ASUS ProArt Display PA278CFRV

None of the 3 sources with a clear view is critical of it. Only 100Hz where the PA278CGV offers 144Hz for a modest premium.

Photographers, designers and anyone who needs trustworthy colour without paying flagship money. It has strong factory colour accuracy, 100Hz refresh, daisy-chainable USB-C and a lux meter for ambient calibration, and it is one of the cheapest genuinely colour-trustworthy panels on our board, in B tier. If you care more about smoothness than the lux meter, the ASUS ProArt Display PA278CGV adds 144Hz for a modest premium and ranks higher.

Buy the ASUS ProArt Display PA278CGV for most desks. It offers 144Hz where the ASUS ProArt Display PA278CFRV stops at 100Hz, and the difference in price is modest, which is the main reason the CGV ranks higher on our board. Choose the PA278CFRV if its ambient-light lux meter and daisy-chaining matter more to your colour work than the extra refresh.

Yes. Strong factory colour accuracy at a mid-range price is its defining strength, and the board rates it one of the cheapest panels you can genuinely trust for colour-critical work. Like other ProArt monitors it supports calibration, so accuracy can be maintained as the panel ages.

It measures the ambient light in the room so the monitor can adjust brightness and colour temperature to match. Prints and screens look different under warm evening light than under daylight, and the meter helps the display track those conditions. It is a feature for people who judge colour, not a gimmick, but it is also the main thing you give up by choosing the 144Hz sibling instead.

Yes. Daisy-chainable USB-C is a listed feature, so a second compatible monitor can connect through this one rather than straight to the computer. That keeps a laptop on a single cable even with two screens. The second display must support the same chaining standard for it to work.