MSI's latest gaming monitor ditches triangular subpixels for a more orthodox stripe layout
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(Image credit: Future) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it too? That appears to be MSI’s mantra with the new MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 gaming monitor, which was on full display this week at CES . As its name implies, the MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 (say that three times fast) uses a 5th-generation QD-OLED panel with an RGB stripe sub-pixel arrangement.
The move to a vertical RGB stripe instead of the slightly odd triangular sub-pixel layout on previous Samsung QD-OLED panels allows for sharper text on screen. The increase in text clarity doesn’t come at the expense of the other advantages inherent to OLED panels (namely, rich color, ultra-fast response times, and deeper blacks).
In the case of the MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36, we’re looking at full-screen brightness of 300 nits (1,300 nits peak), which is an increase from the typical 250 nits of preceding QD-OLED panels. MSI says that it incorporates an anti-reflective DarkArmor Film to boost the black levels by another 40 percent (VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500 certified), while delivering a 2.5x improvement in scratch resistance (a curious bullet point for a desktop monitor, but it’s appreciated).
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/gaming-monitors/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/gaming-monitors/msis-fifth-generation-qd-oled-gaming-monitor-embraces-rgb-stripe-subpixels-34-inch-display-boasts-enhanced-text-clarity-boosted-brightness-and-improved-black-levels#main
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