ASUS's ProArt series of monitors belong to the professional monitor category which are targeted at imaging, design, 3D artists, video editing professionals. The ASUS PA246Q is the 24-inch, Professional IPS (P-IPS) panel based monitor with a native resolution of 1920x1200.

Design and Features

Out of the box, the ASUS PA246Q comes across as a very bulky monitor with a very sturdy stand. The monitor uses CCFL backlighting and houses the power unit on the rear side. The monitor is surrounded by a matte black bezel. You can adjust the height of the monitor stand, make the monitor tilt in both directions, and it can also pivot from landscape to portrait mode. The monitor has cm,inches markings all around its bezel, in the rear side of the stand, on the circular rotating base, which may add to the professional feel, but we don't think they serve any purpose.

The monitor has a matte finish so you do not have to deal with the unwanted reflections, which are common on glossy monitors. Native resolution of the monitor is 1920x1200 pixel and it comes with the 16:10 aspect ratio which gives more vertical space to work with. This comes in handy when working on professional applications and even for office work with spreadsheets.

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The monitor buttons located on the bottom right hand corner have a good feedback and you can even operate them blindly once you get the hang of their positioning. The Quick Fit button is particularly impressive as it tends to overlay a sort of a grid on top of the monitor. It has a preset of centimeter mode and inches mode – which look as if a graph paper has been superimposed on your screen. You also have sizes such as 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, A4, Letter, etc which are commonly used by imaging professionals.

The on-screen display has many options to play around with. It comes with as many as six preset modes including an Adobe RGB, sRGB mode along with a User mode. The six axis colour adjustment option allows you to adjust individual colours without affecting other colours is quite good. Connectivity options include HDMI, DVI, D-Sub as well as DisplayPort and it has a 7-in-1 card reader along with two USB ports. The display ports are recessed, so connecting them is a bit of a task.

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