Comparison between Asus PB328Q vs Asus PB278Q

General Info
Model Number	Asus PB328Q	Asus PB278Q

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Type	Monitor	Monitor
Year	2015	2012
Brand	Asus	Asus
Model Number	PB328Q	PB278Q
Display
Screen Size Class	32" (inches)	27" (inches)
Diagonal Size	32 in 81.3 cm 812.8 mm 2.67 ft	26.96 in 68.5 cm 684.7 mm 2.25 ft
Screen Width	27.89 in 70.8 cm 708.48 mm 2.32 ft	23.49 in 59.7 cm 596.736 mm 1.96 ft
Screen Height	15.69 in 39.9 cm 398.52 mm 1.31 ft	13.22 in 33.6 cm 335.664 mm 1.1 ft
Display Manufacturer	AU Optronics	Samsung
Display Type	AMVA	PLS
Display Bit Depth	10 bits	8 bits
Frame Rate Control	No	No
Lut	12 bits
Max Number of Colors	1073741824	16777216
Bits	30	24
Screen Aspect Ratio	16:9	16:9
Screen Resolution	2560 x 1440	2560 x 1440
Screen Pixel Pitch	0.277 mm	0.233 mm
Screen Pixel Density	91 ppi	109 ppi
Screen-to-Body Ratio	89.2 %	80.66 %
Backlight Source	W-LED	W-LED
sRGB	100 %	99.5 %
Adobe RGB 1998	73 %	78.1 %
NTSC 1953		81 %
Screen Brightness	300 cd/m²	300 cd/m²
Static Screen Contrast	3000 : 1	1000 : 1
Dynamic Screen Contrast	100000000 : 1	80000000 : 1
Screen Horizontal Viewing Angle	178 °	178 °
Screen Vertical Viewing Angle	178 °	178 °
Screen Input Lag	40 ms	17 ms
Display Minimum Response Time	4 ms	5 ms
Display Average Response Time	12 ms	12 ms
Display Coating	Anti-glare/Matte	Anti-glare/Matte
3D	No	No
Size, weight, color
Case Depth	2.63 in 6.7 cm 66.85 mm 0.22 ft	2.74 in 7 cm 69.6 mm 0.23 ft
Case Width with Stand	28.91 in 73.4 cm 734.4 mm 2.41 ft	25.31 in 64.3 cm 643 mm 2.11 ft
Case Height with Stand	24.21 in 61.5 cm 615 mm 2.02 ft	21.74 in 55.2 cm 552.3 mm 1.81 ft
Case Depth with Stand	9.45 in 24 cm 240 mm 0.79 ft	8.58 in 21.8 cm 218 mm 0.72 ft
Case Weight with Stand	11.68 kg 26 lbs	8.8 kg 19 lbs
Case Color	Black	Black
Hardware
Built-in Camera	No	No
Connectivity	1 x HDMI 1.4 1 x DisplayPort 1.2 1 x D-sub 1 x 3.5 mm Audio Out 1 x DVI-D Dual Link 4 x USB 3.0 (downstream) 1 x USB 3.0 (upstream)	1 x DVI-D Dual Link 1 x D-sub 2 x 3.5 mm Audio Out 1 x HDMI 1.4 1 x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio
Audio Speakers	2 x 3W	2 x 3W
Features
Cool Features	HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) 2.2 Low Blue Light Picture-in-Picture Picture-by-Picture 5-way OSD joystick Flicker-free technology	HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection)
Extra Features	Anti-theft stand lock slot - Kensington
Ergonomics
Case Width	28.91 in 73.4 cm 734.4 mm 2.41 ft	25.31 in 64.3 cm 643 mm 2.11 ft
Case Height	16.97 in 43.1 cm 431 mm 1.41 ft	15.2 in 38.6 cm 386.2 mm 1.27 ft
Vesa Mount Support	Yes	Yes
VESA Interface Standard Size	100 x 100	100 x 100
Removable VESA Stand	Yes	Yes
Height Adjustment	Yes	Yes
Height Adjustment Range	150 mm 15 cm 5.9055 in 0.4921 ft	120 mm 12 cm 4.7244 in 0.3937 ft
Landscape or Portrait Pivot Support	Yes	Yes
Left Pivot	0 °	0 °
Right Pivot	90 °	90 °
Left or Right Swivel Support	Yes	Yes
Left Swivel	60 °	60 °
Right Swivel	60 °	60 °
Forward and Backward Tilt Support	Yes	Yes
Forward Tilt	5 °	5 °
Backward Tilt	25 °	20 °
Frequency and Interpolation
Vertical Digital Frequency	49 Hz - 76 Hz	50 Hz - 75 Hz
Horizontal Digital Frequency	29 kHz - 130 kHz	24 kHz - 89 kHz
Accessories
Extras	Audio cable D-sub cable DisplayPort cable HDMI cable USB 3.0 cable	Audio cable D-sub cable DisplayPort cable DVI-D cable HDMI cable
Certificates and Standards
Licenses	BSMI CB CCC CE CEL level 1 cTick CU ErP ENERGY STAR 6.0 FCC Class B J-MOSS KCC PSE RCM RoHS TCO Certified Displays 7.0 TÜV Low Blue Light TÜV Flicker-free UL/cUL VCI WEEE WHQL (Windows 8; Windows 7)	BSMI CB CCC CE cTick CU ErP ENERGY STAR FCC Class B KCC PSE RoHS UL/cUL WEEE
Usage and Storage Requirements
Safe Operating Temperature Level	0 °C - 40 °C 32 °F - 104 °F
Internal Storage Temperature	-20 °C - 60 °C -4 °F - 140 °F

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