Redefining Workstations: Flexible IT for Dynamic Media Companies 

Producing high-quality content at scale is critical to the success of modern media companies. Media professionals want to focus on producing unique creative and collaborative works. They don’t want to worry about the computing infrastructure required to accomplish their everyday video editing, graphic design, and teleconferencing tasks.  

In today's ultra-collaborative work environments, video conferencing and multimedia production equipment must be easy to pack up and move—over and over again. This is even more true for companies like Never Too Small, a media production company that embraces small-footprint design and living both in the work it produces and in the physical office spaces it occupies; Driven to tackle urban overcrowding and improve quality of life through the creative use of limited space, Never Too Small wants the design, look, and feel of their office environment to reflect their core values of efficiency, minimalism, and purpose.  

Renovations to its workspaces and the gradual need to replace equipment overtime put Never Too Small in a position to upgrade its video editing and graphic design workstations and video conferencing infrastructure. But with no in-house IT team, the company needed solutions that were easy to self-install, use, and self-manage.  

Instead of a bulky desktop or server, Never Too Small found the ASUS NUC 15 Pro and Pro+ that deliver a combination of ultra-compact size, a full range of connectivity options, and reliable performance that are the perfect fit for small office or on the go. Add in the ASUS ZenScreen and ProArt Display monitors, and all the capabilities Never Too Small needs to produce award-winning content—from portability to highly color-accurate rendering—can now fit inside a backpack. 

“Our new NUC-based workstation can do everything from simple tasks to graphic design. The NUCs are night-and-day compared to our previous mini-PCs”

—Nam Tran, Video Director, Never Too Small 

Never Too Small uses NUC 15 Pro+/NUC 15 Pro paired with ProArt monitors for their daily office tasks.

Partnership Highlights

• The space-saving form factor of the ASUS NUC 15 Pro and Pro+ helps Never Too Small fulfill its small footprint design ethos in office workstations and conference rooms. 
• The high-performance and energy efficient NUC 15 Pro+ supports multiple workloads, from printing mailing labels for their e-commerce store to power-hungry graphic design. 
• Ample connectivity on the NUC 15 Pro makes connecting peripherals like displays, mouse and keyboard to video conferencing applications a breeze. 
• ASUS ZenScreen and ProArt Display monitors deliver flexible and high fidelity images for best-in-class video production and true-to-life color grading. 

About Never Too Small 

Based in Australia, Never Too Small is a growing media company dedicated to small footprint design and living. Through its You-tube episodes, print publications and digital articles, the company spotlights innovative, creative, and cutting-edge small footprint design. Its growing team travels the world, putting the small-space lifestyle into the limelight, with Never Too Small’s publications and media production work generates standout content for, and in collaboration with, a diverse community of creatives — including architects, designers, artists, makers, homeowners, and brand partners. 

Overseas travel to document projects and stories from around the world, combined with a fast paced, ever-changing office environment, make moving and transporting equipment a standard practice. Powerful, small form factor computers and flexible display solutions make it easier to get it all done. Deploying new solutions makes sure Never Too Small is on the right track to winning big in a dynamic media market. 

The Challenge: Versatile IT Solutions for Optimized Spaces 

With its broad range of conferencing, graphic design, color grading, and printing work, Never Too Small needed to upgrade its general-purpose office PCs. Faced with updating its workstations, the company identified several pain points hindering productivity. These challenges included: 

• Bulky and heavy tower PCs were impractical for conference rooms and too slow for printing labels.  
• In open collaboration spaces, bulky monitors limited mobility and flexibility.
• Its general-purpose computing platform—a legacy Intel® NUC—needed upgrading to something faster and more modern. 
• Laptops used for video editing did not have enough ports for high-quality video editing and teleconferencing setups.  
• Traditional monitors did not provide color accuracy for high-fidelity multimedia production, making a display solution upgrade a requirement.

The Solution: Versatile Compact Computing Performance for Demanding Workloads—in the Office and On the Road 

Upgrading to the ASUS NUC Pro 15 Pro and Pro+ family changed the game for Never Too Small.  Replacing its tower PCs with the ASUS NUC 15 Pro provides ergonomic access to physical interfaces like USB and HDMI ports, eliminating the hassle of connecting a mouse, keyboard, displays, all-in-one microphones, cameras, and speaker systems.   

Never Too Small uses NUC 15 Pro as their conference room solutions.

On the creative side, the NUC 15 Pro+ delivers a big performance boost for video editing and graphic design. Never Too Small saw an opportunity to replace its bulky printing PC with a dual-screen graphic design bay that could run multiple workloads on a single NUC. Today, it’s used to print shipping labels in the morning while serving as a hot desk for graphic design in the afternoon. 

NUC 15 Pro+ and PA27JCV monitor now act as the engine behind NTS creative hubs. 

In both scenarios, the ASUS NUCs proved the perfect fit for the constraints of Never Too Small’s office. Benefits include:  

• Modular architecture that allow integration of graphics and storage cards to extend the performance of onboard Intel® Core™ Ultra processors. 
• Robust, compact designs that include many more built-in ports than most laptops. 
• Support for high-definition multi-screen workstations, essential for competitive content production. 

