A 6K display for your Mac that you can afford! Asus ProArt PA32QCV
Mac users waited years for affordable 5K displays, and now 6K options are arriving. We no longer have to look at the $5,000 Pro Display XDR to get a 32-inch display at 218 pixels per inch. ASUS is back with the ProArt PA32QCV, and as the first 32-inch 6K display I’ve used, it may have sold me on upgrading from my Studio Display.
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The display
It’s 31.5 inches, 6016 × 3384, at 218 ppi, and it’s great for multitasking. You get so much more space than 5K that you have room for everything. It’s a standard IPS panel, not mini-LED or OLED, with no local dimming zones. ASUS lists up to 98% P3 and 600 nits.
By eye, cycling through colors, I saw good color and consistent brightness across the whole panel, which isn’t always the case. Playing a black video showed four small spots of bleed, not uncommon for IPS, and minimal. The LuxPixel anti-reflective, anti-glare coating does a really good job, and I think it’s better than on the 5K version, which noticeably dimmed away from the center. I didn’t see that here, even on a wider display.
With the Spyder Pro, it beat ASUS’s specs: 100% P3, 660 nits, and 1640:1 contrast. It’s great for photo and video editing, watching movies, and basically anything you do on a computer.
Features for everyday users and pros
- M-Model P3 mode matches the look of Mac displays, so windows look the same as you move them between your MacBook and this display.
- Light Sync adjusts brightness and color temperature from sensors, kind of like True Tone.
- Factory-calibrated Adobe RGB, P3, and Rec. 709 modes for professionals.
- Display Widget Center software lets you change color profiles and individual settings from the Mac, control brightness from the Mac keyboard, and use a built-in window manager.
Design
All plastic, all black, with the ProArt logo on the back. It looks OK, subtle, fine. Slim bezels on three sides, a brushed chin with the ASUS logo, and buttons plus a joystick on the front right. When I reviewed the 5K version I poo-pooed the front buttons, but over the past year I’ve found them convenient. I’d still rather ASUS put every menu setting in Display Widget Center so the buttons could go away.
The steel-and-plastic stand adjusts height, tilt, and pivot, and rotates 90°. Like the 5K version, the cable hole is too low, so you’ll always see the cable, and there’s a little wobble in regular use.
Ports
HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, and Thunderbolt 4 with 96 W, plus a downstream Thunderbolt 4 port for daisy chaining or an SSD. An upstream USB-C port and built-in KVM switch between two devices, along with two USB-A and one USB-C port.
What it isn’t
Probably not for gamers who want high refresh rates, though it’s fine for casual 60 Hz gaming. For me, 60 Hz is fine for everything I do; I’m more impressed by resolution than frame rate. The speakers suck. And it’s not a Pro Display XDR: no mini-LED, no dimming zones. It’s built to be big and pixel-dense, and it succeeds.
Price
$1,399. The next 32-inch 6K option, the Dell UltraSharp, is $2,799, and the Pro Display XDR starts at $4,999 without a stand. 5K options range from about $850 to $2,000 for a height-adjustable Studio Display. My only question is tariffs: ASUS’s 5K display went from $749 to about $840. For a 32-inch 6K display with factory calibration, good anti-reflection, and features for pros and everyday users, $1,399 doesn’t seem unreasonable.
Links
- UGREEN Nexode Portable Power Bank 300W(29% OFF,8/18-8/31)
- UGREEN Nexode Power bank Series
- Asus PA32QCV
- Kuycon G27P
- BENQ PD2730S
- Studio Display
- Asus PA27JCV
- Samsung ViewFinity S9
- Cheap 5K vs Apple Studio Display
- The Everyday Mac Display - BENQ MA270U
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