"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enYou could blindly pick any OLED gaming monitor release this year and slap it on a list of the  best monitors and it it makes sense with a small selection of panels available basically every OLED  gaming monitor looks great MSI however has a very unique take on the growing Market of OLED gaming  monitors with the MPG 321URX QD OLED and it has a big Edge over the competition when it comes to  crowning a winner of the best OLED gaming monitor in 2024 and that really all comes down to price  MSI aggressively undercut the competition with the MPG 321URX by anywhere from 250 to $350 I  thought that would mean some clear compromises in other areas of the display but as I quickly  learned after unboxing my review unit that's simply not the case but hey before getting into  the rest of the review make sure to leave a like on this video and get subscribed please and thankyou the specs here should be pretty familiar this is a 32-in QD-OLED display with a 4K resolution  and a 240 HZ refresh rate it's using a Samsung display QD-OLED panel and MSI says it can reach  1,000 nits of peak brightness in HDR it also cites a 0.03 millisecond response time and a  certification with Vesa display HDR true black 400 it's pretty familiar territory the design  is also familiar territory but not always for the best it doesn't look bad just a little Bland the  shell is plastic and from the front you can confuse the MPG 321URX with any other 32-in  monitor a big highlight here though is the glossy finish which is a big upside when combined with  the OLED panel underneath all of the real flare though is behind the monitor but it's still not  very much there's a faux brush metal look around the heat sink that's still plastic by the way as  well as a glossy MSI dragon logo there's also an MSI logo on top of the heat sink that you  control with the MSI Mystic light it's small and pretty dim though so you'll never actually  see it while using the display pedestrian as the design of the MPG 321URX is the stand MSI  includes is excellent there's a routing Channel That's positioned behind the monitor so there  aren't any dangling cables and MSI opted for a single Square stand as opposed to the you know  long LS you can see on monitors like the Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 there's also a pretty good range  of adjustment you get just over 4 in of height adjustment 20° of tilt and pivot and it generous  60° of swivel you can have the monitor set up in the corner of your desk and just adjust the  screen with the included stand still if you need more adjust it there's a 100 mm x 100 mm  base amount available the most direct competition for the MPG 321URX is the Asus Rog PG32UCDM make  sure to check out our review of that and the MSI monitor definitely takes a backseat to the Asus  display with its set of features the main feature of the MPG 321URX is the USBC input that's capable  of 90 WS of power power delivery this is routed into a KVM switch allowing you to seamlessly use  your peripherals across two different sources there are a couple of caveats however MSI only  uses USB 2.0 ports that shouldn't be a problem for your mouse and keyboard but it limits the  usability of the USB ports for things like say an external hard drive or a webcam the USB hub  is for your keyboard and mouse and really not much else compared to the Asus competition MSI  is missing a few other features most notably it doesn't include black frame insertion or BFI which  is one of the key selling points of Asus's display on the other hand MSI includes power deliver with  USBC and a KVM switch both of which are absent on Alienware's more expensive take on this panel MSI  really gains an ed with its own Leed prevention features which I'll dig into a little bit lateron all right let's talk about controlling the monitor I really appreciate how easy it is to  control the MPG 321URX and that really comes down to how large the onscreen display is it's  big and high enough resolution that you're not squinting as you scroll through the option this  all happens with the joystick around the back of the monitor but it's centered so I never really  had any trouble finding it and thankfully you can control the monitor with your mouse if you hook up  the USB-B connection to your PC MSI packs in the options but everything is clearly labeled you get  six color modes tailored for gaming eight picture modes that can clamp the color to different gamuts  and two HDR modes even better you can access the different color and picture modes with HDR turned  on though you still can't mess with settings like bright and contrast with HDR enabled for ports  MSI is a pretty standard array here you get two HDMI 2.1 connections along with the display port  1.4a Port that means you'll need to run display stream compression if you want the full resolution  and refresh rate if you're using a display port connection the HDMI port also supports variable  refresh rate and down scaling so they're perfectly suited for consoles the integrated USB hub isn't  stellar as mentioned you have USBC input with 90 watts of power delivery and a KVM switch both of  which are great inclusions but the real problem here is that the USB-A ports are locked to USB  2.0 you can't use them for those accessories and that is a big downside when looking at the full  port selection all right those are some details out of the way let's talk about the real mean  potatoes here image quality I have to be honest I went into this review a pessimist surely I thought  if MSI was undercutting the competition so much there would be some sacrifice to image quality I  expected wonky color disappointing color accuracy and brightness that just missed the mark not due  to the MSI branding but due to the price I'm really happy to say that I was wrong the image  quality on the MPG 321URX is fantastic it's just as good as the other monitors we've tested using  the same panel and even a bit better than the PG32UCDM with the default settings out of the  box you're really not giving up anything with this monitor despite what its price would suggest out  of the box the monitor is tuned to the Eco picture profile with premium color as the game mode this  configuration is pretty solid with it I measured 100 % of SRGB 87% of adobe RGB and 98% of DCI-P3  the premium color game mode seems to unlock the full range of color available on the monitor which  means accuracy is a bit off it's not bad just not the best we've seen clocking an average of  just over 1.3 MSI includes three modes to clamp the color gamut which vastly improves the color  accuracy there's an SRGB mode Adobe RGB and DC3 with these modes the color accuracy is fantastic  SRGB had the lowest result with an air of 0.69 while Adobe RGB had the highest at 