Monday, April 11th 2022
AOC and Porsche Design Launches Agon Pro PD32M Mini-LED Display
AOC has launched a new gaming monitor under its Agon Pro brand and the PD32M has been designed in cooperation with Porsche Design, which for clarity's sake, isn't the same company as the car manufacturer. The PD32M is based on a "frameless" 32-inch 4K 144 Hz capable mini-LED display and carries a Display HDR 1400 certification, with a peak brightness of 1600 nits. It is also said to deliver 97 percent of the DCI-P3 colour space, which would make it a decent display for work as well as play. The display also supports Adaptive Sync, but it's unclear if it's FreeSync or G-Sync compatible.
On the connectivity side there are a pair of HDMI 2.1 ports, one DisplayPort, presumably of the 1.4 variety, one USB-C, although no mention of display input via USB-C is mentioned, as well as a USB-C four USB-A 3.2 (most likely 10 Gbps) ports and a headphone jack. Based on the picture of the rear of the PD32M, there also appears to be a couple of additional 3.5 mm jacks and another port of unknown type around the back. It's also clear from this picture that an external power brick is being used, although AOC hasn't provided any details about it.
Each side of the display appears to feature a headset hanger and the rear of the display features some kind of LED arrangement that AOC calls Light FX. The PD32M also sports a pair of 8 Watt speakers that carry a DTS certification. Maybe the most interesting feature is the wireless remote, or quick switch as AOC calls it, which allows you to change the display settings without reaching around the back of the display. As with many gaming monitors, the stand appears excessively large and is likely to take up a lot of desk space, but the display can at least be rotated and the stand is height adjustable. There's even a lit up Porsche Design logo at the base of the stand, just because. At US$1,799 this is likely to be a monitor with a very limited customer base, of which some is likely to be because of the design partner. The PD32M has a shipping date of the 15th of June, but it can be pre-ordered now.
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Porsche Design
On the connectivity side there are a pair of HDMI 2.1 ports, one DisplayPort, presumably of the 1.4 variety, one USB-C, although no mention of display input via USB-C is mentioned, as well as a USB-C four USB-A 3.2 (most likely 10 Gbps) ports and a headphone jack. Based on the picture of the rear of the PD32M, there also appears to be a couple of additional 3.5 mm jacks and another port of unknown type around the back. It's also clear from this picture that an external power brick is being used, although AOC hasn't provided any details about it.
34 Comments on AOC and Porsche Design Launches Agon Pro PD32M Mini-LED Display
Much Lower text performance because of their triangular sub pixel structure.
And much much much much lower brightness.
This AOC is likely to be a spectacular work and productivity monitor for bright environments.
pixel layout can be solved by changing cleartype from rgb to bgr
do you even know what "triangular" means lol
Not the same brightness - not even close. Non hdr all QD panels tested struggle to get to get above 300 or 400 nits.
Only in hdr can they get close to 1k.
There are ZERO clear type Apple or Microsoft solutions for QD OLED atm. BGR is NOT the same. Again look at these attached pictures.
Post a link and prove me wrong.
And yes again I’m right - the pixel substructure of all Samsung QD OLED panels is triangular. Look at this attached picture.
If you know something Samsung themselves doesn’t (lol) please share.
As for what monitors Samsung bring out themselves with QD Tech….all speculation. For the record I have the Alienware on order - I’ll likely love it for gaming, but I’m not blind to think it’s suitable for heavy sunlight or productivity environments.
Honestly, the problem is Microsoft - as RGB subpixel layouts are, whilst the most common, most definitely not the only type of display. Cleartype needs an update to accommodate OLED, WRGB, Pentile, and pretty much any other subpixel layout that isn't RGB bands from left to right.
Additionally, the Cleartype 'wizzard' is kind of imprecise and in most cases just identifies whether people prefer bold or light fonts.. Six boxes of text, how are you supposed to know which one does what?! I'd rather have an advanced option where you can select the correct subpixel layout of your monitor manually, since at least some portion of the population is capable of using Google to find that info and if it's wrong they can always revert to the wizard....
Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
Appearance matters a lot to me when choosing monitors.
I believe Porsche could do much better with their design if they collaborate with LG or Alienware instead of AOC. Imagine if they could bring the sleek look of Cayman/911 to monitors.
Those RGBs are very unnecessary.
I gotta say though, the power button being on the back panel is a deal-breaker. Buttons belong on the front where they're easily accessible.
M32Q on my corner desk, display's sides go from one wall to another. Can't access the controls without moving the screen away from the corner...
Besides, it comes with that weird remote, so it's not as if you have to reach around the back all the time, instead you have to dig around in your extra padded, pleather gaming chair for the remote...
The placement in this case doesn't look very good though.I guess they expect the monitor to go into power saving mode when not in use...No, none at all... :roll: