MSI Full HD FreeSync Gaming Monitor 24" Curved Non-Glare 1ms LED Wide Screen 1920 x 1080 144Hz Refresh Rate (Optix MAG24C)

Ive been using this monitor for two months now. Mainly for university homework and gaming. The aesthetic of this monitor is great and it gives an advantage of smoother motion for gaming. I have already put at least 100 hours into Rocket League since I bought this monitor and I noticed a big improvement in reaction time because of how much more information 144hz provides. Pros: • Very cheap. $239.33 is super affordable when compared to any other curved high refresh rate monitor • 144hz is great for gaming • VA color vs any TN panel. It looks as good as my IPS panel, with some colors being more saturated. It does not appear more accurate, just more vivid. • Matte finish on screen. My glossy screen is hard to use when its bright out, but this is typically easy to see in bright conditions. • DisplayPort is a must these days because it is so much more powerful than DVI or HDMI. • Design is great. It has thin borders and a solid plastic piece on the bottom where the logo is and it matches my other monitor perfectly. • The joystick works well enough for menu navigation. The menu always pops up if I turn the monitor off by long pressing the joystick button. • The curve is hard to notice when using the monitor and harder to notice after using it for over a month. Cons: • Brightness! It is not a bright monitor when you have the response time settings turned up to Normal or Extreme. This is not an issue if you dont mind the pixel blur. I dont have issues with this because the stock brightness matches my Acer H236HL and this monitors response time is still better. • VESA Mount. The mounting option is pretty awful if you dont have extra pieces of hardware lying around. The holes for the vesa mount are recessed and the screws that came with the monitor are not nearly long enough to get past the exterior casing and through a VESA mounting plate. I used 12mm spacers along with some extra long bolts (about 3cm but I think 2cm would have worked better) that didnt quite fit but get the job done. (Images provided) • Stuck/dead pixels. I have 5 stuck subpixels that just display green (4) and blue (1) all the time. 4 are in a line on the left and one is on the other side. I also have two spots on the screen that have either dim pixels or just some display manufacturing issue. One spot is in the middle on the far left, and it looks like a large dust spot but cant be wiped away, and the other is in the middle on the top edge. They arent too distracting but it always looks like something is on the screen and its visible in most program UI elements. (Images provided) • VA subpixel arrangement is strange and causes many things to look aliased. At first it is jarring, but over time you grow used to it. Text will look blurry right away, but your eyes can adapt rather quickly. Something about the VA panel also causes the pixels at the far edges to be hard to see. (Images provided) • Blue LED on bottom right corner. Its annoying because it projected 10 feet across my room to the other wall. A small piece of electrical tape alleviated the issue, but I know other monitors (HP Omen specifically) will allow you to turn stuff like that off. Its a great monitor for the price and even with the stuck green pixels I am enjoying using it every single day. Although I wish they werent there, they are only visible in dark scenes.

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So if you are looking for a good, shiny, 1440p 144hz monitor this could very well be the Benq XL2420TE of today. Those that dont know that monitor just know this: in 2013 it was the king of gaming monitors and had great color for being a TN panel. Crazy I know but believe me it shocked many a PC gamer back then. For those who just want to know what to do to make this thing look beautiful, running at full speed and not have to spend money on a near useless calibrator, keep reading. 1. First, go into your menus and under the gaming tab set the "Game Mode" (Carlin I hate that name for a mode) and select "User". 2. Go into the equally questionable menu called "Black tuner" and turn it down to 8. 3. Change response time to "Fast" 4. Turn on Zero Latency 5. Next drop down a main tab to "Professional" (here its time to face palms and laughs at this horrid naming convention) 6. Go to pro mode and also set this to "User" 7. Ignore HDCR but we will come back to that in a minute 8. Go to "Image Enhancement" and make sure that rubbish is turned off. (trust me its better for your safety this way) 9. Go to the main menu "Image" and select that. 10. Turn "Brightness" down to 50 11. Turn "Contrast" to 50 (if it isnt already set) 12. Turn "Sharpness" to 0 (good Carlin why do they have these settings) 13. Set "Color Temperature" to "Normal" 14. Crack open a beverage of choice and proclaim to the world that you are a god. I prefer the Norse gods myself. 15. If you like what you see, then leave it as is and enjoy. If you want a bit more brightness in certain spots go back to the "Professional" *laughs shaking head* and turn on HDCR. This should fix the washed out color. If you are wondering why you have a little black crush its because setting the black tuner to 9 washes out most blacks to a point that would make the jokers insanity look sane. Any higher and youll make the arch angel Tyrael need sun glasses. Sincerely, Youre Welcome.

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FIRST EXPERIENCE AND OPINIONS *jump past for my recommendations and tips new and veteran pc gamers This monitor is incredible! Jumping from 1080p to 1440p is phenomenal. its not going to be as nice as a 4k screen but 4k is absolutely not ready for competitive gamers like me. I cannot be handicapped by low fps or low refresh rates. This monitor has a lot of settings to pick from within the intuitive UI menu accessible from the rear joystick like button. The monitor has 3 refresh rate settings (Normal Fast Fastest). Fastest is enabled with the use of the anti motion blur setting in the menu. I personally use fast as using fastest lowers the screens brightness down 40 percent or so. In all honesty, I could not feel the difference between fast and fastest, I still destroyed players in Rainbow and Fortnite :D With the addition of FREESYNC 2 and other cool color management settings, this monitor is one great value for performance. THINGS I HIGHLY RECOMMEND DOING AND LOOKING OUT FOR DURING INITIAL USE or PRIOR TO PURCHASE! -Make sure you have sufficient desk space for this beast, the pictures do not really show how far back the monitors rear leg gets. This monitor needs close to a foot of clearance from the back of the panel to the wall or whatever you have your desk near (that is how i measured) -it is EXTREMELY important that you have decent hardware before purchasing this display, if you are unsure if your machine can handle this monitor at the settings in game you to run it on, type your computer specifications into YouTube and take a look at benchmarks. I would say if your rig cant hit at least 60 fps minimum on 2K on your settings, I would advise looking into a different monitor. (my system has an NVIDIA RTX2080 and a Ryzen 7 2700x, works brilliantly for my tasks) - Run thorough checks of the hardware and peripherals that come with the unit, I received two monitors within a week. My first one was replaced by my second. My first display seemed fine until I noticed a little too much light bleed and some dead pixels on the bottom right. I eventually exchanged it and got my replacement 2 days later. after running some light and screen tested I found that the second one had a perfect screen but the stand and feet I received were busted. There was this little red ring above the feet that came damaged. Additionally the second unit was quite wobbly (material quality 3/5 not much attention to QC). I took the screen from the new one and just used my old stand and everything is fantastic. -If you made it this far you are probably fairly impressed with this monitor, for newer PC gamers (yes do not buy this monitor for console games, you are essentially throwing money in a fire with all that unused technology just sitting there) this panel does not automatically switch to 144hz by itself, you need to enable and change this setting within windows display settings or through your GPU control center. -If you are buying this monitor for anything other than PC gaming, I highly think you are wasting your money as many of the features in this monitor are aimed towards the PC gamer. You can grab a better monitor for productive use for half the price with the same resolution. Do not get me wrong, this display has some great color reproduction and a lot of settings for the productive person. However, a big portion of the pricetag of this monitor is directly aimed at the needs of a PC Gamer. I wish you all luck and excitement with your new monitor! if anyone wants to request more pictures of the display, reply to the review :D

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