QD-OLED combines Samsung’s Quantum Dot material with OLED panels.

Dell's Alienware was the first to bring Samsung's cutting-edge QD-OLED display technology to a PC monitor. But now MSI is preparing its own product. 

At Computex, MSI is teasing(Opens in a new window) a 34-inch gaming monitor that incorporates a QD-OLED panel. It's called the MEG 342C QD-OLED and it features a curved display. “The best way to explore realistic and vivid gaming scenes is with this masterpiece of a gaming monitor,” MSI says.

QD-OLED has been getting attention because it raises the bar on the display technology by combining Samsung’s Quantum Dot material with OLED panels. According to Samsung, this can produce higher-quality colors over LG’s existing OLED panels at even better brightness levels. 

The results can be especially stunning on a PC monitor. Samsung’s QD-OLED technology emits pure blacks unlike IPS monitors, which can only produce ghostly grays when trying to render black colors. 

The upcoming MEG 342C QD-OLED monitor signals the technology is gaining greater adoption among PC manufacturers. MSI's product will also boast a 0.1-millisecond response time, along with a 175Hz refresh rate. 

There’s no word on the pricing or launch date for the monitor. But the product looks poised to challenge the Alienware 34 QD-OLED, which offers similar specs. It's already on sale for $1,299 and has been certified as a G-Sync Ultimate display. 

Samsung also plans to release its own 34-inch monitor with QD-OLED technology, the Odyssey G8QNB(Opens in a new window) . We first saw it at CES 2022, but pricing and release date have not been announced.

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