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$1,075

Best Prices Today: Lenovo ThinkVision P32p-30

Office screens are a hotly contested section of the monitor area. Unlike gaming and leisure screens, which trumpet unimaginable distinction and movement readability, workplace screens boast helpful connectivity and adjustable ergonomic stands. The ThinkVision P32p-30 delivers each, however excessive pricing degrades its enchantment. 

Further studying: See our roundup of the best home office monitors to find out about competing merchandise.

Lenovo ThinkVision P32p-30 specs

Matt Smith

The Lenovo ThinkVision P32p-30 is a high-end workplace productiveness monitor with a 32-inch 4K panel. It additionally helps HDR, nevertheless it’s not VESA DisplayHDR licensed—which, as I’ll focus on, has penalties for its HDR efficiency.

• Display measurement: 32-inch 16:9 widescreen
• Native decision: 3840×2160
• Panel kind: IPS LCD
• Refresh charge: 60Hz
• Adaptive Sync: None
• HDR: Yes, HDR10
• Ports: 1x Thunderbolt 4/USB-C-in with 100 watts Power Delivery, 1x Thunderbolt 4/USB-C-out with 27 watts Power Delivery, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4,1x audio-out, Ethernet, 1x USB-B in, 4x USB-A out
• VESA mount: Yes, 100x100mm
• Speakers: Yes
• Price: $1,075

However, many workplace customers care extra a couple of monitor’s added options and connectivity than its picture high quality. The P32p-30 has compelling perks. It helps each Thunderbolt 4 and USB-C, affords Power Delivery over two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and delivers important downstream connectivity. 

Lenovo ThinkVision P32p-30 design 

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The Lenovo ThinkVision P32p-30 opts for a chic look with skinny bezels alongside the highest and sides of the monitor and a bigger (however nonetheless fairly slim) chin alongside the underside. It’s an analogous story round again, the place Lenovo chooses a easy, curved plastic rear panel adorned solely by the Lenovo brand. The monitor seems to be trendy however doesn’t appeal to consideration.

An ergonomic stand comes customary and adjusts for top, tilt, and swivel. It additionally rotates 90 levels to be used in portrait orientation. These options are typical for an workplace productiveness monitor, however the P32p-30 affords stable flexibility with as much as 155mm of top adjustment, 27 levels of tilt, and 90 levels of swivel. A 100x100mm VESA mount is adjustable to be used with third-party monitor stands and arms, too.

In reality, the stand is the one portion of the monitor’s design that stands out. It has a easy, flat-based design that doesn’t take up a lot desk area regardless of the monitor’s giant 32-inch panel. The stand additionally has a small, pink cut-out on its proper facet that can be utilized to carry a cellphone or small pocket book upright. It’s a small element however, given how continuously I see a smartphone holder on trendy work-from-home setups, it may show helpful.

Lenovo ThinkVision P32p-30 options and menus 

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The ThinkVision P32p-30 is a Thunderbolt 4 monitor and can be utilized as a Thunderbolt 4 or USB-C dock. 

It supplies one Thunderbolt 4 / USB-C and one Thunderbolt 4 / USB-C out. When the Thunderbolt 4-in is related, it might probably develop a related system’s connectivity to 4 extra USB-A ports and a Gigabit Ethernet port. These ports will also be accessed over USB-B.

USB Power Delivery is supported, as properly. The monitor can ship 100 watts of Power Delivery over the Thunderbolt port, which is sufficient to deal with most mid-range skilled laptops. It also can present 27 watts over Thunderbolt 4-out. That’s helpful if you wish to go information by way of to a tool that requires energy, reminiscent of a conveyable monitor or exterior arduous drive. Many opponents solely help Power Delivery over one port or, if a number of ports are supported, present much less energy.

The P32p-30’s connectivity is much like the Dell U3223QE‘s, but with a few notable differences. Dell’s various helps USB-C, however not Thunderbolt 4, and supplies much less USB Power Delivery total. The Dell makes up for that with one extra USB-A downstream and DisplayPort-out. 

Lenovo makes use of a joystick on the rear proper flank to regulate the monitor’s options and choices. It’s straightforward to entry and responds shortly to enter. Lenovo’s menu system is stable, too, with clearly labeled choices and a (comparatively) giant, high-contrast font. 

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Options are a bit mild, nevertheless. The monitor supplies a number of presets, which incorporates modes tuned for the sRGB and DCI-P3 colour gamut, in addition to a customized colour mode with RGB customization. However, the monitor has solely two colour temperature presets and doesn’t provide gamma customization.

The choices as an alternative focus extra on workplace productiveness. It supplies a KVM swap, which makes it attainable to swap between gadgets related to the show when peripherals are connected to the monitor’s USB ports, and a picture-by-picture mode. Speakers aren’t included. 

How is the Lenovo ThinkVision P32p-30’s SDR picture high quality?

The ThinkVision P32p-30, like many workplace productiveness screens, is technically able to HDR, however SDR is clearly the precedence. Virtually all frequent productiveness duties, from spreadsheets to pictures and even most digital design and artwork, nonetheless occurs in SDR.

