msiMPG 491CQP QD-OLED 49" 32:9 DQHD 144Hz Curved OLED HDR Gaming Monitor, Metallic Black

Bought for $900 on black friday. I wish I had bought the 240hz version, but honestly the 144hz is fine considering the fact that most games can't even run high fps on this nearly 4k monitor (at least in terms of pixel count). At first I really didn't understand the hype around oled color contrast and 1440p. However, that all changed once in toggled on the true black hdr 400. The outstanding hdr in combination with the 1ms response time of the oled pannel, and I honestly have a hard time going back to my 16:9 240hz 1080p va pannel. I have a very powerful rig that can push this monitor very outstandingly at max settings (rtx 4080 super, i9 14900kf, 32gb ddr5); however, I'm not too sure how well you will be able to push this monitor with anything less (unless you don't care about heavy upscaling and not having max settings). Anywho, I would totally recommend this monitor for enthusiasts, and if you don't have a top of the line rig, I'd definitely recommend the normal ultrawide oled or even just the normal 1440p oled. I've had this monitor for roughly 3 months; and, while at first, I somewhat regretted my purchase, I eventually came around to loving the thing and I now understand the oled masterrace! ✊️😤🫡

Coming from a dual screen side by side screen with a TV monitor above setup this is a major upgrade, being a 31x9 aspect ratio monitor it is like having 2 monitors side by side without a split but you gain more than that. By losing the split between the 2 Monitors this is wide enough to put 3 sets of browser windows across and have them plenty big enough to use.Picture wise this blows my old monitors out of the water, some reviews say they see issue with text quality as I type this on a white background I cannot see any the "issue" they were complaining about as this is as sharp of a picture I have ever had on any monitor, and the colors are also crazy good.I do use this in a dark room so glare is not an issue, only had it a few days so far but I am already trying to figure out how to get one for work.The stand is stable and the adjustments of height swivel and tilt are great.The MSI software so far looks to work well to control the monitor, it is a little slow, but is so much easier than trying to use the built in menus on the monitor itself (but even that is not bad compared to many other monitor I have used over the years).Gaming wise you can't go wrong with this other than it will take a powerful card to play AAA titles at full res.

I recently replaced my 34-inch Dell S3422DWG monitor with the MSI MPG 491CQP QD-OLED, and let me tell you, the difference is mind-blowing! The OLED display offers incredible brightness and picture quality, all at an unbeatable price. I got a fantastic deal on it, which made it even more appealing. The burn-in protection and warranty (3 years!) are also great, although the protection does need to run every 16 hours of usage, which can be a bit of a hassle unless you set it up to do it when the monitor is on standby (highly recommended). Oh, and don’t forget to get a monitor arm! I got an MSI MAG MT201, and it’s been a game-changer. My desk is 30 inches deep, and without the arm, the monitor was a bit too close. The only downside I’ve had is that the included cables won’t long enough for my setup, especially the power cable.

I loved this monitor. And then I hated it. It's beautiful, colors and contrast are amazing, the size is amazing, the fact that the same display port/cable can be used for display and charging, awesome. The multiple monitor/split setup, really cool.And then came "Panel Protect." A feature that forcibly runs maintenance on your monitor, without any ability to postpone, right in the middle of you using it - for roughly 10 minutes, during which time you can't use the monitor. In the middle of an intense game? Too bad. Important meeting? Sucks to be you. With the number of meetings I've been in where the monitor shuts down at the most inopportune time, I'd send this thing back in a heartbeat if still in the return period.I get it. OLED needs maintenance. MSI is trying to help you protect your monitor. But their implementation of this feature is atrocious. Believe me, I've tried every possible setting on this to get it to do it when I'm NOT using the monitor. Run your stupid Panel Protect every single day at 2am for all I care, I'll leave it on for you! Or let me postpone it at least for a few hours when I can run it when it's convenient. Nope. You get "Auto" or "Every 16 hours." And as much as it seems like "Auto" would be intelligent enough to say, "Looks like the user has stepped away for a bit, the monitor's gone into standby mode, maybe now I'll run my 10 minute panel protect process" it doesn't do that. It seems that "auto" means, I'll detect when you are actively using this and shove the panel protect warning in your face for 10 seconds then start my 10 minute maintenance process. The other issue I keep seeing that the "auto" setting resets back to "Every 16 hours" at random. And every 16 hours is just that. Doesn't matter what you are doing. At 16 hours since last run, it's going to run. It's a nightmare. I can't remember the last time I've had as much loathing for a piece of technology.I see the positive reviews here and assume there's just something I'm missing. And I've scoured the Internet for solutions but have only found angry people like me ranting about this monitor, with proposed solutions from the community that don't seem to work. After having this go into its maintenance schedule for the umpteenth time during an important meeting, I'm done with this thing. The problem is, I can't in good conscience even sell this to someone. I would hate to inflict that punishment on a fellow human being.