r/Monitors • • 5d ago

Discussion Is there any way to remove these scratches?

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I bought this MSI QD-OLED monitor a while back and my cat decided it looked like a very expensive scratching post and scratched it up pretty bad. I've tried wiping on some Vaseline to see if it fills in the cracks, but it didn't do anything. It's starting to really annoy me and can't seem to find any information on fixing scratches on a display like this. Is there any way to polish them out or make them less noticeable?

r/Monitors • • Jun 12 '26

Discussion Wow, the difference between IPS and OLED is insane!

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r/Monitors • • Jan 11 '26

Discussion I want to buy an oled screen, but I'm afraid years later that's gonna happen to her. Is that right?

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r/Monitors • • Mar 11 '26

Discussion Cleaned OLED with microfiber and distilled looks like this?

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i dampened one of those microfiber cloths you use to clean glasses with distilled water and swept in circular motions. if left me this. what did i do wrong and how do i fix? thanks.

r/Monitors • • Dec 05 '25

Discussion Here is my OLED Monitor that has never been turned off for 2 years.

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Unfortunately I didn’t realize the “maintenance” I was getting myself into with the OLED Alienware monitor. I’m not used to turning it off or maintaining it so here is how it looks now. Might be the worst burn in you’ve ever seen? I wish I didn’t buy an OLED.

r/Monitors • • Dec 08 '25

Discussion OLED vs IPS: the difference isn’t as big as I expected

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Just got my new OLED (Alienware AW2725Q, on the right), and honestly… I’m a bit underwhelmed. For normal usage, the difference from my IPS (LG UltraGear 27GP950, on the left) isn’t very noticeable.

The situations where the difference is more noticeable only happen in low-light rooms or with very dark content, which doesn’t occur very often. Plus, the OLED’s brightness feels much lower than my IPS.

I’m not sure if I messed up some settings. Are there any tweaks to get a better picture? Honestly, I feel like I fell for the pro-OLED hype. Considering the price, I’m even thinking about returning it.

Video : Lg IPS : https://youtu.be/ok5M9EqBhq4?si=VIB0vTAERY5QyrCv

AW QD-Oled : https://youtu.be/ArhyErCcaaM?si=4lcFd4x2b7T9wj0e

r/Monitors • • 7d ago

Discussion I bent my oled monitor

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So I was moving house, and stupidly left my monitor on the chair so it fell off and bent the top right side..

Screen works fine thank god, should I take the risk and try bend it back or leave it and thank the monitor gods this £600 monitor didnt break

r/Monitors • • Apr 07 '26

Discussion Need help deciding on a monitor

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Okay, so I’m in the market for a new monitor but I have an odd situation.. I have my setup in a closet aha. I will attach a photo of the setup.

Anyways i have a maximum space of 39.5” to work with. That’s the physical dimensions of the monitor. Not screen. So I think I can fit up to a 42”

Looking for

-Largest possible monitor

-curved

-minimum 144hz

It’s for gaming. I don’t know too much about what else I should be looking at. Any help is greatly appreciated

r/Monitors • • May 04 '26

Discussion Can someone explain this trend of angling your monitor so much?

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I keep seeing setups like this and honestly, I don't get it...

r/Monitors • • Mar 07 '26

Discussion RIPTINGS - Sickened by what RTINGS has become

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r/Monitors • • 6d ago

Discussion Why are these so heavily discounted?

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A few weeks ago I ordered the LG gx700A-B for 450 and Its finally supposed to be here today, but now its on an even higher sale and im wondering if anyone knows why they are marking it down so much?

r/Monitors • • Apr 06 '26

Discussion Don't find OLEDs to be "Infinitely better" as people seem to insist

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comparing the latest lg 4th gen tandem woled(27GX790B) with a ips mini led I had before.

given mini led uses the same panel as the Titan Army P245MS Pro(24' qhd 360hz 1152 dimming zones)

I do know the base settings for local dimming for the mini led is oversaturated but even then the blacks still look 'good'

I mean if you look side by side, you will find a difference but at that point its not "infinitely better"

rather giving credit where its due, Im more surprised at how bright the 4th gen tandem oleds can get.

they are extremely bright to the point I lowered the brightness to 90 even at bright lighting situations.

r/Monitors • • Feb 25 '26

Discussion Why? ................

