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MSI 49" Curved OLED Display vs. Samsung 49" Curved LED - HELP Deciding

481 149 February 11, 2025 at 08:54 AM MSI
All, Looking for any advice on which monitor I should choose. Im not a gamer, and will use the monitor for productivity, so a lot of the features are a mute point for me. But wanted the screen real estate and clarity. Any opinions on the matter would greatly be appreciated.

Samsung 49" Curved LED - 5120x1440 - 1000R - VA Panel - 240hz - $750
https://www.samsung.com/us/comput...g954enxza/

MSI 49" Curved OLED Display - 5120x1440 - 1800R - QD-OLED Panel - 144hz - $799
https://us.msi.com/Monitor/MPG-491CQP-QD-OLED
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02-11-2025 at 09:58 AM.
02-11-2025 at 09:58 AM.
Here's an article about 1000R vs 1800R

https://www.msi.com/blog/1000r-vs...ed-monitor

Also think about screen burn with the oled, although the MSI has "oled care 2.0" to manage it and a 3 year warranty.

EDIT: where are you seeing those prices?
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02-11-2025 at 10:47 AM.
02-11-2025 at 10:47 AM.
Quote from DumariotHardunkichud :
Here's an article about 1000R vs 1800R

https://www.msi.com/blog/1000r-vs...ed-monitor [msi.com]

Also think about screen burn with the oled, although the MSI has "oled care 2.0" to manage it and a 3 year warranty.

EDIT: where are you seeing those prices?
The MSI is about that price on Amazon and the Samsung is overpriced at nearly $1300 by a mile. It is usually less than <$1000 on the consumer side and <$800 if you can get the employee discount.
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02-11-2025 at 12:03 PM.
02-11-2025 at 12:03 PM.
Quote from ncvaun :
All, Looking for any advice on which monitor I should choose. Im not a gamer, and will use the monitor for productivity, so a lot of the features are a mute point for me. But wanted the screen real estate and clarity. Any opinions on the matter would greatly be appreciated.

Samsung 49" Curved LED - 5120x1440 - 1000R - VA Panel - 240hz - $750
https://www.samsung.com/us/comput...g954enxza/ [samsung.com]

MSI 49" Curved OLED Display - 5120x1440 - 1800R - QD-OLED Panel - 144hz - $799
https://us.msi.com/Monitor/MPG-491CQP-QD-OLED
TLDR;

I have ruled out all of the OLEDs that are QD-OLED (gen 1, 2, 3) until the subpixel layout is fully fixed. Gen 3 is an improvement but the QHD resolution allows for the text fringing to still be seen.

I'm highly sensitive to text fringing and I assume the MSI is using a QD OLED panel.

Therefore, I have been shopping the Samsung non-OLED (G95C) as my exclusive use is productivity.
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02-11-2025 at 12:20 PM.
02-11-2025 at 12:20 PM.
Quote from mark47150 :
TLDR;

I have ruled out all of the OLEDs that are QD-OLED (gen 1, 2, 3) until the subpixel layout is fully fixed. Gen 3 is an improvement but the QHD resolution allows for the text fringing to still be seen.

I'm highly sensitive to text fringing and I assume the MSI is using a QD OLED panel.

Therefore, I have been shopping the Samsung non-OLED (G95C) as my exclusive use is productivity.
Thank you. Yes I was leaning towards the Samsung non-OLED myself. Will pick it up at Sam's Club as they have a great return policy similar to CostCo.
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02-11-2025 at 04:08 PM.
02-11-2025 at 04:08 PM.
Quote from ncvaun :
Thank you. Yes I was leaning towards the Samsung non-OLED myself. Will pick it up at Sam's Club as they have a great return policy similar to CostCo.
Great plan! It has 10 vertical local dimming zones but that is actually not a lot (but better than nothing!). Expect to see some light bleed around the curves. It will be totally normal and shouldn't be noticeable on too many screens (mostly black screens where the local dimming is doesn't fully turn that area off).

I will eventually grab this monitor (almost did 2 weeks ago when it was even cheaper on Samsung.com). Additional input is that I have the G65B (similar in it is curved, VA, limited vertical local dimming) and that panel was fine.
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02-12-2025 at 07:23 PM.
02-12-2025 at 07:23 PM.
Ok so now that I decided to go with non-OLED, which one... lol

The Samsung or LG versions?

Samsung 49" Curved LED - 5120x1440 - 1000R - VA Panel - 240hz - $750
https://www.samsung.com/us/comput...g954enxza/
or
LG UltraGear 49" Ultrawide DQHD Curved Gaming Monitor - 1000R - VA Panel - 5120 x 1440
https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg...ng-monitor

Does anyone have any experiences they would like to share? TYIA Smilie
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