Picture Quality

The Titan Army P32A2S2 features a 32-inch, 8-bit Fast IPS panel capable of displaying 16.7 million colors. Behind it is an edge-lit LED backlight system.

The backlight unit is controlled by direct current (DC), which makes it flicker-free at any given brightness level. The screen coating on the Titan Army P32A2S2 is light anti-glare (AG). The screen is fairly resistant to reflecting its surroundings even when used in a room with a lot of natural or artificial light, and the picture isn't perceived as grainy or dirty from a normal sitting distance, which can be the case with heavier AG coatings. The maximum specified brightness of the panel is 320 cd/m², accompanied by a static contrast ratio of 1,000:1.

The native screen resolution is 2560x1440, which, when stretched over 31.5 inches, results in a pixel density of 93.24 PPI. That's just a bit more than 91.79 PPI, which is the pixel density of a regular 24-inch Full HD monitor. The picture sharpness is decent; while a 27-inch panel with the same screen resolution would be perceived as significantly sharper, the Titan Army P32A2S2 doesn't look soft regardless. Unless you're primarily working with text and graphics, you won't find this panel's sharpness problematic in any sensible way. Having said that, we're reaching the upper limit of 2560x1440 native resolution with a 32-inch screen. If the panel was any larger, sharpness-related issues would be painfully visible. The monitor is of course used with 100% Windows scaling, and the UI elements are perceived as pleasantly large, which is potentially good news for users with bad eyesight.

To test the picture quality of the Titan Army P32A2S2, I've used a combination of the X-Rite i1Display Pro, DisplayCAL – a powerful software solution for display calibration and profiling, which is completely free to use, assuming you own a supported colorimeter – and Calman, the industry-standard display testing and calibrating software suite.

Picture Quality at Factory Settings

The picture quality of the Titan Army P32A2S2 at its factory defaults was tested after allowing it to warm up for about an hour.


At default settings, the Titan Army P32A2S2 isn't adjusted ideally. The white point is far too low, sitting at 6,050 K, which is caused by the obvious red channel disbalance. The gamma tracking is decent, and that's good news, as gamma-related issues are very hard to fix without proper calibration. The static contrast ratio looks decent for an IPS panel, measuring 1,221:1. The color accuracy, when measured within the sRGB color space, doesn't look very good, with the ΔE hitting 4.29 on average and up to 6.66 on certain shades of gray. These numbers are off because of the oversaturation present in all three corners of the CIE diagram. Such is the fate of panels with a wide color gamut; if you want to use them for serious work, you must calibrate them for the appropriate color space. The CIE diagram shows 99.8% coverage of the sRGB space (the actual sRGB gamut volume is 139.2%). The monitor also offers 93.8% DCI-P3 gamut coverage (98.6% DCI-P3 gamut volume) and 83.8% Adobe RGB gamut coverage (95.9% volume).

In an attempt to get the most out of the panel without doing an actual hardware calibration, you can manually adjust the brightness and color temperature in the OSD. This process is somewhat simplified by the fact that the customizable picture profiles (User1, User2, and User3) offer a good white balance without any further adjustments. In short, go to the Picture Mode menu, select Standard Mode, and set it to On. Then open the Picture Settings menu, scroll down to Color Temperature and set it to User1. Finally, in order to increase the brightness to a more comfortable 250 cd/m² level, set the Brightness in the Picture Settings menu to 79. Of course, if that doesn't look right to you, or it doesn't work for your exact environment, go with a brighter or dimmer setting.

Let's compare the measurements before and after doing the OSD tweaks.



We see vast improvements in white balance, grayscale accuracy, as well as overall color accuracy, while keeping both the contrast ratio and gamma at decent levels. These are very good results after only two minor adjustments within the OSD. Due to the measured oversaturation, the colors look punchy and rich in general, and that's completely in line with what aspiring gamers will look for.


This is what the luminance and color uniformity of the Titan Army P32A2S2 look like when measured at 25 different patches across the panel. Please click on the image to see it in high resolution and examine the data in greater detail. The luminance and color uniformity on my sample of the Titan Army P32A2S2 is mediocre. Almost all edges of the panel are on average 7-10% darker than the center, and the average ∆E goes above 4 along the entire bottom edge of the panel. While it's not easy to spot these deviations with the naked eye, nor should they bother you while you're gaming, they're still undoubtedly present. The contrast deviation is great, saying around or below 5% across the panel. We get from that something that we already know: this isn't a monitor that should be used for any kind of color-critical work, as it lacks consistency for that particular use case.

Picture Quality After Calibration

I calibrated the display by using the X-Rite i1Display Pro colorimeter and the DisplayCAL software solution. The initial profiling and calibration were done with the luminance target set to 250 cd/m², which presents a happy medium for a comfortable combined daytime and nighttime usage.

Here's what we get after calibrating the monitor.



After calibrating the Titan Army P32A2S2 for the sRGB color space, we get a vastly improved color accuracy (average ∆E 0.4, maximum ∆E 1.9), and a complete removal of the aforementioned oversaturation. The gamma curve now also follows the referent one more closely. Having said that, I wouldn't bother calibrating the Titan Army P32A2S2, as you're not going to get rid of the uniformity issues, and you won't end up using it for serious work anyway. In other words, enjoy its widened color gamut and punchy colors where it matters: while gaming.

Backlight Uniformity

To give you an idea of the backlight's uniformity, I set the brightness of the monitor to 250 cd/m² before taking a photo of the panel in a completely dark room. I did my best to find a combination of the ISO value and shutter speed that would capture the screen in a way that has it look as close to what my eyes were seeing in real life.



The photo shows that there's quite a bit of backlight bleed present on the edges of the panel; a common occurrence on affordable edge-lit LCD monitors.

Viewing Angles

The viewing angles of the Fast IPS panel built into the Titan Army P32A2S2 are excellent. There's no visible shift in colors when changing sitting positions.