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r/Monitors • • Sep 04 '26

Discussion Not noticing a huge difference between my OLED and my IPS, is that normal?

753 Upvotes

I know phone videos aren't exactly the best comparison but it pretty much looks the same as it does in the video. What do you guys think?

r/Monitors • • Oct 11 '25

Discussion Wtf happened with my oled?*Asus XG27AQDMG

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A while ago I turned on my pc after not using it for around 2 weeks, and my monitor suddenly looked like that on the 1st picture(it’s a pure black image). However, for some reason, some minutes later it appeared to be working fine(as you can see on the 2nd pic)…

r/Monitors • • Aug 29 '25

Discussion I couldn't find a good comparison so i made one, thought you guys might find it helpful

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I just upgraded my PC from a 5600xt to a 9070xt, so now its my monitors turn. Looking online I couldn't find a good apples to apples comparison of the pixel density, so I made one. I'd love a 4k, but after making this, I think I'll go with a 1440p UW. My biggest concerns are cost and lower FPS

edit: Can't reupload image to add dpi, so:

1080p = 81.7 dpi

1440p = 108.9 dpi

2160p = 163.4 dpi

r/Monitors • • 14d ago

Discussion I won a raffle and have a choice between two monitors, what would you choose?

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r/Monitors • • 23d ago

Discussion OLED vs. Decent IPS, Unpopular opinion after seeing them side by side?

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Left is Odyssey g7 4k ips , right is msi mag 273qp 2k qd-oled.

I feel like most online comparisons skew perception by putting OLED next to washed-out, bargain-bin IPS panels. Seeing them in person gave me a bit of a reality check. OLED looks great, but it wasn't the life-changing leap I was led to believe.

Considering a 4K IPS often costs less than a 1440p OLED, the value gap is real. The Samsung IPS on the left did an impressive job with color and clarity. While I still prefer the OLED for pure contrast, online hype definitely set my expectations an octave too high.

OLED wins on pure contrast and response times, but high-end IPS still punches above its weight in sharpness-per-dollar and brightness. The internet treats the difference like night and day because side-by-side camera shots exaggerate OLED’s blacks and IPS glow.

r/Monitors • • Feb 06 '26

Discussion Just Unboxed my OLED, it already says it was used even though I bought it new…

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Is this a glitch or did I just get ripped off…

r/Monitors • • Oct 08 '25

Discussion Are these white spots normal on a newly unboxed screen

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Bought this acer nitro KG2 but it has these white spots which are quite noticeable should i get it swapped with another one or should return it and buy a different model.

r/Monitors • • Jan 02 '26

Discussion Apparently, buying a 4K monitor and lowering the resolution to 1440p or 1080p is...better than buying a native 1440p or 1080p one?

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Recently another redditor made a comparison between their 4K QD-OLED monitor (xg27ucdmg) and their older 1440p 500Hz Asus QD-OLED.

The results were interesting in the sense that, it was previously believed that a 4K monitor cannot properly display a 1440p resolution because of the way the resolution does not fit into the pixel count properly, not the same way 1080p fits perfectly into 4K as you can combine 4 pixels into one and thus reducing the resolution to 1080p perfectly.

However, it looks like 4K at 27" is overwhelmingly clear enough that even setting the resolution to 1440p from 2160p results in a clearer, sharper image than a 1440p native monitor can produce.

Why this is interesting to see is because it was previously believed that a 1440p native monitor will look better than a 4K monitor with it's resolution set to 1440p. However, this looks to not be the case any more, at least for QD-OLED tech.

It will be interesting to see if this is because of the sub pixel layout or not. Of note here is that the next generation of QD-OLED monitors will feature vertical stripe full RGB pixel layout, completely doing away with the older diamond shaped and square shaped subpixel layout which caused text fringing on 1440p and 4K monitors (I personally use the AW2725Q and still see text fringing on it even at 4K).

For context:

The image on the LEFT is a 4K native monitor set to 1440p.

The image on the RIGHT is a 1440p native monitor, at it's native 1440p resolution.

