OLED
panels can't be as bright as monitors with backlights, including FALD and Mini
LED options. The PA32DC achieves a maximum brightness of 500 nits in HDR (10%
APL / patch size), or around 250 nits in full screen (100% APL). Like all OLED
panels, the panel relies on "automatic brightness control" (ABL) to
control the distribution of power across the panel, allowing maximum brightness
for small areas, but meaning your maximum brightness will be lower for larger
areas. If you want to know more about ABL and how it works, check out our
recent article here. If you want to use a display without ABL when necessary,
Asus Proart offers a convenient "even brightness" mode in the OSD that
limits the brightness to 250 nits to prevent this ABL from becoming less important.
For
creating and editing SDR content, the PA32DC is an excellent choice and the
power of the OLED panel gives you exceptional image quality. The limited
optimal brightness means that using the display for creating and recording HDR
content is a little more complicated because there are different brightness and
HDR gamut values to consider. On the plus side, you'll get the amazing
contrast ratio of OLED, every pixel resolution to avoid flare and halos, and
excellent pictures in dark and light-controlled environments, which is how HDR
content should be viewed. It can handle well-known content up to 500 nits, and
you can also set the PQ mode to be more difficult, following the process in the
right way to the highest brightness before reducing the main content. up.
