Asus PA248Q review

There are other extras to help with photography and print layout. The inside of the horizontal and vertical bezels have half-centre measurement marks to help you judge the size of objects on screen, and there’s also what Asus calls QuickFit. This generates various onscreen overlays, each of which can help you line up objects and judge their actual sizes. Clicking the joystick button cycles through a half-centimetre grid, a 1/4in grid, A4 and Letter overlays and a photo print overlay for various sizes of print. You can also use the joystick to move the overlays to where you need on screen, so you don’t have to rearrange your application windows to fit.

Asus’s PA248Q is an expensive screen, but you get an impressive specification for your money, including a top-quality fully-adjustable IPS screen with even colours across its surface, a built-in USB3 hub and the intriguing QuickFit mode, which will certainly come in handy for print designers. This all comes at a price, and if you’re a home user we’d definitely recommend a more consumer-oriented display, such as the 3D-capable Samsung S27A950D,, but for professionals the PA248Q’s extra features make a lot of sense.