I bought this MAG 274QP QD-OLED X24 27'' monitor a week ago, I've only used the msi microfibre cloth included with the monitor and destiled water to clean it very nicely and all. Haven't touched the screen or bumped it into anything.

It's started showing these stains and smudges, and it won't be fixed cleaning with water and cloth. It's not very noticeable tbh, especially if the monitor is on, and it's only visible at a certain angle. But I've had it for a week so im a bit concerned.

Technical support told me to send it to get it checked but it will take over 2 weeks and can't really afford so long without a monitor.

I read it could be oil (but I haven't been touching it) and msi confirmed i could use 70% ethanol. Has anyone tried that? Are there single use wipes that are good for qd-oleds? I read the cloth itself could be accumulating some oil from hands and stuff so single use is the only thing i can think of.

Does this look like it's dirty or is the screen itself damaged? Should i just use 70% ethanol? Should i give it back and buy something else? maybe a woled?

Thanks!

I decided to share the experience I’ve gathered after half a year of using the GIGABYTE AORUS FO32U2P monitor. I use it as my only monitor, no secondary display for static desktop content. My usage split is roughly 70% gaming, 20% movies or YouTube, and the rest is mostly web browsing and occasional office work (Excel spreadsheets, etc.).

My GPU is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, and the monitor is connected through a high-quality certified HDMI 2.1 cable with THX Interconnect compliance testing documentation.

For direct comparison, I’ll be using the LG C2 42-inch, which I used as a monitor for around 3 years (8500+ hours).

I’ll be judging everything purely based on personal experience, no technical, measurements, or professional analysis, just how I see it as an average user. I recalibrated the monitor several times for both SDR and HDR: first using settings from RTINGS, then finally based on TFTCentral recommendations. I have Windows HDR calibration enabled and tested RenoDX multiple times as well.

So here’s my take...

If I had to rate it based on price-to-performance ratio, it’s a somewhat above-average product. It doesn’t really impress, but it doesn’t disappoint either.

SDR:
Nicely saturated colors (sometimes maybe even a bit too much), brightness is just right for a moderately lit room. Colors really pop, black crush is acceptable, and it can be slightly tuned without losing or distorting colors.

HDR:
Compared to the LG C2, it’s honestly disappointing. In accurate HDR400 mode, HDR looks dull basically like a worse version of SDR. RenoDX helps here and there, but it’s not a miracle solution. HDR1000 is better, but it suffers from loss of detail in dark scenes. In the end, I gave up on it and accepted that if I want truly good HDR, I’ll either have to wait for newer QD-OLED panels or go back to LG’s C-series TVs. I’m not saying it’s unusable, but it definitely doesn’t deliver the “wow” experience I had with the LG C2.

The usual QD-OLED concerns about coating and purple tint

The monitor has a glossy coating. It’s slightly worse than what the LG C2 had, but honestly, it’s nothing that should bother anyone. It’s still miles ahead of matte finishes.

As for cleaning, I use distilled water and two microfiber cloths meant for screen cleaning. Nothing complicated, I wet one cloth, wipe the screen, then go over it again with a dry one. If I notice any smudges, I just repeat the process until they’re gone (usually takes longer because I don’t turn the monitor off, so it dries quickly :D).

No scratches, no permanent smears like some of the early Dell QD-OLED models people posted about. So in my opinion, that concern is completely overblown.

Purple tint is another issue that I think people exaggerate way too much. I have a window directly behind me until around noon, and when sunlight hits the room, purple tint is honestly the least of my problems because reflections become the main issue anyway.

In the evenings, I use LED strips behind the monitor and also keep a ceiling light on from the side so the room isn’t completely dark. No purple tint whatsoever. The light basically has to shine directly onto the panel for it to become visible. So the claims that you need to live in a cave to use a QD-OLED are nonsense in my opinion.

Gaming over HDMI 2.1 instead of DP 2.1

I’ve seen people on forums claiming that gaming through compression over HDMI 2.1 or DP 1.4 causes problems. I can’t speak for DP 1.4, but I personally have absolutely zero issues with HDMI 2.1. Everything works exactly as it should. ALT-TAB doesn’t take half a minute like some people claim, and I don’t notice any loss in image quality either.

Burn-in

Based on the photo, you can probably tell I don’t baby this monitor at all (1600 hours and 160 cleaning cycles). If it burns in one day, then so be it.

I used the LG C2 the exact same way, and even after 8500 hours there wasn’t the slightest sign of burn-in anywhere. I basically sold it only because I wanted better PPI and naively assumed QD-OLED would provide better SDR and HDR. Turns out only the SDR part was true.

So am I satisfied overall?

Honestly, I mostly ended up buying a rather expensive SDR monitor. HDR is simply unusable to me.

