Grayscale, color fidelity, saturation and gamut to factory settings
As I haven’t tested a QD-OLED yet, the MSI MEG342C in particular is one of the most interesting QD-OLED monitors on the market. MSI was kind enough to provide the monitor with three presets if you want to do color-critical work. But more on that in a moment.
The contrast of an OLED panel always blows me away, even when I first start up the PC. So incredible that you start gaming or watching an HDR movie straight away.
Color space coverage
QD stands for Quantum Dots, which can extend the color space towards 80 percent Rec.2020 (and more). My measurements confirm that the test sample has just over 77 percent Rec.2020, which is slightly less than Tim Schiesser from HW Unboxed measured. But it’s in the region of three percent difference – natural panel scatter, measurement differences in relation to measurement hardware, etc.
Gray Scale, Saturation, ColorChecker @ Default Setting
The white point is still quite well hit in the average value. However, it is slightly below 6500K and – the brighter it gets – has a very slight red drift. The RGB balance is not quite right. In terms of color saturation and color accuracy, the MEG342C does not score well in the default settings. The panel is not clamped to the sRGB color space by default.
The factory pre-calibrated color space presets now have to do the job. Let’s get started…
Gray Scale, Saturation, ColorChecker @ sRGB
Gamut, Gray Scale, Saturation, ColorChecker @ DCI-P3 (Display P3)
Gamut, Gray Scale, Saturation, ColorChecker @ Adobe RGB
Yes, somehow pretty borderline – or what do the color experts say? MSI advertises the Display P3 with DeltaE <2 and unfortunately I can confirm this. The Adobe RGB mode is still the best mode in the test. I suspect that MSI does not calibrate the devices individually here. Rather, MSI will install a standard OSD software on all devices. I can’t explain it any other way.
- 1 - Introduction, Features and Specs
- 2 - Workmanship and Details
- 3 - How we measure: Equipment and Methods
- 4 - Pixel Response Times
- 5 - Display Latencies
- 6 - Color-Performance @ Default Settings
- 7 - Direct Comparison and Power Consumption
- 8 - Color-Performance calibrated
- 9 - HDR-Performance
- 10 - Summary and Conclusion
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