Matt Smith

Brightness is available in a bit behind the pack at a most of 329 nits. This, to be clear, is completely fantastic for SDR content material and will maintain up in most company and residential workplace environments, which usually provide some type of mild management. However, the ThinkVision P32p-30 may really feel a bit dim in a really brightly lit workplace, or when used adjoining to a sunlit window. Lenovo’s opponents rating higher and, in consequence, will stay comfy to make use of in brighter rooms.

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While the P32p-30’s brightness is so-so, it scores higher in distinction with a most distinction ratio of 1230:1. 

That is an effective consequence for a monitor with a standard IPS LCD panel and edge-lit backlight, and the P32p-30 outperforms most opponents. Dell’s U3223QE takes the win, although, with a brand new IPS Black panel that may ship a decrease degree of luminance in darkish content material. 

The ThinkVision P32p-30’s distinction affords a way of dimensionality and depth that holds up finest in a lit room. It does present “IPS Glow” in darkish content material, nevertheless, which casts a hazy grey throughout scenes that ought to seem black. This is a standard drawback with workplace screens and may solely be averted with an improve to an OLED or Mini-LED show. 

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The P32p-30’s colour gamut is a weak point, because it shows solely 91 % of DCI-P3 and 85 % of AdobeRGB. That’s not a nasty consequence on the entire however compares unfavorably to most screens on this value bracket. 

This may show an issue for content material creators who must work in a large colour gamut reminiscent of DCI-P3 or AdobeRGB, because the monitor might be unable to show a good portion of colours in these gamuts. It additionally makes the P32p-30 seem much less saturated and vivid than some opponents in day-to-day use. Again, it’s not unhealthy (certainly, most house owners would see any purpose to complain till the monitor is in contrast side-by-side with a competitor), however options just like the Dell U3223QE and Asus ProArt PA279CRV clearly beat the Lenovo.

Matt Smith

While the P32p-30’s colour gamut is disappointing, its colour accuracy holds up, delivering the second-best consequence on this aggressive set. The monitor supplies a sensible picture, and content material seems as its creator meant. That’s essential for photographers, digital artists and designers, and videographers. 

The monitor additionally scored a gamma curve of two.2, which is our most popular goal, and a colour temperature of 6600K, which is barely a hair off our desire of 6500K. These scores, alongside the monitor’s good colour accuracy, add as much as a balanced, lifelike, and alluring image that appears good out of the field. In this sense, the P32p-30 subjectively appears to outperform its goal take a look at outcomes, offering a extra pure and refined image that could be anticipated given its modest colour gamut.

Sharpness is a perk, too, because the P32p-30’s decision of 3840×2160 works out to a pixel density of 139 pixels per inch (ppi). That’s significantly better than a 32-inch 1080p monitor, which affords solely 69ppi, or a 32-inch 1440p monitor, which delivers 93ppi. The monitor’s picture seems to be extraordinarily sharp and crisp with little to no seen pixelation round small fonts and interface components. 

The P32p-30’s total SDR picture high quality is nice, however not outstanding. It supplies a sensible, inviting image that may deal with a variety of content material properly, nevertheless it’s unlikely to impress.

How is the Lenovo ThinkVision P32p-30’s HDR picture high quality?

The ThinkVision P32p-30 technically helps HDR10, nevertheless it lacks VESA DisplayHDR 400 certification, which suggests it might probably’t attain a peak brightness of at the least 400 nits. That agrees with my testing, which discovered the monitor’s peak brightness was simply 329 nits—a determine that didn’t enhance when HDR was turned on.

Even if the monitor had been brighter, it will nonetheless face issues because of its comparatively slender colour gamut, low distinction ratio, and lack of a dynamic backlight. Monitors with a easy edge-lit LED backlight, such because the P32p-30, are by no means a good selection for HDR, as they will’t enhance the brightness of highlights with out additionally rising the brightness of shadows. That’s not a very good recipe for HDR picture high quality.

How is the Lenovo ThinkVision P32p-30’s movement efficiency?

Motion readability can be mundane, because the ThinkVision P32p-30 has a normal 60Hz refresh charge and quotes a pixel response time no sooner than 4 milliseconds. Those aren’t spectacular figures and so they predictably result in mediocre movement readability. Most objects are seen, however important blur obscures fantastic particulars. Small objects, like a baseball rushing throughout a pitch or a magic missile homing in on its goal, seem as a blur streaking throughout the display screen.

The monitor doesn’t quote help for Adaptive Sync, both, so the monitor’s refresh gained’t modify to sync with the body charge put out by your desktop or laptop computer’s video resolution. Gamers who don’t interact V-Sync may even see display screen tearing or micro-stuttering, each of which cut back the fluidity of video games in movement.

Is the Lenovo ThinkVision P32p-30 value it?

The Lenovo ThinkVision P32p-30 is a reliable however overpriced 4K workplace monitor. It nails the basics of excellent SDR picture high quality with enough brightness, distinction, and colour accuracy, however its total colour efficiency is inferior to its competitors. The inclusion of a Thunderbolt 4 / USB-C hub is good, however many equally priced opponents can match, or at the least come shut, to the P32-p30’s performance. 

I can think about conditions the place the P32p-30’s Thunderbolt 4 help and superior USB Power Delivery, make it the suitable selection, however most house workplace customers might be happier with cheaper options just like the Dell U3223QE and Asus ProArt PA279CRV.