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

I love this monitor. Great setup, especially at the price point. Im giving it 4 stars because I have it desk mounted. It has a horrible mounting system vs my other monitors. Most monitors have a recessed square/rectangle. The mount fits flush within that. This one is circular and requires standoffs. Looks horrible, adds a point of failure. The mounting system was not well thought out. I would have bought more of these if not for that.

Excellent quality for resolution, brightness and if you are upgrading from 1080p, definitely worth the upgrade. The 34 allows for a productivity boost by being able to work on 3 different tabs at once, meaning no compromising with zooming in. Now heres where it lowers my rating: Right out of the box, one of the cables were damaged and just a bit of a kick in the butt seeing as youre paying a lot of money for a new, quality product, and youd expect it to come to you in good shape. As well, there is no protective wrap on the screen and I smudged it installing it. Id give it 4 for now, as I just received it. Edit: Have now had this monitor for a few days and I stand by my rating. Couple of other things: - The stand seems solid, but its a bit questionable. Probably best to mount with VESA - The menu settings are numerous, so lots of customizability - I was hoping the buttons didnt feel so cheap, they click really loudly and feel like cheap plastic - The monitor hook up to the stand itself wobbles slightly if you move something on your desk, be advised - Overall extra happy with the additional productivity boost (came from a 15.7 laptop screen, now added this monitor to the set up) - Note it comes with a display port, which is only really available for newer PCs. Prepare to either supply your own HDMI or just connect, idk I feel like I missed the memo on that one - I feel like I also missed the memo on the fact that it doesnt have speakers and the back has mild chroma lighting - Its a bit of a hassle to change the brightness, maybe Im missing a macro - Came with a lot of plastic and styrofoam if youre environmentally friendly, be ready to recycle - Make sure the dimensions of the stand itself can fit on your desk, its larger breadth-wise(front to back of the monitor) than expected - when you turn off the monitor, its off - nice if you want to blackout a room - Didnt really notice too much of a difference between my full HD laptop and this screen - Others have been quite impressed by this purchase as well Why should you trust my review? Im an avid gamer and masters student (plenty of multi-tasking and productivity-based activities) who is bound by a code of ethics and standards of professional conduct in my profession. Anyway, hope this helps and pineapple is allowed on pizza (not mandatory or necessary though)

I have only had the monitor for one day so this review will reflect that. I plan on updating this review in a month or so after some decent time has been put on it. Firstly, this is my first monitor upgrade in nearly ten years since I purchased dual Dell 22 P2211ht monitors-- and its astounding to see first hand, not just on YouTube reviews, just how far diplays have come in that time even on the low end of spectrum. The wow factor here is 10/10. 34 of screen space is much more impressive when it is on your desk. I have a sizeable desk, and Im now looking at side tables to put my full tower PC on. At the same time though, not having to swing my 22 forward on the vesa arm it was mounted on is saving valuable real estate and now its not as cramped feeling when I have my hotas or wheel out for sim racing/flight sims. I was concerned about the curvature coming from a flat panel but its actually very nice, feels natural and took less than an hour for it to feel like the new normal. Zero dead pixels on the display from what I can tell, no manufacturing defects-- a big relief after seeing some other reviews complain of those things. Ghosting/smearing is not really noticeable in my use case (sim racing) but is present. I got used to it pretty quickly and it doesnt bother me. Once Im in game I dont notice it. I dont notice any blacklight bleed but I dont play in pitch darkness, either. Other games can produce more noticeable effects. The color needed some adjusting. The OSD is functional and I had no issues adjusting contrast and brightness to tone down the oversaturation that was present out of the box. It does seem a bit washed out but still looks nice. I dont have a real need for HDR so I cant comment on that yet. The display is plenty bright, brighter than my old monitors. USB ports would be nice but this isnt a dealbreaker, my PC has plenty for my needs. Wish the RGB worked with mystic light or was at least adjustable since I dont really care for rainbow RGB. As far as build quality, it doesnt seem terrible but isnt premium. The stand is sturdy and while the plastic gives off flimsy vibes I was adjusting tilt and height just fine without anything other than plastic-y creaks and pops that seem slightly more pronounced than my previous Dells. I have a GTX 1070 (thanks, cryptominers!) so not too many games I play can make full use of the refresh rate but the ones that I could push there felt great. Very fluid and smooth. All in all, first impressions are very positive. A pretty big leap in technology for myself and I feel the price is fair. I can easily recommend it at the sub $500 price point and have zero regrets so far.

I originally ordered this monitor because it checked all the boxes I was looking for! However, when I checked for dead pixels, there were a couple. Amazon sent me a replacement as a result, and when I checked the replacement for dead pixels, not only did the backlight go out within a week, but there was a hair stuck between the LCD and display.

Overall not too bad. Found 2 dead pixels (stuck black). So.. bearable..

I got this for an amazing price here on Amazon. Everything works. Beautiful picture quality, and I love the curve.

Overall this is a beautiful monitor for gaming, got it today. However, I found it at a lower price same day of delivery on micro center for $379.99 and I figured amazon would price match no problem. Apparently Amazon DOES NOT PRICE MATCH, I would have never thought amazon would do that. What a disappointment, I would have never guessed amazon would be afraid of price competition. I already opened the box set it up and im sure amazon would just give me a hassle for trying to return it. Great monitor, terrible policy.

It’s a pretty good monitor, great picture, good size, nice curve, and decent color. Only things I wish it had was a black light setting and a vibrancy or saturation toggle. Overall it’s got a decent display but not as saturated as my ips monitor and has a slight blue light over the screen. It could just be because I’m using an hdmi cable, but I don’t know. Definitely recommend if you just want a second monitor for random tasks and movies. You can see the wrinkles on people’s faces very well on this screen especially in the full aspect ratio.

Overall is a good monitor, the colors are excellent. The controls are terrible, it really needs a remote or an app. i dont use the LED in the back since you have to use the controls to make changes and is a pain, I use ICUE for everything RGB all in one solution from Corsair. I would recommend this monitor but at a lower price.

Im no body but this monitor earned NO MORE than 3 Stars from me. I wanted to try a 34 144hz wide monitor but I picked the wrong one. I dont like the black shadows (ghosting) when watching a cut scene from a video game or movie. This monitor is terrible for dark color (ghosting) The reason why I didnt return it is because I paid $250 for this monitor. So it was cheap when I bought it on July 2022.