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

0 dead pixels, bright, sharp image

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.

Yes it does make a difference in gaming. Make sure you have a powerful enough gpu for 2+k gaming. Trust me, not 4k but still can see the very small details.

Besides the dead pixel and flicking...... its a great looking monitor and Im sure if it didnt flicker it would amazing but my stupid self tossed the box after a few days and didnt notice the pixel till after chucking it and the flicker started after about a week of use

Upgraded to this after my previous monitor (30 in. Spectre ultrawide @ 2560x1080 200hz) died after 2 years of use out of the blue because the capacitors burnt out. After a bit of contrast and RGB calibration out of the box, the colors look even sharper than the Spectre. Definitely a lot less gray and more defined. The backlight bleeding the Spectre suffered from is also practically nonexistent in this one. Very even lighting through and through. FFXIV looks much more crisp at this resolution, to the point where Ive disabled most of the custom FXAA/bloom/blur shaders I previously used at 2560x1080 which helped hide the jaggedness. Overall quite happy with my purchase. I cannot elaborate on VA smearing and response times as I do not play FPS games, and this is perfect so far for my MMO + programming needs.

Good for the price

The image quality is very good although had to make some adjustment, its not the same quality as an IPS monitor but still works great. I recommend this monitor 100%

Ordered the monitor mostly for work (software development) and some casual gaming. My 2060 struggles to get the most out of the panel in some games but that was to be expected. Overall amazing picture quality and a great refresh rate for the price.

A few dead pixels about 6 months in. Also will lag a bit and cause cursor to jump on simple web searches. The thing looks amazing though, id buy it again even with those issues so far.

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.