ASUS ProArt PA34VC 34" Curved Monitor Uwqhd 100Hz HDR-10 IPS Eye Care TB3 DP 1.2 HDMI 2.0B, Black

5.0 out of 5 stars

By Adam - Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2019

A monitor that sort of does it all.

"Almost 4K". Almost a pro monitor, almost a gaming monitor. Sorta HDR. Decent adaptive sync. Big AF. Love that ultrawide. 100 Hz is enough of a jump to make an obvious difference over "normal" monitors. There are better gaming monitors. There are better productivity monitors. There are better professional color monitors. There are better monitors for movies. I don't think there is a better compromise between it all though. If you have to have one monitor to do it all, this is the best. You'll need a hell of a GPU to pump those pixels though. Biggest con - NO OVERCLOCKING AT ALL.

5.0 out of 5 stars

By Exia - Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2019

HDR is a game changer.

This has to be one of the most balanced monitors out there. I can game, edit video/pictures, do my work, browse the internet, watch YouTube, etc. I have it at 60hz for normal use and one click and I can game at 100hz. HDR gaming is simply amazing, especially Assassin's Creed Odyssey. An RTX 2070 Super has no Issues with this baby. The color accuracy is stunning right out of the box. If you edit pictures or video or if you are a creator of some sort, this is a game-changer. It will take your craft to a whole other level.

5.0 out of 5 stars

By Nick - Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2019

The 34" ProArt is a hidden gem.

I bought this monitor used, like new, on a whim after debating between it and the LG 34GK950F-B. It was much cheaper than the LG new and seemed worth a shot. Factors for the decision: 1) I knew I'd use the monitor for work (photography) and a little gaming on the side, with an emphasis on the work side of things. So I wanted something uniform and color accurate straight out of the box (and something to work with my iDisplayPro if I wanted). 2) I also knew my newly bought 1660 TI wouldn't likely reach the full 144hz potential of the LG anyway. My monitor was, for all intents and purposes, brand new. Aside from a few fingerprints on the monitor and a few OSD settings off their default values, I could hardly tell the box was opened. So don't be afraid to try and buy used - like new. My monitor has zero dead pixels, with very minimal backlight bleed in the lower corners in a dark room on a black background. Uniformity seems stellar and there is an option to enable a uniformity compensation in the menu (which I have done). It has "sharpness" and "vivid pixel" settings, which I have set to 0. I found leaving "trace free" to 60 (default) seems the most optimal for ghosting/coronas. Freesync at 100hz seems to work beautifully with my 1660 TI. Color accuracy for photography is perfect. I shoot and work in the sRGB colorspace, so I knew a wider gamut was unnecessary. Oddly, you can't modify the color in sRGB mode of the monitor, but can while in Rec 709. But this monitor really doesn't need to be tweaked at all, so it's a non-issue. Brightness and contrast are fantastic. Colors are true and correct, nothing more, nothing less. As a photographer, you can't get any better than this straight out of the box. All that said, there's three things that bother me slightly: 1) the amount of IPS glow from the corners is at my limit for what I'd consider tolerable. Thankfully it's only noticeable if I'm looking for it on a black screen with the lights off. And I knew this was an issue with IPS technology itself, so I can't really dock a star for it. 2) The screen is more glossy than I'm used to. Coming from Dells with thick matte coatings, it was an obvious difference, but nothing I haven't gotten used to quickly. Similar to #1, this is my personal limit, and for some this may be a deal breaker depending on tolerance for glare in brighter environments. 3) The audio is abysmal. But I've never used sound from a monitor in lieu of a good pair of headphones or speakers, so I can't really bring myself to dock a star for this either. I can't recommend the monitor enough. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat if I needed to. It's well worth the money. Edit (1 month): I wanted to provide a short edit after 1 month of use. Asus recently released a firmware update to this monitor (MCM102). You can update the monitor if you download the firmware from the product page on their website and put it on a blank thumb drive. Put the thumb drive into the designated USB 2.0 port (there's only one underneath) and press and hold the two lower buttons on the side (above the power button). Let it run for a couple minutes and it One game that doesn't seem to be taking advantage of freesync with this monitor is CS:GO (somehow I'm not surprised). If you limit the frames below 100 (I've done all the way down to 60) you will still see noticeable tearing, despite a freesync range of 40-100. I've tried a multitude of different settings and at the end of the day, I just turn sync off in the NCP. I fail to see any noticeable tearing with no sync. Fast sync does seem to make it slightly smoother, but at the cost of a smidgeon of latency, that's just enough to be bothersome in CS. YMMV.

5.0 out of 5 stars

By Marilyn Price-Mitchell PhD - Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2019

Awesome Monitor!

I took a chance on this monitor as it is new and there were no reviews yet. I read several professional reviews elsewhere that rated it very highly. Most ranked it as great for video-editing, photography, and graphics, which is just what I wanted it for. At first check for missing pixels when it arrived, I was impressed that it was not missing a pixel anywhere, in any color. The curve is perfect, and allows me to see three full screens side by side. I'm not a gamer, so can't speak to that aspect. But as a monitor for professionals, it's awesome!

4.0 out of 5 stars

By Richard S - Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2020

fantastic monitor, great for 3 side by side windows!

Like many others, I got this to improve my home office due to the shift to "work from home" that COVID-19 has caused (I sure hope I can look back on this review in a few months and reflect on the "bad old days"). In any case, I got this to replace a smaller Dell 27" monitor. This monitor has a distinct advantage that regular widescreen monitors can't match... the width of the monitor allows me to have a web browser in the center and 2 separate windows open (one on each side). So like many others, using G-Suite, I have my email in the middle, a calendar in a separate window o the right (and a slack window open below that) and on the right I have room for a document that I'm writing or reviewing. The color tuning very closely matches my work's MacBook Pro 15 (mid 2018), so blue backgrounds match on both screens! I also run this monitor off my personal Razer Blade 15 (mid 2019) and use it to play some games and the extra width is great for situational awareness, although the frame rate from the NVidia RTX 2070 in the Razer drops since there are more pixels to push with the larger screen. this monitor is only capable of 100Hz, so it's not ideal for a gamer, but since I didn't get it for twitchy type games (Overwatch etc), the refresh rate is fine for me/work purposes. My only complaint is that I couldn't get the USB-C video feed to work. Neither my MBP15 nor my Razer could send it a signal via USB, so I ended up running the signal out via HDMI... this meant buying the overpriced Apple USB-C to HDMI adapter. Other than that issue, this is a great monitor and very well suited for work!

5.0 out of 5 stars

By RealConsumer - Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2019

Great for color grading

Perfect

2.0 out of 5 stars

By Tommy the magnificent - Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2019

ASUS ProArt PA34VC

This is a good content creator's monitor however, my copy developed bubbles from poor anti glare coating installation within few days of light uses. There was also dark spots on the edges, like opposite of light bleeding.

4.0 out of 5 stars

By Bef - Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2019

Nice Monitor to use, especially at Night

Back Light Bleed is pretty good. Very nice monitor to work with and do coding in late hours. Menu is very slow to respond. Connectors are at the bottom, which are hard to use. I bought the monitor for thunderbolt and laptop charging features and so far I am very happy with this functionality.