If you’ve been waiting for the best possible deal on an ultrawide OLED gaming monitor, you’ve found it. Woot has a 34-inch MSI ultrawide OLED monitor on sale for just $500 for the next three days (or until stock runs out, and trust me, it’s going to run out).
The only downside to this incredible sale is that this is a “factory reconditioned” (read: refurbished) monitor, so it only comes with a 180-day warranty instead of the usual year-long one.
The MSI MAG 341CQP sports a semi-standard 3440×1440 resolution, which is basically the same as a 27-inch 1440p panel except widened out to a 21:9 ratio. (All the better to spot campers in your peripheral vision.) And with its gentle 1800R curve, impressive 175Hz refresh rate, and lightning-fast 0.03ms response time, it’s purpose-built for gamers from the ground up.
The monitor has a surprising amount of extras, too, including USB-C video with 15-watt Power Delivery (enough for a tablet but probably not a laptop), DVI, HDMI, and two USB-A ports with a software KVM switch. The software also includes various features to avoid OLED burn-in, like auto-detection of taskbars and logos so it can adjust around them. It’s possible to update the monitor’s firmware through the USB port and it also supports VESA mounting for monitor arms.
That 6-month warranty is cause for pause, but this is the cheapest price we’ve ever seen for an OLED monitor of any size, and it’s a solid $200 off the best price for a 34-inch we’ve seen up until now.
And while Woot offers free shipping to Amazon Prime subscribers since it’s a subsidiary, it’s only $5 for everyone else! Get an order in quickly if you’re ready to buy because this one’s going fast.
Get an ultrawide OLED gaming monitor for just $500Author: Michael Crider, Staff Writer, PCWorld
Michael is a 10-year veteran of technology journalism, covering everything from Apple to ZTE. On PCWorld he's the resident keyboard nut, always using a new one for a review and building a new mechanical board or expanding his desktop "battlestation" in his off hours. Michael's previous bylines include Android Police, Digital Trends, Wired, Lifehacker, and How-To Geek, and he's covered events like CES and Mobile World Congress live. Michael lives in Pennsylvania where he's always looking forward to his next kayaking trip.