ProArt Display PA278QV 27” WQHD (2560 x 1440) Monitor, 100% sRGB/Rec. 709 ΔE < 2, IPS, DisplayPort HDMI DVI-D Mini DP, Calman Verified, Eye Care, Anti-Glare, Tilt Pivot Swivel Height Adjustable

A review from over a year of owning this: I got this to do art and occasionally play games. Refresh rate is great, especially when gaming or editing 60fps videos. Screen is the perfect size for my desk and I love that I can extend it and use it when I’m standing. Color is excellent and I appreciate the ability to check real life dimensions from within the screen. I have no dead pixels and I’ve been using it for over a year with no issue. While the brightness is adjustable and can go pretty high, there’s a bit of screen burn-in (that fades given time) which is to be expected. I generally keep to the default sRGB and lower brightness to avoid this because it can mess with color appearances which isn’t ideal for art. The only major downside of this is that the speakers are really poor quality. I got some cheap, 20+ year old external speakers to plug in because it really was that bad and the cheap external speakers are significantly better. If you are editing videos with audio or like to listen to music while you work, you’ll need headphones or speakers. I’d almost rather this monitor didn’t come with built in speakers as it feels like such a waste for something so poor quality. But I suppose if you just need something to hear alerts or notification sounds, it could be just what you need. Overall, I’m a very happy digital artist with this monitor!

This monitor couldn’t have been more perfect for my work, and for what I was shopping for. Colors are really accurate, there’s plenty of features to adjust values to help calibrate it. the materials are quality, and brightness is more than sufficient. I often game as well on it and hardly had any issues, maybe in a few games where frame-rate is important, but I play more for high graphics settings rather than high frame rates. A great value.

Overall, it's a super beautiful monitor, very impressive. It took me awhile to get it set up as I had initially plugged the HDMI cable into a DisplayPort adapter and couldn't access the 2560x1440p resolution because of that, but when I figured it out it looked amazing. I had mostly been looking for an accurate sRGB IPS monitor so I didn't look at the stand or other features that this monitor has. I was pleasantly surprised about how gear towards creatives this monitor was. On the back of the monitor and bottom of the stan there are degree measurements, so you know exactly what degree you are setting the monitor's tilt or horizontal viewing angle. The stand is tall enough for you to rotate it without reaching behind to do any adjustments, so your workflow is easy to adjust even while working. The monitor has on screen grids for rule of thirds, a ruler, and a scale for A4 and B5 paper. I was just ridiculously excited to learn these things, they're extremely helpful for someone in design/illustration. The ruler on the bezel of the monitor isn't as helpful, considering it isn't very visible with the screen backlighting it, but it was cute and I'm sure I'll use it eventually, so no marks against it for that. I ordered a used monitor, it was supposed to have visible blemishes but I can't see anything anywhere. Perfect condition, no scratches, just a beautiful monitor. It was missing a manual, the DisplayPort cable, the DisplayPort-to-miniDP cable, and the USB type B-to-A cable. Not a big deal considering the discount, but when Amazon says the used product may have some damage, it could also just have extra items missing. The display itself is beautiful, 1440p is a great midway for my 3070. The colors are very good and I like how easy it is to switch color modes or other settings. I have only two complaints for this monitor. The first is that the DCI-P3 color space setting is extremely green, though that might just be how that color space is because I've never seen it before. The second is that it is *bright*. I put my brightness down to 20 out of 100 just to save my eyes. Since this monitor is for people who will definitely be looking at the screen for a long time, I'd like to see it get even darker or be less bright in general. Overall, I am extremely happy with this monitor and I'm so glad I got it.

The color accuracy and monitor features are hugely better than anything in this price range. The effective resolution of a clearly viewable screen match the native resolution of the screen. If you need higher resolution the ProArt line of monitors are all better than average values.

