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PCM2Our review of the MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 is now live. This is a 34″ 3440 x 1440 (21:9 ultrawide) monitor with slight (1800R) curve and glossy QD-OLED panel, supporting up to 360Hz. DP 2.1 (UHBR 13.5) and full bandwidth HDMI 2.1 (48 Gbps) is included, alongside USB-C and KVM functionality. The monitor provided a similar overall experience to other QD-OLEDs, but it offers some notable improvements. The screen surface is more scratch-resistant (apparently – I did feel it smeared less when cleaning) and lightens up less in ambient light (I did notice this). The improved subpixel structure with RGB stripe arrangement reduced fringing, significantly so compared to other QD-OLEDs with this pixel density but the displaced triangle RGB layout.
The screen didn’t offer a high brightness HDR setting that counteracted ‘medium shade dimming’ effectively, but I enjoyed the ‘True Black 500’ experience which I found noticeably brighter than the more usual ‘True Black 400’ experience. Improvements to peak brightness under both HDR and SDR were also evident during testing. Overall, I feel this is a nice evolution of QD-OLED technology and this is one of the more compelling ultrawide models on the market – at least in markets like the US where it appears to be priced relatively competitively.
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