MSI

MPG 491CQP QD-OLED

MSI MPG 491CQP QD-OLED

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Sentiment score72% positive
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Last updated: Aug 16, 2026

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Reddit IconAccomplished_Bet_499
9 months ago

Had it for a day and returned it. Got the MSI 491cqp 49 superultrawide but was curious about 5k2k. After unboxing the g75f I realized, after using oled for a week, I could never go back. Honestly, it’s such a big difference my eyes have a hard time adjusting when I go into the office. Even though it’s 5k2k it’s just hard to justify that price for a VA panel

9 months ago

Update it was shit and going back. You were right. After having this 49 msi OLED, I couldn’t believe my eyes and how far monitors have come

Reddit IconAdventurousBend6473
10 months ago

I got the MSI 491CQP as my first OLED monitor for $749 at Sam's Club about a week ago

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Reddit IconCbeckstrand
11 months ago

I have worked from home on my 491CQP and it has worked well for me but I also use it for gaming a fair bit as well. No burn in issue but an OLED is also not going to benefit much for productivity.

11 months ago

No, I totally agree that burn in is overrated and not an issue. I work on mine almost every day and have had no issue. What im saying is a lot of productivity work won't really benefit from an OLED over a less expensive panel.

11 months ago

True, even just the totally black windows are nice and it's amazing that I can't see any backlight bleeding in the dark. I love the OLED and it has made me not want to use any other monitors now.

11 months ago

You don't need the X for Gsync, I have the 144hz model and I can enable it.

9 months ago

I'm not sure if you are trying to avoid OLED but check out the MSI 491CQP or the 491CQPX. Both have power delivery and KVM. I work on mine and have had no issues with burn in.

9 months ago

I have loved my MSI 491CQP. It's an Samsung panel (all of the 49" OLEDs are) so it will be similar to the G9 but with more features like USB-C power delivery and KVM as well as a better burn in warranty. If you want 240hz there is the 491CQPX but 144hz has been fine for me. No burn in issues after a year and no complaints so far.

9 months ago

I would look at the MSI 49" OLEDs since they have additional features like USB-C power delivery and a KVM built in. MSI also has a better burn in warranty. They are using the same panel (all 49" OLED panels are made my Samsung) so image quality will be identical. I have worked on mine for about a year with no issues. The burn in protection works well and I have not had any concerns. Occasionally I will come back to the machine and it will be still be running the screen refresh but that is pretty rare. I did notice text fringing on the first gen OLEDs like the Alienware but the 49" OLEDs all have the pixel changes and I have not noticed any issues. I would recommend and I have loved it.

10 months ago

I don't know what OLED you had previously but I had the same issues on a first gen Alienware OLED and also ended up not keeping it. I now have the MSI 49" OLED and have no text issues. All of the 49" OLEDs are Samsung Gen2 with the subpixel updates so they should be similar. I have also worked on this monitor for about a year with no burn in issues. Not trying to change you mind but it may be worth looking at one.

8 months ago

Pretty much every 49" other than the Samsung will not have the smart features. My MSI 49" does not.

Reddit IconCosmicVergil
6 months ago

Will we be able to use all the OLED Care features with Adaptive sync activated this time? This was a major flaw on the previous generation. I had to turn off VRR to have all the features enabled.

Reddit Icongabrintx
7 months ago

I recently retired 2 27" 1080p monitors in favor of a MSI 49" OLED. $749 at Sams club with 3 year warranty. MPG 491CQP QD-OLED. I kept one of the 27s as a second monitor. I am a market trader and it works well for my needs. With the extra 27" I essential have 4 full screens.. It is 1800R. Curved with 1800mm radius, translated minimum curve.

7 months ago

I am retire but am a market trader. Over the years I have had a number of monitor combos. 4 19", 2 19" + 2 22"wide, 2 27" 1080p which I recently replaced with a MSI 49" OLED 1800R (least curved) and I kept one of the 27". I am very happy with it the 49". The color and resolution are amazingly better. In actual width the 49s 47" width is about 4" wider that the 2 27s. I added Window Power tools to use Fancyzones which allows designing screen layout to assign windows too. It's useful because the window full screen option is ridiculous on an ultrawide monitor. My 49 provides what would be 3 full screen app on regular monitors. Worth it? I would say yes. There are 34" UWs too, but that wouldn't work for me.

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