According to foreign media PC Gamer, MSI recently launched a new QD-OLED gaming monitor-MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36. Although this monitor has a terrible name, it uses Samsung's latest fifth-generation QD-OLED panel, which has achieved significant improvements in picture quality performance and daily usability, and thus won the PC Gamer Editor's Choice Award, with an overall score of 92%.
The report pointed out that this monitor is a 34-inch ultra-widescreen product with a native resolution of 3440×1440 and a pixel density of approximately 110ppi. In previous QD-OLED displays, similar specifications often caused obvious font color fringing (blurred font edges) in Windows desktop and text display scenarios due to sub-pixel structure issues, affecting the look and feel for non-game purposes.
PC Gamer stated that the fifth-generation QD-OLED panel basically solves this long-standing problem that has plagued PC users by adopting a new RGB stripe sub-pixel arrangement. The edge clarity of text is significantly improved and the color fringing phenomenon is greatly reduced.
Additionally, the MSI display features a semi-glossy coating and panel layer that enhances light absorption. Place Samsung QD-OLED and LG WOLED side by side and illuminate them with light respectively. You will find that the surface is slightly purple. With this new PureBlack coating, this phenomenon is less obvious. There are still differences between the two OLED panel technologies, but you have to shine them with very strong light to really notice them.
On the left is the LG WOLED, and on the right is this new QD-OLED. High-brightness LED light sources will exacerbate this problem, but the light absorption problem has not yet been completely solved
In terms of peak brightness, there is no big breakthrough. The new panel’s full-screen average brightness is 300 cd/m². This is better than the 250 and 275 cd/m² of the previous generation QD-OLED, but we really hope that the brightness of OLED can reach 400 cd/m², so that the brightness problem of OLED can really be effectively solved.
However, after effective tuning by MSI, MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 can present the best HDR experience, showing clear and sharp highlights whether it is dark scenes or bright outdoor scenes. This is a first for PC OLED gaming monitors.
According to reports, MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 is expected to be launched in the near future, priced at approximately US$1,100. Given that MSI's pricing strategy for similar products has always been aggressive, PC Gamer believes that there is still room for price reductions for this product in the future. As more fifth-generation QD-OLED panel specifications will be launched in the next year, the application prospects of this technology in the PC display market are also generally optimistic.