MSI 32" UHD Monitor | MAG 323UPF

Buying this monitor from has been among my worst experiences in many years. The unboxing was neither excellent nor too bad. I had downloaded the user manual PDF from the link in the listing and referred to it a couple of times. It took up a lot of floor space in my spare bedroom. One thing the user manual didn't explain that it ought to is that you probably want to plug in all the cables you expect to use after installing the mount, but BEFORE setting the monitor in place because it might be EXTREMELY difficult to access the sockets after it's set in place. It shows that the important ones are underneath, but you need to recognize how severe the implications of that might be for you. I got the cables I wanted to use plugged in, set the monitor in place, routed the cables, and got the other ends all plugged in. I turned it on, and the screen was only all white. Trying to access the OSD menu didn't change the display - no menu appeared. Nothing. I installed and tried MSI's monitor software. It's kinda kludgey. They put a lot more effort into making it looking very purpley than they did into making the user interface good and the sw work well. It saw the monitor connected (and sometimes suddenly didn't), but nothing I did in it changed the monitor from all white, except when I selected an unused connection type and it went into standby, disconnecting the keyboard and mouse I tried connecting through the monitor. After that, I put my keyboard and mouse back on a hub connected directly to my computer. You need to understand carefully that the downstream USB ports are completely disconnected when the monitor is in standby or off. The screen was always only: all white, or all grey, or all black. I have another HDMI monitor here, so with a LOT of time and effort wrangling the cables into various different configurations than I had intended if the monitor had just worked, I was able to eliminate everything else as being the problem. Keep in mind the sockets on the monitor are extremely difficult to plug into when I have it set in place. It's especially problematic when the monitor is situated right in front of a wall if you don't have room to manipulate it around to get to the bottom. My brand new MSI MPG321UR QD 32" Gaming Monitor was in fact: DOA. Amazon.com vendor is out of stock so they won't provide a replacement. Amazon support was unwilling to provide a resolution to the ACTUAL problem that if I reorder from a different vendor, even with an adjusted price, it won't be financed by Amazon.com, which was a critical factor in me selecting THIS monitor. If I had my druthers, I would have selected some different monitor, but this appeared to be my best choice that could be financed by Amazon during the Black Friday deals, best deals of the year. I talked to a real friendly guy in MSI tech support. He said that the best MSI could do is replace it with a refurbished unit, but he was empathetic with the fact that a person doesn't go through all the effort to select, buy, and pay for a new monitor to only end up with a refurbished monitor. They don't carry new stock to replace DOAs with. Having selected this monitor has resulted in me having NO new good monitor sold, financed, and shipped by Amazon at the best sales prices of the year (Black Friday/Cyber Monday). Buyer beware - if you're like me, it turns out that it's a dice roll since you can do everything under your control correctly and end up back where you started, but having lost huge opportunity cost. I expected better by selecting this monitor, and I was sorely disappointed. Even if you're a little different than me, you too might be sorely disappointed if you select this monitor.