I purchased this for a Mac mini M2 I had just purchased, based on it appearing on several reviews that listed this monitor as existing in the sweet spot between affordability and quality. Of course, I'm sure it's not as sharp or takes as full advantage of the mini's picture quality like Apple's recommended Mac Studio Display, but the Mac Studio's $1599 price tag would've made irrelevant the reason I bought the Mac mini in the first place vs. an iMac, which was my previous computer of choice since 2009. So accepting that, I am very satisfied with this monitor. However, having only owned all-in-one packages like the iMac in the past, it was a bit of a learning curve in adapting to a separate computer monitor. I'm still playing with the picture quality/resolution, brightness and blue light levels to find the right balance—I will say that the monitor is certainly plenty bright. I keep brightness nearly at the lowest level! The adjustment in height and tilt (let alone vertical rotation) are terrific features. I also purchased this for the additional USB ports, so it acts as a USB hub too for peripherals. Note that in order for the USB hubs to work, you have to plug the USB 3.0 square connector cable into the monitor and the regular USB connector on the other end into the mini! At first I thought it was just an additional cable as an alternative to the HDMI cable (also provided!), but it turns out that this cable is what powers the USB hubs/ports on the monitor, so be sure to use and connect it! The paper instructions are all visual, no words, so it wasn't clear to me that this cable was essential, but after about 10 minutes of fiddling and googling to see why the ports might not be working, I figured it out. Hopefully, this observation will save some people a bit of grief lol. Fortunately, my existing hub for my peripherals (scanner, external drives) worked fine, but it's nice having these additional ports to charge/connect my iPhone and other occasional peripherals I use. It's saved me for now from having to buy a USB hub I was contemplating for the mini to give me more ports. I should add that I read that connecting the mini purely via HDMI didn't take full advantage of the mini's graphics card, so in advance of the delivery of both the mini and the monitor, I purchased a USB C to HDMI adaptor. The only "drawback" (which is not on ASUS, more on the user if you opt for the Mac mini) is that it doesn't have a built in video camera. Who knew that I'd need one so soon after purchasing the new system lol? So I have just purchased a cheap one off Amazon that should solve that problem. Anyway, very pleased with this product.

I really wanted to like this monitor. On paper, the specs look perfect — 5K resolution, wide color gamut, “MacBook-friendly” marketing, and a professional design aesthetic. In reality, it’s been one of the most disappointing purchases I’ve made. 1. Poor macOS compatibility If you’re a Mac user, be warned: this display does not support true HiDPI scaling in macOS. That means text and icons look fuzzy and slightly blurry compared to Apple’s own Studio Display or even a cheaper 4K Samsung monitor. macOS can’t show the usual “Larger Text ↔ More Space” scaling slider, so you’re forced into awkward resolutions that either make text too small or unsharp. For a product advertised as “Mac-optimized,” this is unacceptable. 2. Over-saturated colors out of the box Even in the so-called sRGB or DCI-P3 modes, the colors look over-boosted and unnatural. Without hardware calibration gear, it’s almost impossible to match the look of a MacBook display. This completely defeats the purpose of a “creator-class” monitor. 3. Eye strain and lack of ambient adjustment Brightness can’t adapt automatically to room light, and the backlight feels harsh. Within a few hours I was getting eye strain — something I’ve never experienced with Apple’s own displays. 4. Misleading “for creatives” marketing ASUS markets this ProArt line as professional, color-accurate, and “Mac compatible.” But in practice, these panels don’t integrate well with macOS’s scaling or color management pipeline. A $200 consumer Samsung display looked better and felt more comfortable to use. If you’re on macOS, save yourself the frustration and buy an Apple Studio Display (even refurbished). It just works — no hacks, no fuzzy text, no guessing which resolution looks least bad.

I'm a book and magazine designer, and I needed a monitor for the Mac mini I just got to replace my iMac. I have a secondary display that I've been using, but its highest resolution is 1920x1080, so it doesn't give me much screen space when I work. I should say that I mostly work in InDesign, and don't do a lot of photo adjustment (typically any imagery has been touched up before it gets to me), and I do no video work, aside from watching videos online, and I'm not a gamer. The picture quality, color, brightness are great for me, and the price is right for a display with this level of resolution. Youtube, Hulu, Amazon, and Netflix, all look great. Love it. My only complaint is the speakers, oddly enough. I like to listen to podcasts and radio shows as I work, but don't always want to have headphones in (my wife tends to come up behind me and scare me half to death when I wear them). My old iMac had great speakers, the mini has one little speaker thats okay, but a bit tinny. The speakers on the display are almost painful to listen to. It's like a 1950's AM transistor radio. Plus, once you move over to the speakers, you lose all ability to control the volume with your keyboard. This is typical, but getting to the point where you can adjust the volume on the display takes working through the menu - 8 button clicks, that aren't very intuitive, before you can even turn the thing down or up. Otherwise a great display. If you're using it with a Mac mini, do yourself a favor and find a good quality USB-C to HDMI cable. I tried it first with Apple products (Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 adapter, then a Thunderbolt 2 cord to the mini-DVI on the back of the display). Didn't work - could have been a defective adapter, but the cord I ended up with was $11.99, as compared to about $70 for the Apple stuff, and works fine. Aside from the speakers - 5 stars.

This monitor has very good color depth. Gradient banding is almost completely indiscernible and really only shows up if you are displaying a full spectrum gradient that you might find as a test. During normal use there is no noticeable banding whatsoever. This monitor delivers on everything it promises. The 75hz refresh rate is plenty fast for me but some gamers may want a display with a bit faster refresh rate. My only gripe, which is really nothing, is that when changing from one source to another (DisplayPort to HDMI or vise versa) the on screen menu takes several clicks to get to the source change function. But all the buttons are on the front so you won't be reaching around the back side of the monitor to adjust anything. And if you are not switching sources it is a non-issue. Otherwise I have no complaints and enjoy using this monitor every single day.