inches / 16:9 Max Resolution and Refresh Rate 3840x2160 @ 240 Hz Row 3 - Cell 0 FreeSync and G-Sync Compatible Native Color Depth and Gamut 10-bit / DCI-P3+ Row 5 - Cell 0 HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision Row 6 - Cell 0 DisplayHDR 400 True Black Response Time (GTG) 0.1ms Brightness (mfr) 250 nits Row 9 - Cell 0 HDR Peak 1,000 nits Contrast (mfr) Unmeasurable Speakers 2x 2w Video Inputs 1x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x SDI 12G Row 13 - Cell 0 2x HDMI 2.1, 2x Thunderbolt 4 Audio 3.5mm headphone output USB 3.2 2x Type C, 2x Type A Power Consumption 43.5w, brightness @ 200 nits Panel Dimensions WxHxD w/base 24 x 18-23.2 x 9.5 inches (610 x 457-589 x 241mm) Panel Thickness 2.36 inches (60mm) Bezel Width Top: 0.28 inch (7mm) Row 20 - Cell 0 Sides: 0.43 inch (11mm) Row 21 - Cell 0 Bottom: 0.9 inch (23mm) Weight 16.5 pounds (7.5kg) Warranty 3 years, including burn-in
From an image quality standpoint, we can all agree that OLED is the best technology currently available. It offers deeper contrast than any other panel, along with wide gamut color, excellent screen uniformity, and repeatable accuracy. Self-emissive pixels render the picture with minimal polarization, which means wider viewing angles and better clarity.
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The PA27USD has a Quantum Dot panel with gamut coverage up to 102% of DCI-P3. It won’t quite do BT.2020, but for any P3 or smaller color space, it is spot on. And selecting parameters is as easy as finding what you want from the seven SDR and five HDR modes, including support for HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision. SDR modes cover sRGB, Adobe RGB, BT.709 and 2020, plus Display and Cinema P3, and DICOM.
It’s rare for a professional panel to be game-worthy, but the PA27USD includes a 240 Hz refresh rate and Adaptive-Sync. You won’t find aiming points or sniper modes, but when paired with a fast video card, it delivers low input lag and the smooth response that only a fast OLED can provide.
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