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MEG 342C QD-OLED

MSI MEG 342C QD-OLED

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Sentiment score33% positive
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Last updated: Apr 23, 2026

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Reddit IconLeft_Investigator928
7 months ago

I upgraded recently from 1440/144 27” IPS to ultra wide qd-oled 1440/175 34”. Was originally thinking 16:9 and skeptical of ultrawide, but there was a local MSI ultrawide for a good price. Definitely very happy with the purchase and can’t see myself wanting anything different for a long time. The ultrawide has been very impressive for immersion, qd-oled is stunning, and doesn’t feel excessively wide at all in games, and is also great for movies. 4 or 5 months in and I’m still impressed every time I boot something up. Comes down to personal preference probably, though probably hard to test out for long enough to get a feel for it unless you have friends with both options. Also need to make sure you have the hardware to support 35% extra pixels, but I wouldn’t change anything about my setup

Reddit IconCapital_Ability8332
12 months ago

I know, right? I hate when they start making Matt OLEDs for no reason. And I doubt the 34 going to be glassy. However, we will have to wait for other makers to surprise us, which is also doubt it too lol. I'm also the same as you. i have the MSI 34 OLED glassy, and it's amazing. But I can't find any better with more PPIs.

Reddit Iconcyb_tachyon
7 months ago

Yes, I have an AW 34" QD-OLED at home and the MSI 34" QD-OLED at work. Same panel inside both. I do both video editing and game development (coding). I used Cleartype and picked the best option and haven't had any issues with eye fatigue or reading text. I have a monitor arm for each so they're the perfect comfy distance from my face, and use dark themes and low lighting to keep the contrast in the room reasonable. I do have a side 4:3 monitor for additional code or reference web pages, especially for game dev where I may have 2-3 editor windows up in addition to the C++ code. Three years in, would not switch to anything else (I've tried a few times just out of curiosity). Maybe in 6-7 years when the next OLED tech comes out.

Reddit IconNap2422
7 days ago

I jumped from an MSI 34” QD-OLED to the LG 45” 5k2k. The LG gets brighter for sure so HDR might be an upgrade for you. I’m not that sensitive to color accuracy so they’d have to be side by side for me to notice the difference. I was worried going from glossy to matte screen but turns out it’s not that much of a difference for my use. Ultimately, the screen size and resolution outweigh anything the MSI could potentially do better.

Reddit Iconpc9000
3 months ago

The new 34 360hz ultrawides The asus is best one duo full DP 2.1 Msi one is out but out of stock seems like they shipped 5 of them only lolz Asus in March  They have better text , better black in room with lights and higher fps etc but double yhe price of current 34 165/175 hz versions 

3 months ago

Yes 13.5 is simply not enough for Uncompressed 360 HDR Msi being cheap trying to save 5$ on a 1000$ monitor while still wanting to market it as DP 2.1 To me its important (alt tab delay along with multiple issues that is well documented online)  There is a group of insane people who keep repeating DSC is problems free etc and ignore everything that you should ignore (they are clueless and uneducated)

Reddit IconDafferss
12 months ago

Looks nice, I also have an MSI monitor but a curved 34UW. Works and looks great!

Reddit Iconalinzalau
3 months ago

I have an msi 34 inch ultrawide. Both gaming and work. I see no issues here

Reddit IconLatter-Control-208
about 2 months ago

It is minimal but still there. Msi already has a 34" ultrawide with rgb stripe layout. Tandem is OK but not perfect.

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