1152 zones is presumably a 48x24 backlight grid for 80x90 pixel zones; for roughtly 5/8" or 1.5cm not quite squares.
That's a good upgrade over the 384 zones in the gaming monitors released earlier in the year; but is still going to be big blooming glow zones around any very bright objects.
I guess around 3mm edge square local dimming zone (especially on large screen above 35 inches) or bit less will be soft limit to dimming zone we can notice on normal use. for that on 32 inch display you will need around 29-31K zones which is quite a lot and would be quite bit expensive to manufacturer right now, but since most IPS is very limited in terms on contrast ratio if you want to crank up the brightness keep dark zone still dark you would have to use more local dimming zones to prevent those glowing effects.
This is a pro display designed for pro photographers and image folks. All such displays have had the anti-glare shade since forever. As such, I hope you don't get angry when you the non-gaming response time is revealed and you declare this display "junk." It is not designed for people that are unfamiliar with the need of the shade and is most certainly not junk.
Just a heads up, don't expect this anytime near what they said. Remember the IPS gaming monitors 120+ Hz? They was delayed over a YEAR before they came out. Even now they are hardly to be found in stock.
You can't bring a product out on time when a key component supplier blows availability times by over a year; and AUO was embarrassingly over optimistic about how quickly they could get their first generation FALD panels debugged.
I wonder what they're using to drive the backlight in VRR mode. Current implementations have been G-sync (big grunty FPGA and huge backlight driver boards) to get the FALD updated per-frame and in sync with panel updates, or the TV route using stock panel controllers where either FALD is disabled for VRR (static backlight only, no HDR) or operates using a trailing multi-frame average ('glow streaks').
HDMI 2.1 ideally. Turing GPUs can handily render adaptive-sync that way + two 2080Tis easily max out the refresh frates of this monitor (one can get 70-80FPS easily and will be way faster in more modern games coming out when Windows 7 is EOL'd and games + apps can use WDDM 2.0)
Oh please, can I laugh? PA32UCX was announced nearly a year ago, and for most of 2019 various media outlets kept announcing it, since there was no new information available. Given the price and availability as of Oct 2019, I'm pretty sure people are queuing around the block to buy it. Mind you, it's still far from pixel level illumination and still costs an arm and a leg. And now we're already talking about 1600 nits and 120 Hz? Let me guess, it will be widely available in 2022 and cost 10k? As Bill Maher put it "Mars might be full of methane, but we are full of s**t"
So many ridiculous replies to this post! The UCX is already available and is one of the very best HDR monitors on the market. It is IN STOCK at B&H. No other monitor touches it at the price. I am pre-ordering one here in Vietnam for just $3,300, which is a steal, since I'm getting the unit with an X-Rite i1 Display Pro. No need for 120 hz refresh rate, since I edit video, I'm not a gamer. And anyone who references Bill Maher is not to be trusted, since he thinks Klobuchar is the best candidate for 2020. LOL
This monitor was optimized for interaction entertainment pros making the 120hz + VRR a necessity.
HDMI 2.1 should be used to more accommodate such pros because major next gen consoles from Microsoft & Sony are confirmed so far to use HDMI 2.1 since they both target 4K@120hz
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Gunbuster - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
Just here scrolling for a mile to figure out what size the screen is...Dug - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
You mean the spec sheet or that the model# didn't give it away.imaheadcase - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
Its in the name of the monitor..32. That is how monitors..how did you not know that.mrvco - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link
Could be a metric monitor!DanNeely - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
1152 zones is presumably a 48x24 backlight grid for 80x90 pixel zones; for roughtly 5/8" or 1.5cm not quite squares.That's a good upgrade over the 384 zones in the gaming monitors released earlier in the year; but is still going to be big blooming glow zones around any very bright objects.
Eliadbu - Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - link
I guess around 3mm edge square local dimming zone (especially on large screen above 35 inches) or bit less will be soft limit to dimming zone we can notice on normal use. for that on 32 inch display you will need around 29-31K zones which is quite a lot and would be quite bit expensive to manufacturer right now, but since most IPS is very limited in terms on contrast ratio if you want to crank up the brightness keep dark zone still dark you would have to use more local dimming zones to prevent those glowing effects.JEmlay - Tuesday, November 5, 2019 - link
"still going to be big blooming glow zones around any very bright objects."That's a ridiculous statement seeing as how the bloom was greatly reduced in the PG27UQX. Blooming? Yes. BIG BLOOMING? No.