Edit: Btw I see people are actively discussing different topics in the comment section. To make it clear, the picture shown doesn't use DLSS, or FSR, or XeSS, or PSS, or LSS, or other upscaling techs. The picture on the left is a 4K native monitor set to 2560x1440 through Nvidia Control Panel, and the picture on the right is a 1440p native monitor set to 2560x1440 native resolution. The picture shows that a 4K native monitor set to 2560x1440p through Nvidia Control Panel looks clearer and better than the native 2560x1440p monitor, without any upscaling technology being used. Feels like people are discussing completely unrelated topics.

r/Monitors • • Aug 05 '26

Discussion Took a MiniLED leap after 3 OLEDs

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Recently decided to give MiniLED a try after years of OLED and bought the TCL C2A Pro, and honestly....damn I didnt expect this

PS*: all of these pictures are in SDR mode, not even HDR.

I went through the Sony A90k 42" (not technically a monitor but at that¹ time this was the closest you could get to a viable OLED monitor), to the MSI 321Up, then to the acclaimed Asus PG27UCDM over the course of 4 years.

I always knew gaming monitors had always been pretty bad so when I saw Oled for the first time I thought I would use nothing but OLED. But since then, I have never found Oled to be truly easy to live with as monitor. Funny I said this because OLED are absolutely wonderful as TVs, all of my TVs are Oleds. But as monitor, its quality-of-life aspects leave much to be desired. Namely text clarity (although very good on the 321up and the pg27ucdm, still giving me headache at time if I have to read a lot for hw), only look exceptional in absolutely dark room, and the biggest gripe of all: the apparent flickerings at times, i really wonder how the new stuff coming out will address this.

So I decided to give miniLED a try and asked AI what is the absolute best current MiniLED IPS monitor money can buy, and it recommended me the "TCL C2A pro". It was pretty expensive even at $750ish with some Amazon promos i got, but considering that I was ready to ball some serious money for the Asus Pro Art Oleds, hoping those would match the quality found on Oled TVs, this seems easier on the wallet.

And lo and behold, I wasnt expecting it to be this good, black is truly black, blooming is barely noticeable, if at all. The uniform brightness without flickering is excellent. Color is rich and vibrant, perhaps even more so than the Asus PG27UCDM. I think this looks even more life-like than the OLED monitors i had thus far. And the brightness, it is blindingly bright. HDR mode looks absolutely stunning. And I am not being bias at all because I absolutely love OLEDs, but this offers image quality that is just as good as any top tier OLED out there for me. Granted you have to mess with the settings to find what you like best but it is pike that with any monitor out there.

For years I have thought OLED would be the ultimate tech for monitors, and I still think so, just not with the current stuff on the market at the moment, at least for me.

So for anyone who is also having problems and not satisfied with OLEDs, give MiniLED a try. You don't have to go with this baller TCL that I got, but even then for something that costs less than a top tier OLED while offering image quality that is just as good, I can absolutely live with this for the next few years.

r/Monitors • • 23d ago

Discussion Need help with Ghosting. Monitor MSI MAG 275qf Ips

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Ive been noticing this effect in some games I've been playing. Its more noticeable on some surfaces like this but not other times.

Also, its only noticeable in some games but in others it looks fine.

How can I fix this. Sorry still new to this stuff. Would appreciate any advice, Thanks.

GAME: 007 First Light

MONITOR & GAME SETTINGS:

Adaptive sync on

Response time: Fast

DLSS Quality

Frame Gen: Disabled ❌️

r/Monitors • • Apr 18 '26

Discussion I've been researching what monitor to buy for months and now it's affecting my timeline

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r/Monitors • • Apr 02 '26

Discussion Is it normal for a QD-OLED monitor to look less vivid than my old IPS monitor?

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I recently changed from an ASUS XG32UQ to an MSI MAG 322UP QD-OLED E16, and I’m a bit confused about the colors.

My old monitor looked very vivid and colorful, especially in bright scenes.

My new OLED looks incredible in black levels and contrast, but the colors feel a little less intense compared to the old one.

I haven’t really adjusted many settings yet, so this is mostly out-of-the-box.

Is this normal when moving from IPS to OLED / QD-OLED?

Do OLED monitors usually look a bit less punchy in bright colors, even though they have much better blacks and contrast?

Also, if this is mostly a settings issue, what should I check first?