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frontpageiconian | Staff posted Dec 16, 2025 06:05 PM
49" Samsung Odyssey G91SD OLED Dual QHD 5120x1440 144Hz Curved Monitor
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I'm feeling the same. For games, unless you specialize in a game that is made for this kind of ratio (flight sim, driving), it's going to be weird. You'll probably have to get used to running things in a window. The picture quality, smoothness, everything else about the picture is great. I do like having one continuous screen for windows, not worrying about locking one to the edge of a screen.
One other weird quirk, these have a feature called 'pixel shift'. It seems like every 15min or so the entire screen shifts by 1 pixel. This is to prevent burn in hypothetically. In practice, it makes me dizzy every time it happens, like the world has suddenly shifted.
I'm leaning towards returning and going back to my 3 screen setup with a nicer new central screen for half the price.
I'm feeling the same. For games, unless you specialize in a game that is made for this kind of ratio (flight sim, driving), it's going to be weird. You'll probably have to get used to running things in a window. The picture quality, smoothness, everything else about the picture is great. I do like having one continuous screen for windows, not worrying about locking one to the edge of a screen.
One other weird quirk, these have a feature called 'pixel shift'. It seems like every 15min or so the entire screen shifts by 1 pixel. This is to prevent burn in hypothetically. In practice, it makes me dizzy every time it happens, like the world has suddenly shifted.
I'm leaning towards returning and going back to my 3 screen setup with a nicer new central screen for half the price.
Echoing others, for most games (non racing/flight sim), ultrawides aren't great. Many games don't support the resolution, and first person games often have stretching/FOV issues. Some of this can be fixed by using two inputs (ie so your GPU thinks you have 2x 1440p monitors) and playing on one half. For productivity, I would be worried about burn-in.
I don't regret getting the monitor since it was an amazing deal, but I don't think I would go UW again. I am also not sure the prettiness of OLED outweighs the burn in anxiety-- I keep my wallpaper as solid black, hide task bar and desktop icons, have screen set to sleep after 1 min etc. I will likely go with an IPS next time.
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