ProArt PA32UCDM Review - QD-OLED 1000nit Reference Grading - The Perfect GRADING Monitor?

[rand thompson]

 

[rand thompson]

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[Jon Pais]

T2F seems to always have wrong information in their videos & this time is no exception. You do not want to use PQ Optimized for grading. And there is no Rec.2100 PQ mode. The correct choice is HDR_PQ BT.2020/PQ Clip.

 

[rand thompson]

Jon do you have this monitor yet.? I was think about getting this at some point when I ever got into HDR and curious on what you thought about it in relation to changing the factory settings of one of the LG TVs and calibrating them commonly used to for color grading.

 

[Jon Pais]

Yes, I’ve got the ASUS PA32UCDM but I haven’t done much grading with it yet. I calibrated it with ASUS ProArt Calibration software. It only took around 1-1/2 minutes! I purchased a Portrait Displays G1 Pattern Generator, C6 HDR5000 colorimeter and a Windows laptop to calibrate my Samsung S90C QD-OLED with Calman Home for Samsung. To match my MacBook Pro to the two QD-OLED displays, I did a Visual Fine-Tune Calibration and nudged the color on the grid a notch or two toward magenta. I’m not using the laptop for grading. Are you thinking of using an LG TV for grading or as a client monitor?

 

[rand thompson]

Yeah the LG would have been for grading if the Asus didn't exist. I've seen alot of People on many forums that may discuss HDR montoring using Different models of LG TVs that have had their factory settings changed with use of a special Remote control that they had to purchase online. Then use Calman Home to further Calibrate it for grading.

 

[Jon Pais]

Yeah the LG would have been for grading if the Asus didn't exist. I've seen alot of People on many forums that may discuss HDR montoring using Different models of LG TVs that have had their factory settings changed with use of a special Remote control that they had to purchase online. Then use Calman Home to further Calibrate it for grading.

Oh! To disable TPC & GSR. Even with its aggressive ABL, I’d still recommend the ASUS over a consumer TV.

 

[rand thompson]

Here's what I was talking about. Although it seems to be a somewhat good alternative for not having a $20,000+ Reference Monitor, I always just didn't Think I would want to use a TV as a Color Grading Monitor.

This is a 4 year old Video however Newer Videos are Out for more recent LG OLED displays.

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[Jon Pais]

At a workshop at Scandinavian Photo, Leon Barnard of Team 2 Films says the ASUS PA32UCXR can do 16,000 nits, not once, but three times.

“It’s got incredible brightness. It can do 16,000 nits peak, 1,000 nits full screen, so it can do 6,000, you know if there's a small portion of the screen, it can push it as far as 16,000, but it will overload the monitor thermally if it runs the whole panel at 16,000 nits, so 1,000 nits, but what's good as well, there's headroom, so you know it can definitely do a thousand nits.“

 

[rand thompson]

Thanks for that info Jon!

 

[Jon Pais]

Renowned colorist Thomas Urbye returns LG G5. What’s up with these manufacturers releasing defective flagship TVs at premium prices?

Newer isn't always better! LG G3 (right), our current client display… | Thomas Urbye

Newer isn't always better! LG G3 (right), our current client display workhorse, far better than the brand new LG G5 (with latest software) which shows terrible solarisation in the 0-10% shadow area via SDI>HDMI in HDR PQ. Boxing this back up and returning! Vincent Teoh did you see this? I know...

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[rand thompson]

LG TV Calibration Guide (New for 2025) | Calman Ultimate Workflow Tutorial​

 

[Jon Pais]

Calman Autocal is broken for HDR10

 

[rand thompson]

Yeah I guess maybe they might need to do more work on what the Auto Calibration functionality is and isn't during correctly. Maybe have some type of Auto Calibration feature "Bypass" so you can do some parts yourself. It just seems that the LG G5 has a lot of unsatisfied users in one respect or another.