frontpageniki4h | Staff posted Apr 06, 2026 03:22 PM
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frontpageniki4h | Staff posted Apr 06, 2026 03:22 PM
Sam's Club Members: 49" MSI 5120x1440 144Hz Curved OLED Gaming Monitor
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Now, in general, OLED isn't as clear due to pixel layout. But that's much more an OLED issue than it is a PPI issue.
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My main gripe is with the OLED care implementation. The concept is necessary, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired. For instance, if the monitor sits in sleep mode overnight, it still logs that time as active usage, so when you power it on the next morning, it immediately forces a 5-minute OLED care cycle. It had 14 hours to run that cycle while I was away. Why wait until I'm back? Worse, it can trigger mid-game with no option to cancel or delay it until the round is over.
The split-panel feature is also disappointingly limited. I wanted a 1/4 and 3/4 split layout, and while the monitor technically supports it, the 1/4 panel (which should be roughly vertical 10:16) renders in horizontal 16:9 1080p with large black bars filling the remaining space. It's not practical, and I ended up just buying a small USB monitor as a secondary display instead. If you want a basic 1/2 1/2 split, it will work perfectly fine though.
Finally, the KVM switch works in principle but feels half-baked. Automatic input switching is unreliable, and getting it to work correctly requires digging through the OSD menu every time you switch devices, which is not exactly a seamless experience.
Other than these issues, it has been a great purchase and I highly recommend it. Games look absolutely stunning. The ultrawide is a bit jarring at first, but you get used to it pretty quickly, and it's hard to go back after that. I have yet to find a game that did not support the resolution.
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I snap windows to sides frequently in my workflow and was going to look more into Windows Powertoys for a solution.
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Can you elaborate on what this is? Is this like a built in monitor feature that forces windows to render this as different monitors?
I snap windows to sides frequently in my workflow and was going to look more into Windows Powertoys for a solution.
Thanks.
In practice, this feature works best when at least one of your applications is running in full-screen mode, since it lets you dedicate one half to a game while keeping something else on the other. If your workflow revolves around windowed apps, PowerToys snap plugin is a more flexible solution than the monitor's built-in split mode. Powertoys also has a Workspaces app, which allows you to create permanent window layouts(put excel on top right corner of monitor 1, web browser on right half of monitor 2, spotify on bottom right corner of monitor1, etc), and use a shortcut to snap all active windows to their configured places at any time.
In practice, this feature works best when at least one of your applications is running in full-screen mode, since it lets you dedicate one half to a game while keeping something else on the other. If your workflow revolves around windowed apps, PowerToys snap plugin is a more flexible solution than the monitor's built-in split mode. Powertoys also has a Workspaces app, which allows you to create permanent window layouts(put excel on top right corner of monitor 1, web browser on right half of monitor 2, spotify on bottom right corner of monitor1, etc), and use a shortcut to snap all active windows to their configured places at any time.
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