On the other hand, the games I currently play look absolutely fantastic in SDR. Colors are beautifully sharp and vivid. So overall, yes I’m satisfied, but I definitely wouldn’t buy it for HDR.

Games I played on this monitor

• Cyberpunk 2077 — HDR (RenoDX). Probably the only title where HDR is somewhat worth considering, but it still requires a lot of tweaking and the end result is debatable.
• Crimson Desert — Tried HDR, unusable. Finished in SDR.
• GTFO — HDR unusable, couldn’t see anything properly. Finished in SDR.
• Black Desert Online — SDR really shines here. Despite BDO having a relatively dull color palette, this panel made it look incredibly vibrant.
• Baldur's Gate 3 — Tried HDR with RenoDX, still much worse than SDR.
• Helldivers 2 — Honestly, I could barely tell the difference between HDR and SDR here.
• Space Engineers — Probably the only title where HDR1000 was genuinely worth it.
• Where Winds Meet — HDR unusable.

This all started because I asked my friend what oled monitor he has because I was curious. He then told me about the monitor and also found an excellent-condition open-box for $456. He told me, and I bought it after thinking about it for an hour.

At first, I was skeptical because I've heard bad stories of online open-box items. But when the monitor arrived, I could immediately tell the box had never been opened. The monitor came with everything, and it still had the protective plastic covering the Ultragear logo in the back. To top it all off, the monitor has 0 hours of usage. I've never been this excited.

I'm planning on returning my AOC OLED and making this my main oled from here on out. If I hadn't taken the risk, someone else would have gotten an amazing deal.

Pics here. Taken @ 100 brightness, dark room, 95% gray youtube test.

Here's my thoughts on ASUS AQWMG Tandem WOLED.

Background: I recently upgraded my 10 year old PC build, but still had some old IPS monitors. I loved OLED screens so I was naturally interested in upgrading to ASUS AQWMG.

The availability was delayed in some parts of NA, but i finally got 2 units in May. I got two because i read all the issues, know I have bad luck, and would just return the worse unit.

My batch was from the February one. W2LMTF125791. Although it came with firmware V_5 i upgraded to V_7.

Out of the box the banding was quite bad. Although all the reading prepared me for this. Upgrading firmware helped, and so did pixel refreshes over the course of a couple days.

My perspective coming from old IPS panels

Pros:

• The trueblack glossy finish is amazing!!! probably the best part of this monitor!

• I love the colors and contrast. I didn't believe my IPS would be unusable afterward, but I hate how chalky it looks now.

• The response time is much improved from my old panels.

• The refresh rate of 280hz is much nicer than 140, and greatly helps competitive gaming. Motion clarity is great!

• I did appreciate the OLED care features like the auto shutoff, camera, and pixel cleaning.

Cons:

• The banding. It is unnoticeable 99% of the time, until it is noticeable that 1% of the time. My units had particularly bad banding. It is visible with anything gray en masse. Discord full screen, some website backgrounds, smoke grenades, specific things like these. Even if it is a 1% issue, a product of this caliber and expense should not have this, and it makes me question the integrity of other aspects of the monitor like panel uniformity / longevity.

• Text clarity is slightly worse than my IPS. I'm glad i did not get any OLED with worse text clarity than this, because going backwards in terms of visibility feels awkward. It is definitely okay though - nothing that hurts my eyes or anything.

• There is some black crush, but i love black and the contrast. Someone more experienced can speak to this.

Overall I'm very happy, although a bit sad with this product. I'm conflicted because its nice to have such a nice high end modern piece of technology, with all its upgrades, but definitely some flaws and annoyances. I will probably return both, and try again, since my units look like they are on the worse end of the problem, however I would still be happy to keep the slightly less worse one.

Ultimately I love the colors, contrasts, response time, motion clarity, so I'm really excited to finally have completed my upgrade regardless.

LMK your thoughts!

Xg27aqwmg feb batch but it has issues still after 2 days with faint horizontal lines even outside grey content and some vertical banding, is this fixable? What should I try before amazon return window (little more than 3 weeks) is up?

This is such a good 4k W-OLED , the picture does it 0 justice LoL ! Best $750 I think I've ever spent computer related .

I recently purchased the pg27aqwp-w is it normal to see horizontal lines. I don’t really see it on lighter colors mostly only dark colors. Is it normal?

i’ve had my oled for less than 24 hours and i haven’t touched the monitor since i got it. looking closely with a flashlight it looks like an air bubble but i also see 2 other spots that have a very faint dot and are not yet noticable unless u shine a flashlight at it, but also looks like the same thing in the picture. its not noticeable unless its on a full white screen, but i dont want this to just be getting worse and be a problem later.

ASUS XG32UCWMG ❤️🔥😍😍