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Corsair Xeneon Flex 45WQHD240 Gaming Monitor - 45-Inch OLED WQHD (3440 x 1440) Bendable Display, 240Hz Refresh Rate, 0.03ms GtG Response Time, NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible, AMD FreeSync Premium Black

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To avoid text looking quite obviously pixelated, I found I needed to run Windows at 150% magnification or more, which for productivity uses, somewhat defeats the point of having a display this big to start with. The bendable screen is also a neat feature, especially if you find the 800R curve on the LG 45GR95QE-B too aggressive. It also has a bendable screen, which means you can make it flat when watching with someone next to you, as it also has wide viewing angles, or bend it to bring the edges more within your field of vision when you're sitting directly in front of it.

The Corsair XENEON FLEX 45WQHD240 has terrible ergonomics as you can only tilt it and adjust the screen's curve, and the display is stuck at a fixed height of 22" (57 cm).In a dark room like you may have for gaming or movies, blacks and contrast look excellent and comparable to a glossy OLED anyway – something we’ve tested extensively side by side. The Samsung also has a QD-OLED panel that gets brighter and delivers more vivid colors than the Corsair for an improved HDR experience.

Some room on the sides is required to fit the handles that slide out when you want to bend or unbend. Like any OLED screen, there are thin vertical lines in near-dark scenes, but they're hard to notice unless you look for them. We may receive commission from Novuna Personal Finance based on an agreed percentage of the amount you borrow. Indeed, OLED technology is fundamentally different to LCD when it comes to HDR rendering, to the extent that Corsair says it is working with Blur Busters and LG to create a brand-new OLED Gaming Monitor certification standard to rate HDR performance. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform.Corsair say that the OLED panel itself has an almost limitless bending life cycle, and the mechanical bending mechanism structure is targeted to between 10k – 15k life cycles.

You have to use a fair amount of pressure to bend it in to a curve, or push backwards to make it flat again. If you were using the screen in a darker room and were careful about the positioning of your light sources, then blacks look very good and as you would hope for from an OLED screen. I know some people will feel differently, and everyone has their preferences and taste, but having used several OLED screens with both matte and glossy panels over the last year or so, on balance for a desktop monitor we prefer the AG coating and we think this was the appropriate choice for the majority of users. With this being an OLED panel, famous for its true blacks and amazing contrast ratio this could be considered a problem – are you “wasting” that by having an AG coating that reduces your perceived contrast?If you consider OLED gaming monitors to be a cut above, then the Corsair Xeneon Flex 45WQHD240 is a cut above that. The Corsair XENEON FLEX has a near-instantaneous response time even at 120Hz, resulting in incredible motion handling. pixel response time ensure a new level of realism during fast-moving scenes, as you enjoy silky-smooth, tear-free images thanks to NVIDIA® G-SYNC compatibility and AMD FreeSync™ Premium certification. Treated with an anti-reflective coating that cuts glare and reflections so nothing gets in the way of your immersion, while you play for hours thanks to a protective Low Blue Light technology with EyeSafe® certification that greatly reduces eye strain. Since the 45WQHD240 is a gaming monitor, it supports variable refresh rates by both AMD and NVIDIA offerings: FreeSync Premium and G-SYNC.

The MSI also has a QD-OLED panel that gets brighter and delivers more vivid colors than the Corsair for an improved HDR experience. A sophisticated burn-in prevention system ensures a flawless image even after extended UI or OS use, with a three-year Zero Burn In and Zero Dead Pixel Warranty.

If there’s one major drawback to this panel, it’s that the 3,440 x 1,440 resolution is not exactly high for a 45in display.

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