MSI 271QRX QD-OLED Review

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Introduction

The influx of OLED technology into PC monitors is one that seems to be rapidly occurring. Once solely the purvey of the very wealthy, it’s still a technology found only in high end televisions. Anyone who visited their local emporium and basked in the gorgeous image quality will have dreamt of a monitor version. In recent times those dreams have been answered. However, monitors are generally still pricier than their television equivalent. The newness of OLED technology in monitor terms only exacerbates this. The thin of wallet need not apply.

A lot of the OLED panels we’ve reviewed are larger format ones. In fact the MSI MEG 342C QD-OLED panel was an ultra-wide 3440×1440 offering. All good if you’ve got a lot of desk space and a beefy GPU. If you’ve got any of the current cards then the 27″ 1440P resolution of today’s MSI 271QRX QD-OLED will better fit a smaller workspace.

Such is the nature of OLED displays, it’s almost impossible to create a bad one. With each LED being its own light source the days of streaky backlighting, grey bands and all the other problems that plagued certain monitors are behind us. It is, however, still a technology at the upper end of things and relatively new. There hasn’t been much of a price fall-off. The MSI MEG 342C we just mentioned is £1300, and despite being 27″ instead of 34 and 16:9 1440 instead of ultrawide 21:9 1440, the 271QRX QD-OLED isn’t much cheaper. Today’s monitor will set you back £1000. That’s a hill of cash in anyone’s book, especially when comparing the two MSI OLED panels we’ve looked at.

Let’s find out how this fairs, and then we’ll see if it’s worth the asking price.

Technical Specifications