MSI MAG342CQM 1500R Curvature 21:9 Aspect Ratio Narrow Bezel 1ms 3440 x 1440 (UWQHD) 144Hz Refresh Rate Tilt/Swivel/Height/Pivot Adjustment 34 AMD Freesync Gaming Curved Monitor, Black

0 dead pixels, bright, sharp image

The monitor rocks, I love it for gaming and work. Its crisp and fast and very clean. The stand is ridiculous. It is so long and wide that it takes up most of the desk. This would not be a problem is the monitor raised up to a good level, which is does not. So now I have a giant stand propped up with books. If you have a small desk, I would advise getting a VESA mount and removing the base. If the base was not so absurd I would have given it 5/5

Couple of downsides: * other than the power button, the buttons don’t seem to wake up the monitor * No speakers, but it has 3.5mm audio jack for external speakers * The only way picture-by-picture or picture-in-picture works is by plugging in to one of the HDMI ports and DP. * sometimes it takes a while for the monitor to recognize the laptop or it’s docking station (plugged via HDMI). Don’t seem to have that problem with DisplayPort where my desktop is plugged into.

This monitor exceeded my expectations. Easy to set up and get into use. Ive never owned nor have seen an UW monitor in the past, as well as experienced 144hz refresh rate. I was skeptical about the aspect ratio due to my Twitch streams and YouTube videos but there are work arounds for anything now a days! IF you have a PC that can run games in 3440x1440 with a higher framerate Id highly recommend checking this out. Even if not, at least being able to handle the resolution is a bonus as games look BEAUTIFUL. Color accuracy/brightness is a big thing for me and this monitor delivers, whether SDR or HDR. Customization is easy in this field as you can do it through the monitor OR theres software available for a seamless set-up. The price cannot be beaten for the product thats delivered, as a first time customer with MSI theyve left a great impression. Ive literally found 0 weaknesses in this monitor so far and all its strengths are as listed. Upgrading from a 24 1920x1080 monitor to this was the best decision Ive made recently in terms of gaming.

I have been using this monitor for approximately a year now and its an amazing monitor, especially for my first 1440p monitor. The curve is perfect as a dual monitor replacement and worked great w/ my KVM switch. Gaming picture quality and refresh rate are great for the price to performance ratio.

This is such an unreliable piece of junk. It’s constantly turning off momentarily or will act as if it can’t recognize an HDMI input. Unplugging the power cord doesn’t work anymore. This things sucks.

Upgraded to this after my previous monitor (30 in. Spectre ultrawide @ 2560x1080 200hz) died after 2 years of use out of the blue because the capacitors burnt out. After a bit of contrast and RGB calibration out of the box, the colors look even sharper than the Spectre. Definitely a lot less gray and more defined. The backlight bleeding the Spectre suffered from is also practically nonexistent in this one. Very even lighting through and through. FFXIV looks much more crisp at this resolution, to the point where Ive disabled most of the custom FXAA/bloom/blur shaders I previously used at 2560x1080 which helped hide the jaggedness. Overall quite happy with my purchase. I cannot elaborate on VA smearing and response times as I do not play FPS games, and this is perfect so far for my MMO + programming needs.

I bought one of these used and I couldnt be happier. Saved money and got a gigantic, curved, picture right in my face!

I would rate it at 5 stars but since the first day every so often a pixel on the screen will flip to red for some reason. It changes back when I refresh the page or scroll but it is weird and concerning lol

I bought this monitor for work and it has been a game changer. I can have multiple open windows and see them all. Picture quality is outstanding.