Hello everybody! Trisha Hershberger coming to you from CES 2020. I am here at
the Asus Press Suite with JJ about to talk about the world's first DSC gaming
monitor. How are you JJ? I'm doing really good and thanks for coming out. This is
actually a pretty cool monitor in a lot of different ways outside of being
actually the world's first DSC monitor, I think the biggest thing you noticed
right off the bat is that it's 43 inches So we actually offered this in the
previous generation and we showed it off at last CES so 43 inches, high refresh
rate, but we've kind of pumped everything up. So we maintain 4K, we moved up to 144
Hz, and through DSC this allows us to eliminate something called chroma
subsampling and pretty much this just means is you get better color gradiation.
Especially on a large format screen you don't want any type of artifacts and
this is able to now be achieved through what's called display stream compression
and that allows us to now have full 10-bit color performance, a
1ms response time, along with this big beautiful display. I think it's
a really great balance not only for PC gamers, but also actually for current
console gamers, and next-gen console. Next-gen console we already know
the benchmark is 4K and high refresh rate, and this is also going to be G-Sync
compatible supporting VRR, so that's very complimentary for gamers on the console
side of the fence. And some other cool little things that we've got, we've got
an actual remote for this guy. Well, why would you have a remote? Well, if you mount
it on a wall you can go ahead and control all the on-screen display
options, and we even have two 10 watt speakers in there so, you got some nice
punchy audio so if you don't want to have to game, or maybe watch your Netflix, or
maybe the best Newegg YouTube TV, you don't have to throw on a headset
to be able experience that, you can just do that through the speakers. Do we have
a projected release date or price point for this? Price point hasn't yet been
finalized, but we're looking at a release date of probably about the end of Q1.
It might even be a little bit earlier for here in North America. Here in 2020 Q1. Yeah
for sure. Very exciting. And what else is ASUS showing off from the display
standpoint here at CES? Well I think from the next display it's going to be really
be the one monitor all them all 'the precious'. Should we go see 'the precious'?
I think we should check it out. Let's do it. All right. Moving over.
SO JJ, you described this display as 'the precious'.
I'm assuming it was not forged in the fires of Mordor, so why the name for this
display? You know there's always seems to be really this big focus on kind of
this one monitor rule them all, where gamers really kind of want every single
key specification rolled into one single monitor. And this is it? And I really feel
this is just about the highest end monitor in terms of all those key
specifications, so if you just go through that whole rigmarole, we've got 32
inches which is an upgrade from the previous generation which is 27 inches,
Yep. We then move into of course 4K resolution
really being that target for the high quality image gaming experience, we then
move into the next part which is high refresh rate 144 Hz, you know of
course we have G-Sync to be able to ensure that smooth gaming experience, we have
full 10-bit performance on this as well on this monitor as well so you have outstanding
color performance, and then really the most impressive part is probably that
this is a full array local dimming. Beautiful. Now the really impressive
part with it being full array local dimming is is that this is achieved through
the use of mini LEDs right so as opposed to even the previous monitor which
is really impressive it was a fantastic image and it was HDR 1000, this is a
brand new standard this is HDR 1400. So 1400 nits of brighness. Yes. This just
opens up a whole nother level. As you can see, you guys are probably not gonna be
able to see it, but the dynamic range here in person is just astonishing from the
darkest points on the monitor to the brightest points. It just really allows you
to have a whole another level immersion that's really really impressive. About
1152 zones across the entirety of the display, it's just awesome, and
I think unquestionably for a lot of gamers this is going to be that one
monitor rule them all for 2020. I mean it makes me want to go back through and
play the game again on this monitor, so that's the goal. That is definitely the
goal. All right now you guys have also been getting some mad press on the
world's fastest display, so let's go take a look at that. Yeah definitely. ROG Swift 360.
Best of CES 2020 this is one of the products that I have been really looking
forward to seeing in person and it does not disappoint. Tell us about this new
beautiful 360Hz display. Well I think you just really highlighted it. I mean we've
consistently been at the forefront of high refresh rate monitors right. We were
the first offer 120, then 240, 280, and now 360Hz. This is really all about
the journey towards perfect motion clarity, and now we're really offering
that next benchmark at 360Hz. The really cool part about this
demonstration altogether is that was a kind of collaborative effort
between Blur Busters, between Nvidia, ASUS to be able to really highlight that you
can see the difference. There's always been a lot of discussion
sometimes amongst the community, users, media. You can you really see the difference.
Now 100% this is targeted towards professionals, people that are
competitively playing in ranked ladder environments, or in a dedicated
eSports environment. They're really the ones that are gonna benefit from this
most. But I think the whole point of this demonstration is to be able to show
that it doesn't matter who you are, if you come up and you take a look at this
display and maybe you take for instance take a look at the volume of
what we sell really to a huge amount of gamers which is 144Hz and then
you switch over and take a look at 360 Hz you can see there's a defending
experience. I know that you just checked it out and were you able to really see
the difference? Oh my gosh I can never go back. This is what always spoils me about CES is I
get to see the latest and greatest and I go home and suddenly my rig at home is
not good enough anymore. But this is absolutely stunning and especially when
you take this one down to 60 frames per second, when you get into the community
forums where people say 60 is good enough yeah this shows that difference
so clearly. I mean when you're looking at the avatars here you can barely read the
text on-screen even in 144Hz. Move over to the 360 and it's so much clearer.
I mean for me it's the difference of taking my glasses off and on again
except for with your monitor. Yeah you're actually that's a perfect way to really
describe it. It's really difficult to ultimately go back and you know.
Ultimately even if we switch this guy and we go over to 240Hz which has
been the previous benchmark, you can still see that there's an improvement in
clarity. So for those of you that are really kind of wondering about just the
key specifications, we still got a bit more to go in terms of the development in
this monitor. It will be released in 2020, but you know key highlights - 24.5 which
is really kind of a sweet spot for a 1080p based monitor especially for being
able to offer it in flexibility to be able to take it around all kinds of
places, and then of course the 360Hz, and then of course integration of G-Sync,
to be able to ensure you get that smooth gaming experience. So all
the way around I think this is going to become the new benchmark along some of
those other monitors we talked about that whether you're looking for that
really big experience, that ultra bite experience, or that superfast experience
we're gonna have monitor for you. So you just mentioned those
three let's just go over again overview retail availability for the
three monitors that we discussed today. Yeah so overall all of them have a
target released for the year 2020. I'd say with the last two monitors it
recovered with the mini LED so the PG32UQX as well as the ROG Swift 360
we do not have a target release date that we can give you guys, so
ultimately just stay tuned to all our social media channels and we'll do our best to
let you know once those are gonna be ready. And Newegg,
always being a fantastic partner is pretty much one of the first places you
can always get the monitors at. But for probably the PG43 monitor, you should
see that showing up online I'd say before the end of Q1, and here in
the United States probably is going to be maybe a little bit closer to around
March time frame. I know we don't have pricing yet for any of these three
monitors that we discussed today but can you give us just an overview of when you
expect retail availability? For sure. In terms of availability all three monitors
will be available in 2020, but for the first motor it's going to be the PG43
that's going to be available before the end of Q1 most likely sometime in early
March. For the ROG Swift 360 as well as for the PG3U2QX that's gonna probably be
in the later half of the year, but as always stay tuned to our social media
channels and we'll let you know when that's going to hit. Awesome! JJ thank you
so much for sharing all of this knowledge and I think everyone at home
will feel the same way as me that we just can't wait to get our hands on
these in person, so thank you. Thank you.