MSI MEG 342C QD-OLED Review

In Use

In Use

Any time you try and take photographs of a monitor you’ll always be compromising things. Cameras never see the image as clearly as our eyes. Worse, of course, is that you’re viewing it from your own screen. However, we hope that the following are at least representative of the points we want to make.

Firstly the OLED panel has, as all OLEDs do, spectacular contrast. Colours really pop in a way LEDs struggle to replicate. Blacks in particular are black, rather than dark grey.

Worth remembering any ghosting or tearing visible, such as on the left, is a result of the camera shutter speed being lower than the monitors refresh rate.

The difference between highlights and dark areas, aided by the HDR400, is very much the key feature of an OLED panel. Unless you’ve seen one in action you cannot understand what a leap forwards it is in image quality. Even a photograph of a panel, compressed and rendered here to you doesn’t diminish its impact.

If you were unaware, or just curious, this is Cyberpunk 2077 by the way.

This image we think best sums up the type of experience you can expect from this MSI MEG OLED 342C QD monitor. Lighting so bright you almost want to squint. Colours heavily saturated without any banding. Shadows deep, without obfuscating detail. It’s jaw-dropping.