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Kicking things off with a look at the design of the monitor, I have to say ASUS has done a fantastic job here. The front features a 3-side frameless design, along with a bottom chin which measures approximately 11mm thick.
The stand and rear of the display are silver however, creating a gorgeous two-tone aesthetic that still looks sleek and professional. I love the fact that the stand is made entirely from metal – the plastic stand was one of my key criticisms of the PA27JCV we reviewed last November. The rear is also made of metal, and here there's some ProArt branding.
The stand uses a rectangular foot, and this measures approximately 22.9cm x 17.8cm, so it's very compact really and a huge improvement over a v-shaped foot, in my opinion.
The stand also offers a good variety of ergonomic adjustments, including up to 130mm of height adjustment, full 90 degree pivot functionality, and then tilt from -5 to +20 degrees. That does mean there's no swivel built in, but third-party VESA 100×100 mounts are supported.
Just underneath the front bezel, we find a small section which actually houses a proximity sensor, and this is one of the ‘ASUS OLED Care' features, as the monitor detects when you are not at your desk and dims the screen, before turning it off after a short period of time – it works fantastically well in practice.
Behind that, ASUS has positioned the 5-way joystick control, and that's flanked by a button either side.
As for the I/O, there's a Kensington Lock and power input on the left hand side, while all the rest is on the right hand side. Here we find one HDMI 2.1, then two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports, one of which support 96W power delivery with the other at 15W. Then there's a small USB hub, offering one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A and another USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C.
That does mean no DisplayPort, which I personally find a little odd. After all, if you're connecting this to a typical graphics card, you've only got one native connection point, being the HDMI 2.1 port. It may not be an issue for everyone, but to me it just feels like a needless corner to cut considering the price of the screen.