Feature	NUC 15 Pro	NUC 15 Pro+
CPU	Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 265H (vPro)	Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H
GPU	Intel® Arc™ 140T GPU	Intel® Arc™ 130T GPU
USB Ports	1 x USB 3.2 Type-C  3 x USB 3.2 Type-A  1 x USB 2.0 Type-A	1 x USB 3.2 Type-C  3 x USB 3.2 Type-A  1 x USB 2.0 Type-A
Display Ports	2 x Thunderbolt 4 Type-C w/ DisplayPort 2.1  2 x HDMI 2.1	2 x Thunderbolt 4 Type-C w/ DisplayPort 2.1  2 x HDMI 2.1
Network	1 x RJ45 LAN  Wi-Fi Sensing  Wi-Fi 7 BE201 (Gig+)  Bluetooth 5.4	1 x RJ45 LAN  Wi-Fi Sensing  Wi-Fi 7 BE201 (Gig+)  Bluetooth 5.4
Power	1x DC-in	1x DC-in
Size (mm)	117 x 112 x 36.8	144 x 112 x 41.8
Weight (g)	533	689

“ASUS NUCs are perfect for our meeting rooms. They are small, fast, quiet and, most importantly, they just work.”

—Nam Tran, Video Director, Never Too Small

Along with the workstation upgrades, Never Too Small chose two ASUS displays to support their growing needs: The ZenScreen MB27ACF and ProArt Display PA27JCV. The 27-inch, 2560×1440 ZenScreen is a slimline solution ideal for everyday work such as video conferencing or as a display for graphic design stations. Adjustable stand options and accessories, including an integrated carrying handle/kickstand, make it easy to position for different working situations, whether showing ideas to a client or using it as a director's monitor during video shoots. 

ASUS Zenscreen’s adjustable stand improves productivity by providing tilt, pivot and height adjustable capability for the ideal viewing position

ASUS Zenscreen allows collaboration take place anywhere, thanks to it's flexible design, that makes the screen moves with you. 

For color grading and other intensive computing work Never Too Small uses the 27-inch, 5120×2880 ProArt Display. Compared to the previous 27'' 4K monitor, the PA27JCV's 27-inch 5K resolution provides more space for toolbars and editing content, leading to a better creative experience.  

The monitor offers next-level resolution and color representation with Calman-verified factory calibration for professional-grade color fidelity, crucial when working with various video sources and recording previews from different devices. Its built-in ASUS Light Sync technology automatically adjusts the color gamut to suit ambient working conditions, ensuring photorealistic image representation in any environment and saving valuable time repeating renders. The ProArt Display includes built-in auto KVM, providing switching between two computers with a single keyboard and mouse—further consolidating workstations. 

Both monitors also include features that help declutter workstations and align with Never Too Small’s design philosophy. For example, built-in speakers provide well-balanced audio for team-based editing, while USB-C PD ports support powering external equipment without additional adapters.  

Feature	ZenScreen MB27ACF	ProArt Display PA27JCV
Resolution (px)	2560 x 1440	5120 x 2880
Display Colors	16.7M	1073.7M
Brightness (cd/m²)	300 (Typ.)	400 (Typ.)   500 (HDR, Peak)
Contrast Ratio	1500:1 (Typ.)	1500:1 (Typ.)   3000:1 (Max)
I/O Ports	1x USB-C (DP Alt Mode)  1x HDMI v2.0  Earphone Jack  USB-C Power Delivery at 70W	1x USB-C (DP Alt Mode)  1x DisplayPort 1.4  1x HDMI 2.1  3x USB 3.2 Type-A  1x USB 3.2 Type-C  Earphone Jack  USB-C Power Delivery at 96W
Audio	2.1 Channel (1.5W Woofer)	2x 2W Speakers
Net Weight (kg)	4.81	5.91
Certified	Energy Star  TÜV Flicker-free  TÜV Low Blue Light	Energy Star  EPEAT Gold  TÜV Flicker-free  TÜV Low Blue Light  VESA DisplayHDR 500  VESA MediaSync Display  Calman Verified

“I use two ProArt Displays with my own laptop. The image quality is so good that we make sure to pair them with all the computers that need that level of performance.”

—Nam Tran, Video Director, Never Too Small

Optimizing Aesthetic Workspaces with Compact Computing 

In dynamic media environments, companies can’t afford the complications of outdated IT infrastructure. By partnering with ASUS, Never Too Small benefits from the compact, high-performance systems they need. But more than that, the company found a solution set that complements its focus on promoting small space design. 

With the ASUS NUC 15 Pro and Pro+, as well as the ZenScreen and ProArt displays, Never Too Small can focus their time and effort on what they do best: Creating inspirational multimedia content and programs that show off the fascinating world of the small footprint lifestyle. 

In fact, ASUS NUC-centered solutions just might be the future of portable workstations: Powerful enough to run multi-user video, supremely efficient in high-fidelity graphics editing on location, and compact enough to fit in a backpack. 

Never Too Small employ ASUS NUCs x Display bundle for building their collaborative workspace

To learn more about how ASUS products like the ASUS NUC 15 Pro are transforming modern media, visit www.asus.com/us/content/nuc-overview. Find more information on  ZenScreen MB27ACF and ProArt Display PA27JCV displays.