0.94 and dcp3  was right in the middle with 0.79 all these results are fantastic and as you would expect  the color air scales with the coverage of these different color spaces brightness is really on  point here too this is the same Samsung display third gen QD-OLED panel we've seen before and it  was able to hit 987 nits of brightness for just 1% of the screen in the HDR Peak 1000 mode that's  pretty typical of what we expect out of this panel as showcased by monitors like the Alienware 32 QED  and once again we have a review for that so make sure to check it out SDR brightness on the other  hand is still lacking it topped out at 238 nits which is a hair below some of the other QD-OLED  options it's not far behind but if you're looking for blistering brightness HDR is still the way to  go with this display all right that's image quality let's talk gaming the MPG 321URX is a  gaming monster and you really don't even need to take my word for it it's certified with display  HDR true black 400 so you're getting great HDR performance and it supports adaptive sync so you  have VRR across both AMD and Nvidia GPUs that's not to mention the 4K resolution and super fast  240 HZ refresh rate this really is the peak gaming experience for most people across both  consoles and PC compared to other OLED options MSI really stands out with its ClearMR 13,000  certification this is a relatively young standard that tests and validates motion clarity and MSI  is topping the charts here the 13,000 tier is the highest available so high in fact that it was even  available when ClearMR launched about a year and a half ago due to the high refresh rate and low  response times of OLED most gaming displays could earn this certification and some such as LG's OLED  panels already have still it's really nice to see MSI go out of its way to put a stamp of approval  on its high-end gaming monitor as far as actually using the monitor for gaming I mean there really  isn't much to say we've seen this panel before in the amazing gaming experience it offers and MSI  lives up to that standard the HDR experience stands out the most adding a ton of depth to  immersive games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Allen Lake 2 these games shine all the more on a large 4K  display like the MPG 321URX the detail is really unmatched and with a third gen CUA pale you don't  get the weird color fringing on fine details like we saw on some earlier QD-OLED monitors the main  downside realistically is that you'll need a super powerful PC to run this play with a 240 hz refresh  rate 4K resolution and large size you can't really afford to run games at a lower resolution without  sacrificing experience there's a definite upside for consoles here too both due to the 120 htz mode  built into the display and the ability to down scale the 1440p through the HDMI port MSI supports  picture in picture and picture by picture modes but the console experience is so great because it  neatly fits on a 16x9 4K display with HDMI 2.1 at the home on the PC side competitive games  also get a boost because you're getting pretty excellent motion Clarity on an OLED panel for me  the cinematic experience is why you really go with an OLED monitor but the low response times and 240  HZ refresh rate definitely provide a boost when you want to squeeze in a few rounds of Valerant  or Fortnite well let's address the elephant in the room with any OLED panel and that's of course  burn-in MSI has upped its warranty game a lot similar to Alienware Corsair and now even Asus  you get 3 years of coverage on this monitor that includes burn it for MSI burning means a luminance  of less than or equal to 3.5% at 50% gray with the peak HDR mode I really doubt you'll ever get  there in 3 years though as MSI includes one of the most comprehensive suites of burn-in prevention  features money can buy the package is called o leg care 2.0 like other brands MSI includes a  panel protect cycle to refresh the pixels after 4 hours of accumulated use there are a far greater  array of options at your disposal though there's a pixel shifting feature with various speeds as  well as a slew of features that automatically detect and dim static elements on your screen  there's multi logo detection which will pick up on the you know say HUD in your games and reduce  their brightness to prevent burning and there's also taskbar protection which will cut out the  windows taskbar perhaps the most important though is boundary detection this automatically adjusts  the brightness of boundaries on your screen such as when you know you have two windows open at the  same time this is the one area of bur in that's most difficult to avoid on a desktop especially  if you usually have multiple windows open it's impossible to say what all of these features add  up to uh at least without thousands of hours of dedicated testing they may add up to make  the monitor much less susceptible to bur in or they may not move the needle compared to you know  the standard suite of OLED prevention features you see in other displays still MSI definitely  includes more prevention features than other brands a specifically targeting critical burn  in risks like window boundaries and the windows taskbar these features on their own wouldn't be  enough but MSI backs it up with a 3-year warranty matching the other options on the market all right  on to some conclusions I went into this review with pretty low expectations I have to be honest  and I came out surprised MSI is able to match the competition from Asus and Alienware in image  quality support and display options all while undercutting the price by anywhere from $250 to  $350 the only features you're really giving up are BFI compared to the Asus model and display  port 2.1 compared to the upcoming gigabyte version and those are both really Justified  tradeoffs given how much cheaper this MSI model is I mean the MPG 321URX it's it's an enigma it  doesn't make sense how it's priced compared to the competition especially with the few compromises it  makes along the way I don't know maybe it's MSI just trying to get a leg up on the hotly  competitive OLED Market or maybe the other options have just been too expensive all along it really  doesn't matter and frankly I really don't care as it stands right now the MPG 321URX is the cheapest  way to get an OLED display that's this high of quality and it doesn't really give up much to  reach it it's excellent price but hey I want to know what you think in the comments below is it  worth it to spend an extra 250 to 350 bucks for a few extra features or are you solely focused  on image quality leave me a comment down below while you're down there make sure to leave a like  on this video and get subscribed all right thanks for watching everyone I will see you in the nextvideo\n"