I first laid eyes on it during an in-office visit from MSI. The VA-based Optix MPG341CQR is a 144Hz 34-inch gaming monitor with a 3,440-by-1,440-pixel native resolution. But outside of those quibbles (which don't affect this panel's core audience), the Optix is one of the best values among 34-inch ultrawide gaming panels today, and it earns our Editors' Choice. Its color results may not be ideal for creative professionals, and the HDR quality leaves a bit to be desired.

Built-in webcam is nifty but works only for facial recognition feature.Ī high-refresh-rate ultrawide gaming display, MSI's $799 Optix MPG341CQR introduces a range of features to the gaming monitor space that gamers didn't even know they wanted, and it posts some remarkably low input-lag figures.

Contrast ratio tested lower than advertised.

Overall HDR and movie quality is so-so.

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How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.Instead of, for example, 1 year ago when microcenter originally purchased the item. I assume it's so the warranty takes effect roughly at the time of purchase. Guess it's my fault for proactively checking? According to them, they submit the warranty info to Dell, and that can take 5-7 days to finalize on Dell's end. I'm going to contact Microcenter (they list the manufacturer warranty on their site) after this, but just wanted to get this out now, or see if any other microcenter buyers have this issue. There's no way to add warranty, because it doesn't exist in the first place I guess. He told me that sometimes when retailers purchase a product, they request no warranty.

It told me there was no warranty and to contact support.Īfter getting transferred around a bunch, I managed to get to a very helpful guy. After setting it up, I decided to check the warranty service tag because some people were having issues with that on here. Picked up the Alienware AW3423DW from Microcenter yesterday (5/19).

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