MSI MPG 491CQPX QD-OLED 49-inch QD-OLED 5120 x 1440 (DQHD) Computer Monitor, 240Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDMI, Display Port, VGA Port, VESA Mountable, Tilt, Height Adjustable, Speaker, 0.03ms, Black

Best ultrawide on the market
Huge fan of the monitor. The thing is a beast and gives off very little in the way of heat, so unlike competitors, it doesn’t make your office a furnace. Another thing it does well is the color palette. The deep blacks of the OLED are impossible to beat, and the HDR is miraculous. The high refresh rate is another big bonus. Lastly, the burn-in protection functions are mostly unobtrusive and protect the screen after a long day of gaming. I would definitely recommend this screen to anyone looking for an ultrawide monitor, especially when compared to the G9 series. The value that is offered here cannot be beat.

More than just a 32×9 monitor
Coming from a dual screen side by side screen with a TV monitor above setup this is a major upgrade, being a 31×9 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.

Excellent picture. Mildly Annoying
I’d give it 5 stars but for one aspect, it has these cyclical anti-burn-in shutdowns every 4 hours. The monitor will first prompt you that it intends to turn off for 5 mins, and you can defer it a few times, but eventually you have to wait. It is always inconvenient and potentially devastating, particularly during gaming or trading, so don’t count on this monitor to always be there when you need it most. Also, I have top of the line 8K HDMI cable and still get rare dropouts, but it resyncs quickly. Not sure if this is also part of their OLED preservation algorithm. The whole strategy just seems poorly executed and thoughtless.Other than this, by far the best visual experience monitor I’ve ever had. Black is black, and the colors are dreamy. This is truly an enormous screen.EDIT: new computer, no longer suffering intermittent dropouts. I’ll take the L on that one. Also, the anti-burn-in cycle prompts seem to be farther apart by many more hours, and I should have mentioned you can defer the first attempt by canceling the popup using their joystick on the back of the monitor at the bottom, but that’s a non-trivial task that will force you to stop whatever you’re doing momentarily. About 1.5 years in now, picture is still as good as day 1, no issues

Best purchase made this year
Thanks to Black Friday. Was able to get a good deal. Best purchase I made this year. I did a ton of research on this and I believe this is better the the G9…

This was my first experience with OLED, and I LOVE IT, I can’t go back.I was unsure to switch to OLED because people mentioned how reading font on OLED could look blurry / have artifacting but honestly I find it just as crisp as my old monitor!I was also not going to swtich to OLED in case of burn in, however there are many options that MSI added to help prevent burn in, and they’re automatically enabled on the monitor out of the box. I will be cautious and hide my shortcuts and taskbar etc. anyways. But with these out of the way, I decided to try this monitor and I am so glad I did.Great colour quality! Really vivid colours! Deep blacks! Software is easy to use. The picture brightness for blacks isn’t bad at all, I just wish one of the settings in the monitor menu bumped up the shadows just a little bit more for my liking. But that was easy enough in the Nvidia settings for now for gaming. I was able to get amazing picture quality, and have it just the way I like it, and still maintain really nice colour and vibrancy. Didn’t really have to adjust it but the slight bit that I did adjust, *chefs kiss*I have nothing bad to say about this monitor! I would recommend it to anyone looking for quality picture and ultrawide size, and great price. Also after having a 49″ monitor it’s hard to go back to only using anything smaller 🙂

Went from a first-gen QD-OLED monitor to this one. Colors and brightness are fantastic. 240hz is noticeable improvement vs 144/165hz. 3 year warranty, covering burn-in as well! Add Microsoft Powertoys and productivity is a blast too.Highly recommended.