Brightness, HDR and Image retention mitigation

 

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.