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$1,799 this is likely to be a monitor with a very limited customer base, of which some is likely to be because of the design partner. The PD32M has a shipping date of the 15th of June, but it can be pre-ordered now.
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Porsche Design
On the connectivity side there are a pair of HDMI 2.1 ports, one DisplayPort, presumably of the 1.4 variety, one USB-C, although no mention of display input via USB-C is mentioned, as well as a USB-C four USB-A 3.2 (most likely 10 Gbps) ports and a headphone jack. Based on the picture of the rear of the PD32M, there also appears to be a couple of additional 3.5 mm jacks and another port of unknown type around the back. It's also clear from this picture that an external power brick is being used, although AOC hasn't provided any details about it.
34 Comments on AOC and Porsche Design Launches Agon Pro PD32M Mini-LED Display
I guess some modern displays are supposed to have a close to zero Watt standby mode.
The EU mandates 0.5W standby mode.
Another question, what's the weight without the stand?
It seems like a good price for what the spec sheet has. But the lack of the details I've mentioned makes me question Porsche Designs' attention to detail, which isn't the greatest sign.
Specs are matching my next planned monitor (4K high refresh, 32")
Be interesting to see if mini LED or OLED come out on top by the time i buy, burn in makes OLED a bad choice for a primary monitor
i was talking about qled and for some reason you started to mix qdoled distorting what i prevously said
the point was that 2000$ for a 1440p screen is pretty bad and wait until we know how many local zones it has because it might be a joke.
oh and for sure qdoled monitors are gonna come out
www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1648029400there is also info about subpixel layout
imo every pixel layout should be natively supported and detected but people complain about things not being rgb instead of complaing about having no support different layouts.
from a quick google search i did, seems the app "mactype" (its not macos, i can see you coming from a mile away) should be able to support the qdoled triangular layout
Yeah that's for the left/ right side rear view mirrors :laugh:
I am wondering if QD-OLED would be bright enough. On paper, mini-LED is a good bit brighter and that might make a big difference for what I'd like to try. Does anybody here have thoughts?