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this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2026
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Why the fuck would you even need to update the monitor firmware. It's a screen, that displays things.
For example, MSI's OLED panel care program was extremely aggressive when these panels were new, out of an abundance of caution.
They continued their research and burn-in testing, and concluded that their monitors would be fine over the years. An update was made to allow for longer periods before panel care was required, as well as disabling the pop up that would frequently interrupt usage and couldn't be skipped. Now their monitors will trigger it automatically whenever it's powered off.
I am very confused as well.
Must be one of those new fangled ones with "advanced features" that do stuff like game overlay or aim assist or whatever the kids need their monitor to do these days