{"id":951138,"date":"2026-01-01T07:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T07:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5BkL5MhKbHMgGZWKu6Gn27"},"modified":"2026-01-01T07:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T07:36:25","slug":"i-desperately-want-a-cheap-oled-upgrade-but-theres-no-way-im-ditching-a-32-inch-monitor-to-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/i-desperately-want-a-cheap-oled-upgrade-but-theres-no-way-im-ditching-a-32-inch-monitor-to-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"I desperately want a &#8216;cheap&#8217; OLED upgrade but there&#8217;s no way I&#8217;m ditching a 32-inch monitor to do it"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Andy Edser, hardware writer<\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' >\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"gEEgzhJCboKopqtCtAEAdE\" name=\"pcg_writers_blue52_1080.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"Andy Edser, terrifying in blue\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/i-desperately-want-a-cheap-oled-upgrade-but-theres-no-way-im-ditching-a-32-inch-monitor-to-do-it.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><strong>This month I&apos;ve been testing: <\/strong>Flight sticks, headsets and German kebabs. Reviews are incoming on the first two, but as for the last I can confidently say that Cologne has one of the best. Gamescom was pretty sweet too, for reference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are some things in life you wish you could unsee. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1293847\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XXX: Return of Xander Cage<\/a>, for example. But if I had a choice, I&apos;d like to erase all memory of using a 32-inch screen as my main display for the past year. It&apos;s not that the experience has been bad, like watching a poorly-written Vin Diesel sequel. In fact, quite the opposite.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But now I&apos;m hankering for an <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-oled-gaming-monitor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OLED gaming monitor<\/a>, and since my poor eyeballs have been treated to 32-inches of glorious display for a significant amount of time, I know I won&apos;t be able to go back down to a 27-inch or 24-inch screen again. Nor am I quite ready to commit to an ultrawide full-time, despite their advantages, for reasons I&apos;ll go into later.<\/p>\n<p>I&apos;ve come perilously close, it&apos;s true, and even at points thought I was converted. They are brilliant, after all, and I&apos;ve flip-flopped on my decision so many times I&apos;ve lost count. But there&apos;s something about the 32-inch screen format that keeps pulling me back in\u2014and OLED-wise, that means my next monitor purchase is likely going to be <em>expensive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For those of you that haven&apos;t known the glory of a 32-inch screen, allow me to wax lyrical for a second: A screen of this size, I&apos;ve finally decided, is the <em>perfect<\/em> amount of panel. And I can hear your complaints already: whatever your particular preference is, you&apos;ll argue it&apos;s the best, and that&apos;s fine.<\/p>\n<p>But I&apos;ve had the pleasure of sitting in front of many fabulous displays recently, from 49-inch ultrawides to 27-inch high refresh rate marvels, and I&apos;ve oohed and aahed at them appropriately. That being said, every time I return to my desk and sit in front of my sensible 32-inch <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msi.com\/Monitor\/G321Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSI G321Q<\/a>, there&apos;s something about it that feels like coming home.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:4032px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"WbazFHbwLeyNM5TD9LtXkY\" name=\"32inchmain.jpg\" alt=\"My MSI 32-inch gaming monitor, on a VESA mount.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/i-desperately-want-a-cheap-oled-upgrade-but-theres-no-way-im-ditching-a-32-inch-monitor-to-do-it-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">There are many 32-inch monitors like it, but this one is mine. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&apos;s not the greatest of displays, this. It&apos;s an IPS panel, which might still be the best LCD tech around, but the low-light contrast isn&apos;t great. It&apos;s got a 170 Hz refresh rate\u2014which is plenty fast enough for me, but positively glacial <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-high-refresh-rate-monitor-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compared to some<\/a>. Its colour reproduction is pretty decent, which means well-lit scenes do look appropriately lush, but HDR-wise it&apos;s only &#8220;HDR Ready&#8221;, which effectively means it can&apos;t really give me the benefits of HDR at all. It&apos;s also got a matte finish that point-blank refuses to clean up to a perfect surface.<\/p>\n<p>But it&apos;s the format I&apos;m in love with, and I&apos;m struggling to let go. That 16:9 aspect ratio will cause ultrawide fans to scoff, but that&apos;s fine by me. I love a good ultrawide, it&apos;s true, but there&apos;s something about a 32-inch 16:9 that keeps bringing me back. It just feels more comfortable to me, like an old pair of shoes, with just the right amount of wear.<\/p>\n<p>That 32-inch panel size means that I can happily have two, three, or four windows on screen at the same time without straining to read them. Yes, they&apos;d be more spread out on an ultrawide, but a 32-incher still gives you plenty of room for multiple screen elements, without dominating your field of vision. I can also look around it to my (real life) window behind and spot the endless delivery drivers ferrying packages to my front door. I can stare at the bin man, ignoring my recycling collection once again. It just feels a bit more\u2026civilised, than a super-wide display.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:4032px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"u8VahbmqWBPw59mKd8Qc7M\" name=\"windowblur.jpg\" alt=\"Looking past a monitor to a window, with a horrible lamp\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/i-desperately-want-a-cheap-oled-upgrade-but-theres-no-way-im-ditching-a-32-inch-monitor-to-do-it-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Yes, I am a nosy neighbour. Please ignore my partner&#8217;s horrible taste in lampshades. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And as for gaming? If I&apos;m playing an intense first person shooter, thanks to that large panel, I can sit forward and immerse myself. For chilled out controller stuff, I can lean back in my chair, kick my feet up and relax. I&apos;ve even got it setup on a VESA arm mount, so I can swing it towards my partner&apos;s chair and we can both play a bit of local co-op in comfort.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ever tried two-player gaming on a curved ultrawide? Thanks to that bend, the experience isn&apos;t great. They&apos;re brilliant screens, but I can&apos;t quite bring myself to replace my traditional experience just yet. I&apos;ve thought about it, hemmed and hawed, but as good as modern wide bois are, and as much fun as I&apos;ve had using them, I can&apos;t quite shake the 16:9 bug. And as for smaller displays? Nah. Bigger really is better, I&apos;m afraid.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Now I&#8217;ve resigned myself to the 32-inch, 16:9 format, I know my next screen purchase is going to be expensive\u2014at least for the foreseeable future<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But I do want an OLED. Again, once you&apos;ve seen one, you can&apos;t quite unsee how much better an OLED screen is than just about everything else out there. Of course, plenty of 32-inch options are available, but given my preferences, I&apos;m going to have to spend up a bit if I want my next display to be on the large side.<\/p>\n<p>Not that smaller OLEDs are cheap, you understand. But good OLED 32-inch monitors are often that bit more expensive\u2014and that means that every time I&apos;m about to pull the trigger, I stop myself. Our current <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-monitor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best gaming monitor<\/a>, the 32-inch <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-monitors\/msi-mpg321urx-review\/\">MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED<\/a>, has earned its place at the top of our recommendation for having a fantastic panel that&apos;s cheaper than the competition. Cheap-er, not cheap.<\/p>\n<p>It&apos;ll still cost you <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/msi-mpg-321urx-qd-oled-32-uhd-240-hz\/p\/N82E16824475357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$950 at the time of writing<\/a>, and it&apos;s got a tendency to sell out very quickly thanks to that more reasonable, but still teeth-clenchingly high price. Top level hardware can be expensive, and large OLEDs are certainly no exception.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"fMsVfzFWcMS6VGGSaf2aGb\" name=\"MSI MPG321URX 00008.jpeg\" alt=\"MSI MPG321URX\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/i-desperately-want-a-cheap-oled-upgrade-but-theres-no-way-im-ditching-a-32-inch-monitor-to-do-it-3.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The display I covet most, still just out of financial reach&#8230;for now. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&apos;ve thought about going back to 27-inches to try and save a bit of money, I really have. Or putting aside my nitpicking and going for the magnificent 34-inch ultrawide <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/alienware-34-aw3423dwf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alienware 34 AW3423DWF<\/a>, which can often be found <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dell.com\/en-us\/shop\/alienware-34-curved-qd-oled-gaming-monitor-aw3423dwf\/apd\/210-bfrp\/monitors-monitor-accessories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">around the $700 mark<\/a>. But it&apos;s no use. Now I&apos;ve resigned myself to the 32-inch, 16:9 format, I know my next screen purchase is going to be expensive\u2014at least for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>Nevermind the fact that 32-inch OLEDs are all 4K screens. To get the most out of that resolution, I&apos;d need to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-graphics-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upgrade my GPU<\/a> as well, and now I&apos;m looking at a total that&apos;s closer to $2,000. And that&apos;s the sort of cash that could be spent on a lovely holiday\u2014or heavens forbid, <em>a<\/em> <em>savings account<\/em>. Perish the thought.<\/p>\n<p>But there are some green shoots in that regard. Certain OLED monitors, like the ma-hoosive (but really rather lovely) 49-inch <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-monitors\/gigabyte-aorus-co49dq-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gigabyte Aorus CO49DQ<\/a> have been <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/aorus-co49dq-49-dqhd-144-hz-qd-oled-black\/p\/N82E16824012078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropping in price<\/a> quite rapidly since release, and I can only hope that this is a sign of cheaper OLED displays in all sizes to come. Bring me the right deal on a good 32-inch model, and I may just be brave enough to bite the bullet.<\/p>\n<p>But in the meantime, here I sit, scanning for bargains on my admittedly inferior display. I&apos;ll definitely be keeping an eye out around the Black Friday sales for <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/cheap-gaming-monitor-deals\/#section-oled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good OLED deals<\/a>, but being UK based I&apos;m sure it&apos;ll be our stateside friends that&apos;ll get the lion&apos;s share of the great discounts. Perhaps the 32-inch OLED display of my dreams will suddenly appear, bathed in glorious HDR light, at a price point that won&apos;t make my bank manager call me to check that I&apos;m feeling alright.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps not. Still, I can dream, can&apos;t I?<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-monitors\/i-desperately-want-a-cheap-oled-upgrade-but-theres-no-way-im-ditching-a-32-inch-monitor-to-do-it\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Edser, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I&apos;ve been testing: Flight sticks, headsets and German kebabs. Reviews are incoming on the first two, but as for the last I can confidently say that Cologne has one of the best. Gamescom was pretty sweet too, for reference. There are some things in life you wish you could unsee. XXX: Return of Xander Cage, for example. But if I had a choice, I&apos;d like to erase all memory of using a 32-inch screen as my main display for the past year. It&apos;s not that the experience has been bad, like watching a poorly-written Vin Diesel sequel. 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