s.yu - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
I assume there's a way of turning off local dimming right? Blooming in the shape of blobs can't be good for uniformity when editing stills.xmRipper - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
That is totally all-in-one top beast display. But WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SHADE HOOD, WHY!!skavi - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
most pro oriented monitors will include one. It's not required.Dug - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
Because external light changes, and this reduces the glare, and reduces the need to re calibrate so often due to external light changing.JEmlay - Tuesday, November 5, 2019 - link
This is why our graphics department is pretty much dark. I hate inspections because I get to go around and put all the damn bulbs back in!zinfamous - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link
This is a pro display designed for pro photographers and image folks. All such displays have had the anti-glare shade since forever. As such, I hope you don't get angry when you the non-gaming response time is revealed and you declare this display "junk." It is not designed for people that are unfamiliar with the need of the shade and is most certainly not junk.JEmlay - Tuesday, November 5, 2019 - link
Who said anything about junk?haukionkannel - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
$9999? Or more... but yeah, nice monitor indeed. Fast, Freesync, good colours, finally somewhat true hdr.Vitor - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
32" 4k 120hz with plenty of dimming zones could be great for my small living room.skavi - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
This seems to be pretty much the peak for current monitor tech before µLED comes out.Beaver M. - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
Lets wait and see. I wouldnt be surprised if they turn µLED into backlight, too.Dug - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
Nice. About the perfect monitor, unfortunately it will be $5k+.Also nice that they did this with IPS and not VA.
imaheadcase - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
Just a heads up, don't expect this anytime near what they said. Remember the IPS gaming monitors 120+ Hz? They was delayed over a YEAR before they came out. Even now they are hardly to be found in stock.Alistair - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
Yeah Asus has a tendency to outright lie about release dates. 2021.DesktopMan - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link
The 60 hz version was supposed to be out in June and it's nowhere to be seen so this is spot on.Also regarding the article, VRR doesn't automatically mean HDMI-VRR unless stated.
lilkwarrior - Saturday, January 4, 2020 - link
Not Asus's fault at all; it's AUO. They're kinda heartless pushing back high-end panels for maximizing their profits selling lower-end panelsDanNeely - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link
You can't bring a product out on time when a key component supplier blows availability times by over a year; and AUO was embarrassingly over optimistic about how quickly they could get their first generation FALD panels debugged.Morawka - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
wtb a good proart with HDR and 120hz for under $700haukionkannel - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link
Hdr 400 or even less for that price...edzieba - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link
I wonder what they're using to drive the backlight in VRR mode. Current implementations have been G-sync (big grunty FPGA and huge backlight driver boards) to get the FALD updated per-frame and in sync with panel updates, or the TV route using stock panel controllers where either FALD is disabled for VRR (static backlight only, no HDR) or operates using a trailing multi-frame average ('glow streaks').lilkwarrior - Saturday, January 4, 2020 - link
HDMI 2.1 ideally. Turing GPUs can handily render adaptive-sync that way + two 2080Tis easily max out the refresh frates of this monitor (one can get 70-80FPS easily and will be way faster in more modern games coming out when Windows 7 is EOL'd and games + apps can use WDDM 2.0)lilkwarrior - Saturday, January 4, 2020 - link
*As far as the game developer use case of this monitor. One 2080TI is more than enough for general usage of this monitor at 4K@120hz.stanpapusa - Saturday, October 12, 2019 - link
Oh please, can I laugh?PA32UCX was announced nearly a year ago, and for most of 2019 various media outlets kept announcing it, since there was no new information available.
Given the price and availability as of Oct 2019, I'm pretty sure people are queuing around the block to buy it. Mind you, it's still far from pixel level illumination and still costs an arm and a leg.
And now we're already talking about 1600 nits and 120 Hz?
Let me guess, it will be widely available in 2022 and cost 10k?
As Bill Maher put it "Mars might be full of methane, but we are full of s**t"
jon pais - Saturday, November 9, 2019 - link
So many ridiculous replies to this post! The UCX is already available and is one of the very best HDR monitors on the market. It is IN STOCK at B&H. No other monitor touches it at the price. I am pre-ordering one here in Vietnam for just $3,300, which is a steal, since I'm getting the unit with an X-Rite i1 Display Pro. No need for 120 hz refresh rate, since I edit video, I'm not a gamer. And anyone who references Bill Maher is not to be trusted, since he thinks Klobuchar is the best candidate for 2020. LOLlilkwarrior - Monday, November 18, 2019 - link
This monitor was optimized for interaction entertainment pros making the 120hz + VRR a necessity.HDMI 2.1 should be used to more accommodate such pros because major next gen consoles from Microsoft & Sony are confirmed so far to use HDMI 2.1 since they both target 4K@120hz
halcyon - Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - link
The panel is already postponed to Q2/2020. I doubt we will see the monitor before Q3/2020 in retail in volume.lilkwarrior - Monday, December 30, 2019 - link
Link? Even so, that's not bad at all.