Titan Army P32A2S2 gaming monitor in the test – large, 240 Hz, 1 ms, HDR and also inexpensive

Having just admired the latest spearhead of monitor technology with G-Sync Pulsar, it’s time to come back down to earth and think in terms of price-performance. After all, you have to work for your money and the fact that a good gaming monitor of appropriate size and performance doesn’t have to cost a fortune is the basic concept of Titan Army. I have the 32-inch P32A2S2 here and for 330-350 euros it is almost a bargain.

But you can tell from the outside that savings have to be made somewhere. Where other manufacturers proudly embed their logo in metal and, best of all, illuminate it, Titan Army simply prints their logo at the bottom of the overall very narrow frame. Only on the lower side you have a centimeter of black plastic, the rest of the frame is barely 2mm wide. The plastic is of the slightly easier-to-touch type and when I first touched it I was a little worried about the stability of the whole thing.

But these worries were unfounded, the plastic may not be stylish, but it is stable and, above all, the quite elegant-looking stand does not use plastic. The metal struts make a very high-quality impression and don’t even need to be screwed on. A solid click and the panel is securely connected to the stand. So safe that movement in height as well as tilt and tilt angles are no problem at all. These movements also feel secure and defined; it was no problem to adjust the P32A2S2 exactly how I wanted it.

Once that was done, I removed the stand again and lo and behold, there was a high-quality VESA mount hidden behind some plastic, so the P32A2S2 went onto the monitor swivel arm. The disadvantage of the stylish stand is that its three feet extend far and you have to allow almost 30 centimeters from the rear tip to the two front ones. Since you should ideally have a seating distance of 80 centimeters for a 32-inch monitor, maybe even a little more, you have to keep that in mind. At least the monitor then slid right up to the wall and the narrow, central Ambilight bar on the back reflects a little of its light. Or you can just turn it off and forget it exists. The effect is similar in the end.

The connections on the back are what you generally need. Two HDMI 2.1, two Display Port 1.4 and a 3.5 mm audio out. The P32A2S2 has a lot to prove, as its IPS panel is said to deliver 240 Hz with a response time of 1ms, with a brightness of 320 cd/m2 and a contrast of 1000:1. These are values ​​that cheaper monitors like to give, but they can’t always be achieved without problems. Ghosting in particular can be a problem, but the UFO test says that all is well with the world. Minimal and the 240Hz is no problem either. There were also no broken or dead pixels to be found – in contrast to my regular monitor, which seemed to acquire them over time.

I also went through the entire EIZO test on the P32A2S2 at my leisure, but there are clean color gradations, a clear separation with only a 2-point color difference, only the font differentiation could be a little better and, above all, the viewing angle. The circles started changing at 50-60 degrees, looking sideways at the monitor definitely won’t give you the same picture. In operation this is usually not that relevant at these angles, but a 178 degree viewing angle is something else. The rest doesn’t reach the highest limit of what’s possible either, but there has to be something left for the monitors that cost twice as much. Overall, despite the deviation in viewing angles, I would scientifically say a clean B+, top for the price range.

The P32A2S2 is also impressive in real life. The brightness is high enough and the color brilliance in games comes into its own. IPS panels have an advantage here anyway and the SRGB 136% CIE 1931 with still 97% DCI-P3 are not fictitious. This display brings out colors well, even with HDR400. The HDR effect is better developed on higher-priced monitors and the P32A2S2 does more duty here than freestyle, but the fact that it can do it is nice enough. G-Sync is not supported for the price, but FreeSync is supported.

Time to start the P32A2S2 and since I have the Xbox on it, it just starts. I have to say, I like what I see. The image has good color brilliance, a flawless black level that is immediately noticeable in Elden Rings Dungeons and everything looks alive and tangible. The HDR effect is not the most pronounced, which was not to be expected with HDR400 and the price, but it is there and looks like something. Add a good contrast to that and I don’t want to leave Halo Infinite again, but then I have to because Microsoft has forgotten that it exists and isn’t providing any new content that I haven’t played twice yet. Still, seeing the lush green of the ring again was nice. Or that of the Green Hill Zone in Sonic: Generations. The P32A2S2 can do colors.

The P32A2S2 really runs at its best on a corresponding PC with the appropriate frame rate, which is not that easy to achieve in WQHD at 240 Hz. To at least test this, I played a few rounds of CS:GO, was impressed by how smoothly the 240 Hz looks with fast response times and then switched to scenarios that are more suitable for the masses. What’s noticeable is that the P32A2S2 has no trouble looking good with a variable frame rate of 90 to 135, but it has more trouble scaling anything that isn’t its native resolution. I noticed it because the Xbox happened to be set to 1080p and the image was anything but super sharp. In WQHD, however, it’s a dream. The same picture on the PC, where Cyberpunk in 1080p looked blurrier than was the case with other 4K or WQHD monitors that I have or have had here. In the right resolution, all was well with the world and the panel of the P32A2S2 shone. So if you plan to run a lot of content at resolutions that don’t provide WQHD as an output signal, then the P32A2S2 is not ideal.

As far as user experience is concerned, I’m half convinced, but that applies to many monitors and the P32A2S2 doesn’t do much better or worse. You click through the menus with the four buttons; a control pad would have been welcome. However, there are a lot of options: you have 10 presets from general to FPS to film and eye-friendly. Each of the presets can be customized and saved in detail. Game-Plus offers HDR, shadow adjustment, night vision mode and countless more features. The frame rate can be displayed and the color of a crosshair can be adjusted. Thanks to the savable presets, it’s fun to play around with, adjust them precisely and then have access to them. There is also an adjustable blue light filter and it even looks pretty good. Cheaper devices sometimes struggle with playback with a filter, but the P32A2S2 has it under control quite well. Finally, the position and transparency of the OSD can be adjusted to make everything complete. I didn’t miss any features of a monitor in this price range and found a few that I didn’t necessarily expect but welcomed. You can hardly ask for much more at this point.

Currently there is Titan Army P32A2S2 Gaming Monitor at Amazon.de for 350 euros (click on the 30 euro coupon). If you use the code EEEP32A2, you get another 3% discount.

And that generally applies to the Titan Army P32A2S2. 330 euros for 32 inch HDR 240Hz 1ms IPS panel with all-round solid workmanship, these are the key data. But what is much more important is that these values ​​are also reflected in the image and performance of the P32A2S2 and games appear wonderfully lively. Sure, if you spend more, you get even better HDR, more color intensity, G-Sync is also a real factor for many people. This is not a high-end monitor. But for what it is, Titan Army delivers significantly more for the money with the P32A2S2 than I expected. This is a monitor on which you can play really well with all the features without being poor.