MSI GS43VR Phantom Pro Review

Display Performance

The 92 percent coverage of the sRGB spectrum is on par with other IPS laptops we've seen from the likes of Aorus, while the brightness is well above average at 315cd/m² and combined with the anti-glare screen, the GS43VR Phantom Pro was easily visible outside in sunlight. Similarly, the backlighting evenness at 100 percent brightness was similar to other laptops we've seen, with a maximum 12 percent variance thanks to figures from the bottom right corner of the screen.

Colour accuracy was reasonable, and in general the screen looked sharp and vibrant thanks to the decent brightness and 1080p resolution crammed into a 14in screen, although the delta-E was a little higher on average than the Aorus X7 Pro V5 for example. Our Datacolor Spyder 5 Elite colorimeter churned out a score of 4/5 - actually the same as the Aorus thanks to the latter's average luminance uniformity at lower brightness levels.