Size Summary : The product is a Samsung 49" Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC Series curved gaming monitor with a dual QHD display. It has a 1800R curvature and a size as wide as two quad high definition monitors.
49" DUAL QHD: A screen as wide as two quad high definition monitors delivers maximum space to take in all the pin-sharp detail
It wraps around your field of vision with 1800R curvature to put you fully into your character's shoes
DisplayHDR TRUE BLACK 400: Uncover every secret with infinite expression
See true black and dark colors on screen without pixel light bleed for supreme color and depth expression in every game
0.03ms RESPONSE TIME & 240Hz REFRESH RATE: Samsung OLED with Quantum Dot technology delivers 0.03ms response time
HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort connections keep you ahead of the competition with the 240Hz refresh rate
OLED & NEO QUANTUM PROCESSOR PRO: With the advanced Neo Quantum Processor Pro, every frame on the OLED panel is instantly analyzed and optimized for maximum quality
Colors, shades and contrast come together to deliver a bright, brilliant picture
AMD FREESYNC PREMIUM PRO: Hyper action made seamless
Fast-action and complex game scenes are projected stably and stutter-free with AMD FreeSync Premium Pro to power your competitive edge
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Size Summary : The product is a Samsung 49" Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC Series curved gaming monitor with a dual QHD display. It has a 1800R curvature and a size as wide as two quad high definition monitors.
49" DUAL QHD: A screen as wide as two quad high definition monitors delivers maximum space to take in all the pin-sharp detail
It wraps around your field of vision with 1800R curvature to put you fully into your character's shoes
DisplayHDR TRUE BLACK 400: Uncover every secret with infinite expression
See true black and dark colors on screen without pixel light bleed for supreme color and depth expression in every game
0.03ms RESPONSE TIME & 240Hz REFRESH RATE: Samsung OLED with Quantum Dot technology delivers 0.03ms response time
HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort connections keep you ahead of the competition with the 240Hz refresh rate
OLED & NEO QUANTUM PROCESSOR PRO: With the advanced Neo Quantum Processor Pro, every frame on the OLED panel is instantly analyzed and optimized for maximum quality
Colors, shades and contrast come together to deliver a bright, brilliant picture
AMD FREESYNC PREMIUM PRO: Hyper action made seamless
Fast-action and complex game scenes are projected stably and stutter-free with AMD FreeSync Premium Pro to power your competitive edge
I don't have a total tech member from BB and it still shows $1399 for me. Plus BB card gives me 10% upto $50 offer for the month, which makes it $1350 before tax and the normal 5% card reward.
Really tempted but I have to sell my current monitor to make space... I will wait til thanksgiving...
Great monitor (clunky UI with Tizen though), but G-Sync doesn't work (same applies for all of the Samsung OLED monitors) without constant flickering and blackouts. It's actually on Nvidia's end, supposedly, but worth noting.
I'm not sensitive to it so there's not a huge difference for me with or without it, but the absence of G-Sync sucks. You should also note that you'll need DSC + HDMI 2.1 if you want to do 10 bit color (which is the min for HDR) and 240hz. Otherwise you'll be at 120hz max with either DP 1.4 or HDMI 2.1 (without DSC).
Beyond that, it's pretty finicky. Switching between HDR mode and SDR mode turns off the peak brightness setting most of the time and I can't leave HDR mode on all of the time like I did with my LG CX because for some reason the SDR content brightness slider in Windows affects the HDR content brightness as well.
Samsung G series monitors also still have a recurring issue with Displayport where the display will not wake back up from sleep. On the LED models, you can get around that by just setting a screensaver, but that's not a good idea on OLED (even if you set it to be a plain black screensaver, the OLED is still on and it won't run the compensation cycles it does when turned off).
The Tizen OS is ok but Plex doesn't work properly with it (in terms of hardware decode and it doesn't allow for zoom to fill). Streaming apps are hit or miss; you can generally zoom to fill to deal with the non-conventional aspect ratio, which is nice, but because the monitor is only 1440p, it'll only stream at 1080p for most streaming apps. So you'll need to connect a streaming stick/box if you want to do 4k + HDR10+ on it (since you can't do HDR10+ playback on a laptop/pc currently).
Some TV features on it are quite nice though; it has much better speakers than most monitors and it supports bluetooth audio transmission, which is super useful for gaming on consoles.
LG OLED monitors are also a bit of a no go currently with their super aggressive SDR ABL (200 nits max). So it's probably worth waiting a generation for the next OLED monitors. Or get the Alienware DWF if you're ok with a 21:9 ultrawide.
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Really tempted but I have to sell my current monitor to make space... I will wait til thanksgiving...
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Great monitor (clunky UI with Tizen though), but G-Sync doesn't work (same applies for all of the Samsung OLED monitors) without constant flickering and blackouts. It's actually on Nvidia's end, supposedly, but worth noting.
I'm not sensitive to it so there's not a huge difference for me with or without it, but the absence of G-Sync sucks. You should also note that you'll need DSC + HDMI 2.1 if you want to do 10 bit color (which is the min for HDR) and 240hz. Otherwise you'll be at 120hz max with either DP 1.4 or HDMI 2.1 (without DSC).
Beyond that, it's pretty finicky. Switching between HDR mode and SDR mode turns off the peak brightness setting most of the time and I can't leave HDR mode on all of the time like I did with my LG CX because for some reason the SDR content brightness slider in Windows affects the HDR content brightness as well.
Samsung G series monitors also still have a recurring issue with Displayport where the display will not wake back up from sleep. On the LED models, you can get around that by just setting a screensaver, but that's not a good idea on OLED (even if you set it to be a plain black screensaver, the OLED is still on and it won't run the compensation cycles it does when turned off).
The Tizen OS is ok but Plex doesn't work properly with it (in terms of hardware decode and it doesn't allow for zoom to fill). Streaming apps are hit or miss; you can generally zoom to fill to deal with the non-conventional aspect ratio, which is nice, but because the monitor is only 1440p, it'll only stream at 1080p for most streaming apps. So you'll need to connect a streaming stick/box if you want to do 4k + HDR10+ on it (since you can't do HDR10+ playback on a laptop/pc currently).
Some TV features on it are quite nice though; it has much better speakers than most monitors and it supports bluetooth audio transmission, which is super useful for gaming on consoles.
LG OLED monitors are also a bit of a no go currently with their super aggressive SDR ABL (200 nits max). So it's probably worth waiting a generation for the next OLED monitors. Or get the Alienware DWF if you're ok with a 21:9 ultrawide.
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