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MSI MPG 272URX review: bleeding edge 4K 240Hz QD-OLED comes to 27 inches

Will Judd reviews the MSI MPG 272URX 27-inch 4K 240Hz QD-OLED for DF. Is this a better, more affordable alternative to the 32-inch QD-OLEDs of 2024?

| Image credit: Digital Foundry Burn-in is also technically possible here, though I've not seen any signs of this on my 32-inch QD-OLED after a full year of use in content creation and gaming with minimal precautions, such as dark mode in Windows and leaving various OLED care measures at their default values. With this in mind, I'm still perfectly happy to recommend OLEDs for mixed usage or pure gaming scenarios, though if you'll be working on your monitor for eight hours a day - especially if you'll be spending most of that time in a single app - you're better off with an LCD alternative. The smaller span of the 27-inch QD-OLD is better suited for esports than 32-inch equivalents, where you want to sit close to the screen to make hitting distant opponents easier while still being able to see things like the radar and remaining ammo without moving your head.

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